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The trucking industry is urging the Government to grant stronger powers to impound unsafe vehicles after an Auckland operator was jailed for manslaughter.Ashik Ali kept his truck on the road despite it being banned, and its failed brakes caused it to roll away and fatally hit a roadworker last year.National Road Carriers Association chief executive Justin Tighe-Umbers said the system needed more teeth.He said the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) needed the ability to impound dangerous trucks.”They used all available levers, but there wasn’t a significant lever to get this truck off the road – therefore, it’s a system failure.Ashik…
Christmas shoppers won’t be stocking up at NZSale this year.The site has closed its operations in New Zealand as of Sunday.Customers will not be able to return items due to having changed their minds but the site said it would still be able to help customers whose items arrived faulty or damaged.”But exchanges for size, colour, or preference won’t be accepted or possible after this date.”NZSale site on Sunday. (Source: 1News)NZSale offered sales for a limited time, after which stock was brought in from suppliers and sent to customers.There had been some complaints in recent years about the length of…
David Seymour says his Regulatory Standards Act will force lawmakers to be more honest about the impacts of new laws – but has batted away questions over whether his own lawmaking meets the standard.Questioned on Q+A on Sunday, the deputy PM dismissed the volume of submissions opposed to the Regulatory Standards Bill as a “red herring” and claimed they were part of a “weaponised” campaign.MPs received 159,000 written submissions on the legislation at the select committee stage — almost all universally opposed to the bill.Seymour told Q+A submissions had “kind of been weaponised by a campaign”, saying he paid “attention…
Board directors have a strong sense the economy is improving, amid rising concerns about shareholder activism, while other emerging risks go largely unchecked.The annual Director Sentiment Survey, by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in association with ASB, indicates 55% of directors thought the economy would improve over the next 12 months, compared with 52% last year and 28% in 2023.”This is the highest level of optimism about the prospects for the national economy that we have seen since the survey began in 2014,” IOD general manager Guy Beatson said.”Despite the improved outlook, boards continue to prioritise cost control, cashflow and…
Economist and trade unionist Craig Renney has been selected as Labour’s Wellington Bays candidate for the 2026 general election.The electorate is a new one after an adjustment of names and boundaries confirmed by the Representation Commission in August. Wellington Bays is currently the Rongotai electorate, held by Julie Anne Gentre of the Green Party.In a statement released today, Renney said it was “a privilege” to be chosen, and his campaign would focus on housing, health, jobs and the cost of living.“I grew up in a working-class family in Northumberland, UK. I saw first-hand what happens when communities are left behind,…
Prolific documentary and filmmaker Costa Botes – who found fame creating mockumentary Forgotten Silver alongside Peter Jackson – has died after living with cancer for nearly a decade.Botes won multiple awards for his work on Forgotten Silver in the late 1990’s as well as short film Stalin’s Sickle (1988) and later with Saving Grace (1999) and Lost in Wonderland in 2010.His Screenography on New Zealand On Screen credits his involvement in more than 40 productions between 1980 and 2023.He told the website he grew up in Wellington – after being born to Greek parents on the Turkish Island of Imbroz…
A series of musicians – starting with Jimmy Barnes – have been called up to rock life back into a Victorian capital city after years of infrastructure works and protests.The Khe Sanh singer joined forces with stars Kate Ceberano and Ian Moss on Sunday to perform a surprise free gig for Melburnians aimed at boosting CBD confidence.The singer belted out hits including Working Class Man in City Square, the first time it’s been open to the public since Metro Tunnel construction work started there eight years ago.It’s the first in a series planned across December and January, with crowds given…
Did you get through your beach picnics unscathed this summer? Or did you return from a swim only to find a seagull rifling through your bags in search of food? If the latter, shouting at it should help to stop the gull in its tracks and make it fly off – Neeltje Boogert’s latest research shows…Our previous experiment, published in 2022, showed that urban herring gulls perceive men shouting as a threat. When we played back recordings of men shouting “No! Stay away! That’s my food, that’s my pasty!”, gulls moved away, just like they did in response to our…
By Euronews Published on 23/11/2025 – 7:00 GMT+1 As Europe Today prepares to launch, we turn to one of the journalists driving this new Euronews chapter. Starting Monday, Méabh Mc Mahon, one of Euronews’ most recognisable faces and a prominent figure in the Brussels media scene, will co-host the network’s new flagship morning show alongside Maria Tadeo. A Brussels-based TV journalist with more than 15 years of experience, Méabh has reported on the EU and global affairs from the Brexit vote to the Brussels terrorist attacks. She has extensive experience as a field reporter and has travelled across the continent from…
NZTA has postponed a road closure planned for this weekend on Transmission Gully after major congestion.It originally said lane closures would be in place this weekend both north and southbound, but had now pushed back the southbound closure by one week to Friday, November 28 until 4.30am Monday, December 1.”We are working through the key causes of last weekend’s problems so that we can make improvements,” Mark Owen, NZTA’s regional manager for the Lower North Island/Top of the South.”We realise the congestion on Sunday afternoon and evening caused lengthy delays and frustration for drivers. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.”Owen…