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New Zealand’s Retirement Commissioner is calling for big changes to KiwiSaver to ensure the scheme does not leave anyone behind.The commission has released its latest three-yearly report into the country’s retirement income systems.It makes 12 recommendations to the Government, eight of which it says could be introduced quickly and at little cost.More support for low-income earnersThe report recommends targeting government contributions more squarely at lower-income earners.What proposed changes to retirement fund could mean for you – watch on TVNZ+They are the group most affected by the Government’s recent decision to halve its annual contribution to KiwiSaver accounts.Previously, people received 50c…
Food manufacturers are expected to fall well short of voluntary targets for health star rating labels – originally hoped to hit 70% by today. The rating is determined by an algorithm, on a scale of zero-point-five to five stars, based on a product’s nutritional content, comparing foods within one category. Following a review in 2019, uptake targets were set, with a goal to hit 50% of intended products in 2023, 60% the next year and 70% in November 2025. The Ministry of Primary Industries said the most recent data, from November 2024, had the uptake at around 33% of intended…
New Zealand’s ports are under growing pressure as organised criminal networks carry out increasingly brazen break-ins to retrieve smuggled drugs, prompting urgent calls for tighter security and tougher vetting of port workers.Customs data released to 1News shows security breaches at several of the country’s ports, including broken perimeter fences, unauthorised entry into container and cruise ship terminals, and even small boats infiltrating ports by sea. Paul Campbell, Customs Group Manager Maritime, said the operations are calculated and well organised.“They’re cunning, they often plan. They are generally accessing late into the night and in the early hours of the morning,” Campbell…
By Euonews Published on 15/11/2025 – 9:37 GMT+1 Russia temporarily suspends roughly 2% of its global oil supply following a Ukrainian strike on one of its major facilities in its southwestern port city of Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai on Friday, according to multiple Russian officials and Telegram channels. The attack, which struck the Sheskharis oil terminal and sparked fires, according to officials, serves as the endpoint for pipelines. It sparked a large fire at the site, now extinguished, causing it to suspend exports of 2.2 million barrels per day, according to Reuters, citing industry sources. Ukrainian strikes have repeatedly targeted Novorossiysk…
Backyard fight club events linked to gangs and involving “convicts” have exploded in popularity. But are they safe? And are they legal? Indira Stewart reports.When UFC fighter Dan Hooker held a King of the Streets tournament in his own backyard in August, calling for “convicts only” (i.e. those with criminal convictions) to apply, and offering $50,000 of prize money, he attracted some notable fighters including Jon ‘Fight Dog’ Te Rito, a senior Mongrel Mob Member who was on bail and wore an ankle monitor bracelet during his fights. ‘It’s healing’ – Watch Backyard Gang Wars on TVNZ+Jon ‘Fight Dog’ Te…
OPINION: Does the NZ Police need reminding of how to deal with alleged sexual violence? Journalist Michelle Duff draws them up a basic checklist. It’s been almost 20 years since Louise Nicholas’ allegations of rape and abuse at the hands of members of the New Zealand Police came to light, leading to a Royal Commission of Inquiry. Those incidents actually occurred over 40 years ago in 1984. They were first reported to police by Nicholas, partially at the time, and in full in 1993.In other words, it took decades for horrific abuse allegations against police to be taken seriously by…
The centre is struggling to hold at the European Parliament. This week’s plenary session showed that the traditional alliance that has dominated European politics since the inception of the union is no longer undisputed. For the European People’s Party, the conservatives who dominate the hemicycle, there is now a choice: it can work with its pro-European, progressive allies or team up with the hard right, a combination that would have seemed too toxic to work just four years ago. But with the tide turning across Europe, the EPP cares about the EPP’s goals. If that means teaming up with the…
The police officer shot by Tom Phillips continues “doing well in his recovery”. He was the first officer to reach Phillips in the early hours of September 8, when the fugitive Marokopa father was killed in a shootout with police. Phillips had been attempting to flee police on a quadbike that was spiked and stopped on the side of the road. When he arrived, the officer was shot with a “high-powered rifle” at close range and was struck in the head and shoulder. A second patrol unit arrived and engaged Phillips, who died at the scene.The injured officer underwent “numerous…
A person has died and two others were airlifted to the hospital after a Four Wheel Drive rolled on a beach in Northland last night. Emergency services were called to Tokerau Beach in the Far North on the Karikari Peninsula at around 7.30pm. “Sadly, one person was located deceased at the scene,” police said. Two other occupants of the vehicle were airlifted to the hospital, one in a critical condition, the other in a moderate condition. “Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.”
A body has been found, and another person remains missing, after their boat was reported overdue in Northland yesterday. About 9pm, family members called emergency services to report the 17-foot vessel was two hours overdue returning to Pataua South following a fishing trip.Police said a search began immediately and ran through till 4am, supported by the police Eagle helicopter. The search was ramped up this morning, and involved police, Land Search and Rescue, volunteers from Coastguard Tūtūkākā, Coastguard Whangārei and Coastguard Air Patrol, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Auckland Maritime Unit, and members of the community.Detective Sergeant Paul Overton…