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Three people have been charged with kidnapping and manslaughter following the death of a woman whose body was found in a bag in the water in Auckland’s Gulf Harbour earlier this year. The body of 70-year-old Chinese woman Shulai Wang was found in a black rubbish bag in the water in Gulf Harbour on March 12. She was only identified last month. She came to New Zealand in August last year from China and had no family here.She had not been reported missing.A 37-year-old man and two women – aged 36 and 61 – were arrested at a home in…
Police are appealing for information after a dog walker was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle in Levin over the weekend. Police were called following a report a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle on Hitherlea East Rd at around 5.10pm on Sunday. The woman had been walking a white American bulldog at the time of the incident. The canine was found on Sorensons Rd on Monday.”It is likely that the vehicle that struck the pedestrian will have damage to either the front or driver’s side,” police said.Anyone with CCTV footage, or who witnessed a woman walking a…
A Dunedin trading card and table-top game business has officially gone international in only its third expansion beyond the city. Today marks the opening of Hobby Lords Setia Alam, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — the Dunedin company’s first store outside New Zealand since it opened in the city three years ago. “It’s just honestly the tip of the iceberg,” Hobby Lords managing director Liam O’Neill said. “We’ve got a lot of plans transnationally, as well as remaining cities in the country we’re not currently in.” Hobby Lords was founded in 2021 and moved into its flagship South Dunedin premises late…
Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Gillies, the last surviving member of the 28th Māori Battalion, has died. He was 99.In 1944, Sir Bom fought in the Battle of Cassino, Italy, as a member of the Māori Battalion’s B Company who were tasked with the assault on the town’s railway station in an effort to liberate Cassino. They successfully took the station but were forced to withdraw when German troops counter-attacked. Around 130 Māori soldiers were killed.In May, the war veteran had been part of a delegation who went over to Italy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Monte Cassino battle.In 2019,…
The next long-term budget should be larger than the current 1% of the EU’s GDP, said Polish Budget Commissioner-designate Piotr Serafin, stressing the urgent need to work on new EU-wide taxes by early 2025 at the latest. ADVERTISEMENTThe European Union urgently needs to speed up work on new own resources to feed its long-term budget (2028-34) and deliver solutions for its citizens, Polish Commissioner-designate for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration Piotr Serafin told MEPs during his confirmation hearing on Thursday. “Progress on this matter has been insufficient and time is running. I expect the Council [representing member states] to resume…
Police found forged bank notes and the equipment used to make them yesterday while searching two properties in Waikato. The searches took place in Te Kauwhata and followed reports of fake notes reportedly being used around the region. During the searches, police found ammunition, forged bank notes, equipment to make the notes, and drug utensils. A stolen vehicle was also found at one of the addresses. The searches came after $5000 in forged cash was found in a vehicle stopped in Huntly last week. “Police will continue to make inquiries following these search warrants,” Inspector Will Loughrin said. The discoveries…
Dutch commissioner recommits to a 90% emissions cut by 2040, pledges not to revise deadlines for the phase-out of new petrol and diesel cars, and brushes off a far-right climate denier during a grilling by MEPs. ADVERTISEMENTInterim climate and tax commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is on his way to serving a full term in president Ursula von der Leyen’s incoming second EU executive after convincing MEPs in a European Parliament hearing.Hoekstra was appointed last year following the departure of compatriot and EU green deal director Frans Timmermans.Following a three-hour hearing before the European Parliament’s environment, industry and economy committees, he was…
Southern directors Carla Harper and Kate Faulks have been presented with Institute of Directors Emerging Director Awards. Ms Harper, who is based in Invercargill, is an intern director for South Port Ltd — New Zealand’s southernmost commercial deepwater port and the only NZX-listed company in Southland. In a statement, she said she was passionate about advancing her expertise in governance, strategic thinking and community impact. Ms Faulks, who has an MBA in chemical engineering and is a Wonder Project Ambassador for Engineering NZ, spent her early career as a project engineer and terminal manager with ExxonMobil. Managing technical queries, procurement,…
Tiny oxygen bubbles are being touted by some as a potential game changer for irrigating pastures and helping cut farm water use.Nanobubble Agritech has been researching the potential of nanobubbles on 11 farms over the last four years.At around two-and-a-half thousand times smaller than a grain of salt, the smallest known bubble is invisible to the naked eye.Their tiny size gives them special physical properties. Unlike other bubbles, they don’t rise to the surface and burst but stay suspended in water, and can last for weeks or months, all the while slowly releasing oxygen into the water.Company founder Leon Power…
Five people have been taken into custody after a vehicle of interest crashed into a digger while driving through a closed section of the Waikato Expressway this evening. Police say officers spotted a vehicle of interest on Mahia Rd in Manurewa around 7.15pm. The police Eagle helicopter kept watch of the vehicle as it travelled towards Waikato. “At some point near Waikato, the driver has entered a section of road that was closed due to roadworks,” police said. At around 8.15pm, the vehicle crashed into a digger near the Tahuna Rd on-ramp.None of the road workers or the vehicle’s occupants…