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A Whangārei councillor is pushing for his council to halt its fluoridation plans as the deadline looms for adding it to the local drinking water supply.Kauri’s Gavin Benney has lodged a formal notice of motion for Whangārei District Council’s (WDC) meeting next week calling for the council to stop its fluoridation plans.The council is required to add fluoride to its water by March 2025 under a directive from former director-general of health Sir Ashley Bloomfield to 14 councils in 2022.Benney’s push comes in spite of WDC already having installed about $4 million of new fluoridation infrastructure into its five drinking…
The coalition deal will allow the new European Commission to take office on 1 December, as originally planned. ADVERTISEMENTThe centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), the Socialists & Democrats and the liberal Renew Europe groups struck a deal on Wednesday to greenlight the six designated European Commission vice-presidents and Hungary’s pick for the next commission, Olivér Várhelyi, according to MEPs and European Parliament’s sources familiar with the process.Now the entire college of Commissioners is subject to an approval vote by the European Parliament on Wednesday 27 November, in Strasbourg. If confirmed, the Commission can take office the first of December.A coalition…
An international beauty and makeup store has had its opening delayed after pushback from the Dunedin City Council. The opening of the new Mecca store, at 248 George St, has been postponed to early next year, while building consent is still pending. The Australian and New Zealand cosmetics giant had previously slated its new Dunedin store for a November opening, after announcing its plans earlier this year to make its debut in the city. Mecca NZ market manager Nicky Shore said they wanted to ensure the new store was a space that the Dunedin community would love, and so had…
The former members of One Direction have reunited for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne.Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last month.A horse-drawn carriage carried the coffin to St. Mary’s Church in Amersham, 40km northwest of London. Undertakers carried the dark blue casket with silver handles, topped with white roses, into the 800-year-old church for the private service.The funeral location was not made public in advance to prevent a large crowd from gathering, though dozens of…
The former head of Cycling NZ told Olivia Podmore that he saw “no tangible value” in pursuing disciplinary action against those alleged to have harmed her.Warning: This story discusses mental health and suicide. A list of helplines is available at the bottom of the page.The revelation came on day three of an inquest into the death of the Rio Olympian. The 24-year-old died in a suspected suicide in August 2021 – the day after the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympics.The Coroner’s Court in Hamilton today heard from former Cycling NZ chief executive Andrew Matheson, who led the organisation during a…
Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, told Euronews that any peace agreement at the expense of Ukraine’s territorial concessions, in particular regarding Crimea, would be ‘an indulgence to the aggressor to destroy both the Ukrainian state and the Crimean Tatar people.’ ADVERTISEMENTDonald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections has left many across the world wondering about what Washington’s foreign policy is going to look like, especially regarding Ukraine. The main concern is whether Trump’s plan would include any possible territorial concessions, specifically on Crimea. Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, told Euronews that any peace agreement…
The Government has announced Richard Chambers will become the new Police Commissioner.The appointee, a three-decade veteran of the police force, will take over from Andrew Coster, who started a new job at the Government’s Social Investment Agency last week.Chambers is currently a police assistant commissioner, but has been on secondment since February to Interpol in France in the role of director for organised and emerging crimeSpeaking at the announcement, the new top cop said he was focused on “core policing”, “better supporting the frontline”, police leadership and fiscal management.He said taking the job would be a “highlight” of his life.”It…
Audi’s decision to close its Brussels plant in February 2025 reflects a more general trend in the European economy: de-industrialisation. Euronews met the workers affected by this phenomenon to understand its tangible effects and analyse the solutions being considered to revitalise European industry ADVERTISEMENT“We’re furious, because we’re being discarded.” Stavros, a union representative who has worked at the Audi plant in Brussels for almost 40 years, is not happy about the German carmaker’s decision to close its Brussels site in February 2025.Citing falling sales of electric models and high structural costs, the Volkswagen Group subsidiary has decided to cease production…
An international beauty and makeup store has had its opening delayed after pushback from the Dunedin City Council. The opening of the new Mecca store, at 248 George St, has been postponed to early next year, while building consent is still pending. The Australian and New Zealand cosmetics giant had previously slated its new Dunedin store for a November opening, after announcing its plans earlier this year to make its debut in the city. Mecca NZ market manager Nicky Shore said they wanted to ensure the new store was a space that the Dunedin community would love, and so had…
More than 40,000 people made their thoughts about the Government’s Treaty Principles Bill clear in Wellington this week. Now, the whole country is being invited to share their views on the proposed legislation.Around the same time the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti reached Parliament on Tuesday, the Justice Select Committee officially called for public submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill.What happens over the coming weeks and months will shape how the contentious bill looks at its next reading. 1News explains how.1News political editor Maiki Sherman reports from Parliament as tens of thousands of people converged for Hīkoi mō te Tiriti. (Source:…