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A teenager has been arrested and charged with murder following an investigation into the death of 15-year-old Kaea Karauria in Napier earlier this year.Karauria, 15, was found critically injured at an Alexander Ave address following reports of a disorder event at 3.10am on May 11 and died at the scene despite efforts by ambulance staff.Police charged and arrested the youth today over the fatal stabbing.Detective Inspector Dave de Lange said the investigation into the matter would continue and police could not rule out further charges.”What happened to Kaea was devastating, and police will remain focused on establishing the exact circumstances…
ADVERTISEMENT Yes, it’s scripted. Yes, it kicks off with that awkward 20-minute prelude where the Commission chief strolls through the hemicycle, shaking hands and kissing cheeks with party leaders as if she’s just been reunited with long-lost friends. And yes, it can drag on for more than four hours once you add in MEPs reactions. But the end-of-summer classic known as the State of the European Union (SOTEU) speech will still set the tone for EU politics after the summer break, even after one of the busiest Augusts in memory. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has always treated her previous…
Police have released an image of the campsite in dense Waikato bush where the remaining two Marokopa children were found yesterday following the fatal shooting of their father Tom Phillips.The fugitive father, who had evaded law enforcement for nearly four years, was shot dead by police early on Monday morning after a police officer was shot and critically injured during a burglary response.One of Phillips’ children was found at the scene and taken into police custody, while the other two were found “well and uninjured” at a campsite at around 4.30pm. Around 50 police staff, including the armed offenders squad,…
ADVERTISEMENT Reports that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane was targeted by suspected Russian GPS jamming as she travelled from Warsaw to the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv on 31 August have sparked major speculation. Scrutiny has intensified after official sources flip-flopped between statements, appearing to row back on early claims that the disruption had been caused by suspected Russian interference. The timeline The Financial Times broke the story on 1 September, reporting that von der Leyen’s plane — a charter aircraft operated by Luxembourg airline LuxAviation — circled Plovdiv airport for an hour, using paper maps to land,…
A jury has been told traces of an antidepressant drug was found in the bodies of two children who it is alleged were killed by their mother, and left in suitcases in a storage unit in Auckland.Warning: This story discusses self-harm.The trial of Hakyung Lee has opened in the High Court at Auckland on Tuesday, with openings from both the Crown and the defence – with Lee representing herself, but assisted by two lawyers.The bodies of Minu Jo and Yuna Jo, aged six and eight at the time of their deaths, were found nearly four years after they were killed…
The police commissioner, the police minister and the police union have all said they want officers to wear body cameras. Why hasn’t it happened yet?Police body camera footage is often used in other countries in investigations after officer-involved shootings, such as the case of missing Marokopa father Tom Phillips, who was killed on Monday after firing on and critically wounding a constable, or the fatal police shooting of a woman in Christchurch last month.Yet despite many saying they support introducing the cameras – and other New Zealand agencies already using the technology – they’re not being used by police at…
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A Manawatū couple who won $1 million in last week’s Lotto draw has celebrated their big win by getting KFC. The couple, who wished to remain anonymous, bought their ticket from Four Square Milson in Palmerston North – their usual spot. The man said that when he bought the ticket, he asked the Lotto operator if they had ever “sold a big one”. “A long time ago,” the operator replied. The man retorted with: “Well, you’d better print out the winning ticket so you can add to your trophy collection then.”While celebrating Father’s Day on Sunday, the man read that…
The completion date of the New Zealand Transport Agency’s troubled national public transport ticketing system Motu Move has blown out by a year as an independent review disavows an “overly ambitious” timeline for the $1.4 billion project.Officials conceded that a finished system would be delayed to the end of 2027 as they announced progress in what was termed a “reset” of the National Ticketing Solution (NTS) earlier today.Christchurch bus and ferry passengers would soon receive a taste of Motu Move with contactless card and phone payments coming from mid-November, NZTA revealed. But that rollout — which will see new terminals…
Police are speaking to people of interest after a smash-and-grab at a Michael Hill store in Auckland’s Botany this afternoon.Police inspector Danny Meade said it received reports of seven offenders entering the store at about 4.20pm.”The group have used various weapons to smash the glass cabinets and have taken a quantity of jewellery.”Meade said the offenders fled the scene in two allegedly stolen vehicles, which were found abandoned near Botany Downs Secondary College a short distance away.Police are speaking to several people of interest, he said.Inquiries are ongoing.