Photo: ODT filesA teenager who drove drunk through Oamaru at up to 141kmh and killed his passenger has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. A summary of facts outlined Ross’ wild driving which took place over nearly 5km and involved several near misses. After demolishing a wooden fence, the car slammed into a stone barrier, the passenger side taking the full impact of the crash. Ross and another of the men were unaffected while the other passenger sustained a minor toe injury. The defendant was declined bail by Justice Jonathan Eaton and will be sentenced in the High Court at Christchurch in September.

Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died, Italian media reported Monday. READ MORE:* Former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi in treatment for leukemia* Italy- President Berlusconi? His Forza Italia political party was a coalition partner with current Premier Giorgia Meloni, a far-right leader who came to power last year, although he held no position in the government. Andrew Medichini/AP Silvio Berlusconi pictured addressing a rally in Rome in October 2019. Berlusconi saw himself as Italy's saviour from what he described as the Communist menace – years after the Berlin Wall fell.

New Zealand's dual-Olympian rower Robbie Manson has announced he has joined the adult subscription site OnlyFans. New Zealand dual-Olympian Robbie Manson has launched his own space on the adult subscription site, but says he hasn’t “gone rogue and started a secret adult film career”. Naomi Baker/Getty Images Robbie Manson holds the world’s best time in the men’s single scull, set in Poland in 2017. OnlyFans allows creators to lock their content behind a paywall – Manson’s page will cost $14.99 a month per subscriber. “I’ve joined OnlyFans!” Manson posted on his Instagram account last week.

In the meantime, US consumer inflation expectations over the next year eased in May, down to 4.1% and the lowest since March 2021 more than two years ago. Expectations for inflation for longer term periods however rose slightly. Labour market expectations were mixed with expected earnings growth declining, but unemployment expectations and perceived job loss risk improving. India's CPI inflation rate rose slower, and by 4.25% in May from 4.7% in the previous month, the lowest in two years and lower than market forecasts of 4.4%. The bitcoin price is again a little lower since this time yesterday at US$25,807, down -0.7%.

The Tenancy Tribunal recently ruled Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities must pay the Auckland tenant $3000 for ongoing breaches of her quiet enjoyment of her premises. The tenant has been a client of Kāinga Ora for 25 years but her problems began in 2019 with the arrival of a disorderly neighbour in the North Shore suburb of Northcross. Kāinga Ora claimed, at the time, it was in the process of relocating the troublesome neighbour but more than a year later the behaviour continued unabated. When the tenant made her second application for compensation in November 2022, after suffering more months of noisy misery, Kāinga Ora again argued it was in the process of relocating the neighbour. Kāinga Ora acknowledged receiving the tenant’s numerous email complaints, the majority regarding noise, due to the neighbour’s garage being right next to a bedroom of the tenant.

The Independent Electoral Review out today has included a recommendation to ‘affect the Treaty of Waitangi andPrinciples’ and make it one of the Act’s ‘explicit objectives’. What ‘principles’ are they talking about exactly? Our Electoral Act is the foundation of unwavering equality for every New Zealander

Mediaworks And Stuff Partner Up To Promote Elemental Akl 2023MediaWorks and Stuff, two powerhouses of New Zealand media, are joining forces with Tātaki Auckland Unlimited to promote Elemental AKL. Back for the 5th year, and bigger and better than ever, Elemental AKL is Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s favourite festival of arts, eats and beats for all ages. “Elemental AKL is a key celebration that brightens up Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in the middle of the year. Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is proud to deliver the festival, which continues to grow and get better with each iteration. With over 100 events celebrating the best of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s creativity and cuisine in this year’s programme, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

National’s climate moo-turn: Agricultural emissions pricing delayed to 2030National is kicking agricultural emissions pricing to next decade, saying the sector will stay out of the Emissions Trading Scheme and only face an emissions price by 2030. Farmers will begin paying emissions prices in 2025 under the current Government’s proposals. The Government is still ironing out the scheme for how this will happen, but has not shifted from the 2025 date. National’s scheme would measure emissions at the farm level from 2025, but farmers would only begin paying an emissions price in 2030. We have food security problems in NZ and 0 subsidies to help ensure domestic food security.

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A photographer has filed a personal injury lawsuit after being seriously injured in a devastating helicopter crash to a wedding day photoshoot — which effectively ended her career. However, shortly after taking off, the Robinson Helicopter Company aircraft’s engine reportedly shut off in mid-air. All four people on board survived the crash but three, including Jordan and the newlyweds, were seriously injured and rushed by rescue helicopter to Christchurch Hospital. According to a Givealittle page set up for the photographer, Jordan suffered spinal fractures as well as five fractured ribs, lung laceration, a fractured sternum, a fractured arm, and fractured feet. The injuries suffered from the crash have essentially put an end to Jordan’s successful career as a top professional wedding photographer in Northland New Zealand.

Chris Luxon looked he’d never even looked at the various debate about GMOs in NZ or any of the objections that have been raised. That same blissful ignorance covered every other topic raised about his parties policies and the downstream effects. Luxon gives me no feeling of confidence that he has even thought about basics like this. The same applies to Luxon’s attitudes on getting the farming industry to pick up their much delayed share of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) burden. Yet Luxon was evading about capital gains tax on his own property portfolio and his personal interests in not having capital gains tests, even those as easy as the brightline test.

WorkSafe is taking court action against an Otago company over the 2017 death of a truck driver killed by a vehicle in Bluff. The Otago-based company used contracted truck drivers to transport palm kernel, a kind of animal feed, from South Port to a shed in Bluff where the fatal accident took place. He said while the company had written safety procedures, they were “overly dependent on administrative controls”. The company relied too heavily on workers being vigilant, making no mistakes and following directions, he alleged. He said while reversing he checked his left mirror, saw the hoist of the truck behind him and pressed his brakes, the court heard.

CommentMedia shooting itself in the footRNZ is struggling to control the damage after a rogue journalist started changing international news agency copy without any oversight. Mark Jennings looks at the impact this and other recent misjudgments by news organisations will have on trust in the media. In May 2022 a highly experienced RNZ journalist alerted the broadcaster's management to a story it was running on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Before the current debacle, RNZ also suffered the biggest decline in its trust ranking of the main media outlets in New Zealand. The road back for the media just hit a major speed bump.

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