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The activist and actor who shared Winston Peters’ street address online says she regrets the “oversight” but claims the NZ First leader is now using it as a “diversion tactic”.One NZ earlier said it would remove Acacia O’Connor from its ad campaign after revelations she publicised Peters’ personal address online last week and encouraged people to join a pro-Palestine protest outside his house.A window was smashed at Peters’ home yesterday. A 29-year-old man has since been charged with burglary and will appear in Auckland District Court on Friday.Winston Peters says activism has gone too far after a crowbar was used…

Have kegs, will travel. A Dunedin woman has come up with an idea for those who want a cool brew any time and anywhere they want. The Keg Collective is the brainchild of Shaquille Spooner-Nixon, who has transitioned a horse float into a six-tap, six-keg trailer which pours liquid of all sorts. She said the idea had been floating around in her head for a while. “I was always wanting to make some sort of mobile business. At first, it was cafe, and then I thought, ‘oh, maybe a bar’. Then I decided, after working all week, who really wants…

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon has firm words for online detractors: “Stop talking down our district.”The mayor was taking aim at social media commentary attacking the council’s debt of $210m and his mayoral opponent’s 0% rate rise promise.Gordon and his council colleagues responded to the criticism during the final council meeting of the term on Tuesday, ahead of Saturday’s election.”I wish people would stop talking down our district and start talking it up,” Gordon said.Councillors unanimously adopted the council’s 2024/25 annual report at the meeting, although mayoral challenger Paul Williams did question the lower than expected budget surplus.The budget surplus was…

Dolly Parton “ain’t dead yet,” the country superstar said on social media following public speculation about her health.“There are just a lot of rumours flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay,” the 79-year-old singer said in a new two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.”Her post, which appeared on numerous of Parton’s social media accounts and her website, was captioned, “I ain’t dead yet.”Late last month Parton postponed her first Las Vegas residency…

A public rift within Te Pāti Māori continues to deepen ahead of a promised “reset” of the party later this week. MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi spoke to 1News Political Editor Maiki Sherman earlier today, following claims of a toxic environment within the party. John Tamihere says the party is focused on a reset after the election of new MP Oriini Kaipara. (Source: 1News)The MP for Te Tai Tokerau was demoted from her role of party whip last month, a move she called “disappointing”. She later spoke of “dysfunction” in the party in an interview.Speaking today with 1News, Kapa-Kingi said she believed…

Tough economic times and rising costs have culminated in the “difficult decision” to place a Dunedin kebab restaurant into liquidation. Anatolia Turkish Kebab House has ceased trading, as its operating company, Anatolia Turkish Cafe Ltd, was placed into liquidation by shareholder resolution last week. The company operated the Turkish restaurant and takeaways business in Princes St for about 10 years, before moving to a larger premises in the ground floor of the street’s historic Excelsior Hotel building in 2023. The liquidators’ first report, released this week, said company director Murat Bay had operated similar operations successfully for many years. “However,…

A soft business confidence survey has increased the odds of a super-sized 50 basis point cut in the Official Cash Rate by the Reserve Bank on Wednesday.The closely followed survey showed slowing demand, more staff cuts, and reduced investment and profit expectations.Headline sentiment eased to a net 15% expecting better economic times from 26%, but fewer firms were optimistic about their own outlook, while it also showed strengthening inflation pressures with costs rising and businesses raising their prices in response.NZIER principal economist Christina Leung said the weak growth outlook, but stronger inflation signals, highlighted the Reserve Bank’s dilemma.”It is a…

This afternoon’s official cash rate (OCR) decision by the Reserve Bank is expected to be a cut, but economists remain divided about how deeply interest rates will fall.The central bank’s monetary policy committee will almost certainly cut interest rates when it meets later today.But economic experts are divided on whether it will be a quarter-point cut (0.25%) to 2.75% or a larger half-point (0.5%) reduction to 2.50%.Kiwibank’s chief economist Jarrod Kerr speaks to Breakfast about what he thinks the central bank will announce this afternoon. (Source: Breakfast)The Reserve Bank’s decision will likely be predicated on how badly it thinks New…

ADVERTISEMENT Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen addressed the European Parliament for the first time ever on Wednesday and announced that the territory is not seeking to join the European Union and is “definitely not seeking to be part” of the United States. Asked by Euronews if Greenland is more likely to join the EU or be annexed by the US in the future — an interest US President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed — Nielsen said: “Let me say this clear, we are not going to join another country.” “Right now (Greenland has) no plans for trying to be a member of…

Tough economic times and rising costs have culminated in the “difficult decision” to place a Dunedin kebab restaurant into liquidation. Anatolia Turkish Kebab House has ceased trading, as its operating company, Anatolia Turkish Cafe Ltd, was placed into liquidation by shareholder resolution last week. The company operated the Turkish restaurant and takeaways business in Princes St for about 10 years, before moving to a larger premises in the ground floor of the street’s historic Excelsior Hotel building in 2023. The liquidators’ first report, released this week, said company director Murat Bay had operated similar operations successfully for many years. “However,…