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The three lucky ticket holders who won a share of Saturday’s $55 million Jackpot have come forward to claim their prize. The tickets were sold at New World Kawerau in Bay of Plenty, Pak N Save Moorhouse in Christchurch and on the MyLotto platform to a player from Auckland.After last Wednesday’s draw wasn’t struck, the prize passed $50 million, triggering the must be won event. Each of the three winners will take home $18,388,889.Lotto said there had been a spike in foot traffic at outlets from people checking if their numbers had come in. How lucky ticket-holders enjoy their winnings…
Direct flights between Dunedin and the Gold Coast have been a “major contributor” to an increase in visitors from across the Ditch, Dunedin Airport says. According to data released by Stats NZ last week, visitor arrivals from Australia to New Zealand increased 153,500 (12%) to 1.48 million in the 12 months to September this year. For the September month, 2025 was the second highest for the number of visitor arrivals from Australia, after 2019, international travel statistics spokesman Bryan Downes said. “The increase in visitor numbers from Australia in the September 2025 year coincided with an increase in flights between…
A Southland man who left his home to help a woman claiming to have a flat tyre was set upon by an accomplice and left badly injured on Saturday, police say.At around 10.55pm, a woman knocked on the victim’s door, saying she had a flat tyre and needed help, according to a police spokesperson. “The victim, a man in his 50s, walked with the woman to the corner of Melvin St and Turner St, where he was accosted by a man and assaulted.”Police said the male offender assaulted the victim and tried to tie his hands behind his back during…
Crews have continued the search for the remaining missing fisherman off the coast of Northland’s Pataua South, near Whangārei. The man is one of two who were reported missing after their boat failed to return on time on Friday night.The boat was found adrift on Saturday morning with no one aboard, followed soon after by the body of one of the men.Police, including the national dive squad, and search and rescue crews have been joined by the Royal New Zealand Navy in the search today.Detective Sergeant Paul Overton said the focus was on bringing the missing man home to his…
Public feedback opens this weekend on plans for a major State Highway 1 upgrade stretching from the Terrace Tunnel to Kilbirnie in what would be one of the capital’s largest infrastructure projects.The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will hold events from November 23 to December 6, allowing residents to view early designs and imagery for the Road of National Significance project, which carries a budget envelope of $2.9 billion to $3.8 billion.NZTA regional manager system design Kesh Keshaboina said transport experts would be available to answer questions and gather feedback.”These are significant proposals, and they have the potential to have a…
Equal pay is still not a reality for working women across the European Union, as men continue to earn on average 12% more per hour. This means that from Monday, women could, in theory, stop working until the end of the year to compensate for the pay difference. Each year, Brussels marks this date as “Equal Pay Day.” “There is no reason why men and women should be paid differently for doing the same job,” European Commissioners Roxana Mînzatu and Hadja Lahbib said. The gap has decreased by 4% over the last decade, but overall progress has been slow across…
One of three young children who died following a Manawatū house fire over the weekend was aged just one, police say.The blaze broke out at a home in Sanson around 2.30pm on Saturday, prompting a significant emergency services response.The three children were identified in a Givealittle page as August, Hugo, and Goldie.Friends rally to support mother in wake of Sanson fire – Watch on TVNZ+Manawatū Area Commander Inspector Ross Grantham this afternoon confirmed the children were aged 7, 5 and 1 but they could not be formally identified at this stage.”This is a complex scene and we’re having to work…
The Supreme Court has dismissed Uber’s appeal against an earlier court ruling and has agreed four drivers who brought a case against the rideshare company are employees.Uber New Zealand – which has about 11,000 drivers – took its appeal all the way to the country’s top court to challenge a 2022 Employment Court decision.Today, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Uber’s appeal.The Supreme Court delivered its ruling on Uber’s contract practices today, leaving the door open for contract workers to claim they are employees. (Source: 1News)The ruling means, in certain circumstances and over time, contract workers with a sole employer can…
Published on 17/11/2025 – 13:45 GMT+1 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has dropped plans to join the hard-right Patriots for Europe in the European Parliament, a close aide and MEP Monika Benova told Euronews. Fico’s Smer party was expelled from the Party of Socialists and Democrats in October for “breaching the values” of the centre-left party family, a move which triggered speculation about a possible transfer to Patriots of Europe. Despite holding meetings with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Fico no longer plans to join a different formation and is looking at creating his own. “Following my discussions with Prime…
A friend of a Dunedin man stabbed more than 40 times has described finding his unresponsive body soaked in blood.Gurjit Singh, 27, was found stabbed to death in what appeared to be an attempted decapitation on the lawn of his Dunedin home in January last year.The 35-year-old man accused of the murder, who is listed in court documents only as Rajinder, is on trial at the High Court at Dunedin.The defence has insisted Rajinder had no reason to kill his former employee and there was no animosity between the two men, but the Crown said Rajinder’s DNA was found throughout…