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Boxing New Zealand has expressed dismay after police confiscated a 12-year-old boy’s boxing club t-shirt on Christmas Day because of a Black Power symbol on it.Yesterday, 1News revealed the boy was walking to a friend’s house when officers approached him and told the 12-year-old they were allowed to confiscate his t-shirt, which displayed the logo of his boxing gym.The gym, Kia Kaha Boxing Club, is associated with Black Power as it has operated out of the Black Power Marae in Mt Wellington since 1995. The symbol has been a part of the club since its inception.Police said the t-shirt was…
A Dunedin Lotto player is ending 2024 as a multi-millionaire after winning $4.3 million tonight with Powerball First Division. The winning ticket was sold at Whitcoulls George St in Dunedin.Tonight’s numbers were 9, 2, 36, 19, 30, and 26. The Bonus Ball was 13 and the Powerball was 4.The prize is made up of $4 million from Powerball First Division and $333,333 from Lotto First Division.Tonight’s winner is the twenty-third Powerball multi-millionaire of 2024, and the win comes just days after an Auckland player scored themselves the ultimate Christmas present, winning $5.3 on Christmas day.Two other Lotto players would be…
A three day rāhui is in effect at Foxton Beach boat ramp, 40km southwest of Palmerston North, after a woman’s body was found this morning. In a statement to 1News, a police spokesperson said officers were called to the boat ramp at Foxton Beach about 6.45am today following reports the body of a woman was in the water.”The woman has been identified and work is ongoing to ascertain the circumstances of her death and notify next of kin,” the spokesperson said. In a post to social media this afternoon, Horowhenua District Council said local Iwi had done a karakia this…
Police are investigating after a vehicle rammed into multiple others at an Ōpōtiki intersection overnight. Police were called to the intersection of Church Street and Kelly Street at around 11.10pm. Video from the incident showed the vehicle ramming into several others as it went back and forth through the intersection before driving away. The footage also shows a person standing in front of the vehicle in an attempt to stop it. “A number of people were also seen engaged in a disorder at and outside the bar on the intersection,” police said. “There were no significant injuries.” Police found the…
A scaffolder has been paid out $17,500 by his former financial adviser when it was discovered he did not have the accident insurance in place that he thought he did.The case was dealt with by Financial Services Complaints Ltd, an ombudsman service that handles complaints that cannot be resolved between customers and their providers.FSCL said in its case note that the man had taken out life insurance through an adviser some years ago.In 2022, he spoke to the adviser about additional cover.The adviser suggested he take out additional accident cover and shift his insurance to a new insurer, which he…
Countries in the region have been on alert following a string of incidents involving damage to undersea cables and gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea since 2022, widely believed to be acts of sabotage. ADVERTISEMENTNATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said that the military alliance will step up patrols in the Baltic Sea as investigators in Finland work to establish whether a ship linked to Russia sabotaged undersea cables in the region earlier week.On Thursday, Finnish authorities boarded and seized control of the ship, the Eagle S, which they suspect of causing damage to an undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia.The…
A motorcyclist was taken to hospital in a critical condition this morning, after colliding with a car in Auckland this morning.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Pakuranga Road and Stanniland Street in Pakuranga shortly after 8.50am today after a motorcycle and car crashed. “The motorcyclist is said to have critical injuries,” police said. St John said one person had been transported to Auckland City hospital in a critical condition. In an update this afternoon, police said the motorcyclist remains in hospital and is undergoing surgery. The road is also expected to reopen soon. “The circumstances of the crash…
A person has died following a “vehicle incident” in Napier yesterday evening.Emergency services were called to Nuffield Avenue in Marewa at around 9pm, where a person was found in a critical condition.”Efforts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful, and he died at the scene,” police said.The serious crash unit was called to the scene, and an examination was conducted.”Inquiries into the cause of the incident are ongoing,” police said.The road was blocked overnight but has since reopened.
A body was found in the rockpools of a Wellington beach yesterday, prompting an appeal for public help.Police were alerted at around 10.40am yesterday when the body of a man was found in the rockpools at Breaker Bay on Wellington’s south coast.”The death is being treated as unexplained, and inquiries are ongoing to identify the man and determine what occurred,” police said.The man was described as Caucasian and aged approximately in his 60s. He was of average height and build, clean-shaven, and had short grey hair.He was found wearing blue jeans, black socks, brown walking shoes, a black t-shirt under…
A landlord who describes himself as “quite passionate” about lawn and garden maintenance has been told to pay $864.30 to his tenants because his gardening disturbed their use of the Coatesville property.Mark Alton and his tenants, whose names are suppressed, were before the Tenancy Tribunal in November.Alton was told to pay $350 for failure to lodge the bond – which the tribunal said was through error rather than improper intent – and $1120 in compensation for breaching the tenants’ right to quiet enjoyment of the property.But that was offset by damage to carpets and the kitchen bench, which the tenants…