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Aucklanders are being asked to look out for a missing 14-year-old girl. Tracey was reported missing from her Conifer Grove home and was believed to be in the south Auckland area. “Police and Tracey’s family would like to see her return home safely,” a police spokesperson said. “If you see Tracey, or have any information on her whereabouts, please contact police.” Those with information on Tracey’s whereabouts were asked to call police on 105. The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including a woman is killed by a shark in Australia, reprieve from hot nights on the way, and expect traffic…
Dame Judi Dench has revealed she “can no longer see” and admitted she can’t recognise friends as her eyesight worsens.The 90-year-old Oscar-winning actress was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 2012.In an interview with Britain’s ITV News alongside friend Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi was asked why she had stepped away from the big screen.”It’s because I can’t see anymore.”McKellen said, “but we can see you”, to which Dench replied: “Yes, and I can see your outline, and I know you so well, but I can’t recognise anybody now. “People think, ‘Oh, get her, she’s got very grand,’ but it’s…
Albert-Eden Local Board’s chairperson says they’re not opposed to more events at Eden Park after being put in the firing line by businesses.The government is seeking feedback from the public and the council on its plan to increase the number of gigs at the venue to 12 large and 20 medium concerts a year.On Thursday, the Dominion Road Business Association criticised the Local Board for not supporting the proposal.The Local Board’s Margi Watson, however, told Morning Report on Friday that the business community and the public’s reaction was based on an incomplete record of information.”We very much supported a lot…
A man unsuccessfully tried to carjack two vehicles as he tried to escape police across Auckland during the early hours of this morning. The incident unfolded when a hatchback drew police attention for its driving just before 3am, prompting officers to attempt to stop it in Papatoetoe.The vehicle allegedly fled police at “high speed” but was not pursued. Camera operators monitored the vehicle and relayed its movements in the Clover Park area. The Eagle helicopter was deployed and tracked the vehicle as it headed towards the south-western motorway.“The car has allegedly been driven at excessive speed towards the airport, before…
In the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, Fisher takes over the role of Holly Wheeler – the younger sister of Mike and Nancy.When she found out she’d been cast, back in 2023, the London-based actor was weary from a day shooting the family film Bookworm on a rainy Canterbury hillside.”What had been a pretty exhausting day turned into one of the best days of my life,” she tells RNZ’s Saturday Morning.Joining the cast of Stranger Things was “quite scary”, Fisher says.”You’re putting quite a lot of yourself out into the world doing these performances, and you’re not necessarily…
The New Zealand Banking Association has updated its practice code to include new customer scam protections and compensation. The new protections — set to go live on November 30 — were being delivered through an update to the Code of Banking Practice and target authorised payment scams where people are tricked into making payments to criminals.Changes include: Pre-transaction warnings to customers for certain paymentsA Confirmation of Payee service for customers to check that the name of the person they are paying matches the account number, which finished rolling out in April this yearIdentification of and response to high-risk transactions or…
Several incidents with unleashed dogs, including a child recently being bitten on the face, have led a Kawerau woman to request the council create an on-leash area.“It would just be nice to have one place where we can walk and know that we’re not going to be bothered by dogs,” Christine Larsen told a Kawerau District Council meeting on Wednesday.Larsen said she was speaking on behalf of a lot of people in the community when she asked for the policy change.”I speak to many people, especially older people in our community who don’t want to go walking along the river…
By Gabriele Barbati with Associated Press Published on 28/11/2025 – 22:04 GMT+1 Turkish authorities reported that two oil tankers linked to the notorious Russian “shadow fleet” which are on the international sanctions list, caught fire on Friday in the Black Sea near the Bosporus Strait, triggering an extensive rescue operation. The first ship, the Gambia-flagged Kairos, exploded and caught fire about 28 nautical miles off the Turkish coast of Kocaeli province, while sailing without cargo from Egypt to the Russian port of Novorossiysk, the Turkish Transport Ministry reported. Shortly afterwards, a second tanker, the Virat, was reported to have been ‘struck’ in another…
Auckland motorists are being told to expect “substantially longer than usual” delays across the city for IKEA’s opening on Thursday next week.Transport authorities warned of a worst-case scenario of 40-plus-minute queues at the motorway exit near the store’s Mt Wellington location. The long-awaited Swedish furniture store will open to the public on December 4 in Sylvia Park. Both Auckland Transport and the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi urged road-users to “plan ahead and allow plenty of extra time for their journeys”.“We expect the opening day, and subsequent weeks or even months to draw big crowds to the Sylvia Park area,…
Police and Customs have arrested eight members of the 28 Brotherhood MC gang, including their president, as part of an operation into “corrupt baggage handlers” helping import drugs through Auckland Airport. This morning, Detective Inspector Tom Gollan provided an update on Operation Matata, which was launched earlier this year following a police and Customs joint investigation into drug smuggling at Auckland Airport. Previous phases had seen dozens of arrests, including current and former workers employed by baggage handling agencies at the airport, accused of organising and carrying out the smuggling of class A drugs – meth and cocaine – through…