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New Zealand currently has no laws that specifically address stalking, meaning victims must use other legal provisions to try and protect themselves.But after much campaigning, including an open letter to Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith and a petition signed by more than 20,000 people earlier this year, the Government has promised to fill that legislative gap.1News’ Opinion and Explainers Editor Anna Murray spoke to University of Auckland associate professor of law Carrie Leonetti about how victims of stalking are treated now and why New Zealand needs a better legal framework for tackling a crime many people will experience in their lifetime.What…

What does a Donald Trump victory in the US election mean for New Zealand’s economy? Experts say the 78-year-old Republican’s protectionist policies could have far-reaching consequences – particularly in heavily trade-dependent nations such as our own. Trump has proposed tariffs of up to 20% on all imported goods, which would include major New Zealand exports like beef – and even larger ones targeted at countries he sees as economic adversaries, such as Mexico and China. “If it applied to New Zealand exports, it would be quite serious,” New Zealand International Business Forum executive director Stephen Jacobi told RNZ’s Morning Report programme earlier…

A motorcyclist has died following a crash on Fox Glacier Highway yesterday afternoon.In a statement, police said officers were called to the single vehicle crash involving a motorbike around 2.15pm yesterday. “Sadly the rider died at the scene,” a police spokesperson said. The Serious Crash Unit attended and inquiries into the circumstances of the crash were ongoing, police said. The Fox Glacier Highway has since reopened.

By Susan Edmunds of RNZ First-home buyers are paying less and probably getting bigger houses this year than their counterparts in recent years have been able to buy. New data from Corelogic shows the median price paid by first-home buyers has fallen in recent years from $715,000 in 2022 to $695,000 last year and $685,000 over the first nine months of this year. But at the same time, the proportion of purchases that were standalone houses was up to 73 percent, compared with 70 percent in 2023. Corelogic chief property economist Kelvin Davidson said that signalled first-home buyers were getting “good…

Chinese workers say they have been cheated out of thousands of dollars and are still waiting for promised full-time jobs more than a year after authorities began investigating their employer.At least 100 workers had accredited employer work visas (AEWV) with Prolink NZ Ltd, but some have remained jobless, while others were not working enough hours to get by.Many claim to have paid service fees to Cook Huang — a licensed immigration advisor and owner of the Auckland immigration company Everlast Consultancy 2013 Corporation Ltd — who voluntarily surrendered his licence in September and is now before the Immigration Advisers Complaints…

Firefighters were called to 32 firework-related incidents across the country yesterday, following a dry evening of Guy Fawke’s celebrations.A Fire and Emergency spokesperson told 1News it responded to 32 fireworks-related incidents nationally, as of 6am today.One of those incidents occurred in Auckland’s Stanmore Bay, where fire crews were called to a shed fire shortly before 9.30pm last night.Two fire trucks were deployed to the scene from Silverdale and Manly, and extinguished the fire by 10.17pm.Fire and Emergency crews responded to the shed fire in Auckland’s Stanmore Bay shortly before 9.30pm. (Source: Jayden Murdie Photography)Crews confirmed the incident involved fireworks.Yesterday, a…

As the Government prepares to introduce the Treaty Principles Bill tomorrow, Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the “damage has already been done”.The Government will introduce the controversial bill tomorrow, Acting Leader of the House Simeon Brown confirmed last night – it was originally set down for November 18.The minister responsible for the bill, David Seymour, said it “provides an opportunity for New Zealanders — rather than the courts and the Waitangi Tribunal — to have a say on what the Treaty means”.”Did the Treaty give different rights to different groups, or does every citizen have equal rights? I believe all…

An Auckland councillor is calling for the sale of fireworks to be banned to protect the city’s maunga (mountains) and animals.Auckland councillor and Regulatory and Community Safety Committee chair Josephine Bartley said she is fed up with the risk of fires.”[Tuesday] is Guy Fawkes, but people have been letting off fireworks for the last few days. It’s really just time now to cut them off. That’s enough.”People are stupid with fireworks, so we need to get the Government to ban them.”Bartley, who went to the site of a fire on Mt Wellington on November 1, said she was told it…

An SH130 Hitachi EX3600 electric shovel, unveiled earlier this year, traverses OceanaGold’s Innes Mills pit at its Macraes gold mine — one of three open pits that would be expanded about 200m each as part of the proposed Macraes Phase Four (MP4) Project. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

A 19-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a fire at a mosque in Auckland yesterday.Emergency services were called to the mosque on Astley Ave in New Lynn at around 9am on Tuesday following a report of a fire that was determined to have been deliberately lit. CCTV showed a person breaking into the building just before 1am and lighting the fire. The fire continued to smoulder “until just after 9am when it became visible and emergency services were called”.Today, Waitematā CIB Detective Inspector Callum McNeill said a 19-year-old man has been arrested. He said police were still working…