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Full video: Prime Minister, Stanford make education announcement
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (366+ words) Christopher Luxon and Erica Stanford are speaking from a school in Lower Hutt. Source: 1 News (Source: Other) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford have made a pre-Budget announcement from a school in Lower Hutt this afternoon. The…...
Director defends AI usage in John Lennon documentary
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (992+ words) The day John Lennon was shot, on December 8, 1980, he and Yoko Ono gave an interview to a San Francisco radio crew from their home in New York's Dakota Apartments. They were promoting their new album Double Fantasy, but the two-hour…...
Cop's 'alarming' overtake sparks review after close-call with truck
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (595+ words) The incident was caught on camera on State Highway 1 north of Taup" last week. (Source: Supplied) Police will review an "alarming" overtake by an officer on a central North Island state highway caught on dashcam last week. The incident, captured…...
Trump warns 'clock is ticking' for Iran as peace negotiations stall
9+ hour, 3+ min ago (1254+ words) A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates" sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimeter. There were no reports of injuries or radiological release, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the Iran…...
Petrol stocks drop nearly three days in latest fuel update
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (673+ words) A fuel drum (File image). (Source: Getty) New Zealand's total fuel stocks fell for petrol and jet fuel but edged up for diesel in the latest Government update. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's twice-weekly fuel stocks report showed…...
Hayden Tasker guilty of murdering Nelson police officer Lyn Fleming
48+ min ago (1208+ words) Hayden Tasker (Source: 1 News) A jury has found Hayden Tasker guilty of murdering senior policewoman Lyn Fleming and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to senior sergeant Adam Ramsay. Tasker drove his car into the pair on foot patrol in Nelson…...
Hong Kong tourists killed in double fatal Rakaia crash
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (466+ words) Police divert traffic near the scene of a double-fatal crash in Selwyn. (Source: 1 News) Two people killed in a crash that closed a key South Island route for several hours on Friday were reportedly tourists from Hong Kong. The three-vehicle…...
Five Big Things That Happened Today: Monday, May 18
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (547+ words) Foodstuffs launches new loyalty scheme across supermarkets; Loaded guns, Nazi uniform found at home of man who died in police stand-off; New maths hubs among $131m primary learning package. Pak'n'Save, New World and Four Square customers have a new way to…...
Loaded guns, Nazi uniform found at home of man who died in police stand-off
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (1228+ words) A Christchurch man was planning a mass shooting less than a fortnight after the mosque shootings in the city, an inquest has heard. By Tim Brown of RNZ Artemiy Dubovskiy, who was known as Troy, is suspected of taking his…...
Former NZ sprinter Eddie Nketia clocks another flying 100m time
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (641+ words) Eddie Nketia reacts after winning the men's 100 meters final in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Source: Associated Press) Kiwi-turned-Australian sprinter Eddie Nketia has clocked a staggering 100m time of 9. 74 seconds at a college meet in the United States " but it won't count for record…...