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Benedict Collins

Wellington

Political Reporter at 1 NEWS

Political reporter 1News

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  • 1 week ago | flipboard.com | Benedict Collins

    Most of CISA’s senior leaders are leaving the agencyThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is reportedly experiencing a serious flight of senior personnel, with most planning to …

  • 1 week ago | 1news.co.nz | Benedict Collins

    Is it a worm, a maggot — or a not very hungry caterpillar? That's the question being asked after a dead larva was found in a Government supplied school lunch at a high school in west Auckland this month. Labour's deputy leader and the MP for Kelston, Carmel Sepuloni, said the presence of the immature insect raised serious concerns about food safety in the Government's school lunch programme. "Well, I was shocked to receive photos of a maggot in one of the student's food," Sepuloni told 1News.

  • 3 weeks ago | 1news.co.nz | Benedict Collins

    Police say they are concerned at the lack of information they're receiving from the public as methamphetamine use in the small rural Central Hawke's Bay town Waipukurau surges. Wastewater testing site at Waipukurau recorded the biggest increase in meth consumption in the country in 2024 — up 333% on 2023. District crime manager Detective Inspector Martin James told 1News that the high readings are "very concerning for us" but Police needed more information to act.

  • 3 weeks ago | 1news.co.nz | Benedict Collins

    Police say they are concerned at the lack of information they're receiving from the public as methamphetamine use in the small rural Central Hawke's Bay town Waipukurau surges. Wastewater testing site at Waipukurau recorded the biggest increase in meth consumption in the country in 2024 — up 333% on 2023. District crime manager Detective Inspector Martin James told 1News that the high readings are "very concerning for us" but Police needed more information to act.

  • 1 month ago | 1news.co.nz | Benedict Collins

    Documents obtained by 1News show the Chief Human Rights Commissioner Dr Stephen Rainbow raised concerns that rising Muslim immigration to New Zealand poses a threat to our Jewish communities. On February 24 this year, Dr Rainbow and Race Relations Commissioner Melissa Derby met with Alternative Jewish Voice's Philippa Yasbek and discussed matters including social cohesion.

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Benedict Collins
Benedict Collins @nzbenedict
14 Aug 24

RT @publicaddress: Just a moment to note that the only reason these meth-containing lollies were identified and the alarm was swiftly sound…

Benedict Collins
Benedict Collins @nzbenedict
17 Jul 24

RT @JeromeChandra: Um wow ok forget Tenacious D, I just heard what N.W.A. said about the police. I won't repeat it here, but it was certain…

Benedict Collins
Benedict Collins @nzbenedict
21 Jun 24

RT @dan_brunskill: "...think about the telco sector, and the waste industry, and [CENSORED]... there's a whole raft of them" https://t.co/r…