Markets with Madison: Best of businessYou didn’t think I’d attend the best event in business and not bring you along with me, did you? Join me at the Deloitte Top 200 Business awards to find out what’s on executive’s minds and how they’re positioning for 2024. Video / NZ Herald

Police take a man into custody after the incident in Mitchell Ave. Photo: Gregor RichardsonA knife-wielding man ignited a large police response after allegedly demanding money from a pedestrian in Dunedin. A police spokesman said officers arrested a man on Mitchell Avenue in Maryhill today. About 11.20am, police received a call that a person was walking around the streets armed with a knife. The 35-year-old man allegedly pointed the knife at a passerby while demanding money. He was arrested at the scene and faces charges of assault and wilful damage.

Deborah Robertson on what inspired her to write her new novel, and to set it in 1953 – the year of the Tangiwai disaster. A group of six girls in purple T-shirts are sitting on a log. Well, not really a log. It’s an equestrian hurdle that has been carved

Winston’s arrogant smug Parliament Speech is riddled with conspiracy theories and bile because Winston is the new King of the Conspiracy Swamp Kingdom that allowed him to scrape back over the 5% threshold and haunt us all with Qanon conspiracy theories masquerading as legitimate social policy. This Hard Right Government has turned us from New Zealand into Q Zealand because the feral antivaxx movement are deeply entrenched within NZ First and have pushed crazy conspiracies to the forefront of our national policy platform. We should all feel deeply embarrassed about becoming Q Zealand. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comIncreasingly having independent opinion in a mainstream media environment which mostly echo one another has become more important than ever, so if you value having an independent voice going into this pandemic and 2020 election – please donate here. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media.

Emma Raducanu's return destination is set and it can be perhaps seen as a puzzling one at that in the ASB Classic in Auckland from January 1-7, 2024. The belief was that the slippy indoor courts played a part which she was forced to play on due to heavy rain. Also read Emma Raducanu's tennis return set for ASB Classic in Auckland as road to 2024 Australian Open beginsIt was a setback that she never quite recovered from needing surgery on both wrists and her ankle in the middle of the year. "So to be stopped by a freak injury, rolling an ankle, is pretty disappointing, in the first week as well. All in all though, it could've been a necessary evil as such for Raducanu, with a stacked field in Brisbane and the United Cup limiting options for her in terms of her tennis return.

Car theft is a serious crime that, in many cases, doesn’t have a happy ending. “The first time I thought I was losing my mind because I’d just walked inside,” Chada told the New Zealand Herald. “[There was] no damage to the car,” Chada said. The thief even wrote Chada an apology letter from the thief on the truck, along with some toys for his son. In the letter, the thief apologized to Chada for “borrowing” the truck, claiming that they were intoxicated and needed a ride home.

Esk Valley couple waiting for insurance payoutCyclone Gabrielle flooded the Esk Valley home of Mackenzie Wiig and fiancé Michaela Tait. They are living in limbo as they wait to see what sort of pay out they will receive. Video / Warren Buckland

New York Stock Exchange published this video item, entitled “Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI) Rings The Closing Bell®” – below is their description. The New York Stock Exchange welcomes the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative to the podium. To honor the occasion of their participation at AIChE’s 2023 Gala, Darlene Schuster, Executive Director and CEO, will ring The Closing Bell®. New York Stock Exchange YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Please note comments are moderated before publication.

A young Kiwi dad died after falling face down in sand while walking his toddler on the beach. Andrew Bradshaw, 25, was found unresponsive on Raumati Beach, Paraparaumu, north of Wellington by a member of the public with his young daughter Skyla by his side. “Andre Bradshaw (Skyla’s Dad) passed away suddenly on the 28th of June 2023. We are still unsure of why he passed,” the mother of his daughter Skyla, Meya Cameron, wrote. “Andre passed away doing what he loved the most and that was walking on the beach with Skyla and Skyla witnessed it.

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Nelson, December 8: A young man from New Zealand's Nelson pleaded guilty for video recording himself having sex with a drunk teenager and posting it to a Snapchat group named "Lads Night". The young man who was 19 at that time intoxicated the victim to the point where she could hardly comprehend what was happening. He then filmed the whole act without the consent of the girl and shared it with the Snapchat group. He then released the video on the Snapchat group and accidentally posted it to his Snapchat story feed, which was broadcasted to all his followers. Punjab Shocker: Drunk Man Attempts To Rape 7-Year-Old Girl in Ludhiana; Booked.

The news is fading from sight on big social media platforms – where does that leave journalism? Social media has killed the Fourth Estate and mutated citizens into conspiracy theorists! By suppressing real journalism for mutated conspiracies, the social media networks are undermining our shared sense of reality for addictive clickbait fuelled by hate algorithms. Social media is still so new, I feel like it could turn out to have as many negative health effects as tobacco. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media.

The section is a four-metre-wide designed pathway for walkers and cyclists from State Highway 16 and Bridge Avenue to Roberts Field. […..] HOTC does do many good things, including Restaurant Month, Art in the City and a range of Christmas events. 🌳ℹ️ https://t.co/19iBocalaO#progressakl @AklTransport pic.twitter.com/Nm8lbFgSSF — Auckland Council (@AklCouncil) December 7, 2023Auckland is AwesomeA neat article from Radio NZ. Kiran Patel has been publishing the weekly e-newsletter Auckland is Awesome for the past year. A great little video from Melbourne:And on the same theme, a catchy musical number from Ireland:Have a great weekend.

Winston’s arrogant smug Parliament Speech is riddled with conspiracy theories and bile because Winston is the new King of the Conspiracy Swamp Kingdom that allowed him to scrape back over the 5% threshold and haunt us all with Qanon conspiracy theories masquerading as legitimate social policy. I don’t think people grasp yet how crazy shit is going to get now that Winston is reliant on the Conspiracy Swamp Kingdom electorate. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comAs real news journalism is strangled off on social media…The news is fading from sight on big social media platforms – where does that leave journalism? Because being in the news business but relying on social media platforms and search engines has become very risky. If you can’t contribute but want to help, please always feel free to share our blogs on social media.