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About 50 Auckland dog owners proudly held up pictures of their pooches at a local board meeting on Thursday.Auckland Council is currently reviewing dog rules at several parks and beaches.The group Monte Cecilia Dog Lovers were protesting a local board decision to ban off-leash dogs at the popular suburban park.Emotions ran high in the packed public gallery as Puketāpapa local board members finalised their vote to axe Monte Cecilia’s off-leash bowl area; 4 to 2.The board’s communities and residents members chair Ella Kumar, deputy chair Fiona Lai, Roseanne Hay and Mark Pervan voted to make the park strictly on-leash, citing…
One person was taken to hospital in a critical condition last night after allegedly being assaulted in Auckland’s Māngere Bridge. Emergency services responded to a reported assault on Coronation Rd, Māngere Bridge shortly after 6pm. St John said it sent one ambulance and two rapid response units to the scene. “Our crews assessed and treated one patient who was transported to Auckland City hospital in a critical condition,” a spokesperson said. Police said inquiries were ongoing to locate the alleged offender.
A senior police officer who admitted to beating his children with a belt is the subject of another “employment process,” police have confirmed.The staffer, referred to as Officer A, was the subject of investigations by police and the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) after allegations surfaced in July 2023 that he had physically disciplined his children using a belt.Officer A was not charged due to insufficient admissible evidence, but was censured for serious misconduct. In February this year the case was made public when the IPCA released its findings into the allegations, describing the sanction as “grossly inadequate”.In response to…
One person is in a critical condition after being stabbed during a disorder incident in Hastings this morning.Officers were called to an address on Folkestone Dr in Flaxmere at around 9am following a report “of a person receiving injuries following a disorder”. “Upon arrival, one person was located with what are believed to be stab wounds,” a police spokesperson said.St John sent one ambulance, one rapid response and one manager to the scene.”Our crews assessed and treated one patient who was transported to Hawke’s Bay Hospital in a critical condition.”Police said one person was taken into custody at the scene.”Initial…
Firefighters have been called to Christchurch Airport after a cargo plane on the tarmac began billowing smoke from its undercarriage.Fire and Emergency NZ shift manager Lyn Crosson said crews responded shortly before 9am today.She said there was no fire on board the Boeing 737, and it was thought a fluid leak onto the plane’s brakes was responsible.A spokesperson at Christchurch Airport confirmed there were no passengers on board at the time.rnz.co.nz
She’s a woman on a mission to help others, whether through her job as a financial adviser or via service organisation Rotary. Business editor Sally Rae talks to April Eden. Meet April Eden from Dunedin — and yes, that really is her tagline. The rhyme is on purpose and this powerhouse is hot on her own purpose, particularly helping women build confidence with money and take control of their financial futures and flying the flag for service organisation Rotary as a vehicle to do good in the world. English-born but Dunedin-proud, her road to becoming an investment adviser might not have…
New Zealand Customs has played an important role in an international operation which led to the seizure of more than half a tonne of cocaine destined for Australian shores, officials confirmed this week.The operation, which ran across April and May, targeted the increasingly popular “Rip” method of concealment, where drugs are hidden in or extracted from legitimate shipping containers, often with the help of corrupt port insiders.Authorities from New Zealand, Jamaica, the United States, and French territories – including New Caledonia and French Polynesia – worked together to track suspicious containers as they moved through international shipping routes.As part of…
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A 77-year-old man missing in Dunedin since last night has been found “safe and well”.He had last been seen in the Kenmure area at about 10.30pm on Thursday.Police said in an update this afternoon that he was found “safe and well”.”We wish to thank the public for their assistance.”
Published on 20/06/2025 – 15:53 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe European Commission intends to withdraw a proposal aimed at combating so-called “greenwashing” by ensuring companies’ environmental claims are accurate, substantiated and independently verified, an EU executive spokesperson told reporters today.The proposal on Green Claims was initially presented in March 2023 as part of the broader European Green Deal legislative framework. This move marks the latest in a series of rollbacks of major Green Deal initiatives, after so-called “Omnibus” papers intended to simplify EU legislation effectively narrowed the scope of measures such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.The announcement on the Green Claims Directive came ahead…