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An honesty box that was stolen earlier this week from a tennis club on Auckland’s North Shore has been returned. On Wednesday, Campbells Bay Tennis club members were shocked to find a hole in the ground where the honesty box for court fees had been. CCTV footage released from the club at Centennial Park showed two people dragging the honesty box away in a wheelie bin. In a statement today, a police spokesperson said a 25-year-old man had been arrested and charged with theft. He would appear in North Shore District Court on February 28, police said. “Police would like…
Shoppers are demanding supermarkets limit their profit margins on foodstuffs to less than 30% and want a law that regulates prices. ADVERTISEMENTConsumers in Bulgaria have embarked on a boycott of major food retail chains and supermarkets in the country over discontent with rising grocery prices. Last Thursday’s 20 February boycott, the second of this year, led to a nearly 30% drop in the turnover of the stores, according to local media. Many consumers in the country say they hope the boycott will bring about a change in prices.”I hope it works out. I don’t approve of the extremely aggressive policies of the big…
An Auckland lawyer has been fined $275,000 for helping oversea businessmen avoid rules around foreign ownership.Andrew Jarvis was ordered to pay the penalty for his role in facilitating the sale of 271 hectares of sensitive forestry land in Gisborne and Auckland in 2011 and 2014.An investigation by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand found that two overseas investors set up company structures and used local associates to hide their ownership.Land Information NZ discovered Jarvis helped to structure these deals and gave advice that enabled the purchases. A statement from Land Information NZ said Jarvis admitted that his actions were…
Police have urged motorists to pay close attention to road safety after a series of fatal crashes.In the Southern District, five people have died in four crashes within the last two weeks. Three of these crashes were in the Otago Lakes area, and one was in Southland.The most recent crash occurred on Glassford Rd, near Omakau, around 11pm yesterday.One person was found dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash. “These crashes have a ripple effect in the community, affecting other motorists, witnesses and the people who are first on scene,” said Southern District road policing manager inspector Craig Brown.Brown…
Police have appealed for witnesses to a vehicle collision as part of the investigation into a fatal vehicle fire east of Hamilton earlier this week.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Marshmeadow and Holland roads at around 3.50am on February 19 to reports of a vehicle fire.”The person was found deceased in the vehicle by firefighters, who notified police,” a police spokesperson said.Diversions were put in place for several hours with trains delayed as a scene examination was carried out.Today, police appealed for witnesses to a vehicle collision on Holland Rd between 3am and 4am on February 19.”In particular,…
Former Port of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson has been fined $130,000 and ordered to pay Maritime NZ $60,000 in relation to the workplace death of a stevedore.He was earlier found guilty of failing to comply with health and safety regulations, putting port workers at risk of death or serious injury, in a landmark conviction.Father-of-seven Pala’amo Kalati, 31, was working a night shift in August 2020 when a container fell on top of him and killed him.At Gibson’s sentencing on Friday afternoon, Judge Steve Bonnar told the court that the former port boss was generally a “hands-on CEO in relation…
The attack took place two days before snap parliamentary elections in Germany in which migration has become a top issue, pushed to the forefront by five deadly attacks involving immigrants over the past nine months. ADVERTISEMENTThe suspect in a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial that seriously injured a Spanish tourist is a Syrian refugee who apparently wanted to kill Jews, investigators have said.The 19-year-old suspect was arrested on Friday evening, almost three hours after the attack, when he approached officers with blood on his hands and clothes.Police and prosecutors said in a statement that the victim sustained life-threatening injuries…
The sister of Aiden Sagala, who died after unknowingly drinking a beer can containing liquid methamphetamine, says a new arrival to the family has helped her heal.The men convicted of the import of the disguised drinks and her brother’s manslaughter were sentenced today.Aiden died from multiple organ failure with an “off the charts” level of methamphetamine in his system on March 7, five days after he consumed the Honey Bear beer can given to him by Himatjit Singh Kahlon who was found guilty of manslaughter at trial in October last year.That methamphetamine came from a Manukau warehouse where police found…
New Zealand’s biggest median property price increase since 2000 was more than 1000%, new data from Corelogic shows.The property research firm has delved into the capital gains experienced by property markets around the country since 2000.Top of the list was Mackenzie District, which had a 1074% increase, from a median value of $64,723 in 2000 to $690,578.Invercargill and Central Otago both had increases of 775%.Waitaki was next, with 745%, to a median of $490,223 and Queenstown Lakes 699% to $1.63m.Of the main centres, Dunedin had the most growth, up 500% from a median of $101,872 in 2000 to $611,180.Auckland values…
In the run-up to the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Steadfast Dart 2025 exercises comprise about 10,000 military personnel from nine nations as part of NATO’s new Allied Reaction Force. ADVERTISEMENTNATO members are continuing their biggest combat exercises of 2025, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on the 32-nation alliance’s eastern border as worries grow over its most powerful member, the United States.The drills in Romania, which borders Ukraine, come as a shaken Europe grapples with a new US course under President Donald Trump.In the run-up to the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion…