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Police update on the investigation into a fatal house fire in Auckland’s Bucklands Beach last week. Two people were killed in the fire, which broke out in the early hours of Thursday, October 2. Two others were injured in the fire.Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Va’aelua, spoke with media from the Counties Manukau Police Station.
ADVERTISEMENT France’s political and economic woes are not yet ringing alarm bells across the EU, but concerns are rising that a prolonged crisis could impact the eurozone’s growth prospects and negotiations for the bloc’s €2 trillion long-term budget. The French government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has been in caretaker mode since Monday morning after it spectacularly collapsed less than 24 hours after its ministers were announced. At the heart of the crisis are disagreements in the hung parliament over how to bring the country’s strained finances into order. The political deadlock — Macron burned through his fifth prime minister…
There are renewed calls for the Government to fund more counsellors in schools, as new research shows demand for mental health support among students continues to climb.A new Barnardos Aotearoa survey of schools has found more than half believe existing counselling services are failing to meet the needs of their students.Seventy-six per cent of schools reported an increase in students seeking counselling, up from 60% in 2023.Barnardos’ chief executive Matt Reid said the rise reflected the wider challenges many children faced.”Poverty, housing, family violence – one in eight children in New Zealand are currently living in material hardship. So, there…
For Ngamako Rota, hauora isn’t found in a clinic or a wellness app, it’s found in the whenua, the awa, the misty mornings, and the rhythm of her feet hitting the road at 5am. Looking out to Rangitoto and being five minutes from Auckland Viaduct. In this Re: News partnership with Department of Conservation (DOC), Ngamako Rota (Waikato) talks about finding the balance between being an urban Māori, while also being connected to her whenua back home. Through her mahi as a cultural liaison at Middlemore Hospital, her boxing training, waka ama, daily runs and her deep connection to Rāhui…
The sister of US country legend Dolly Parton is asking for prayers, two weeks after the singer postponed her Las Vegas residency, citing unspecified “health challenges”.The Jolene singer, 79, postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years on September 30.”My doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures,” Parton said on social media. “As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!”The philanthropist said the decision was made to postpone the residency as she was “not going to be able to rehearse…
Police say they are treating a fire which killed two people and injured two others in Auckland’s Bucklands Beach as a double homicide after confirming it was “deliberately lit”. Emergency services were called to the Murvale Dr property at around 2.30am on October 2. Speaking in Auckland, Detective Inspector Counties Manukau Tofilau Faamanuia Va’aelua said the fire was “deliberately lit” and said the investigation was now being treated as a double homicide. Va’aelua said post-mortem examinations had been completed, and more detailed analysis from these were ongoing.He confirmed one victim as a 36-year-old father of two. “We have not as…
The Reserve Bank has opted for boldness over caution as it delivered a 50-basis-point cut to the official cash rate to 2.5%, and signalled further reductions. It said it considered a smaller cut, but was guided by the outlook, including stronger inflation pressures, and the risk that too small a cut would further hold back the economy. “A larger reduction in the OCR could mitigate this risk by providing a clear signal that supports consumption and investment,” a summary of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting said. The RBNZ said it debated the upside risks to inflation, currently at 2.7%, and…
The Reserve Bank has announced a new official cash rate (OCR), choosing a more aggressive rate-cutting option than some had forecasted. Follow 1News’ live updates for the latest.The announcement is the second-to-last before the end of the year, with economic experts expecting the central bank to be responding to indicators of inflation and lacklustre economic growth.
An activist detained and beaten for his 30-year involvement in political opposition in Uganda has become a refugee in New Zealand.The man believed his farm was set on fire because of his work against the ruling party and Yoweri Museveni who has been president since 1986.He told the immigration and protection tribunal he was offered money to support the government.The man was repeatedly questioned, detained and beaten by government officials because of his support of two opposition parties, and had two scars from the incidents.”He was detained in a police station and the officers attempted to extract information about who…
By Susan Edmunds of RNZ A disgraced real estate agent has been jailed again – this time for misleading the Official Assignee. Aaron Drever had his real estate licence cancelled in 2016, when the Real Estate Authority said the “public needs to be protected from him”. He was bankrupted in 2019 with claims totalling $246,430.56 against him, jailed in 2022 for stealing from Avondale Bowling Club and Auckland Speedway and sentenced to 15 months in March this year. His latest jail term is eight months. In a statement, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment said the latest offences were aggravated because…