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The Transport Accident Investigation Commission is calling for tighter rules and standards after a drone nearly collided with a passenger plane.Investigators have been looking into a near-collision between an Air New Zealand passenger flight and what was likely a drone in April, 2024, after a close call at 2000 feet on the approach to Auckland Airport.The commission found the drone was in breach of rules prohibiting drones from within four kilometres of airports, excluding limited and approved circumstances.The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds including passengers stuck on ferry overnight, new flights to Sydney coming, and the weirdest things we leave…
By Susan Edmunds of RNZ If you haven’t checked your KiwiSaver balance lately, now might be a good time. While investors were told to look away and try not to think about it when markets wobbled in April, they have since recovered significantly – and fund managers say some people haven’t even realised. Morningstar data shows all but the aggressive KiwiSaver category is back to where it was at the start of 2024, but even that is not far from it. Someone who put $10,000 into an aggressive fund at the start of the year would have $9957 now, based…
Don’t forget about the smaller regions is the message coming from two mayors, as the Government hopes to boost tourism spending from international visitors. The Government has celebrated figures this week, showing overseas visitors were up in April compared to the same time last year. Tourism Minister Louise Upston announced a second tranche of tourism marketing dollars in hopes of further boosting visitor numbers.But the Nelson and Whakatāne mayors want to put the focus on their regions.The morning’s headlines in 90 seconds including passengers stuck on ferry overnight, new flights to Sydney coming, and the weirdest things we leave in…
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says a possible USA-China trade deal is positive news, but time will tell what it means for New Zealand and the rest of the world.US President Donald Trump said a deal with China is “done” after two days of high-level talks in London.Luxon welcomed the news but wanted to see the finer details.”What we want to see is more certainty in the global trading environment, and I’ve read the reports as well,” he said.”The devil will be in the detail, but that can only be a good thing.”Luxon said he expected to discuss the matter with…
Published on 12/06/2025 – 17:56 GMT+2•Updated 17:57ADVERTISEMENTGerman BSH Domestic Appliances group, which owns the Siemens and Bosch brands, has announced the forthcoming closure of a factory in Esquíroz in the north of Spain.More than 650 local jobs are likely to be lost, and production could be relocated to Poland or Turkey.”The situation is really very worrying. This was a company that had proved to be sustainable, a company that had a product that provided services to the rest of Europe and also to Spain, because 80% of the products that came out of this company were then marketed in Spain,”…
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has criticised the Reserve Bank for its sharing of information surrounding former governor Adrian Orr’s sudden resignation in March, saying the central bank could “have pulled their socks up.”The rebuke comes after the bank yesterday released documents revealing Orr quit in March due to a funding dispute with the bank’s board and the Government.It was a fact previously not disclosed publicly, with the media and financial observers having received few answers from the central bank’s leadership.”I’ve expressed that I think they could have shared the information they shared yesterday earlier,” Willis told reporters at Fieldays today.”I…
By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 12/06/2025 – 18:40 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTJudges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Italy can’t be held liable for the actions of Libya’s coastguard, rejecting a case brought by a group of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in a fatal boat sinking in 2017.The court in Strasbourg declared the case inadmissible, finding Italy didn’t have “effective control” of the expanse of waters off the coast of Tripoli where the small ship carrying around 150 people sank.Twenty people died in the sinking and around 45 survivors said they were taken to Tajura Detention Centre in Tripoli…
A soldier has been sentenced to two months detention in a military jail for making an intimate visual recording of a woman without her consent.Corporal Manu Anthony Smith made the recording while having sex with his now-former girlfriend in 2020.The sentencing followed a three-day court martial at Burnham Military Camp.The 41-year-old has also been ordered to pay $2000 in compensation to the woman.Smith would remain in the army, but would be on a formal written warning for the next year.On Wednesday, a three-person military panel found Smith guilty of taking the images of the woman during sexual activity between August…
ADVERTISEMENTThree right-wing political groups at the European Parliament are attempting for a second time to establish an investigative inquiry committee into NGO financing by the European Commission, as Transparency International alleges an MEP-orchestrated smear campaign against civil society and is launching a complaint about leaks.German newspaper Welt Am Sonntag claimed last week that the EU executive had allegedly secretly paid environmental NGOs up to €700,000 to promote the bloc’s climate policy. The Commission denied the allegationsof secret payments and a spokesperson told Euronews that the executive exercises a high degree of transparency when it comes to providing funding to NGOs. “The…
The Christ Church Cathedral has been lit up to mark the Māori new year with its façade used as an impressive backdrop to Hurihanga, a powerful light display telling stories of renewal and remembrance.Alongside Matariki, the display celebrates the star Puanga, or Puaka, as the main marker for Māori in Te Waipounamu.Last night, Christchurch people rugged up and watched in awe as the display was shown for the first time.“It was lovely, it made me tear up a little bit at points,” said one woman reflecting on the first viewing. Another person said the forest scenes brought “a bit of…