Everything you need to know about the new nationwide recycling rules. From today, new recycling measures are in place. Recycling is now nationally standardised: the rules about what you can and can’t recycle are exactly the same around the country, with only a few exceptions. Under the new...

Follow the podcast onThe Government has decided against scrapping a new regime aimed at preventing banks, insurers and non-bank deposit takers from mistreating customers. This Code of Conduct was established following a 2018 Royal Commission exposing questionable behaviour by Australian banks. NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explains why institutions were surprised by this 'inevitable' announcement. LISTEN ABOVE

While it was initially unknown how many victims were involved in the crash, Snr Sgt Andrew Russ confirmed on Wednesday night the death toll remained at two. "The disaster victim identification unit finished their assessment late this afternoon and found the drivers were the only people in the vehicles," he said. Russ earlier told Newshub the northbound vehicle crossed the centre line and collided head-on with the southbound car. The northbound car then caught fire and was "fully engulfed" by the time emergency services arrived at the scene, he said. "These are the ones you never forget, they're horrible ones for all emergency services," Russ said of the crash.

On Wednesday, prosecutor Jessica Ah Koy told the jury about the Crown case. He put her on the bed, started strangling her and indecently touched her, Ah Koy alleged. He locked the door and forced the young girl to give him oral sex, the Crown said this happened a number of times. The young girl was 10 when she was raped for the first time, Ah Koy said. Ah Koy told the jury they would hear evidence from the complainant herself and her sisters, who she later told about the offending.

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According to the Registrar-General, names that are also official titles or ranks, or names that sound like one, are most likely to be blocked from use, Stuff.co.nz reported. ‘Prince’ was the name the country’s Department of Internal Affairs declined the most last year, with five rejections. Parents tried to spell it other ways, such as ‘Prynce’ or ‘Pryncè’, but they too were nay-sayed. King was, as usual near the top of the list, as well as other title-related names such as Bishop, King, Major, Royal, Messiah, Princess, Royale, and Sovereign. Australia has similar rules around naming babies, with official titles and ranks also banned here.

Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day. All in all, TDB gives punters a very, very, very wide space to comment in but we won’t bother with out right lies or gleeful malice. We leave that to the Herald comment section. EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist abuse, homophobic abuse, racist abuse, anti-muslim abuse, transphobic abuse, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, Qanon lunacy, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics, 5G conspiracy theories, the virus is a bioweapon, some weird bullshit about the UN taking over the world and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.

Ten fire appliances and support vehicles as well as three helicopters were called to the fire. Ten fire appliances and support vehicles as well as three helicopters were called to the fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) crews have contained a grass blaze that grew to 25 hectares near the small Marlborough town of Seddon, which threatened Yealands Estate Winery. Ten fire appliances and support vehicles as well as three helicopters from the Marlborough region were called to the fire. Marlborough emergency management, fire, police and the rapid response team who attended the scene, are dampening down any remaining hotspots.

The Spinoff’s War for Wellington is exploring the creation of the Wellington’s new District Plan, the rulebook for housing in the capital. How will it all work? Welcome to the battlefront. This is the War for Wellington, the fight that will determine what kind of city we want to be.

A strike by South Port workers, due to start today, has been called off following last-minute negotiations. Maritime Union national secretary Craig Harrison left yesterday afternoon’s meeting with port management delighted with what had been achieved. ‘‘I believe South Port heard us today. They moved from where they were sitting prior to going into mediation,’’ he said. South Port chief executive Nigel Gear said the company and union had positive discussions and the settlement was a good outcome for all parties concerned.

But there was a GDP Pulse event overnight instead and that delivered higher prices. These gains were less than anticipated in the dairy futures markets, but both continue the recent trend of rising prices. The IMF may agree with Beijing that current approaches will be enough, but financial markets remain sceptical. Overnight, the IMF chimed in with an updated 2024 growth forecast, one they raised (which was a bit of a surprise). That all means our TWI-5 starts today at 70.2 and up +10 bps from yesterday.

Support for National was down 1.5% to 36%, while support for ACT dropped 3% points to 9.5% and support for NZ First was down 2% points to 6%. In December support for the defeated Labour-Greens-Maori Party Parliamentary Opposition was at 42.5%, up 6.5% points from November. The game afoot now is the desperate camouflaging of just how hard right and racist this Government is. From Democracy Project to Ben Thomas to Liam Hehir, the message is that this hard right racist Government isn’t hard right and racist at all, they are in fact very moderate. …REMEMBER, this Government is moderate and middle of the road and it is NOT hard right racist climate denying beneficiary bashing anti-worker, anti-renter Party at all!

Photo: NZ HeraldA high-profile New Zealand musician has been arrested on nearly a dozen counts of family violence, the latest alleged incident on Boxing Day in Queenstown last year. The Auckland resident appeared in Auckland District Court late this afternoon wearing a long black shirt and glasses and faces charges dating back to November 2022. The latest alleged incident occurred on Boxing Day in Queenstown and is said by police to have involved an assault using a water bottle as a weapon. Another alleged assault, in July last year, involved a slipper as a weapon, court documents state. He elected a trial by jury and was ordered to return to court for his next appearance in May.

Tony Brown to join Boks is a done deal — reportsThe Boks will be without Jacques Nienaber and Felix Jones from this season, after both men vacated their positions after the 2023 World Cup. Former All Blacks flyhalf and Highlanders Super Rugby coach Tony Brown looks set to become a member of the Springboks coaching team this year. Rapport first reported on the possibility of Brown joining the Boks on Sunday and on Tuesday the New Zealand publication said the deal was done. Vermeulen won two World Cups with the Boks, in 2019 and 2023, and is said to be well acquainted with the team’s defensive strategies. The Boks’ first Tests of the year are in July — two matches against Ireland a one-off against Portugal.

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