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The whānau of a man who vanished from Auckland Airport on Friday morning say there have been multiple reports of possible sightings, and they’re holding out hope he’ll be found safe.Kory-Dean Wirihana checked in for his flight to Christchurch and cleared security but never boarded his plane.A family member posted on social media they last heard from the 36-year-old at 4am on Friday, and his phone and had been handed into lost property at the airport.On Sunday morning, they wrote there had been “some new developments”, but Wirihana was still missing.”We’ve seen the comments about possible sightings and want to…
A homicide investigation has been launched after a man was fatally assaulted at a bus stop in the Auckland suburb of St Johns last night. Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Greaves said emergency services were called to reports a person had been assaulted by more than one person on St Johns Rd about 10pm on Saturday. The 33-year-old victim was transported to hospital in a critical condition, where he died from his injuries. Emergency services were called to St Johns Rd about 10pm on Saturday. (Source: 1News)”The offenders are believed to have left the area in a vehicle, travelling towards Remuera…
MetService has issued a new severe thunderstorm watch for Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Waitomo and Taumarunui this morning, following days of wild weather across parts of the North Island. Ex-tropical Cyclone Tam and its associated troughs are expected to affect the country during Sunday and Monday, bringing heavy rain to parts of New Zealand.In an update shortly after 8am, the forecaster warned a line of thunderstorms was expected to develop over southern Northland and Auckland this afternoon, and move slowly eastwards across the region. It said the thunderstorms could produce localised heavy rain between midday and 8pm on Sunday, and some…
Police are appealing for information after the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian in Wellington left the scene yesterday. Senior Constable Brett Main said the crash happened at the intersection of Tory and Tennyson Streets in the city around 6.30pm on Saturday. “The pedestrian was carried a short distance on the bonnet of the vehicle before falling onto the road on Tory St.He said they suffered minor injuries. Main said the vehicle did not stop, and left the area. “It is described as a light blue hatchback, which would have damaged windscreen wipers as a result of the…
ADVERTISEMENTRussian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Saturday. According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6 p.m. Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday to midnight (2100 GMT) following Easter Sunday. “Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18:00 to 00:00 from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side declares an Easter truce. I order that all military actions be stopped for this period,” Putin said at a meeting with Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, the Kremlin’s Press Service quoted him as saying. “We assume that the Ukrainian side will…
When the devastating Christchurch earthquakes struck in 2010 and 2011, hundreds of students from Lincoln University stepped up to lend a helping hand. Sam Johnson was instrumental in establishing the Student Volunteer Army in the quake-ravaged city, which still operates today as a network of volunteers responding to crisis events. Reflecting on that time in his life, Johnson told 1News the instruction to “stay at home and do nothing just seemed so counter intuitive to what was needed”. “I really remember that emotion of that… going ‘well, this is the time we should be doing something, what should we do?'”…
A group of New Zealanders in Türkiye for the upcoming Anzac Day commemorations have re-buried battlefield remains at Gallipoli.The human remains were unearthed when historic World War I trenches were exposed by wildfires last August.Subsequent heavy rain had further disturbed the site near the Chunuk Bair memorial, a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) spokesperson said.Local authorities and Commonwealth War Graves Commission staff were consulted and a decision was made to cover them.New Zealand commemoration lead John McLeod said a small team, including members of the NZDF and the NZ Embassy, assisted in the covering up of remains that were exposed.”It…
Police were confronted by about 80 bystanders while trying to intercept 100 “anti-social road users” in Hutt Valley. Police had set up a checkpoint at Kmart Petone where drivers were forced to pass through before they met up again at Porirua where they another checkpoint was set up.On Eastern Hutt Rd in Taita, however, Hutt Valley Area Commander Wade Jenning said about 80 bystanders “were blocking the road and throwing bottles” at police. “Police formed lines with shields and helmets and forced the crowd to return to their vehicles, which were then directed through another checkpoint,” Jenning said. “We know the public and,…
It’s been a tiring few weeks for Rob Tranter after he drove one of his work vans through the Meeanee road works in Napier.He says he’s been sent from pillar to post between Napier City Council, Downer and his insurance company.Dozens of cars were damaged during the road works, with drivers describing loose tar and chip seal piling onto their tyres, slowing their cars to an almost undrivable speed. Stones slowly shaking loose from other vehicles began to chip at their paintwork and windscreens. One reported receiving eight windscreen chips in one go.Tranter said he left home at 8.30am on…
Emergency services are searching for a man who fell into a fast-moving Waikato river this morning.Police say a rescue operation is underway to find the missing man, who was seen falling into the river near Wairere Falls, northeast of Matamata, just before midday.The person who saw the man fall tried to help but could not reach him in time.A Swift Water Rescue Team is on its way to the scene alongside a helicopter.The rescue attempt comes as the country deals with storms and flooding caused by the remains of ex-Cyclone Tam sweeping through.rnz.co.nz