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Jiho* came to New Zealand from Korea, and as a new immigrant worked hard to get himself into a stable job, good home, and build a loving environment for his wife and child.But then he lost everything to gambling.”I was carrying the stress of being an immigrant. The language barriers, cultural differences, business pressures. It became a way to escape my stress and the loneliness,” he said.He fell into a “deep despair” and attempted suicide twice.And unfortunately, his story is all too common.While a fifth of New Zealaders will experience harm in their lifetime due to their own or someone…
Welcoming back international flights was key to a defining year for Dunedin’s airport, its chairman says. The airport company also pointed to infrastructure upgrades and a significant capital works programme in its annual report. Dunedin Airport chairman Chris Hopkins said the past financial year was a turning point for the airport. Direct international flights were restored on June 24 this year after a five-year hiatus when Jetstar offered scheduled services to the Gold Coast in Australia. Mr Hopkins said it was a celebration of aviation and reconnection of people and ideas. The infrastructure programme included resurfacing of taxiways, a major…
Greyhound trainers, veterinarians and racing officials are holding out hope for a last minute reprieve from the Government as the sport enters what is likely its final season.Racing Minister Winston Peters announced earlier this year that the Government would ban the sport from July 31, 2026, saying too many dogs were being killed and injured.”As difficult as it was, you’ve got to what’s right and we do not believe in cruelty to animals,” he said.Last season, 17 greyhounds were euthanised after being injured during races, with 800 injured and 200 seriously injured.Rangiora-based trainer Gary Cleeve told 1News he had been…
Queenstown Airport’s new chief executive is no stranger to the challenges and opportunities he will encounter during his tenure here. Shane O’Hare officially got his feet under the desk almost two weeks ago, having arrived from Tasmania where he was Launceston Airport’s CEO, part of Australia Pacific Airports Corporation, which also owns Melbourne Airport. He said Launceston was one of the first airports in Australia to experience 100% domestic recovery post-Covid and now welcomes about 1.7 million passengers per annum and continues “growing very quickly”. There are similar challenges to Queenstown, including a growing community which requires the airport to…
After years of remission, eight-year-old Easton Trueman’s leukaemia returned and he found himself back in Starship needing a bone marrow transplant. That’s when his 10-year-old brother Eden stepped up. “He wants his brother to be himself again and go to school.”This is how Natalie Trueman explained her 10-year-old son’s decision to donate bone marrow to his younger brother who has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia.Natalie Trueman, left, with her sons Eden and Easton. (Source: Supplied)Easton Trueman was diagnosed with B-cell Philadelphia positive chromosome leukaemia at just three years old.After two years of brutal treatment, which included painful…
An 11-year-old boy with family in New Zealand and Canada has gone missing in British Columbia, with police “working around the clock” to find him.Kai Pavlovic’s New Zealand-based family have “grave concerns for his safety”, a Givealittle page set up for the family said.Burnaby Royal Canadian Mounted Police posted an appeal for information on Thursday, saying they were seeking the public’s assistance to find the 11-year-old.An updated statement said they received a request for a wellbeing check for Kai on September 26.”As part of the investigation, police have spoken to Kai’s family members and have reason to believe Kai is…
By Euronews Published on 05/10/2025 – 15:51 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Today is World Teachers’ Day, established in 1994 to commemorate the signing of the Recommendation on the Status of Teachers drawn up in Paris on 5 October 1966. Teachers, Unicef says, are at the heart of quality education, but the industry continues to suffer from underinvestment and fewer students. According to a 2024 report from the United Nations Children’s Fund, only 31% of countries had effective teacher professional development systems in place — less than half the 64% target. Worldwide, the report says, the number of out-of-school children and young people (Oosc)…
Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been recognised by Time magazine as one of “the world’s most influential rising stars”.Maipi-Clarke was aged just 21 when elected to Parliament in 2023. Time said she “shook the world” when she performed a haka during a vote on the Treaty Principles Bill last year.The influential news magazine said she followed in the footsteps of ancestors who sustained the Māori language, traditions and culture.Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Source: 1News)Writing for Time, Deb Haaland – former US secretary of the interior under President Joe Biden – said Maipi-Clarke was a “link in the chain of activists…
A visiting tax expert has lavished praise on a key revenue raiser in the New Zealand tax system, saying it is world-leading.Professor Michael Keen is a former head of tax policy for the International Monetary Fund, and was in New Zealand as a guest of the Tax Policy Charitable Trust.He said that good tax policy is based on a few key principles, including efficiency, fairness, and simplicity. On these grounds, Keen lauded New Zealand’s system of GST, which is applied as a 15% tax on top of the price of the vast majority of goods and services. “New Zealand has…
A person has died and four others have been injured in a two-vehicle crash in the Bay of Plenty this morning.Emergency services were notified of the crash on Thornton Rd near Matatā at 9.20am.Shortly after 11am, police confirmed one person had died in the crash.St John said it responded to the crash with three ambulances, a rapid response unit, a manager and a helicopter.”Our crews assessed and treated three patients in a serious condition, and one patient in a minor condition, who were all transported to Tauranga Hospital,” a spokesperson said.Fire and Emergency NZ confirmed it had attended with crews…