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Dozens of pro-Russia and anti-EU accounts on X have been accused of misleading users after the platform rolled out a new transparency feature revealing where profiles are posting from, how they downloaded the app and when they joined. The “about this account” tab, now visible on every profile, shows a user’s reported location. X warns that the feature may not be accurate, and can be affected by VPNs, travel or temporary relocations. “This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square. We plan to provide many more ways for users to verify the authenticity…
A Christchurch school has warned parents of a “significant health and safety breach” after the school lunches it was provided were “mouldy and liquefied”.Haeata Community Campus principal Peggy Burrows said all lunches had been recalled but some had already been eaten by students.She told 1News staff members usually ate with the kids and that when a staff member opened one of the lunches up, they found it mouldy and liquefied.She warned parents of students at the school to watch for food poisoning symptoms, including vomiting and diarrhoea.”More severe symptoms can include bloody diarrhoea, a fever over 38 degrees and dehydration,…
When it comes to buying kids technology-based presents for Christmas, Sean Lyons from Netsafe – an organisation dedicated to online safety – likens these gifts to something they are not: A bike.”In my day, when there was a bike, and I said ‘I wanted a bike’, my parents were really, really sure what a bike was. They understood pretty much everything that a bike could do.”That’s not the same for devices, whether that be a smartwatch or phone, a tablet, or a gaming console, says Lyons.”We might think a PlayStation is a thing where you shove a CD in through…
A permanent holiday-time booze ban for popular Wairarapa hotspots could be in place from next year.The issue is raised in a report to be put before Masterton’s District Council on Wednesday as they consider renewing their annual alcohol bylaw.The report recommends renewing the current alcohol restrictions, with the possibility of extending restrictions in a new bylaw to be proposed next year – to include places such as Riversdale Beach in a permanent holiday-time ban.The report cited “alcohol-related antisocial behaviour” at Riversdale Beach over Labour Weekend.”These reports revealed that inebriated teenagers had damaged property and smashed glass,” it said.”Residents have queried…
By euronews Published on 01/12/2025 – 7:51 GMT+1 One week after the high stakes talks in Geneva to end the war in Ukraine, top American officials met with a Ukrainian delegation yesterday in Mar-a-Lago. This as a corruption scandal hit Kyiv leading to the resignation of President Zelensky’s right hand man, Andri Yermak. To break it all down, we are joined in the studio by Euronews’ Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakulina. We will also be joined by General Ben Hodges, a former Commanding General of US Army Europe and an infantry officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since retirement in 2018,…
The owner of an embattled South Dunedin pub says he feels “immense relief” about being granted a liquor licence after others failed. Dunedin’s district licensing committee granted JV Bars Ltd an on-licence and off-licence for the St Kilda Tavern, which for the past five months had been selling alcohol using temporary licences. Its application was opposed by police, the medical officer of heath delegate and the city’s chief licensing inspector. JV Bars director Vishav Singh said he felt “immense relief, gratitude and genuine joy” upon learning of the decision. “This outcome acknowledges the hard work and responsibility we uphold at…
Nearly six months after its launch with much fanfare, the Government’s road cone hotline is receiving an average of just three reports a day. Only a tiny proportion of tips investigated find too many cones, with some follow up visits discovering more cones are needed.Launched in June, the $400,000 pilot 12-month road cone hotline aimed to monitor instances of road cone overuse in temporary traffic management.In its first week, the hotline received 374 reports, but by early November that number had plunged to just 15 — a drop of over 95%. During November, the average number of daily reports has…
The death of a Dunedin woman who shot herself while deer hunting in an Otago forest was a terrible accident, a coroner has ruled.Kate Aynsley, 48, died in Beaumont Forest’s Blue Mountains Conservation Area in June 2023 after being shot in the head by her own rifle.In findings released on Monday, coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale said Aynsley’s gun likely went off by accident as she either fell or fumbled in steep, slippery terrain.While no-one saw what happened, Aynsley had likely removed the safety catch while preparing to shoot a deer, the coroner found.Aynsley had gone hunting with her fiancé but the…
A motorbike rider is in serious condition after crashing while fleeing police in Lower Hutt last night.Officers observed a motorbike being ridden in a dangerous manner on Fairway Drive, Lower Hutt, before turning on to Taita Drive around 10.30pm.”Before police signalled for the rider to stop, they allegedly accelerated, overtook another vehicle and failed to take a bend, crashing into a fence,” Hutt Valley Area Commander Inspector Wade Jennings said. “The rider sustained serious leg injuries and was transported to hospital.”The serious crash unit has examined the scene, and inquiries into the circumstances of the crash were ongoing.The morning’s headlines…
A public hospital doctor is owed $1.27 million in annual leave while many more are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for leave they have been unable to take.RNZ asked Health NZ to provide the highest 20 annual leave balances owed to senior doctors to the end of September. It said it was only possible to provide the top ten.The ten doctors were owed $6.5 million of annual leave between them, with the second highest doctor on $715,000 and two more over $600,000.Health NZ said it encouraged staff to take the leave they were owed, including leave management plans for…