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Published on 18/09/2025 – 14:03 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission is monitoring the possible economic impact caused by the closure of all crossing points between Poland and Belarus, which has effectively shut down a traditional trade route between the bloc and China. “We are certainly looking at it closely, but it’s too early to go into further detail,” Olof Gill, the Commission’s deputy chief spokesperson, said on Thursday. The Polish government decreed the complete closure this week in response to the large-scale military exercises conducted by the Belarusian and Russian forces, known as Zapad-2025, near the border with Poland and…
A Canterbury man says he is “devastated” after his late father’s car collection was lost in a blaze at Southbridge.Ben Lappage said his dad, who died in 2012, had been collecting cars for 30 to 40 years.He said contractors were on site at the time of the fire, and is “glad nobody was hurt”.The fire tore through two sheds on the property. The collection of cars and parts had significant sentimental value in his family.“One of the cars I was brought home from the hospital in. It’s memories like that you’ll never get back,” he said.Ben Lappage. (Source: 1News)“One of…
Two more people have been arrested after a gun was fired towards a vehicle in a carpark outside an Auckland supermarket on Tuesday night. It bring the total number of those charged over the incident to three. Police did not rule out further arrests. Police responded to reports of an “altercation” at a carpark in Hobsonville at around 4.40pm on Tuesday, where a gun was fired. “Police have executed search warrants at three addresses in West Auckland, seized three vehicles and a number of items of interest in the investigation,” Detective Senior Sergeant Ryan Bunting said. A 20-year-old man was…
Published on 18/09/2025 – 11:23 GMT+2 •Updated 11:32 ADVERTISEMENT Romania’s President Nicușor Dan recently claimed that judges in his country work significantly more than their counterparts in other European states. “Judges in Romania have worked two or three times more than their counterparts in European countries over the years,” he said during a visit to Chișinău in Moldova. He made the comments in the context of a plan by the government to raise the retirement age for judges to 65 as part of a raft of austerity measures. As things stand, judges can retire as early as the age of…
New Zealand’s economy being in worse shape than expected — and suffering through a deeper and longer downturn than the global financial crisis — may mean more interest rate cuts.Stats NZ said on Thursday that gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 0.9% in the June quarter, a steeper contraction than had been expected.Economists said that had increased the chance that the Reserve Bank would need to cut the official cash rate (OCR) more than earlier expected, which could bring down home loan rates, too.Westpac chief economist Kelly Eckhold said it seemed more likely than not that the rate might have to…
A 23-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the death of a man found in a vehicle with gunshot wounds in Auckland last August.Police were called around 6.45am on August 19 last year following reports of several gunshots heard on Marvon Downs Ave in Pakuranga Heights. Tuipulotu Vi, 59, was found in a vehicle with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Detective inspector Shaun Vickers said today that a 23-year-old man was taken into custody after a search was carried out at an address on Franklyne Rd in Ōtara.He was set to appear…
A person has died and sections of two state highways are closed following crashes in the lower North Island this afternoon.Police said they were alerted to a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 3 south-east of Sanson around 12pm.The driver of a ute died at the scene following a collision with a truck.Another person sustained minor injuries in the crash.Hato Hone St John told 1News it responded with one ambulance and one rapid response vehicle after being notified of the crash around 11.56am. One patient was assessed and treated at the scene.SH3 between Sanson and Stewart roads remains closed while the…
The Finance Minister has made a new appointment to the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee. Nicola Willis said agribusiness executive Hayley Gourley would begin her four-year term on October 1, succeeding Bob Buckle, who will retire from the MPC at the end of the month. The MPC is the independent decision-making body that is responsible for setting the official cash rate. Gourley has held board and executive management positions across some of New Zealand’s biggest agribusinesses, including Rabobank, Skellerup, and Pāmu Farms (Landcorp).She also holds a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Agricultural Economics from the University of London/ Imperial College…
A forensic psychiatrist has revealed antidepressants dissolved in juice were used by a woman to kill her two children in Auckland in 2018.Warning: This story contains details about mental health and suicide that my disturb some readers.Hakyung Lee is on trial at the High Court at Auckland, charged with the murders of her children Minu and Yuna Jo, who were aged 6 and 8 at the time of their deaths in 2017.She is representing herself in court along with two standby counsel, Lorraine Smith and Chris Wilkinson-Smith.Lee’s lawyers called their first and only witness in her defence, who has described…
Nurses turned their back on the Health Minister during his speech at the annual New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) conference, coming in the wake of a report revealing hospitals nationwide were short close to 600 nurses per shift over the past year.The report, authored by Infometrics for the NZNO was based on Health NZ data from 1.69 million shifts in 59 public hospitals between 2022 and 2024.Understaffing was found to be most common in the Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley district, with 51% of shifts short-staffed between January 2022 and November 2024. Counties Manukau followed on 48%, while Taranaki was…