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The Irish showed admirable respect when they refused to turn away from the New Zealanders following the haka. The Black Ferns held their ground, and then unleashed 80 minutes of Mana Wahine, writes 1News sports presenter Scotty Stevenson.This was more like it. Dialled in and desperate to find the kind of fluency they are famed for playing with, the Black Ferns demolished the Irish 40-nil at Brighton and Hove and set their world cup campaign on the fast track to the final.This was billed as a genuine showdown, with Ireland on the rise as a force in international women’s rugby…
ADVERTISEMENT US President Donald Trump has claimed that Poland was one of just two countries previously meeting NATO’s defence spending target of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), which was recently raised to 5% of GDP by 2035 on Trump’s demand. “Poland was one of two nations that paid more than they were supposed to with NATO,” the US President said. “I don’t know if anyone knows that, but there were two nations, and Poland paid more than they were supposed to,” he added. The comments came during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, who secured a narrow victory…
New Zealand’s engineered post-Covid recession has pushed our wage growth to near the bottom of the world in recent years.Comparing real gross domestic product per capita, converted for purchasing power parity, New Zealand ranks 25th out of 43 for growth over the past decade and 37th for the past two years.The only places that rank below New Zealand in the most recent two years are Germany, Canada, Luxembourg, Austria, Ireland and Estonia.Israel was top for the decade and Turkey for two years.Infometrics chief forecaster Gareth Kiernan said it was another example of the country having to pay the price for…
Northland College is making moves to become a charter school and is the first state school to publicly reveal it is doing so.The Kaikohe school says it desperately needs to do something to lift achievement for its predominantly Māori students and has the backing of Northland iwi, Ngāpuhi.In June, Auckland school Al-Madinah became the first and so far only state-integrated school to admit it had applied for conversion.Unlike regular state schools, integrated schools already meet one of the charter school requirements of having a third-party owner or sponsor.Northland College principal Duane Allen said he was formerly a strong opponent of…
Marokopa fugitive Tom Phillips has been fatally shot by police after an officer was shot in the head on a rural road in western Waikato this morning. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers said police were called at about 2.30am to a report of a burglary at a commercial property in the Waitomo District.Follow our live updates here”During the response, a man and a police officer were shot. The man was provided immediate first aid, however died at the scene.”The officer was taken to hospital in a critical condition.One of Phillips’ children was at the scene and is safe, but the other…
Marokopa man Tom Phillips has been fatally shot by police after firing at an officer in Waikato this morning, with police taking one of his children into custody and “urgent inquiries” underway to locate the other two.In a media conference at the Hamilton Central Police Station, Deputy Police Commissioner Jill Rogers said police responded to a report of a burglary at a rural farm supply store in Piopio at 2.30am on Monday.”Information came to police that describes two people on a quad bike, dressed in farm clothing and wearing headlamps,” Rogers said.The quad bike was then seen travelling north along…
Early risers had an opportunity to bask in the crimson glow of the blood moon this morning.Scroll to the bottom of this story for more photosThe total lunar eclipse was visible across New Zealand as the moon passed through Earth’s shadow. Otago Museum director Ian Griffin described the breathtaking scene.”I’ve been up since about three o’clock on Monday morning and I’m standing in the middle of my paddock in Middlemarch and watching the moon set, it’s very beautiful,” he told RNZ’s First Up.”It’s been a fantastic eclipse, and what’s special about this is the moon is fading as the sun…
What to know:Police Commissioner Richard Chambers confirmed officers were responding to a “serious incident” this morning.In a message to staff, Chambers said: “The suspect has been shot by police and has died. A second person has been taken into custody.”The location in Western Waikato is near Marokopa, where Tom Phillips and his three children Jayda, Maverick, and Ember had been missing since December 2021, when the father lost custody of the children.Phillips has since faced charges in connection with a string of alleged crimes including a burglary of a superette store in Piopio on August 27.Deputy Police Commissioner Jill Rogers…
By Susan Edmunds of RNZ New Zealand’s engineered post-Covid recession has pushed our wage growth to near the bottom of the world in recent years. Comparing real gross domestic product per capita, converted for purchasing power parity, New Zealand ranks 25th out of 43 for growth over the past decade and 37th for the past two years. The only places that rank below New Zealand in the most recent two years are Germany, Canada, Luxembourg, Austria, Ireland and Estonia. Israel was top for the decade and Turkey for two years. Infometrics chief forecaster Gareth Kiernan said it was another example…
One in every 34 babies born in New Zealand are to parents under 20-years-old, but conversations about teen parenthood have largely focussed on mother and baby.In a new series, Dadolescence shines a light on the experiences, struggles, and loves of five teen fathers in Aotearoa. In this article, directors and cinematographers Johnny and Azita Agnew share why it is important.Watch the new series Dadolescence on TVNZ+ now.It came completely out of the blue. We got a panicked call from a close friend as his 16-year-old cousin had just found out his girlfriend was pregnant. The teen was terrified and desperate…