Daily review 19/02/2024
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Source:New Zealand Herald
February 19, 2024 05:03 UTC
Latest New Zealand News Highlights 19 February 2024
New Zealand’s birth rate falls to lowest since World War II: New Zealand has experienced its lowest natural increase in population in 80 years. South Port New Zealand’s Dividend Will Be NZ$0.0882: The board of South Port New Zealand Limited has announced a dividend payment. NZTA Waka Kotahi and FCB’s Latest Vehicle Safety Campaign: Aimed at raising awareness of the critical importance of vehicle safety. New Music Monday: The Best New Zealand Music for February 12th-18th. Injury concerns hit New Zealand ahead of Australia T20Is: Matt Henry and Tim Seifert have been ruled out due to injury.
Source:New Zealand Herald
February 19, 2024 04:53 UTC
Watch: Mason Holgate sent off for ‘scandalous’ tackle on Kaoru Mitoma
Mason Holgate’s thigh-high tackle on Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma after 13 minutes was labelled “scandalous” and “horrible” as the defender opened the floodgates for another Sheffield United thrashing. “I’m torn,” sighed Chris Wilder, the Sheffield United manager. And I’m angry because as an experienced pro, Mason has to do better. “He’s apologised, he knows he’s done wrong and I understand why the referee sent him off. What I’m not torn about is that if it hadn’t happened we wouldn’t have been done 5-0.”
Source:Stuff
February 19, 2024 02:05 UTC
Open mike 19/02/2024
Covid-19 Inquiry updateWe are happy to announce that the terms of reference on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response have been expanded. This includes what we committed to in our coalition agreement, to:Ensure, as a matter of urgency in establishment and completion, a full scale,
Source:Stuff
February 18, 2024 22:05 UTC
Anatomy of a crash: deaths, signs and overgrown foliage
When he lost his 15-year-old daughter, Jayde Cummings, in a crash, his own life started to collapse around him. But that apology, and a handshake, didn't come until the end of the coronial hearing, almost four years after the crash. It comes as the coroner found the cause of the crash was the carelessness of the driver, but a contractor's inaction contributed. The council contractor, Downer Ltd, argued the crash was caused by driver carelessness, as the Youth Court found. The finding"Downer's inaction contributed to the crash and to the deaths of Jayde Cummings and Stephen Macnee," the coroner said in his findings.
Source:Stuff
February 18, 2024 21:12 UTC
Kiwi prop loses finger to keep career
Blues prop Marcel Renata has had to amputate his middle finger to continue playing professional rugby. In an interview with Stuff.co.nz, Renata recalled the remarkable story of how he sacrificed the damaged finger on his right hand to keep pursuing his Super Rugby career. “It was in bits really, from footy,” the 29-year-old told Stuff ahead of the Super Rugby season. “I stopped enjoying the game and I stopped enjoying training because I was so sore. I think that finger catches quite a bit of liquid, so I have to do the old double pump.”Photo: Albert Perez/Getty Images
Source:Stuff
February 18, 2024 14:21 UTC
Thomas Coughlan: Can the Government hit their 100-day target?
There's belief the Government will hit their 100 day plan target. Prime Minister Chris Luxon celebrated what they've done in the first 81 days in today's State of the Nation speech, including abolishing Three Waters, banning cell phones in class and bringing back 90 day trials. But Herald Deputy Political Editor Thomas Coughlan says some of the remaining 49 points shouldn't be rushed. "Particularly in the justice sector, the gang patches legislation and the search powers for firearms- that's the stuff you want to get quite right when you're dealing with a fractured sort of relationship between the police and the gangs." LISTEN ABOVE
Source:New Zealand Herald
February 18, 2024 13:19 UTC
Immigration Minister promises tighter visa rules and long term plan
The coalition Government plans to crack down on low-skilled work visas and devise a long term population plan to guide future policy settings. Erica Stanford, the Minister of Immigration, told TVNZ that current levels of net migration were unsustainable. Her expectation was that net migration would get back into “equilibrium” over time as the covid disruption normalized. The minister wouldn’t talk specifically about what changes she was considering, but said the accredited employee work visa rules would be tightened. The accredited work visa has been under review since August last year and that report was due to be delivered last December.
