A St John rapid-response vehicle was on its way to an emergency when the collision occurred. Photo: RNZA Hato Hone St John paramedic and an LPG delivery driver have been seriously injured in a crash on State Highway 1, north of Levin.St John area operations manager Gareth Collings said a rapid-response vehicle was caught up in the crash, which happened at 10.40am near Poroutawhao yesterday. St John confirmed the rapid-response vehicle involved was on its way to another incident "under lights and sirens". St John would be ‘‘supporting police’’ investigating the cause of the crash. The truck has lost its front wheels and the damaged cab was resting on the ground.

Video evidence then showed Fairbarn walking shirtless through the hotel clutching the distressed bird. Police discovered multiple videos and pictures on Fairbarn’s cellphone of him torturing the flamingo in his hotel room. Images from police showing Mitchell Fairbarn in a Las Vegas hotel with a flamingo he allegedly kidnapped. “Our beloved birds, including Peachy, who was cruelly taken from the habitat, are currently in the care of dedicated veterinarians and our extraordinary flamingo animal care team. We remain hopeful they will make a full recovery.”Caesars Entertainment was grateful to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for their swift response.

Tim Shadbolt’s unlikely journey from scruffy ratbag to Sir Tim Shadbolt KNZM began on February 19, 1947. Sir Tim was the eldest son of Donald (also known as Tim) and Josien (Poppy). Tim Shadbolt, student activist. In 2022 came the end of an era as Sir Tim lost to former deputy mayor Nobby Clark by 847 votes. Sir Tim was afforded the rare honour of a public funeral service, held at a packed Civic Theatre.

Navigating a merge lane, he said the Prado driver behind became agitated. Later at the Opaheke Rd railway, the Prado came to a stop as the crossing barriers lowered for an approaching train. While he lay on the road, the man allegedly kicked his head and stomped on his face with steel-capped boots, according to his wife’s account. Auckland 20-year-old Raees Ali alleges he was brutally attacked in a road rage incident in Papakura on Friday. The attack was just as scary for his wife, Ali said.

Angus Grant and his sisters Addison (left) and Zoe. Arriving at Christchurch Hospital with her desperately ill 10-year-old son, she did not care if she slept on the hospital floor. The Grants are the Ronald McDonald House Charities New Zealand’s House to House 2026 hero family. Angus received treatment for leukaemia in Christchurch Hospital and then a bone marrow transplant at Starship Hospital in Auckland. Throughout Angus’ treatment in Christchurch and Auckland, Ronald McDonald House was a lifeline for the family, providing them with more than 100 nights’ accommodation.

Hardware retailer Bunnings has announced plans to introduce facial recognition technology across its stores in New Zealand in an effort to identify repeat offenders and reduce incidents of violence against staff and customers. The system is designed to alert staff when serious repeat offenders enter a store, allowing them to respond proactively. Bunnings New Zealand general manager Melissa Haines said repeat offenders were responsible for a growing share of these incidents. Bunnings said the rollout plan was developed after reviewing the findings of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner regarding an earlier facial recognition trial conducted by Foodstuffs North Island. Bunnings said the facial recognition system would complement existing security measures already in place at stores, including body-worn cameras, security personnel, and staff training programs aimed at managing difficult situations, as reported by Stuff.

Donald Trump has shown little appetite for finding an off-ramp to the Iran war, even as concerns among Western allies rise and the conflict spreads further. Donald Trump’s far-reaching ambitions inevitably contrasted with later reassurances from others that it would be a limited and reasonably quick mission. Stephen Kiprillis This week, standing in the same Pentagon press briefing room, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth made a similar declaration about the operation in Iran. When US President Donald Trump announced the joint US-Israeli strikes in a video message last weekend, he laid out many reasons for attacking the Islamic Republic. ‘Very little opposition’ US President Donald Trump walks past War Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House on Monday.

Lawson was, though, able to shave 1.255s off his time from FP1 to FP2, as a sign of improvement across the day. FP2 tends to be the most representative practice session for qualifying, given the similarities between time on track 24 hours later. The 11 teams will get one more session of practice (FP3), beginning at 2.30pm on Saturday (NZT), before qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix. Earlier, in FP1, Lawson was 2.346s off the pace in a mixed session for Racing Bulls and got through 28 laps. Qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix begins at 6pm Saturday (NZT), with the race at 5pm on Sunday.

