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A woman has been arrested after alleged thefts during open homes across Auckland in recent months.Detective Senior Sergeant Megan Goldie said the woman allegedly targeted personal belongings such as jewellery.The woman had allegedly targeted 12 homes across West Auckland and the North Shore since August, Goldie said.”Yesterday morning, we arrested a woman at an address in Massey and located and recovered items of jewellery there that were reported as stolen.”We are working hard to recover more of the stolen jewellery for its owners.”Goldie said the community should remain “vigilant” when putting their homes up for open home viewings.”Ensure high value…
Bananas have been seen duct-taped to buses across Wellington with “up to five” of the yellow fruits being removed today.Photos seen by 1News show bananas taped to the back of the 2 bus and the 18 bus, which both travel between Seatoun and Karori.The stunt appears to be inspired by the infamous artwork Comedian which consisted of a banana duct-taped to a wall and sold for NZ$10.5m at a New York auction late last month.Social media users have reacted to the prank, with one Redditor labelling it as “bananas”.”There may be more out there. Keep your eyes peeled,” another said.Metlink…
The French president has endured a disastrous year, with his efforts to stave off multiple crises blowing up in his face left, right and centre. ADVERTISEMENTFrench President Emmanuel Macron will not remember the year 2024 fondly.It was one of the toughest years of his time in office, marred by constant political and economic turmoil. After his party suffered a major drubbing in the June European elections, in which Marine Le Pen’s extreme National Rally took 32% of the vote, he decided to dissolve the French parliament and call snap elections to shore up his own and other centrists’ political legitimacy.Unfortunately…
The 80-year-old chairman of the Waihī Beach Community Board claims he was forced to step down because he’s “too old”.But the board’s new chairwoman says they never said he was too old for the role and there were concerns about his leadership and behaviour.Ross Goudie resigned from his chairman position at a tense community board meeting on Monday but he will remain as a board member.He is in his second term on the board and previously spent 12 years as a Western Bay of Plenty District councillor.He said he was stepping down as board chairman because if he didn’t, he…
As negotiations heat up in Montevideo, we asked two MEPs how they consider this major deal. ADVERTISEMENTCommission President Ursula Von der Leyen has landed in Latin America to finalise a trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur bloc, formed by Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, whilst Europe’s key opponent against the deal, France, suffers government collapse.“Touchdown in Latin America, the finish line of the EU-Mercosur agreement is in sight,” von der Leyen posted on Twitter on Thursday, adding: “Let’s work, let’s cross it. We have the chance to create a market of 700 million people. The largest trade and investment partnership…
The Government’s “very ambitious” target to recruit 500 extra police officers by the end of next year will be “very, very challenging” to meet, police officials have told MPs, and could take longer than promised by the coalition.Labour has seized on police hesitancy about meeting the figure, agreed to as part of National and NZ First’s coalition agreement, saying the “promise is down the gurgler”.But Associate Police Minister Casey Costello said it remained “my commitment to absolutely achieve” the target.Newly-appointed Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and an array of his top officials appeared in front of MPs at the justice select…
Over the last three years, Poland has faced a surge of attempted border crossings from Belarus, prompting stronger security measures and ongoing discussions over migration policies. ADVERTISEMENTAs Poland prepares to take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he is willing to sustain controversial measures on migration.He said Poland’s resolve in protecting its border with Belarus from migrant pressure is gaining wider support and the need for protecting its borders is becoming Europe’s shared approach.The remarks were made during a meeting with The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, in…
One of the 10 participants in the Government’s “military-style” youth offender boot camp pilot has died “as a result of an accident”. The person involved is understood to have died in a crash on State Highway 1 near Tīrau last Wednesday, the NZ Herald reports.”We can sadly confirm that a participant in the military style academy pilot has passed away as a result of an accident,” Oranga Tamariki deputy chief executive for youth justice services and residential care, Tusha Penny, confirmed to 1News in a statement. “Our thoughts are with this young man’s family at this tragic time, and we…
French civil servants had planned a strike over budget cuts, with the protest coming just a day after the government collapsed due to a no-confidence vote. ADVERTISEMENTTens of thousands of protesters gathered across France on Thursday as part of a strike over tough working conditions and budget cuts to public service.The strike came a day after French lawmakers approved a no-confidence motion in response to the government ramming a social security budget through parliament without a vote.French Prime Minister Michel Barnier proposed cutting tens of billions of euros from the budget including unpopular measures such as increasing unpaid sick leave…
A homicide investigation has been lauched after a man arrived at a South Auckland medical centre this afternoon with what appeared to be gunshot wounds. According to Detective Senior Sergeant Malcolm Hassall, the man arrived at a Clendon Park medical centre in a critical condition.”At this point, we believe he has sustained gunshot injuries at another location,” he said.The man was taken to Middlemore Hospital, where he later died of his injuries. Hassall said police were making inquiries at a nearby Wattle Downs address as part of the investigation. A tarpaulin was put up outside a medical centre in the…