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A three-year-old died after being struck by a vehicle in a driveway at a property in Gore on New Year’s Day.Emergency services were called to the residential address at around 6.30pm on January 1.The child died in Gore Hospital a short time later.”Our thoughts are with the child’s family at this sad time,” police said.”Following considerable work, including with the ESR at the scene, police investigators are treating the death as not suspicious at this time.”The investigations team will continue to make enquiries on behalf of the Coroner.”On Christmas Day another child died after being struck by a vehicle in…

A 37-year-old man has been remanded in custody after he arrived at the Manukau Police Station at around 1am with a deceased child in a vehicle.The man entered no plea in the Manukau District Court today where he was charged with murder. He has been granted interim name suppression.The court also suppressed all details of the victim’s identity.The court today heard the man had required hospital treatment for wounds prior to his appearance in court.Family of the accused man were also in attendance and were “very upset to see him appearing in the court”, 1News reporter Simon Mercep said.A man…

Two wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar epic The Brutalist and Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical Emilia Perez — have won top honours at the Golden Globes.The 82nd Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to a number of films. But the awards group put its strongest support behind a pair of movies that sought to be unlike anything else.The Brutalist was crowned best film, drama, putting one of 2024’s most ambitious films on course to be a major contender at the Academy Awards. The film, shot…

A five-month-old baby is recovering in hospital after sustaining serious head injuries in an incident being investigated by Northland police.The infant was initially “presented at Dargaville Hospital with serious head injuries” on December 28, according to Whangārei Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Pilmer.He said: “Police are continuing to make inquiries into the circumstances of how the baby came to be injured.”The baby was flown to Whangārei Hospital for treatment and later taken to Auckland’s Starship Hospital, “where they are making a good recovery”, Pilmer said. Police have released few details about the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Fuel oil spilled out of two tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, about 250 kilometres from Sevastopol on the southwest of the occupied Crimean Peninsula. ADVERTISEMENTAt least 32 dolphins have died since fuel oil spilled out of two stricken tankers three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait which separates the Crimean Peninsula from Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group has said.Russia’s Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Centre said the deaths are “most likely related to the fuel oil spill.”The centre said on the messaging app Telegram that a total of 61 dead cetaceans, an order of…

An Air New Zealand flight was aborted moments before take off from Christchurch Airport Monday morning after a bird strike.The plane was due to depart for Brisbane shortly after 6am, but abruptly halted its take off.Ben Anderson was a passenger on the flight. He said everything was normal as the plane initially accelerated.He estimated the plane was just 30 knots away from lift off when he heard a bang.”Then suddenly on the brakes, front wheel down, and we’re full reverse and we’re coming to a stop, one wheel sort of skidding a little bit you definitely felt and eventually came…

Two people have suffered serious injuries after a car crashed into a shopfront in Whangamatā this morning.In a statement, a police spokesperson said emergency services were called to Port Rd, between Lincoln and Ocean roads, about 6.30am.Police said they were removed from the vehicle and a witness told 1News a rescue helicopter left the scene shortly after 8am.St John sent two helicopters and three ambulances to the scene, treating two patients and transporting two people to Waikato Hospital.”Two patients were airlifted to Waikato Hospital. One in a critical condition and another in a serious condition,” a St John spokesperson said.

A woman says she was rushed and bailed up by a pack of dogs in the latest in a spate of dog incidents on Ford Street in Ōpōtiki over the Christmas break.The woman, who didn’t wish to be named for fear of repercussions, says the incident happened on the same street where four dogs had to be seized and euthanised in September after attacking a woman.The Ōpōtiki News reported the attack on a young woman on September 14, which left her with serious injuries requiring hospitalisation.Last Friday, a woman in her 60s was walking her dog when three “hunting-type dogs”…

A previously unknown section of heritage tiles has been uncovered during Rotorua Museum restoration works.The black and brown glazed terracotta tiles were hiding below the cafe area, near the original Rachel pool that was also covered.The Rachel pool was part of the original bathhouse design of the heritage-listed building.The tiles will remain in place and will be incorporated into the renovation plans.A Rotorua Lakes Council spokesman said the tiles showed the original partition layout of the bath area and dated back to when that section was built in 1908.Heritage tiles have been uncovered at Rotorua Museum. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)The…

An Air New Zealand flight has been aborted moments before takeoff from Christchurch Airport due to bird strike.  The plane was due to depart for Brisbane shortly after 6am today.  Passenger Ben Anderson said everything was normal as the plane initially accelerated and estimated it was close to liftoff when he heard a bang. “Then suddenly on the brakes, front wheel down, and we’re full reverse and we’re coming to a stop, one wheel sort of skidding a little bit you definitely felt and eventually came to a stop.” Passengers were later told birds had struck both engines, Anderson said.…