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A “dangerous overtaking incident” on the road to Whakapapa ski field last weekend has resulted in a driver being summonsed to appear in court for dangerous driving.Dashcam footage of the incident showed two vehicles overtaking a shuttle bus on Bruce Rd at around 9.20am on August 16.The second vehicle – a Volkswagen Golf – was seen narrowly avoiding a head-on collision with an oncoming Mercedes, cutting back in front of the bus at the last second.In an update today, Commercial Vehicle and Safety Team Inspector Mike Brooklands said officers identified and located a driver as a result of information provided…
By Amandine Hess & Frederic Garçon Published on 18/08/2025 – 21:16 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Matthieu Dewit is a regular at Pukkelpop, a music festival held near Hasselt in north-east Belgium, where he uses his wheelchair to navigate the wooden walkways between dancers and festival-goers, from a DJ set to a rock stage. Back in 2017, one of his friends posted a message on social media, sharing a desire to attend the festival in a wheelchair. That’s how he became acquainted with Inter, a Flemish agency that works to make festivals accessible to people with reduced mobility. Since then, Dewit has returned to Pukkelpop almost…
New Zealanders are in for a chilly start to the week, with snow, showers and gusty winds sweeping across the country before things begin to settle down later in the week.Snow was forecast to fall as low as 200 metres in the south and 600 metres in the north today, dropping to 200 metres across many areas on Tuesday.In the North Island, a narrow band of rain was moving west to east today, followed by showery conditions. Western regions including Auckland, Taranaki, Waikato, and Northland faced a prospect of thunderstorms and hail tonight and Tuesday, with gusts of 80–100km/h possible.“This…
Although Alice Taylor has always wanted to share her cooking on social media, for a long time, she felt like her kitchen wasn’t beautiful enough, her appearance too much like she’d “just finished work”, and her budget too “strict”.But when the 2022 MasterChef NZ finalist posted her first Instagram video, “clumsiness” was what people loved about it, she says, so now any mishaps are left in.In a “very exciting” development for Taylor, creating recipes and content for Instagram has become her full-time job in the last few months.Alice Taylor shares recipes for both ‘cheap’ and ‘expensive’ tiramisu. (Source: rnz.co.nz)”It’s just…
A toddler went into multi-organ failure and died of sepsis despite being seen by multiple doctors and discharged from hospital.The toddler, who was discharged with a viral illness, died shortly after his mother drove him back to Gisborne Hospital as his situation deteriorated.The care provided to the 23-month-old boy has been criticised by the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) who found a locum GP and Health New Zealand Tairāwhiti breached of the patient’s rights.In a report released on Monday, the HDC also made adverse comment against another GP and a primary health organisation (PHO) for the multiple failures and lack…
Talley’s Group-owned Open Country — New Zealand’s second-largest milk processor — has entered into a conditional agreement with the shareholders of Mataura Valley Milk to buy the business. Mataura Valley Milk (MVM), which has a plant at McNab on the outskirts of Gore, is majority-owned by The a2 Milk Company alongside minority partner China Animal Husbandry Group. Announcing its full-year results to the NZX yesterday, a2 Milk said it was divesting its 75% stake for about $100 million, while it expected to recognise a loss on sale of about $130m. MVM was an advanced nutritional powder-drying facility that continued to…
A high-profile Dunedin sportsman is on trial in the High Court at Dunedin accused of serious family violence, crushing the ribs of an infant in July 2023.Crown lawyer Richard Smith today argued the injuries were not intentional, but were reckless, and a squeezing movement around the torso of the victim was an unreasonable risk, requiring “significant force”.The Crown evidence says there were no adult witnesses at home when the injuries were allegedly inflicted on the infant.X-rays when the victim was taken to Dunedin Hospital showed at least a dozen rib fractures and a broken clavicle.The sportsman’s charge of injury with…
The latest round of Government reforms of the building consent process is expected to dominate proceedings at Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s weekly briefing to media.The changes to construction regulations come two weeks after ministers announced an easing of planning restrictions around sheds and garages.In other developments in politics since the last post-Cabinet briefing:The latest 1News/Verian poll showed Labour surging and Luxon’s popularity hitting a two-year low.Chlöe Swarbrick was kicked out of Parliament during a debate on Palestine.ADVERTISEMENTFormer PM Jacinda Ardern and Labour leader Chris Hipkins were among high profile figures from the party who declined to appear at the Covid…
New changes to speed up a “sluggish” consenting system means councils will no longer be left “footing the bill” for major building defects, the Building Minister says.The “joint and several liability” framework for managing building defects will be scrapped in what ministers call the biggest reform to the consenting system in “decades”.Construction Minister says each party involved in a build will be responsible for the work they carried out. (Source: 1News)Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk officially revealed two “major” changes alongside Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at today’s post-Cabinet media conference.Penk said the overhaul would “ease the cost burden on…
ADVERTISEMENT Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says a further 500 soldiers will be deployed to battle wildfires that have torn through parched woodland amid a record-setting European heatwave. The decision to add to the more than 1,400 troops already on wildfire duty came as authorities struggle to contain forest blazes, particularly in the north-western Galicia region and await the arrival of promised aircraft reinforcements from other European countries. Firefighters are tackling 12 major wildfires in the province, all of them near the city of Ourense, according to the head of the Galician regional government Alfonso Rueda, who delivered the update…