Associate Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour said the latest health data breach “will be distressing for people”. In a statement, MediMap director Geoffrey Sayer confirmed “unauthorised activity” caused some patients’ demographic records to be incorrectly changed. A suspected medication platform hack has caused live patients to be labelled as dead, and others’ names were changed to “Charlie Kirk”. “MediMap is currently experiencing an issue raised Sunday, February 22 ... Due to this, MediMap is currently unavailable,” the message said. “More patients were marked as deceased, names appeared to have been changed to Charlie Kirk, ages were altered, and some patients were assigned to different facilities,” the nurse told Stuff.

February 24, 2026 01:13 UTC

Backyard Travel Family showcases the Capricorn CoastCapricorn Enterprise was pleased to host New Zealand travel writer Jen from Backyard Travel Family and her family on the Capricorn Coast last year, delivering a tailored itinerary to showcase the region’s diverse family experiences. Hosting travel writers is an important part of Capricorn Enterprise’s marketing activity. By developing customised itineraries and connecting media with local operators, we help generate authentic stories that inspire future travellers and raise awareness of the Capricorn Coast in key markets. We thank Jen and her family for visiting and helping share the story of our destination with a wider audience. Read more: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360941335/we-packed-tent-our-queensland-holiday-heres-why-you-should-tooBrowse related items: Backyard Travel Family, Capricorn Coast, GKI, Great Keppel Island, Rockhampton, SGBR, Southern Great Barrier Reef, YeppoonPosted in Uncategorized

February 24, 2026 01:06 UTC

About 7.45pm, a local police officer conducted a routine hotel check at the tavern, speaking with bar staff and patrons. The tavern’s duty manager asked Templeton about his plans to get home and whether he had a sober driver. About 8pm, Templeton began sending video messages to an associate discussing the officer’s presence at the bar. In that video, he said he was going to find where his car was parked because he was going to drive home. About 8.20pm, Templeton told the two passengers to leave the bar and walk up McEwen St towards the Tokanui-Niagara Highway.

February 24, 2026 00:26 UTC

Yuna and Minu Jo attended Papatoetoe South School before their deaths in 2018. Photo: SuppliedThe school attended by murdered children Yuna and Minu Jo says it's shocked and saddened the Ministry of Education did not report their disappearance to police. Issues identified in failure to report disappearanceMinistry documents showed the system failed to require the school to submit a non-enrolment notification. Deputy secretary Helen Hurst said the ministry worked internally to analyse how the school attendance systems had operated in Minu and Yuna's case. Hurst said work was underway to establish an information sharing agreement with police, to ensure children missing from school are found.

February 23, 2026 23:53 UTC

Photo: SUPPLIED / LDRThe Wellington City Council will draft new procedures for disposing of old physical assets after revelations that three separate checks failed to detect confidential papers left inside an old mayoral desk sold at a tip shop. It formed part of a to‑do list for implementing a review's recommendations, the council said in papers to Wednesday's Audit and Risk Committee. Wellington builder Raymond Morgan bought the rimu desk for $200 at the Southern Landfill tip shop last year, part of a furniture collection that once belonged to the Town Hall. Photo:Inside a locked cupboard he cut open, he found 231 documents dated between 1988 and 2004, spanning the terms of four mayors. It also suggested the council create an asset‑disposal policy with clear requirements to verify that items are free of council information.

February 23, 2026 23:29 UTC





A person has died following a serious crash in Waikuku, north of Christchurch, overnight. In a statement, police said emergency services were called to the three vehicle crash on Main North Rd (State Highway 1), near Tulls Rd, at about 9.05pm. "Despite best efforts from emergency services, one person died at the scene," the statement read. The road was closed while the Serious Crash Unit conducted a scene examination. Main North Rd / SH1 has since reopened.

February 23, 2026 23:23 UTC

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour. Photo: RNZDeputy Prime Minister David Seymour says his focus is on New Zealand and issues facing Kiwis - not on joining the chorus to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession. It comes after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote to British counterpart Keir Starmer to confirm his country's support of removal. "This guy's eighth in the line of succession, and these guys all seem to live to about 100. Seymour said Australia had "obviously solved a few more problems" when quizzed if New Zealand had considered their position on the issue.