Source:Stuff
February 18, 2024 13:08 UTC
Open mike 18/02/2024
Covid-19 Inquiry updateWe are happy to announce that the terms of reference on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response have been expanded. This includes what we committed to in our coalition agreement, to:Ensure, as a matter of urgency in establishment and completion, a full scale,
Source:Stuff
February 18, 2024 02:02 UTC
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Source:Stuff
February 18, 2024 02:01 UTC
State of the Nation 'fragile': Luxon
Christopher Luxon has set out his vision for the country in his first State of the Nation address as Prime Minister, promising to be "straight up" with Kiwis about the country's "fragile" situation. "It tied down our economy with unnecessary regulation, and saw farmers and businesses as something to be sneered at rather than celebrated," Luxon said. Throughout the speech, Luxon referred to "tough choices" and kept coming back to welfare dependency, pointing to the additional 70,000 now on a Jobseeker unemployment benefit compared to 2017. "I won't apologise for making tough choices to support young people off welfare and into work, because 24 years languishing on welfare means no hope. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Source:Otago Daily Times
February 18, 2024 01:56 UTC
Woman's desperate bid to save animals from Port Hills fire
Anna Spark said she rushed to grab as many of her animals as she could and get out, but her container home was destroyed on day two of the 2024 Port Hills fire. Photo: Supplied/ Anna SparkA woman whose home was destroyed in the Port Hills fire has described the dramatic race to rescue her animals from the flames, including towing a goat behind her car to get it to safety. Flames tore through the property Spark's container's were housed on, on day two of the 2024 Port Hills fires. Photo: Supplied/ Anna Spark"When we left the hill I could see flames as I drove off. Photo: Supplied/ Anna SparkHer grandfather John Joseph told Morning Report on Thursday that it was a "miracle" his house had been spared.
Source:Otago Daily Times
February 18, 2024 01:10 UTC
The derelict Upper Hutt building causing the block to smell
The block of shops is half empty, with a curtain retailer and a United Video store sitting abandoned on the main road. There are a few stores remaining in the section, which is operated by the Upper Hutt Mall, such as the Pet Centre, Bayleys, GO NZ and a cinema. Photo: Stuff/Ryan AndersonWhen Stuff visited the property, a strong smell was immediately obvious while still a block away. Black mould could be seen on several roof sections of the store, while many other panels were damp and discoloured. Several buckets could be seen inside the store on the floor, as well as in the ceiling.
Source:Stuff
February 17, 2024 21:32 UTC
Billion-dollar goal for WCF’s new chair
Wakatipu Community Foundation’s (WCF) inaugural chair Ray Key is reflecting on an amazing six years as he prepares to step aside at the end of the month. ‘‘We have raised over $4 million and have in excess of $35m pledged in wills for the local community,’’ Key says. He believes the community foundation model makes so much sense — ‘‘at its core is the aim to build and grow funds so money is available to the local community forever’’. Brent says his vision is for WCF to be a billion-dollar fund within 30 years, ‘‘and I’m excited to guide the organisation to realise this goal’’. ‘‘It’s a big one, but with the significant funds being transferred from the baby boomer generation in the next few decades, it’s entirely achievable.’’Meanwhile, Key’s remaining chair of the umbrella Community Foundation of Aotearoa NZ, and is staying on as a WCF trustee.
Source:Otago Daily Times
February 17, 2024 21:14 UTC
Alexei Navalny: The final weeks and death of Russia’s leading Putin critic
The Russian opposition leader died at a prison inside the Artic Circle where he was serving a 19-year sentence. “The doctors who arrived at the scene continued the resuscitation measures that the prison’s doctors had already provided,” RIA quoted an official as saying. The ambulance team reached the prison in less than seven minutes, and doctors reached the patient two minutes later.”The Russian prison service said Navalny “felt unwell after a walk” and “almost immediately” lost consciousness. If this is true, then not ‘Navalny died’, but ‘Putin killed Navalny’ and only that. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: “The immediate reaction of Nato leaders to Navalny’s death in the form of direct accusations against Russia was self-exposing”.
Source:Stuff
February 17, 2024 17:06 UTC