Nifo helped find, guide and evacuate crew on to safe areas so they could come ashore. The Chief of Defence Force (CDF), Air Marshal Tony Davies, awarded Nifo a high-level commendation for his involvement. “His courage and determined efforts, in what was an extremely complex and deteriorating environment, were a major factor in the entire crew of Manawanui being safely rescued,” Davies said. HMNZS Manawanui supply ship hit a reef before catching fire and sinking last month off Samoa. The Double Down responded immediately and helped with rescue operations throughout the evening by transferring the Manawanui crew from life rafts to the cable ship MS Lodbrog.

An Air NZ executive says it looks at the sequencing of messaging and then at building entertainment and engagement storytelling around that. In the 15 years since the airline’s safety videos first hit seat-back screens (and equally importantly, social media) – the Air NZ safety videos haven’t all been hits but they have grabbed attention. The safety information that lurks deeply in some may have been imparted to a wider audience than a dull public safety message. Air safety is in sharper focus with a number of high-profile, serious turbulence incidents in the last 12 months. Emirates has this year been running a “no-nonsense safety video” and it is as advertised.

Monthly food prices fell 0.9 percent in October compared with September, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The largest contributor to the fall was vegetables, down 7.2 percent. But a rise in fruit prices, up 0.6 percent, partly offsets that. NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann explains what this means for the state of the economy - and inflation. LISTEN ABOVE

Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 10:33 am, November 14th, 2024 - 62 commentsCategories: act, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, national, racism, same old national, treaty settlements - Tags:This is the day that Act’s dogwhistle Lets Change the Treaty bill is set to be debated in Parliament. It was meant to be introduced next Thursday, the same day that a large Hikoi was meant to arrive at Parliament. But in a big F*(k you to the movement Seymour brought the introduction day forward. The change will have the benefit that Christopher Luxon will be out of the country when the bill is debated. The letter said the coalition’s bill sought to “redefine in law the meaning of te Tiriti, by replacing the existing ‘Treaty principles’ with new Treaty principles which are said to reflect the three articles of te Tiriti”.

Photo: RNZThe man in charge of the country's public health system has stepped in to ensure all staff can still have a drink of Milo at work. Authorised staff will be able to make Milo purchases using the same system as before. Before the intervention of the Commissioner, purchase of Milo was to be limited to when it was required "for clinical reasons or under contractual arrangements". "I know from our staff on the frontline that they particularly enjoy Milo, and it should continue to be available to them." "This feels like the Commissioner is micromanaging a budget and that's concerning when making cuts," one clinical staff member said.

Moloney has reiterated several times she expects a deal by year’s end, given both parties need about 12 months to accommodate logistics. “We have entered these discussions in a significantly improved position to when we last negotiated the Sanzaar rights in 2019,” Bowman said. The broadcaster warned in August that Optus manufacturing delays meant an interim solution would need to be found – and by May 2025. The preferred option is a satellite that could be moved in space to the same position as the current D2 (160 degrees East). While Optus is on the hook for most of the costs, Sky says it has “conservatively” increased the upper limit of its satellite migration contingency from $10-$15m to $20m.

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A bus driver suffered facial injuries after he was attacked by a passenger following racial abuse in September on the Number 18 bus in Avondale. In September, Auckland bus driver Rajnish Trehan was attacked in a racially charged tirade after an unruly passenger refused to pay. Two months ago, Mayor Wayne Brown urged Auckland Transport to “get on with the rollout” of perspex screens to protect bus drivers. The Government is increasing police patrols on public transport and may make offences against public transport users an aggravated factor at sentencing, but Police Minster Mark Mitchell said there are “deep intergenerational problems” at play. Police would like to hear from anyone who might have witnessed the attack on the bus driver at St Lukes and has information to share.

The Government has revealed its tax work programme which will aim to support economic growth and make the system more efficient, but without changing overall revenue. Revenue Minister Simon Watts said Inland Revenue would publish a long list of possible tax law updates—called ‘remedials’—next month but would need them to be fiscally neutral. Watts said the work programme would focus on six outcomes: economic growth, integrity, modernisation, international connectivity, social policy delivery, and all-of-Government coordination. It will consider making the NZ Super Fund tax exempt. An earlier verison of this story said Super Fund contributions came from the operating allowance, when it actually comes from the capital allowance.

What process does a bill go through to become law? In light of the Treaty Principles Bill passing its first reading, 1News takes a look at the process a bill goes through to become law.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh in 2021. Photo / Iman Al-Dabbagh, The New York TimesNeom is the centrepiece of a vast economic transformation programme that Prince Mohammed launched in 2016 to help diversify the economy and wean the kingdom off its dependence on oil revenues. It is located in the desert near the Red Sea coast and close to Jordan and Egypt. Tourist resorts in the Red Sea and Neom’s Sindalah island have recently opened, while other schemes remain under construction. Often described as the word’s largest construction project, Neom has struggled to meet ambitious expectations and seen several leadership changes in recent years.

What process does a bill go through to become law? In light of the Treaty Principles Bill passing its first reading, 1News takes a look at the process a bill goes through to become law.

But it’s important, for two reasons, that NZR do not use confirmation bias to convince themselves they were right to break with convention last year. All that can be concluded is that the All Blacks have a good coach in Robertson and would have had a good coach in Foster had they retained him. Ian Foster came within a missed goal-kick of winning the Rugby World Cup, writes Gregor Paul. They reacted to political pressures and personal agendas inside their executive and governance regimes, and made decisions that were reactionary and not considered. All Blacks v France, Sunday 9.10am - live commentary on Newstalk ZB, Gold Sport and iHeartRadio.

Local residents are dismayed by damage to the Pūrākaunui salt marsh, which occurred in the last week of October. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDPūrākaunui residents are "gutted" after a section of ecologically valuable salt marshes was torn up by dirtbikes recently. West Harbour Community Board member and Pūrākaunui resident Duncan Eddy said the damage occurred in the last week of October. The Pūrākaunui salt marshes had been "badly carved up" and many local residents were "gutted", he said. "People need to realise that the Pūrākaunui salt marsh is an important ecological area, not a place for hooning on dirt bikes."

New Zealand's best basketballer is taking the court again after an extended injury break. Steven Adams has swapped franchises and has a new home for the 2024-25 NBA basketball season. "There's a lot of great Kiwi sportsmen and women going around the world these days and doing incredible things. "I think the thing as well, is he's just managed to stay himself, and he's such a New Zealander," Summerville says. "Obviously he's seven feet tall and immensely talented and stuff but he's just a New Zealander and he's made it all happen.