February 23, 2026 23:16 UTC

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February 23, 2026 23:09 UTC

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA Southland man who killed his friend in a drunken crash made a video before the fatal journey telling police they could "get f.....". During the journey Mr Stephens recorded a video, yelling "we’re running from the cops" as Templeton could be seen crossing the centre line. A couple of kilometres later, Templeton approached a right-hand bend, with a 75kmh speed advisory, at up to 127kmh. Templeton was ejected and ended up unconscious in a ditch, while Mr Stephens landed face down in the field. Members of the public applied first aid until emergency services arrived but Mr Stephens died at the scene.

February 23, 2026 22:12 UTC

“When I heard about the fatal Kaihu dog attack on the news, I immediately thought ‘the dog that attacked my dog Dolly could potentially do that, kill someone’, she said. The second sign Lidia Sandoval put up at the Ruakākā town entrance to Ruakākā Beach includes information about what to do after a dog attack. Sandoval went to Ruakākā Beach with Dolly, her 6-year-old pound rescue dog, adopted just two months earlier, at Waitangi weekend. Getting out of her car at the Ruakākā Beach carpark, Sandoval said she heard a big dog barking. Walking on Ruakākā Beach has become a little more scary for Lidia Sandoval and Daisy the terrier-daschund cross.

February 23, 2026 22:08 UTC

With the child pinned beneath the car and bystanders calling out, Khan ran to his vehicle to retrieve a jack to lift the car. “I lifted the car so the child could breathe properly,” he said. “When the vehicle was raised, the child crawled out and ran straight to their mother and hugged her.”Khan said the child was riding a scooter when they were hit. The child is a student at nearby Te Waka Unua School. A Hato Hone St John spokesperson said one person was taken to Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition.

February 23, 2026 22:07 UTC

Nick Reiner appears with Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene (not pictured) during his arraignment in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, charged with the murder of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, in their Los Angeles home in December last year. Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deadly knife attack on actor-director Rob Reiner, 78, and photographer-producer Michele Reiner, 70. Their bodies were found on December 14 inside their West Los Angeles mansion. Photo: ReutersThe circumstances and celebrity surrounding the Reiner case stirred memories of the 1994 stabbing deaths of former football star O.J. If Nick Reiner is convicted as charged, he would face life in prison without the possibility of parole, or prosecutors could decide to seek the death penalty.

February 23, 2026 21:56 UTC

Photo: KiwirailCompanies sending goods up and down the country's railways could begin to favour road transport as KiwiRail manages declining assets, an expert says. KiwiRail is focusing on upgrades and electrification in Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga - the so-called "golden triangle" - and other main freight lines while it manages older assets elsewhere. It's preferred option to make "modest improvements" to network reliability and resilience would cost $6 to $7 billion, KiwiRail's Rail Network Investment Programme said. Rail, freight and public transport consultant Michael van Drogenbroek, who used to work for KiwiRail, told Nine to Noon freight lines could become less reliable. Rail Minister Winston Peters said the point of the Rail Network Investment Programme was to "arrest the decline in network condition through prudent renewals of assets and efficient maintenance activity".

February 23, 2026 21:44 UTC

A car and driveway have been taped off following the incident. Photo: RNZA child has been seriously injured after being hit by a car in Christchurch this morning. Emergency services were called to the crash, involving a car and a pedestrian, on Ferry Rd about 8.40am. St John staff assessed one patient at the scene and transported them to Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition. A witness told chrislynchmedia.com members of the public rushed to rescue the boy who was trapped under the vehicle before emergency crews arrived.

February 23, 2026 21:24 UTC

A pedestrian crosses a street as snow falls in New York City. "It's a pretty big storm and it's definitely a blizzard" with wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph (64-100 kph) from Delaware to New York City to Boston, Oravec said. The storm was expected to taper off in New York City by Monday afternoon but Boston and upper New England will see snow through Monday night. In her 20 years or so living in New Hyde Park, on hard-hit Long Island, Sandra Wu has never seen a winter storm this bad. REGIONAL EMERGENCIESAt least seven US states had declared states of emergency in response to the storm as of Monday.

February 23, 2026 21:00 UTC