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Electronic speed signs are being switched on outside six schools along state highways in Northland and north Auckland as part of a nationwide push to make roads safer for children during busy drop-off and pick-up times.The signs, installed under NZTA’s school speed limit programme, will display a variable speed limit during peak school traffic times to slow traffic as it passes the school.”Setting safe speed limits around schools improves safety for all tamariki and whānau as they come in and out of school,” NZTA regional manager of maintenance and operations Jacqui Hori-Hoult said.Under new rules that came into force last…
Descriptions have been released of two people sought by police after a man was knocked unconscious in a “vicious and unprovoked” assault in Edendale.A man in his 50s was left with serious injuries – including a broken nose and fractured eye socket – after being lured from his home by a woman claiming to need help with a flat tyre on the night of November 15.Detective Sergeant Brian McKinney said police had reviewed surveillance video relating to the assault, which took place near the corner of Melvin and Turner St.”The woman is described as being in her late teens or…
By Euronews Published on 24/11/2025 – 18:26 GMT+1 The father of three children from a British-Australian family living in the woods in Italy’s central Chieti province who have been transferred to an educational facility by court order denounced the decision as an “injustice”. Authorities intervened after the entire family was hospitalised for mushroom poisoning, with the juvenile court in the central city of L’Aquila deciding last week that the couple’s alternative lifestyle put the lives of the children at jeopardy. The family of five, including an eight-year-old girl and two five-year-old twin boys, had been living in a caravan in the…
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as Many Rivers to Cross, You Can Get it If You Really Want and Vietnam and starred in the landmark movie The Harder They Come, has died at 81.His family posted a message on his social media sites that he died from a seizure followed by pneumonia. Additional information was not immediately available.”To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career,” the announcement reads in part. “He really appreciated each and every fan…
A body has been found in Christchurch’s Lake Rua this afternoon, believed to be the man who went missing in the water yesterday. Emergency services were notified of a man needing assistance in the lake near Johns Rd just before 7pm yesterday. This morning, Search and Rescue teams were in the area with assistance from the Dive Squad.Police said the surrounding area remained closed to the public. “A formal identification process will take place, and the death will be referred to the coroner,” a police spokesperson said. The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including a dramatic late night rescue in…
Published on 24/11/2025 – 18:51 GMT+1 The pot is massive: An estimated €300 billion in Russian Central Bank assets are frozen across the G7 countries. The vast majority — to the tune of €185 billion — is locked here in Belgium by Euroclear, a securities depository. Brussels planned to use the Russian frozen assets to issue an unprecedented reparations loan for Ukraine. But the US plan flips the script with a controversial proposal: unblock the funds and split them into two investment vehicles. The first fund would be intended for Ukraine’s reconstruction. $100 billion of the frozen assets would be…
A man permanently lost vision in his right eye after waiting hours for treatment at two public hospitals during a nationwide nurses’ strike.The Health and Disability Commissioner ruled Health New Zealand had breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights, saying the delays were “unacceptable” and avoidable.On June 9, 2021, the man experienced sudden vision loss, dizziness and nausea. He was taken by ambulance to the first public hospital’s emergency department at 11.24am and triaged as Triage Code 2 – meaning he should have been seen within 10 minutes.Instead, he waited for more than four hours to be…
Optimism for the EU’s future has slumped among Europeans, despite more than half still saying that they feel hopeful. This is according to a recent Flash Eurobarometer survey, which found that levels of optimism fell by six percentage points compared with the same time last year. “An analysis of individual member states indicates this decline is widespread,” the report states. Malta (from 73% to 57%), Austria (from 51% to 41%), Italy (from 60% to 50%), and Greece (from 48% to 39%) have seen the biggest drops. Hopefulness about the EU’s future tends to be higher among younger respondents. “This drop…
The Government has announced the first organisations to receive funding from the Social Investment Agency.Ministers in August announced the priority for the fund was to support children whose parents are in prison or have been in the care system, and children who have been stood down from school before turning 13.The first round of $50 million in funding is going to seven programmes supporting children from newborns to 18-year-olds.Social Investment Minister Nicola Willis said the successful organisations showed they could make the best overall impact for the target groups, and were able to measure that success.They included:Te Hou Ora Whānau…
A body has been found in dense bush near Auckland’s Pukekohe in the search for missing woman Te Anihana Pomana.Pomana, also known as Ani Anderson, went missing on August 21 after leaving SkyCity Hotel in the early hours of the morning, having left all her belongings at the hotel.The 25-year-old was last seen on CCTV heading towards Victoria St West in the central city before she vanished.On Monday afternoon, police said they were notified of a body being located in the Pukekohe area around 7.43pm on Saturday.Detective Sergeant Martin Friend said formal identification was yet to take place but it…