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New Zealand is deploying personnel and a C-130J Hercules aircraft to the Middle East as part of efforts to assist stranded citizens from Iran and Israel, the Government has announced today.Foreign Minister Winston Peters confirmed the deployment following US airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, announced by US President Donald Trump on Sunday.Trump said the strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan were a “spectacular military success” in a speech from the White House this afternoon.”Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.”Peters called…

Four people have been injured – two critically – following a multi-vehicle crash in Auckland’s Glen Eden this afternoon.Emergency services were called to the crash on Great North Rd, between Brandon Rd and Westech Pl, around 4.30pm, police said. One person had to be extricated from a vehicle, a Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson told 1News. Four people were taken to hospital, with two people in a critical condition and two in moderate condition, according to St John.

Auckland Council is taking to the skies again to deploy state-of-the-art LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to map critical waterways.It’s part of the Council’s Making Space for Water Programme – a response to the 2023 Anniversary Weekend floods – to ensure flooding on that scale doesn’t happen again by combining infrastructure upgrades with the use of natural environments.”As we rely more and more on these natural networks to do the work of stormwater to convey flows, we need to understand how they’re able to cope,” said Auckland Council’s principal of waterways planning Danny Klimetz.The LiDAR technology provides virtual walk-throughs…

Two people have been critically injured following an alleged stabbing at Auckland’s Pakuranga night markets overnight.Emergency services were called to the incident on Aylesbury St around 6.45pm following a report of a stabbing.Two people have been taken to hospital with critical injuries. “Police are currently following positive lines of inquiry to locate the alleged offender,” Inspector Danny Meade said.”Initial inquiries suggest this is an isolated incident and there is not believed to be any further risk to the public.”The market was evacuated.”Due to an unexpected incident, the Pakuranga Night Market will not be operating tonight,” the Auckland Night Market operators…

People are walking in pairs, and witnesses are being urged to speak to police after an attack at Porirua’s popular Rangituhi / Colonial Knob walking track.A woman was assaulted about halfway up the stairs of the walking track, at about 3.30pm on Wednesday, June 18. Police are still looking for the offender.Porirua Mayor Anita Baker said people were worried about their safety.”People go up there every day, and people want to be able to feel safe going on their walks, even if they are by themselves. So there is a bit of concern,” Baker said.”At the moment, people are going…

Briscoes shares have had a boost in recent days, ahead of the company moving into the top 50 stocks on the NZX share market tomorrow.Falling share prices pushed The Warehouse out of the NZX50, and Briscoes will take its place. That means that passive managed funds that benchmark their funds to the NZX50 will snap up stocks in the company too.Its share price has lifted from less than $5 at the start of the month to $6.19 on Thursday.Greg Smith, head of retail at Devon Funds, said there had been a lot of pre-buying ahead of Briscoes moving up on…

Four people have been injured – one critically – following a two-car crash on State Highway 2 north of Waimana Gorge this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene on State Highway 2 East, between Stanley and Fraser roads, around 11.30am, police said.A Hato Hone St John spokesperson told 1News it responded with three ambulances, one rapid response unit, one manager and two helicopters. Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent two fire trucks to the scene – one from Whakatāne and another from Tāneatua.One person was found trapped and had to be extricated from the vehicle, a Fire and…

A person has died after their car was crushed in a high-speed crash in an East Auckland industrial area overnight.Emergency services rushed to the scene in East Tāmaki at about 10.40pm, after reports that a vehicle had “rolled” on Springs Rd, between Kerwyn Ave and Smales Rd.”One person, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, died at the scene,” police said.Two other cars could be seen damaged at the scene last night, one with its windshield smashed and bonnet torn upwards.The main vehicle involved in the crash could be seen heavily mangled and damaged, while surrounded by fire and…

You might be paying too much for your parking, new research suggests.Vanessa Rader, head of research at Ray White Group, said she was inspired to look at how New Zealand’s car park prices compared, after conducting similar research in Australia.She found what New Zealanders pay for parking can vary dramatically, even within cities.She said, on average, the daily fee being paid in CBDs was $39.53 in Auckland, $37.83 in Wellington, and $32.60 in Christchurch. But Aucklanders could be paying anything from $12 to $80, Wellington from $15 to $50, and Christchurch $10 to $98.She said that the range within cities…

Christopher Luxon’s Europe trip has opened with the Prime Minister paying tribute to New Zealanders who served in World War I in Belgium’s historic Ypres.Luxon gave a reading of the Ode of Remembrance and laid a wreath as part of the Last Post ceremony under the Menin Gate.He said listening to the rousing sound of bagpipers made him think of two things.”For New Zealand, this is really significant because we lost almost 5,000 of our young people here — more than what we lost in Gallipoli — so it’s really special for me to be able to be here tonight,”…