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A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has jolted the Gisborne region this afternoon.Geonet said the earthquake struck 10km south of Tokomaru Bay at a depth of 12km at 4.17pm on Friday.The shaking, reported as far west as Whakatāne, was classified as “moderate”.Within half an hour of the jolt being registered by Geonet, 150 residents in the region had reported feeling it.
Published on 25/07/2025 – 14:52 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The United Kingdom and Australia announced on Friday that they will sign a cooperation treaty to build Australian nuclear-powered submarines and welcomed a review by US President Donald Trump’s administration into Washington’s role in the trilateral defence deal. UK Defence Secretary John Healey and Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with their Australian counterparts Richard Marles and Penny Wong in Sydney for an annual meeting. Marles said he and Healey will sign a 50-year treaty on Saturday that will underpin bilateral cooperation on building an Australian fleet of submarines powered by US nuclear technology. “It is as significant…
A former Returned and Services Association club in Te Teko is warning other clubs under the RSA banner over the national body’s crack down on unpaid fees and adoption of a new constitution.Te Hokowhitu a Tū ki Te Teko Inc, formerly the Te Teko Memorial RSA, broke away from the RSA and created their own constitution and identity in April.“We knew the problems were coming up later down the track… and we didn’t want to be part of that,” said club president Hemana Waaka.The Royal New Zealand RSA (RNZRSA) has launched a campaign to modernise the organisation. This week, it…
Consumer NZ says supermarkets are still making pricing errors, despite increasing pressure and scrutiny.Charges have been filed and a number of supermarkets have pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act due to inaccurate pricing and misleading specials.But Consumer NZ says misleading specials are still costing shoppers tens of millions of dollars a year and has launched a petition calling for tougher penalties for breaches of the act.It provided examples of a number of ways that people could be caught out by misleading signage in supermarkets.Dodgy multibuyA dodgy multibuy refers to a situation where the individual price and the multibuy…
One of the Government’s key programmes to get young people into work is currently having a 27% success rate according to a response to a written question from Social Development Minister Louise Upston.Last year, Upston revealed she had secured $9.45 million to expand the number of places for young job seekers in community-led employment programmes by 2100, taking the number from 5400 to 7500.In a press release last August, she said: “Under our Welfare that Works programme, more young people will get a needs assessment, a job plan and tailored support, including job coaching, to help them access education, training…
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A man has been charged with murder after a woman’s death in Christchurch yesterday evening. Emergency services were called to Lamorna Road in Parklands at around 7.50pm following reports that a woman had suffered critical injuries. “The woman was unresponsive when emergency services arrived and tragically was unable to be revived,” Detective Senior Sergeant Karen Simmons said. A 36-year-old man was taken into custody a short time later and was charged with murder. He was due to appear in the Christchurch District Court this morning.The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds, including Ozzy Osbourne dies, a worrying find on Rakiura Stewart…
A person has been killed in a house fire in New Plymouth.Emergency services were called to the single-storey house on Oranga St just before 11pm on Wednesday.Fire and Emergency shift manager Belinda Beets said an adult was found dead in the blaze, while a child was in hospital with burns to their hands.It was initially reported as a bedroom fire, however, firefighters found it “well-involved” upon arrival.Beets earlier said it was unclear whether everyone had escaped the fire because “people kept going back into the house, so we weren’t sure if everyone was out or not”.That prompted an immediate response…
By Euronews Published on 25/07/2025 – 7:30 GMT+2 •Updated 8:16 ADVERTISEMENT After the one-day EU-China summit, the European Union announced on Thursday a tentative agreement with China to alleviate restrictions the country had placed on critical exports of rare earths. How soon might this agreement yield results? What more progress can be expected ahead to ease the lingering trade and political tensions between the two sides? Euronews reporters will explain the upshot of the Beijing meeting on Euronews’ Europe Today special summit edition. Anchor Mared Gwyn Jones also quizzes electric vehicle boss Lothar Schuppert, the acting CEO of China’s Zeekr, about…
Rotorua Lakes Council has thrashed out two proposals that will shape the city’s future approach to water and treated wastewater services.But it was not straightforward in the meeting on Wednesday, with councillor Robert Lee’s suggestion to dump treated wastewater into a stream rebuked by fellow councillors, and debates over mana whenua and te ao Māori principles.Rotorua’s current wastewater system uses spray irrigation in the Whakarewarewa Forest under a temporary agreement until 2026.The council was voting on whether to establish a Recovered Water Working Group to assess alternatives and recommend a new permanent discharge method by early 2027.The vote was divided…