Photo/ Getty“Brutal”It’s the word that kept popping up as Wellington Phoenix coach Natalie Lawrence reflected on after a 3-3 draw with the Brisbane Roar on Sunday. Looking to build on their surprise 5-0 drubbing of Canberra a week earlier, the Phoenix women suffered a series of setbacks around the Brisbane game. Brisbane thunderstorms saw their trip from Wellington re-routed through Christchurch, and they faced further delays there before heading across the Tasman for the 12th round Liberty A-League game. The team did heat sessions in Wellington but it was hard to replicate the humidity and 32 degrees of heat they faced in the game. Lawrence said the players would love to be in action again this week, to further enthuse the league and fans.

Auckland police have arrested a 57-year-old man who burgled flood-affected businesses. Photo / FilePolice have arrested a man who was caught stealing from flood-affected businesses in Auckland. Tāmaki Makaurau District Police Inspector Danny Meade said the offenders were observed putting a significant number of products into a van. The effect of burglary and theft is evident on small and big businesses as well – it’s selfish and thoughtless,” said Meade. The 57-year-old man was arrested and will appear in the North Shore District Court on burglary charges.

Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell in the infamous photo which has been branded a fake. Photo / US District Court - Southern District of New YorkClaims a photo of Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre is a “fake” have been branded “ridiculous” by the Kiwi photographer who handled the original image. Prince Andrew has previously said of the image he didn’t remember it being taken and declared he was “not one to hug” or “display affection” in public. I am putting it out, and if that helps Prince Andrew then so be it. If Prince Andrew wants to use it, we will make it available to him.”

Her conclusions:“Auckland Emergency Management issues no social media alerts for four hours between about 6pm and 10pm​. Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty​ early on encourages Aucklanders to follow local official advice – but little to none arrives. “The best source of information is [Civil Defence Emergency Management] but there also needs to be clear comms from [Waka Kotahi],” he tweets. 9.50pm: Councillor Josephine Bartley tells Stuff that Mayor Wayne Brown has declared an emergency, although Brown, Auckland Council and Auckland Emergency Management have not confirmed this themselves. Meanwhile Wayne Brown continued to be beset by problems in handling something that is critical during a crisis, and that is media.

I do not believe any Aucklander impacted by the worst natural disaster we have ever experienced would see that trainwreck interview by Mayor Brown and not feel incandescent with rage. Wayne Brown finally declares the emergency at 10.30pm. Wayne Brown is right that the Emergency Management team were the ones to make the State of Emergency call, but that’s a technicality, Brown should have been on the phone to the Emergency Management Centre every 20minutes challenging their inaction. In the end of this train wreck interview, the deputy Mayor had to drag Wayne Brown off the stage because he was making such a dick of himself. Where are all those boomer property speculators who elected Wayne Brown now?

5pm Auckland Emergency Management controller Andrew Clark​ said from this time it was considering whether to ask for an emergency to be declared. 5.45pm Auckland Emergency Management posted to Facebook amid the worsening weather, with advice, and said it would stay in touch: "Stay safe." 6pm Auckland Emergency Management made a call not to ask for an emergency declaration. 9.50pm Councillor Josephine Bartley told Stuff that Mayor Wayne Brown had declared an emergency, although Brown, Auckland Council and Auckland Emergency Management had not confirmed this themselves. 12.30am Hipkins and McAnulty bunkered down in the Beehive basement, alongside staff from Defence, emergency services and Civil Defence.

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Photo / APKing Charles hopes to give the British public access to Buckingham Palace all year round once all members of the royal family have moved out of the royal lodgings, according to The Telegraph. This comes after the news that Prince Andrew was informed he could no long reside in his private apartments situated at Buckingham Palace. Photo / Getty ImagesA source from Buckingham Palace has insisted that royal lodgings were being prepared for Their Majesties in due course. Buckingham Palace receives 500,000 visitors every year and the landmark’s state rooms are selectively open between the months of July and September. Like Buckingham Palace, it is held in trust by the monarch for the nation.

"Around 50 people will also be able to stay the night at the Auckland Airport marae, Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa. ADVERTISEMENT9.35pm: Meanwhile, Auckland officials' response to the deadly floods are now under the microscope. 8.38pm: Auckland Zoo will be closed tomorrow due to the flooding, Auckland Emergency Management says. (Source: New Zealand Police)5.58pm: Auckland mayor Wayne Brown was pulled away from a press conference about the Auckland floods earlier today after it became heated. 3.17pm: There will be no international passenger departures at Auckland Airport until 5am tomorrow, Auckland Airport said today in a media release.

Cook Strait ferry the Kaitaki, with about 800 passengers, lost all power and was drifting towards rocks. It started out as any other late summer holiday ferry trip across Cook Strait. Then the captain came on, with that Chuck Yeager-type laconic calm reserved for captains of planes and ships. Supplied Police at Ōwhiro Bay monitoring ferry with power loss on SaturdayAt this point, it seems, we were still drifting. About 20 minutes later the captain came with good news.

Thomas took copies of the now-infamous photo, which had been taken almost a decade earlier, showing Prince Andrew, then 41, with his arm around Giuffre at Ghislaine Maxwell’s house in London. But in 2011, Thomas, together with Mail on Sunday reporter Sharon Churcher, was shown a photograph by Roberts (now using her married name Giuffre). Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre, then Virginia Roberts, at the London home of Ghislaine Maxwell (right) in 2001. When photographer Michael Thomas took a copy of a picture handed to him by a woman named Virginia Roberts, he never believed it would turn into a scandal still going strong a decade later. But speaking from the UK, Thomas said the photograph was definitely “not fake”, and recently helped prove it with documents he kept from that original interview.

Auckland Emergency Management Controller Rachel Kelleher said 19 homes across the region have been red-stickered. The commission said Flight NZ 124 from Melbourne landed at Auckland International Airport during wind gusts and very heavy rain. Over the same period, 276.8mm fell at Auckland Airport. That is the highest level since the airport weather station began collecting data in 1962, beating its own previous record by 50 per cent. At press time, Auckland Airport said there would be no international passenger departures until 5am Sunday, and no international arrivals until 7am.

This drone image shows some of the terrain being searched for the missing man. Photo: Supplied/NZ policeSearch efforts on the West Coast continue as police try and locate missing man Martin O'Brien. Police said in a statement that O'Brien was known to be an experienced bushman who frequented tracks throughout the district. In the last week, police have extensively canvassed the West Coast searching for O'Brien's car, in an effort to narrow the search area. Those searching include Police Search and Rescue, LandSAR volunteers including a search dog team, Kotuku Surf Lifesaving and a helicopter company.

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At what point does the ‘churn’ rate become unacceptable to the median voters who decide election results? Right now, it can’t be heard over the immediate noise of calls from median voters for lower inflation, lower mortgage rates and higher house prices. We've had significant population growth in recent years, and that has created a set of pressures. A short-lived tighteningEarlier last year the Government tried to restrict population growth by restricting migration growth in the hope of squaring the population growth-infrastructure deficit circle. Since 2017, the current Government has lifted the minimum wage by 39% or an average of 6.5% per year to $21.20/hour.