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General practitioners will get up to 13.89% more funding this year in a new agreement the Government hopes will eventually lead to faster care.Health Minister Simeon Brown said the $175 million increase this year was the biggest – by more than double – since the current funding system began.GPs had been crying out for more funding saying their sector was in crisis and doctors were leaving.They were pleased to get a boost – but noted only some of them would be able to achieve the full 13.89%.GPs received government funding via a capitation system – money per patient in their…
Witnesses have painted a picture of complicated relationships, financial difficulties and alcoholism, as the trial of Julia DeLuney, charged with killing her mother, continues.Helen Gregory, aged 79, died at her Khandallah home in January 2024.The Crown’s case is that DeLuney, who first appeared in front of a judge and jury in the High Court in Wellington on Monday, attacked her mother, then staged the scene to make it look like she had suffered a fall from the attic.The jury was told DeLuney had been a teacher, but had not worked as one for the past 15 years.Instead, she traded cryptocurrency…
Petrol prices had already started to creep up, and increased conflict in the Middle East could add another 10 percent or 15 percent to the cost of filling up, economists say. Mike Newton, from fuel price app Gaspy, said there had been an “upswing” in prices recently, even before the US attack on Iran and Iran proposed blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He said the price of 91 petrol had increased four cents in the past week alone. “A lot of this will be purely speculative as the actual effect on supply is yet to make itself properly felt. “There is talk…
Four men face “serious charges” after a police and Customs investigation into a Wellington-based syndicate led to the seizure of 23kg of methamphetamine and more than 1000 MDMA pills.Dubbed Operation Armani, the joint investigation identified a group smuggling “significant amounts” of drugs into New Zealand over several months.Twenty-three kilograms of methamphetamine, with a street value of more than $8 million, was intercepted at the border, while the MDMA seized was worth around $50,000.Search warrants were executed by police and Customs across the Wellington district.More than 1000 MDMA pills were seized as part of the investigation. (Source: NZ Police)Four men, aged…
The man accused of stabbing two people at an Auckland night market at the weekend has appeared in Manukau District Court.Police were called to the scene on Aylesbury St in Pakuranga about 6.45pm after reports of an assault on Saturday night.The 23-year-old has been charged with injuring the two victims. He handed himself in at the Manukau Police Station on Sunday.Both of the victims had surgery and were in stable condition in hospital.The accused appeared before the court on Monday with one of his hands bandaged.He was granted interim name suppression, remanded in custody, and was expected to re-appear next…
By Euronews Published on 23/06/2025 – 11:00 GMT+2Key diary datesMonday 23 June: EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.Tuesday 24-Wednesday 25 June: NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands.Wednesday 25 June: Gavi vaccine alliance’s high-level pledging summit in Brussels.Thursday 26 June: EU Council Summit in Brussels.ADVERTISEMENT In spotlightOn Wednesday international vaccine alliance Gavi will stage a ‘high-level pledging summit’ co-hosted by the EU and the Gates Foundation, set to feature appearances from the presidents of the Parliament, Commission and Council – Roberta Metsola, Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa – alongside tech royalty Bill Gates.Gates will be in the headlights in Brussels…
A Dunedin hospitality veteran is branching out into retail with a new store she says has been more than a decade in the making. Moray Pl homeware store Klein & Blue opened its doors earlier this month in the former Two Squirrels Vintage Emporium premises, which closed in August last year. Owner Riah McLean — who also owns Vogel St Kitchen and is the original owner of Heritage Coffee — said the store was her first proper venture into retail. She had briefly started a small homeware store called Mrs Brown in the back of Vogel St Kitchen, when it…
All Blacks and Blues winger Caleb Clarke says he’s “deeply sorry and embarrassed” after being discharged without conviction for clocking speeds of 110km/h on a motorbike in a residential area. “Just want to apologise for my actions, especially to the police for taking up their time and resource,” he told reporters in a prepared statement read outside court.“This is all on me and I absolutely accept the consequences and respect the court’s decision today.”On December 3, the 26-year-old was spotted by police travelling above the 80km/h speed limit on State Highway 16 shortly after midnight. Police signalled for him to…
Published on 23/06/2025 – 15:43 GMT+2•Updated 17:26ADVERTISEMENTHungary and Slovakia announced they would block the EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia during the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Monday, adding that the move came in response to the European Commission’s RePowerEU plan that aims to cease all energy imports from Russia.”They demanded today that we create a sanctions package that is as strong, as comprehensive, and as severely punishing the energy sector as possible. However, we, together with Slovakia, prevented the adoption of the sanctions package today. We did this because, in parallel with…
Police are continuing to appeal for information on a motorcyclist who drove off after striking a 24-year-old pedestrian in Rotorua on June 15.The pedestrian, who was sight- and hearing-impaired, died in hospital on June 19.The motorcyclist allegedly overtook a stationary vehicle and struck the 24-year-old as he was crossing Edmund Rd and Mangakakahi at around 2.15pm on Sunday.Earlier, police said the rider then performed a U-turn, rode back towards the crossing, and fled the scene without stopping or checking on the victim.The pedestrian was then airlifted to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition. Edmund Rd was closed while emergency services…