Former US Presidents Barack Obama (left) and Bill Clinton were among those attending a tribute to Jesse Jackson in Chicago. Photo / Getty ImagesFormer US Presidents Barack Obama (left) and Bill Clinton were among those attending a tribute to Jesse Jackson in Chicago. Photo / Getty ImagesFormer US President Barack Obama lashed out at President Donald Trump for conducting an “assault on our democratic institutions” as he paid tribute to the late civil rights activist Jesse Jackson on Friday. Obama joined former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton to mark the life of Jackson after his death at age 84. “It may be tempting to get discouraged, to give into cynicism... [but] this man, Reverend Jesse Lewis Jackson, inspires us to take a harder path.”

These homes were built in Christchurch before being trucked down then craned on to steep sections overlooking Lake WhakatipuAmazing what comes off the back of a truck. Heralding a new type of construction for Queenstown, four adjacent, elevated homes on Angelo Dr — off Frankton Rd, via Middleton Rd — have been trucked down from Christchurch. They were then trucked to Queenstown and lifted on-site by one of the South Island’s largest cranes. The time saving also represents a cost saving, he adds — all four homes pre-sold for under $1.4 million as holiday homes or investments. Six more homes on neighbouring sections are being delivered the same way in coming months, while the developer’s also branching into smaller two-bedroom units.

Diederik (Didi) Van Heerden and his wife Elsje were made redundant from Longevity at the same time. Longevity had since paid van Heerden $770.12 for the wage arrears, giving an outstanding amount Longevity still owes of $206,638.47. Lengthy court battle ensuedIn a lengthy court battle, Longevity challenged the authority’s substantive determination in the Employment Court for both Van Heerden and Williams’ cases, while not disputing the costs award. Longevity did not pay the required sums into court, and neither Williams nor van Heerden had received payment. But Corin told NZME he would be appealing the decisions, saying the ERA had not taken all the evidence into account.

The attack happened when he was staying with his twin sister in Tauranga while waiting to move into a new rental in Rotorua. In August last year, Rotorua Lakes Council classified Tank as dangerous, a decision Cochran appealed before the council’s Dog Control Panel. Why council did not seek destruction orderTauranga City Council investigated the attack, animal services team leader Oscar Glossop confirmed. He was confident the dangerous dog classification would be sufficient to ensure the dog posed no threat to the public. Police in Kaihu investigating the fatal Northland dog attack last month.

A Fullers Ferry on the city-Hobsonville Point run rescued a woman found in the water near Auckland Harbour Bridge. A Fullers Ferry on the city-Hobsonville Point run rescued a woman found in the water near Auckland Harbour Bridge. Photo / Cole SlawsonPassengers on a commuter ferry found themselves part of a rescue last night as a woman was pulled from the water near Auckland Harbour Bridge by their crew. The 8.25pm Fullers service had been heading to Hobsonville from Auckland city when “our captain spotted a person in the water”, a passenger told the Herald. “The person was brought on board, and we turned around with a very quick ferry ride back to Auckland.

Some of Briana Stephenson’s hardest days as an athlete led her to make one of her boldest decisions — switching events from long jump to the heptathlon. No stranger to injury and knee surgery Stephenson ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament playing netball in her final year at Napier Girls’ High School. She was riding a high – making the New Zealand Secondary School netball team and selected for the Oceania athletics champs. Photo: Casey SimsReturning for her final year of high school she was determined to make the national secondary school netball team again and, on the track secure an athletics scholarship to a US college. “It’s a light weekend for me,” laughs Stephenson, the current national heptathlon champion.

Mark HarrisThe early foreign birds are circling the Southern Lakes to catch the rare golden worms. Wealthy Americans are among the ultra-rich buyers arriving in private jets and zeroing in on Queenstown’s priciest properties as new foreign house-buyer rules come into force. While, anecdotally, there is no shortage of high net-worth individuals looking to take advantage of the ‘‘golden visa’’, satisfying the demand may prove the challenge. Queenstown Lakes District Council records, as at September, showed 1273 dwellings, or about 5% of the district’s almost 24,000 properties, had a valuation for rating purposes at that level. But Bayleys Queenstown chief executive Stacy Coburn said there might be even fewer properties than that open to foreign purchase.