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TVNZ has unveiled plans to refresh Breakfast next year and announced that co-host Jenny-May Clarkson is leaving the broadcaster.Clarkson said she was leaving with gratitude and pride after nearly two decades at the company.Her final appearance on Breakfast will be on Friday, November 21.TVNZ is now beginning a process to appoint a new presenter for the show. Jenny-May Clarkson to leave TVNZ’s Breakfast show – Watch on TVNZ+The former Silver Fern began her TVNZ career as a netball commentator in 2005. She progressed to a variety of high-profile presenting roles and has co-hosted Breakfast since 2020.She is one of TVNZ’s…
A Government bill to bring in congestion charging passed its third reading in Parliament yesterday. Why is it happening – and how much could drivers end up paying?Congestion pricing, or as it’s now often called, time-of-use charging, has been floated and debated for years between multiple governments. If implemented, the scheme, already used overseas, could charge drivers a toll at busy times for motorists to enter a downtown area, or just target busy roads and corridors.Momentum has built in the past several years across the current coalition Government and previous Labour government to introduce congestion charging.(Source: 1News)With the support of…
Published on 12/11/2025 – 20:00 GMT+1 •Updated 20:03 Above is the second episode of Euronews’ brand new debating show “The Ring” that aspires to bring a flavour of the European Parliament chamber to your couch. As you know, 720 elected members of the European Parliament meet regularly in the Chambers of Strasbourg and Brussels and debates can often get heated. In our second episode, we are joined by centre-right Estonian MEP Riho Terras and the German Left MEP Martin Schirdewan. They disagreed on most topics regarding Rearming Europe and Schirdewan called for a tax on the rich. The EU has…
By Gyles Beckford of RNZ Ethical beauty brand The Body Shop has returned to this country with a new franchise owner and a new store in Richmond, a town near Nelson in the South Island. The New Zealand operation was caught in the financial troubles of the UK business and was put into liquidation in April with the closure of 16 shops and the loss of about 70 jobs. The Body Shop had three outlets in Christchurch – Westfield Riccarton, Northlands mall and a shop on High St in the central city – that closed. The collapse and later sale of the UK business…
The housing market remains “broadly flat” with home values across New Zealand dropping 0.8%, according to new figures. Quotable Value released its house price index for the quarter to the end of October this morning, saying it showed “early signs” of recovery for the market. The national average home value sat at $902,020 – unchanged from the same time last year and 13.9% below the nationwide market peak in January 2022.Auckland recorded the largest fall of the main centres, dropping 2.2% to $1,192,927, followed by Whangārei and Tauranga (down 1.3% to 729.250 and 1.018,510, respectively). Values in Wellington City declined…
By Euronews Published on 12/11/2025 – 20:39 GMT+1 Lawmakers in France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, approved a measure on Wednesday to suspend a controversial pension reform. The votes, which passed by 255 to 146, followed a major concession by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to the Socialist Party to avoid censure and ensure the government’s survival. Budget debates in France have taken on extra significance since President Emmanuel Macron’s snap election last year resulted in a hung parliament and earlier this year, lawmakers voted to remove Prime Minister François Bayrou after he called an unprecedented confidence vote over his…
A damning report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police over how they handled accusations of sexual offending by former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ’s National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood reports.Inside a scathing 135-page report into how police responded to accusations of sexual offending by former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming lies a quote from one of the country’s most senior adult sexual assault investigators.The officer, named in the report as Officer D, told the Independent Police Conduct Authority that the handling of the allegations prior to her involvement in the case was…
The Police Commissioner and a sexual violence advocate have condemned the “significant failings” of the handling by senior officers of serious complaints made against disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming.Yesterday a scathing IPCA report revealed serious misconduct at the highest levels of police over how they handled the accusations of sexual offending. The release has caused shockwaves and seen former top cop Andrew Coster go on leave from his position as chief executive of the Social Investment Agency.And Minister of Police Mark Mitchell said this morning that there had been “clear instructions” given to police staff in the ministerial…
One in five cardiovascular deaths in the EU could be prevented by improving the environment, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in the EU, according to the European Society of Cardiology. In 2022, more than 1.7 million people died from it, making up one-third of all deaths within the bloc that year. It also contributes significantly to disability, early retirement, and absenteeism, which lowers quality of life and reduces life expectancy. In addition to the human cost, cardiovascular diseases cost the EU over €282 billion annually due to…
Shaan Ross always thought she would practise law in a law firm, working towards a partnership. But a job opportunity at Aurora Energy “completely reshaped” her career path, giving her broader perspective as to what else was available. During her eight years at Aurora, she led regulatory affairs and later broadened her portfolio to include risk, assurance, and compliance. Recently, she was appointed head of legal, risk and compliance at MTF Finance, where she joins the company’s senior leadership team. While Ms Ross started with a law degree from the University of Otago, she developed a transferable skillset, largely due…