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There will be no top New Zealand Government representation at the Cook Islands Constitution celebrations in three weeks’ time, showing a continuation of the serious rift between the two countries. The Cook Islands is marking 60 years in free association with New Zealand on August 4 but 1News understands neither Prime Minister Christopher Luxon or Foreign Minister Winston Peters will be attending. The breakdown in relationship remains in limbo after the Cook Islands signed a number of controversial deals with China earlier this year without consulting New Zealand which it is required to do under a constitutional arrangement. There is…
Published on 14/07/2025 – 11:25 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTA 20-year-old inmate who escaped from a detention facility near Lyon by hiding inside a fellow detainee’s luggage has been arrested three days after his prison break, French authorities confirmed on Monday.The man, identified as Elyazid A, originally from Mayotte, was apprehended around 6 am Monday in a basement in Sathonay-Camp, a small town north of Lyon, according to the Lyon public prosecutor’s office. He had been on the run since last Friday, when he evaded guards at Lyon-Corbas prison. No shots were fired and no one was injured during the arrest, which was carried out…
WARNING: This story mentions trauma and suicide.Explainer – Birth is supposed to be a beautiful and powerful thing, right? Well, not always.For some, birth can be distressing, upsetting and traumatic – known to many as birth trauma.But what is birth trauma exactly? Who does it affect? And what can be done about it?At the beginning of Birth Trauma Awareness Week (July 14-20), here’s what you need to know.What is birth trauma?Birth trauma is any physical or psychological injury related to birth, with the perinatal and postnatal period often included under the umbrella term.Perinatal is the time before, during and just…
A new report has shed light on the potential origins of a partially excavated waka in the Chatham Islands.The report concluded the waka was of pre-European construction and likely from a time before significant cultural separation between Aotearoa and the Pacific.But questions around the exact age and size of the waka remain, and experts recommend the Chatham Island community be properly resourced to uncover the vast majority of the waka that remains buried in the sand.The report, He Waka Tipua, was prepared in May 2025 by an expert panel: Professor Sir Derek Lardelli, Kiwa Hammond, Heemi Eruera, Dr Kahutoi Te…
The Government is moving ahead with its long-signalled plan to re-establish polytechnics merged under Labour into the super-institute Te Pūkenga.Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds confirmed 10 polytechnics are returning to “regional governance” as part of the government’s plan to build a vocational education system that’s “locally led, regionally responsive and future-focused”.Labour combined 16 polytechnics and nine workplace training providers at the beginning of 2023.The coalition government moved quickly when it came to power, agreeing as part of its 100-day plan to begin the process of disestablishing the mega institute.The announcement comes after listening to “extensive industry feedback” Simmonds said, and…
“Not that I’m thinking of dying tomorrow or anything,” said 79-year-old Helen Gregory, who would be killed in her home in the Wellington suburb of Khandallah the following day.The audio comes from a phone call to her bank, made on the evening of January 23, 2024.It was played to the High Court on Monday, where her daughter Julia DeLuney is charged with her murder. The trial is now in its fourth week.The court previously heard that DeLuney invested a large sum of money on her mother’s behalf into cryptocurrency, which she had been trading in for years.In an email sent…
ADVERTISEMENTEU trade ministers meet in Brussels on Monday after US President Donald Trump declared 30% tariffs on the EU will start 1 August, meanwhile German leaders joined other European leaders on Sunday advising a calm approach to the continuing trade negotiations.The ministers will meet to discuss trade with the US and China during the first of a two-day Foreign Affairs Council convening in the Belgian capital.On Saturday, US President Donald Trump posted a new set of letters to his social media platform Truth Social, making the 30% declaration in respect of the EU and Mexico, a move that could cause…
By Maia de la Baume and Shona Murray Published on 14/07/2025 – 6:30 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas is set to offer an exhaustive list of 10 possibilities for the EU to respond to Israel’s action in Gaza during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels this week, but EU diplomats told Euronews there’s little appetite across the EU to take any action against Tel Aviv.Kallas’ 10 options include suspending visa free travel and blocking imports from the Jewish settlements in response to Israel’s breach of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, according to a document issued by Kallas’s office seen…
Firefighters have extinguished an early morning blaze that engulfed a church building at Saint Mary’s Catholic School in Auckland’s Avondale.Fire and Emergency (FENZ) responded to reports of the building fire at about 4.15am, with seven crews attending the scene on Great North Rd.The aftermath of the fire at Saint Mary’s Catholic School (Source: 1News)The single-level church building, measuring 30 metres by 15 metres, was well involved in fire when crews arrived, a FENZ spokesperson said. James Van Schie, Auckland Catholic Diocese general manager, told 1News that the fire was “absolutely devastating” for the Parish community.”The extent of this fire is…
New Zealand’s official low-risk drinking guidelines are outdated and “understate the health risks” of alcohol, according to Health New Zealand documents.Efforts to update the guidelines were halted after alcohol lobbyists complained to Ministry of Health general manager Ross Bell.Bell, who works within the ministry’s Public Health Agency, says he intervened to clear up confusion about whether Health NZ or the Ministry of Health should manage the guidelines.He said the ministry would manage them now, but that work was on hold while it considered its priorities.Documents released to RNZ under the Official Information Act show why Health NZ considered updating the…