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A man has been charged after a person with “multiple gunshot wounds” arrived at Waitākere Hospital in the early hours of this morning, police say.Police were called to the West Auckland hospital at about 3.30am, with reports that a man had presented to staff with “serious injuries to his thigh and back”.In an update on the case, police said a 31-year-old man is due in the Waitākere District Court tomorrow, charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.Earlier this morning, Senior Sergeant Matthew Child told 1News that the man who presented themselves at the hospital had multiple gunshot…

A security guard who survived being stabbed at Westfield Bondi Junction is still living with trauma one year on.Sunday marks a year since Australia’s worst mass killing in nearly a decade claimed the lives of six people at a Westfield shopping centre in Sydney’s east.Joel Cauchi, 40, injured at least another 10 people including an infant before being shot dead by NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott minutes later.Ashlee Good, 38, Dawn Singleton, 25, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27 and security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, were killed in the attack on April 13, 2024. Muhammad Taha, 30,…

ADVERTISEMENTPoles travelled from across the country to the capital, Warsaw, for a patriotic demonstration Saturday celebrating 1,000 years since the coronation of the first Polish king.They danced the Polonaise in historic costumes, sang the national anthem, invoked their Catholic beliefs and chanted slogans in support of a conservative candidate running in next month’s presidential election.The march of thousands was supported by the Law and Justice party, the conservative populists who governed Poland for eight years until 2023, when a centrist, pro-European Prime Minister Donald Tusk took over.Law and Justice is hoping to regain power in the next general election. In…

President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs to smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech companies like Apple that rely on imported products. In a notice to shippers, the US Customs and Border Protection agency published a list of tariff codes excluded from the import taxes. The exclusions are retroactive to 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on April 5. The US CBP listed 20 product categories, including the broad 8471 code for all computers, laptops, disc drives and automatic data processing. It also included semiconductor devices, equipment, memory chips and flat panel displays. The notice did not…

Trust in news has stabilised following five years of sharp decline but remains “substantially lower” than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic, new research suggests.The AUT Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy released its sixth annual Trust in News report this morning following a turbulent year for the media industry.According to the report, trust in news overall fell one point from 33% last year to 32% this year. Since the annual survey began in 2020, general trust in New Zealand has fallen by 21 percentage points.The level of trust in the media in New Zealand is now on par…

Queensland, Fiji, London, the Cook Islands and Sydney are the top destinations Kiwis are travelling to for their holidays, House of Travel says.The travel agency said they also noticed a shift in New Zealanders’ travel itineraries, with Hanoi, Tokyo and Bali gaining popularity.”We have seen a massive 130% year-on-year increase in school holiday bookings to Hanoi,” said House of Travel chief executive David Coombes.”Bali bookings are up 32% year-on-year, with Tokyo rising 11%.”This growth reflects a shift in Kiwi travel appetites, as families grow confident about exploring new destinations, where the New Zealand dollar has strong value on the ground.”Fiji…

If you’re stocking up on Easter eggs for the kids in your supermarket shopping this weekend, you can expect them to cost a little more than they might have in years past.Rising cocoa prices have put pressure on the price of chocolate, and that’s flowing through to the sort that can be delivered by the Easter Bunny, too.In 2012, a Cadbury supermarket egg with two chocolate bars was selling for $13.99, or $10.99 or special.In 2016, the same eggs were cheaper – selling for $9.99.In 2022, the normal price was displayed at $12.90 but eggs could be found at $9…

New Zealanders are very used to skipping security for regional plane flights – even for some between major cities.Screening is not mandatory for flights carrying fewer than 90 passengers, meaning sometimes items slip through the cracks.On Tuesday evening, a flight from Blenheim to Auckland was diverted to New Plymouth after a passenger brought a piece of machinery containing residual fuel on board in their carry-on.Passengers reported smelling fuel, and the flight made an unscheduled landing in New Plymouth. A Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson explained flammable liquids were not permitted in checked luggage or in carry-on.”The item has been described as…

ADVERTISEMENTRussia launched a large drone attack overnight into Saturday which damaged several buildings in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, according to the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko.Klitschko said drones hit a private house and a non-residential building, injuring at least three people.Footage from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service showed crews still trying to put out fires after sunrise. It said three warehouses across the city caught fire in the attack.It came amid wider strikes on several Ukrainian regions.The general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Russia launched 88 drones at targets across the country, 56 of which were downed.In the northeastern city of…

ADVERTISEMENTThe Med5, a two-day meeting of the interior ministers of the five European countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, ended in the Royal Palace in Naples. Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and Malta were represented, as well as the European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner and Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens.At the end of the summit, the ministers signed a joint declaration.Piantedosi: migrants sent to Albania considered ‘dangerous'”We all recognised the need to strengthen Frontex,” said Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi during the press conference at the end of the summit, reiterating that “the fight against human traffickers is…