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Families who set screen time rules for their children promote healthier childhoods with better sleep patterns which could reduce the risk of obesity, according to a new study.Research from the University of Auckland and City St George’s, University of London used data from 5733 children and their mothers, derived from the Growing Up in New Zealand study to investigate how family screen time rules at age two affected childhood obesity at age four-and-a-half.Lead author Dr Ladan Hashemi, a University of Auckland honorary senior researcher in social and community health said the findings suggest that adhering to family screen time rules…

A teenage boy has been charged after a woman was allegedly violently assaulted in Auckland’s Balmoral early this morning.Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend said the woman and teen had met at a Balmoral Rd property at around 2am when an argument occurred.Friend said the alleged offender was asked to leave but the “situation escalated”.”The offender forced his way back inside the house and subjected the victim to a violent assault.”He then fled in a vehicle which was seen by a police unit which had arrived at the scene.Friend said the vehicle did not stop for police but was soon stopped…

Hungary has offered to settle its Erasmus dispute with Brussels, which has left 21 Hungarian universities without access to the popular programme. ADVERTISEMENTHungary has made an overture to settle a long-running dispute with the European Commission over access to the Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe funds while, in parallel, refusing to pay the fines imposed by the European Court of Justice over serious breaches of asylum law, which have ballooned to €360 million.The first dispute dates back to December 2022, when the Commission excluded more than 30 Hungarian institutions, including 21 universities, from receiving Erasmus and Horizon funds due to the…

Alec Baldwin’s Western Rust has had its world premiere at a film festival in Poland with a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot in an accident on the set three years ago.Organisers called for a minute of silence before showing the film, which opened to a full house at the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage in the city of Torun, and received applause at the end.Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer, was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021 when the revolver went off,…

Police say officers are ready to enforce new gang laws that will come into effect from midnight. The Gangs Act 2024, passed into law earlier this year, gives police new powers to disrupt and target gang activity from November 21.The legislation prohibits the display of gang insignia in public and provides police the power to issue dispersal notices on gang members who are believed to be unreasonably disrupting the activities of the public.It also provides for the making of non-consorting orders, which prohibits association and communication between specified gang offenders for three years.”With the establishment of district gang units, police…

The policy will come into effect next May and aims to expand the country’s aging workforce. ADVERTISEMENTSpain says it will grant residency and work permits to around 300,000 undocumented migrants each year for the next three years.Elma Saiz, Spain’s Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, announced the new policy during an interview with Spain’s national broadcaster on Wednesday.”The regulation opens doors that were previously closed by means of three keys: formation, employment and family. Three keys that lead to inclusion, but with high standards in terms of legal requirements and in terms of human rights”, she explained.The policy is…

After 21 years of captivating audiences, Wicked, the long-awaited film adaptation of the smash-hit Broadway musical, is finally defying gravity and leaping to the silver screen. 1News’ Aziz Al Sa’afin sat down with the film’s stars to discover the magic behind the cinematic spectacle.Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film delves into the backstory of Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West from the 1939 movie classic The Wizard of Oz, based on author L. Frank Baum’s children’s tale.Broadway star Cynthia Erivo portrays alienated, pea-green-skinned Elphaba, who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Pop superstar Ariana…

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has explained why he didn’t meet yesterday’s Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti at Parliament. There were extraordinary scenes yesterday when a crowd estimated by police to be as many as 42,000 marched through Wellington to Parliament, many of them voicing opposition to the Government’s Treaty Principles Bill.  It comes after Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke started a haka, challenging David Seymour on the day the Treaty Principles Bill was introduced to Parliament.  (Source: 1News)The Bill’s architect David Seymour, alongside ACT MPs, made a brief appearance on Parliament’s forecourt during the hīkoi, however the Prime Minister did…

Farmers have staged protests throughout the week across France, saying the EU-Mercosur trade deal threatens their livelihoods. ADVERTISEMENTFrench farmers blocked a highway near the French-Spanish border in a third day of protests across the country against the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.The blockade was set up on Tuesday at the Boulou toll gate. Its aim is to block heavy goods vehicle traffic from Spain to France “over the long term”. French authorities have, in collaboration with their Spanish counterparts, set up detours “to limit disruption”.The farmers’ largest trade union, Coordination Rurale, is leading the protests. The French Minister of Agriculture, however, condemned…

The jobs of 230 workers at Tokoroa’s Kinleith Mill could go amid a plan to shut down paper production. The mill’s owners Oji Fibre Solutions have proposed permanently shutting the paper machine at Kinleith, impacting around half the mill’s 450-strong workforce.Workers were called into a meeting at 8am this morning. It comes just months after Oji’s plans to close its mill in Auckland’s Penrose were announced. Operations in Penrose are set to end shortly before Christmas.Oji Fibre Solutions chief executive Jon Ryder said paper production has “suffered significant losses for several years and we see no prospect of the situation…