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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
Police and ambulance are responding to an incident in Palmerston North. A police spokesperson said they were called to a report someone had been injured at an address in the suburb of Westbrook. They were being given treatment by ambulance staff. Hato Hone St John has been contacted for comment.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
Thieves have been caught on CCTV breaking into and stealing a car in Hobsonville Point, Auckland. The footage shows two people circling a vehicle on Squadron Drive before eventually opening the back and front door, starting the car and driving off. A police spokesperson said the vehicle was reported stolen from an address in Hobsonville Point on Thursday.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru |Michelle Price |Ella Stewart
David Seymour delivers fiery Oxford Union debate speechACT leader and deputy PM David Seymour took part in the famous Oxford Union debate, surrounded by the world’s brightest minds - including Noam Chomsky’s daughter. Harriette Boucher was also watching. The newly titled deputy prime minister David Seymour took to a different chamber this morning, one with men in suits and ties, and women in gowns and pearls.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru |Chris Marriner |Diane McCarthy
Further cuts have been made to the proposed rates increase for Carterton. Carterton District Council is to meet on Wednesday to adopt its 2025-26 Annual Plan and with it an average rates rise of 5.4%. It was originally signalled to be a 13% rise as per the council’s Long-Term Plan, and then more recently 8.6%. Last month, councillors criticised the impact of the 8.6% rise as urban ratepayers were likely to cop twice that due to a change in how water depreciation was set to be funded.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
Pakuranga McDonald's on fireA 12-year-old has been arrested and charged with arson after a fire at a McDonald’s restaurant in the east Auckland suburb of Pakuranga last month. Detective Senior Sergeant Dean Batey said the young person had appeared before the Manukau Youth Court and was on bail conditions. The blaze broke out on May 4, with fire crews arriving at the McDonald’s on Pakuranga Rd to find the building up in flames.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
A rarely-seen fish has washed up on a Canterbury beach, fuelling speculation as to what it actually is. A local woman was out collecting rocks on Thursday at Birdlings Flat when she almost stood on the fish, which was laying dead on the rocky shore. “I squealed and jumped because I got such a fright, I thought it was an Alien vs Predator type thing,” she said. The fish had bite marks, and was missing its head.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
Beef tallow has spilled from a truck onto the Waikato side of State Highway 29, NZTA Waka Kotahi says. The agency warned motorists to drive with caution over the Kaimai Range as the surface of the road in the area of the spill had become “very slippery”. A traffic management crew and sucker truck were en route to clean up the area, NZTA said. Do you know more? Get in touch [email protected] driver Mark Kelsey told 1News some vehicles were struggling to drive through the affected area.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
Cook Strait ferries are being cancelled over the weekend due to large swells forecast by MetService. Passengers on cancelled Interislander services were being moved to alternative sailings. “A strong southerly weather system is forecast to bring large swells to Cook Strait through the weekend,” the operator said on its website.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
The eerie-looking sculpture with a face fused onto a hand, known for the years it spent in Christchurch and then Wellington, has now reappeared - this time across the ditch. The sculpture has been installed atop the Henry Jones Hotel in Hobart, Tasmania, as part of a festival lineup, Australian news outlet Pulse Tasmania reported. The five metre tall polystyrene and resin sculpture was created by Kiwi Ronnie van Hout, who modelled it after his own hand and distinctive facial features.
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stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
A small earthquake has hit the Wellington region. Do you know more? Get in touch [email protected] to Geonet, the magnitude 3.6 quake struck at 6.14pm on Thursday. It was centred 15km west of Martinborough at a depth of 21km. Read More from Stuff British Airways steward found naked, dancing in business class toilet 5.1 quake rumbles deep south East Auckland road closed following crash By 6.55pm more than 1500 people had reported feeling it.
