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Police are speaking in Christchurch this afternoon following a fatal shooting in Bryndwyr. Earlier this morning, Canterbury District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill said a woman died and a man was critically injured during a police shooting at a residential address on Clyde Rd. Cordons remain in place around the property, with a large police presence in the area.Watch the update on the livestream above.
Auckland mayoral candidate Kerrin Leoni wants to cap council rates rises to at or below inflation after 2027/28 as the contest for the city’s top job begins to heat up. If elected, the left-leaning Whau ward councillor also promised she would slash consultant spending by 40% and to only agree to selling “strategic assets” after a 75% majority vote in council or public referendum — following the council’s sale of its shares in Auckland Airport.Leoni is the main frontrunner expected to challenge incumbent mayor Wayne Brown in next month’s local elections, with a notably smaller candidate field than in 2022.”The…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he stands by his “lost the plot” comment about Benjamin Netanyahu after an Israeli minister hit out at him earlier today on social media.Speaking to reporters, Luxon said he expressed a “personal view”, which reflected “immense frustration from the global community”.”They’re entitled to their view and we’re entitled to ours. What we are in alignment on is Hamas is a terrorist organisation,” he said.”But what I’m talking about is the humanitarian catastrophe and suffering that we’re seeing in Gaza. “We need Israel to heed the global community’s calls, which have been consistent over the period…
ADVERTISEMENT Europe saw the second-highest number of tropical nights on record in 2024 due to climate change, according to the EU’s Copernicus service (C3S). A tropical night is defined as a night when the temperature does not drop below 20C. Over the past few decades, the number of tropical nights in Europe has been rising. The rate of warming is more than double the global average over the last 30 years. The southeast of Europe was particularly affected, with some areas of southern Greece experiencing up to 55 more tropical nights than average. Much of Italy saw up…
A woman has died and a man was critically injured in a police shooting in Christchurch overnight.In an update shortly after midday, Canterbury District Commander Superintendent Tony Hill said the man was now in a stable, but critical, condition in hospital and police did not believe his injuries to be life-threatening. Hill said police were called to a residential address in Clyde Road, Bryndwr about 11pm, after receiving a report of a man armed with a knife, threatening to hurt himself and his partner.He said based on this information, officers made the “tactical decision” to arm themselves as they approached…
New Plymouth’s mayor threw councillor Murray Chong out of a meeting for calling a new policy racist, and questioned a Hobson’s Pledge founder’s motives for stoking division.Would-be mayor Max Brough and his running-mate councillor Gordon Brown also faced criticism after defending Chong at this week’s New Plymouth District Council meeting.Kevin Moratti – a founding board member of Hobson’s Pledge – last week denounced the council’s new buy-local plan as “race-based”.Moratti said he wanted the New Plymouth Ratepayers Alliance given access to council decision-making “just as some other un-elected parties are”.The council’s procurement plan aims to save money while making local…
Published on 14/08/2025 – 14:44 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The number of requests for European solidarity to help tackle wildfires this week reached the same tally as for the entire 2024 fire season, the European Commission announced on Thursday. “Overall, the mechanism has been activated 16 times during the current season and we are in mid-August,” European Commission spokesperson Eva Hrncirova told reporters on Thursday. “This is already equal to the total amount of activations during the whole summer season last year.” Spain became the latest country on Wednesday to turn to the mechanism, making its first-ever request for European solidarity against…
The Auckland eye surgeon found not guilty of killing his wife after a lengthy murder trial last year may give evidence at her coronial inquest next year.Pauline Hanna, who managed the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine as an executive director at Counties Manukau Health, died in her Remuera home on April 5, 2021.Her husband, former Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne, was found not guilty of her murder after an eight-week trial.A pre-hearing conference has taken place in the North Shore District Court this morning with a number of key figures from the trial appearing in court once again.Polkinghorne and his…
One person has been flown to Waikato Hospital in critical condition following a crash between a truck and a pedestrian on Te Poi Road today. St John was alerted to the incident at 1.03PM and responded with one helicopter, two ambulances and one rapid response vehicle. A police spokesperson said “Te Poi Road is closed between the State Highway 24 and State Highway 29 intersections. The serious crash unit will be in attendance”Motorists have been asked to avoid the area.
A Gisborne hapū has blocked a road and attempted to stop work at a wharf in their latest move to reclaim ancestral lands.Since a hīkoi on May 5, the hapū Ngāti Oneone has been calling on the council, Trust Tairāwhiti and Eastland Port to return ancestral lands not used for core business.For over three months, they have taken day and night shifts to keep a fire burning at a shed they inhabit as part of their movement, “Reclamation of Whenua”.Yesterday, at the dawn of the 101st day, the hapū blocked Hirini St from 5.15am until 7am.Chairwoman Charlotte Gibson said the…