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National’s Nicola Willis has implored Green co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick to “call the dogs off” and tell activists to stop protesting outside MPs’ homes after a window was smashed at Winston Peters’ house.The Greens have condemned the attack but say government ministers need to “look in the mirror” themselves.A 29-year-old man has since been arrested and will appear in Auckland District Court on Friday, charged with burglary.A shattered window of Winston Peters’ house in Auckland. (Source: 1News)Revealed: Content of note left at Winston Peters’ home after vandalism – Watch on TVNZ+On her way into a caucus meeting at Parliament on Tuesday,…
ADVERTISEMENT The European Union is considering a proposal that could potentially restrict the movements of Russian diplomats across the bloc’s territory, according to a document added to the latest round of sanctions and seen by Euronews. The plan would concern members of Russia’s diplomatic and consular missions, including administrative and technical staff as well as family members. If approved, it would establish an obligation for Russian envoys to notify their intention to travel to or transit through another member state beyond their host nation. The notification should be issued “at least 24 hours” before arrival, the document says, and lay…
Six Mongrel Mob members and associates are before the courts after a brawl in Palmerston North in August. Police were called to Main Street after receiving multiple reports of a mass brawl at a hotel around midnight on August 8. Earlier that evening, an R18 event was held at the premises and was attended by a large number of Mongrel Mob members and associates from areas nearby including Palmerston North and Hawke’s Bay.Acting Detective Sergeant Richard How said police believed a disagreement over missing property between a member of the public and a gang member occurred.”This altercation shortly escalated to…
More than 300 people are required to resit their practical driving tests following allegations Auckland Vehicle Testing New Zealand (VTNZ) officers accepted payments to pass applicants.Five driver testing officers (DTOs) at the Highbrook branch in Auckland have been sacked and their testing officer endorsements have been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation by NZTA.”NZTA has been informed by VTNZ that the DTOs had allegedly been accepting payments to pass people taking practical driver tests since 2023,” a NZ Transport Agency spokesperson confirmed to 1News in a statement.”Potentially fraudulent activity has been referred to police for investigation.”The site is currently…
An Air New Zealand flight from Dunedin to Auckland was cancelled today after an aircraft was struck by lightning during an earlier flight.This morning, the plane was struck during a flight from Auckland to Dunedin, chief operations officer Alex Marren told 1News.The route was typically flown by an Airbus A320.The aircraft was undergoing standard engineering checks, Marren said. As a result, flight NZ676 from Dunedin to Auckland was cancelled.Air New Zealand was reaccommodating customers onto alternate services, and an additional flight was put on from Christchurch to Dunedin to help customers get where they needed to go, Marren added.”While lightning…
A person has been charged with murder after the death of a man in Auckland’s New Lynn on Monday. Emergency services were called to a property on Kaponga Crescent at around 11.52am after receiving reports a person was injured. The man died at the scene. A 28-year-old man was arrested and today police said he had been charged with murder.Acting Detective Inspector Simon Harrison said: “We are pleased to have been able to charge someone in relation to this tragic incident.”The man appeared in the Waitākere District Court and was remanded in custody to appear in the Auckland High Court…
A further seven people have been arrested in Auckland following an ongoing police investigation into an alleged multimillion-dollar money laundering operation using cash wages in the construction industry. The arrests were made after police this morning carried out nine searches of properties in Ellerslie, Mt Wellington, Panmure, Mt Roskill, Weymouth, Murrays Bay, Waimauku and Whenuapai.Tens of thousands of dollars in cash, illegal drugs, luxury goods and evidence relating to the investigation were seized by police.It brings the total number of arrests as part of Operation Beach – a long-running covert investigation into money laundering in the construction industry – to…
ASB has agreed to pay $135.6 million to settle a class action for alleged breaches of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA).The claim, which was first filed in 2021, suggested both ASB and ANZ NZ had failed to refund more than 150,000 customers interest and fees they were not entitled to charge.The class action related to disclosure documents which the bank was required to provide to customers who had requested changes to their lending arrangements between 2015 and 2019 – and whether one potential interpretation of the CCCFA legislation was the correct one.As part of the settlement, ASB…
Kiwis are in for a treat tonight with the first supermoon of the year.The moon is going to appear bigger and brighter in the sky on Tuesday night and, if the skies are clear, you won’t need a telescope to catch a glimpse.What is a supermoon?While a supermoon appears bigger, the moon doesn’t actually get any bigger.Stardome astronomer Josh Aoraki said there are usually a few supermoons each year.”The term ‘supermoon’ is more of a media term, than a scientific one,” Aoraki told RNZ.”The scientific term for what we are describing is what’s called perigee and apogee, they are the…
An investigation is underway following the death of a three-month-old girl in Masterton last week.Police were notified of the incident at around 2pm on Thursday October 2. “Officers are now working to determine what exactly has occurred,” Senior Sergeant Philip Skoglund said. “The family are assisting the investigation team with our inquiries, and we are not seeking anyone else at this time.” Police were awaiting the formal report from the pathologist after the postmortem was completed.