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A divided US appeals court has ruled most of Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president’s use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool. The court on Friday allowed the tariffs to remain in place through October 14 to give the Trump administration a chance to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court. The decision comes as a legal fight over the independence of the Federal Reserve also seems bound for the Supreme Court, setting up an unprecedented legal showdown this year over Trump’s entire economic policy. Trump has made tariffs a pillar of US foreign policy in his second term, using them…
Landowners in north Marlborough are frustrated at the lack of action from Marlborough District Council on riverbank erosion threatening their properties, but the council says it can’t intervene without footing a bill of more than a billion dollars.Senior environmental land scientist Matt Oliver told council on Thursday that riverbank erosion in the Te Hoiere/Pelorus catchment was a serious threat to farmers’ land, and could impact power lines, roads including State Highway 6, and the Rai Valley landfill.“The river is cutting in and taking trees away,” Oliver said.“[There’s] some pretty significant damage happening to the environment up there and it places…
Video footage was shown today of a man setting a couch on fire prior to the deadly Loafers Lodge blaze. A 50-year-old with name suppression is accused of lighting two fires that night in Wellington, in 2023. The fatal one was lit in the early hours of May 16, but the first was on May 15, around 10.30pm, in a common area.CCTV cameras captured movements of a man on the night of the deadly blaze that killed five people. (Source: 1News)Footage tracked the man’s every move in the lead up to the fire being lit, from when he arrived at…
A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in relation to the death of a man in Rotorua last week.Police were called to an assault on Trigg Ave in the early afternoon of August 20, at around 12.20pm.Detective Senior Sergeant Mark van Kempen said at the time a man was found in a critical condition but died at the scene.Today, a male appeared in the Rotorua Youth Court, and was remanded in custody until his next appearance on September 12.On August 21, three others, aged 19, 20 and 64, were charged with assault with intent to injure and possessing offensive weapons.Police…
A Lower Hutt man who has lost a staggering 154kg in two years is now seeking removal surgery for excess skin.Eli Moon, 34, began his life-saving health journey in August 2023, after a major health scare with heart failure.”I had been struggling with my weight all my life, just kind of chronic overeating, and my heart began to understandably cut out,” he said.”It got to the point where I basically spent a month in hospital very sick, and since then I’ve turned my life around, eating well and a lot of exercise.”At the time of his health scare, Moon weighed…
There are “serious concerns” for a man reported missing in the Thames area earlier this week. Batch owners, hunters, trampers, and campers are being asked to keep an eye out for 35-year-old Jared, who was last seen on the morning of Sunday, August 24, leaving his home on Waiomu Valley Road.”Jared was heading towards the Coromandel, but he never returned home,” police said. Jared was reported missing on Tuesday. He was thought to be driving a black 2018 Mitsubishi Triton with the licence plate LKK544.”Police and Jared’s family have serious concerns for his welfare and would like to find him…
The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including a school shooting shocks America, why housing could be the most affordable it’s been in years, and the mystery around a painting stolen by the Nazis. A person has opened fire on a Catholic school in the US, killing at least two children. Loud bangs have been heard during the search for sovereign citizen and alleged police shooter Dezi Freeman in Australia. New data says housing is at its most affordable level in years. The country’s largest bank has slashed some home loan rates. ADVERTISEMENTPolice have raided a home in Argentina, searching for…
Rotorua Lakes Council has approved a bundle of new bylaws aimed at improving tidiness and safety in the city centre, after a debate over who should pay to collect abandoned shopping trolleys.The decision at Wednesday’s council meeting followed a review of inner-city safety policies and bylaws.The new bylaws covered unsafe begging at street lights, building veranda safety, dangerous buildings and a waste bylaw.Consultation found substantial public support for all four amendments, which was mirrored in chambers at the meeting, the last before October’s local elections.All but one bylaw passed without contest.Discarded supermarket trolleys in Rotorua. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)Under the…
He’s a champion for wellbeing in business and former semifinalist in the New Zealander of the Year. Business editor Sally Rae talks to former professional rugby player Craig Hudson about why he has got involved with Dunedin-based startup Givenwell. When illness prematurely ended Craig Hudson’s professional rugby career at 23, it signalled the beginning of his wellness journey. Quite a few twists and turns later and Mr Hudson recently joined Dunedin-based startup Givenwell as chief customer officer to help scale its impact in workplace wellbeing. Meeting Givenwell’s founder Jonny Mirkin last year was a pivotal moment; Mr Mirkin’s passion for wellbeing was…
A boatie has been convicted and fined after his vessel capsized and rolled while trying to cross the Raglan bar in poor conditions, trapping himself and his wife under the boat.Jaswant Chand, who owned the boat, had attempted to cross a sandspit at the southern end of the Raglan bar to go fishing with his wife and son aboard. Conditions were described as being “hazardous” on the day of the incident.The boat capsized, trapping Chand and his wife underneath. He managed to push his wife free before he became trapped himself, needing to be rescued by surf lifesavers. The vessel…