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Focus: Connor Whitehead's father on manslaughter verdict
Smokefree Rockquest: NelsonThis week in the beautiful region we had Riiki Reid scout out the local acts and find out more about them! From finding out which band they’d love to open for, to backstage ping pong (with guitars!) and a 10 second sheet folding challenge, this year’s Nelson heats were buzzing. This series has been made with the support of NZ On Air.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 18:52 UTC
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Local Focus: Wairarapa film festival showcases early Preston doco
Smokefree Rockquest: NelsonThis week in the beautiful region we had Riiki Reid scout out the local acts and find out more about them! From finding out which band they’d love to open for, to backstage ping pong (with guitars!) and a 10 second sheet folding challenge, this year’s Nelson heats were buzzing. This series has been made with the support of NZ On Air.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 17:08 UTC
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Housing density: National Party leader Christopher Luxon will change rules, greenfields development favoured
National Leader Christopher Luxon answers questions surrounding his statement that national got it wrong on the Medium Density Residential Standard. National Party leader Christopher Luxon has revealed he intends to change the rules on housing density, if he forms the next government. The rules Luxon wants to scrap allowing three-storey dwellings on all residential land in the main cities. Luxon was the National leader at the time of the vote and his deputy, Nicola Willis, was one of the bill’s principal sponsors. Although Luxon says density along transport corridors would be retained, this is a backtrack on his own position and the position of his party.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 16:20 UTC
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Kiwi Christian Glass killed by US police during mental health crisis: Family feel vindicated after $30 million settlement
New Zealand man Christian Glass was shot dead by police in Colorado after he called for roadside assistance. Video / Clear Creek County Sheriff's OfficeThe parents of a Christchurch man killed by US police while suffering a mental health crisis say a government settlement proves their son wasn’t responsible for his death. Glass’ shooting drew US national attention and prompted calls to reform how authorities respond to people with mental health problems. Some cities, including Denver, have programmes where EMTs and mental health clinicians can be dispatched instead of police. Once the window was smashed, body camera footage shows officers peppering Glass with bean bag rounds, then tasing him.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 15:49 UTC
RBNZ now sees smaller overall falls in house prices
The Reserve Bank (RBNZ) has changed its view on house prices and now sees a much smaller overall fall than it did in its last detailed set of forecasts in February. It then sees house prices starting to rise (slowly) again in the second half of next year. In the latest MPS the RBNZ said that house prices have fallen 15.3% since their peak in November 2021, measured in monthly terms. "However, there are early signs that house prices may not decrease as much as expected in the February Statement," the RBNZ said. "The fall in house prices to date is expected to flow through to lower household spending over the projection, as aggregate household wealth has fallen substantially."
Source:Stuff
May 24, 2023 10:14 UTC
A wage-price spiral & a profit-price spiral are 'exactly symmetric'
The Reserve Bank has "had a good poke at the data" to check on the risks of a profit-price spiral, but doesn't see any evidence of one at a macro level, chief economist Paul Conway says. Conway has previously said; "we don't have great data on profits. "We have had a good poke at the data just to be up on the risks of a profit-price spiral. At the aggregate level we don't see any evidence of an increase in profits feeding into inflation. "I think of it as exactly symmetric, wage-price spiral, profit-price spiral.
Source:Stuff
May 24, 2023 08:19 UTC
Four arrested after armed police raid house
Four people were arrested after armed police swooped on a property in a pre-planned raid in Christchurch today. About 10 police vehicles were at the scene on Hei Hei Rd as well as a sniffer dog. Hei Hei Rd was temporarily closed during the operation. The resident thought police were trying to encourage someone out of the Hei Hei Rd property. While she does not know who lives on the property, she has heard barking and banging from the house in the past.
Source:Otago Daily Times
May 24, 2023 07:45 UTC
Woman adamant she spotted missing pair overseas
John Beckenridge and Mike Zhao-Beckenridge went missing in 2015. “I was 100 percent sure that it was John and Mike Beckenridge that I saw,” she told the court on Wednesday. Swedish-born helicopter pilot John Beckenridge broke a court order and picked up his 11-year-old stepson from his Invercargill school on March 13, 2015. John Beckenridge's vehicle was found in the sea at Curio Bay. Soon after Beckenridge’s vehicle was found at the bottom of the cliff in the water.
Source:Otago Daily Times
May 24, 2023 07:00 UTC
How the Right are manipulating the Prison and Crime narrative
The Right are manipulating the Prison and Crime narrative. They say the soft-on-crime-cuddle-a-crim Labour Party are fecklessly letting out 4000 prisoners while the crime rate soars. When the National Party tightened Prison policy they allowed for non violent offenders to apply for home detention while in prison. TDB Recommends NewzEngine.comOur prison system is damaging, it takes angry hurt men and turns them into angrier monsters. What is generating the current crime wave is the same thing that is generating crime waves throughout the post-covid Western World.
Source:Stuff
May 24, 2023 05:34 UTC
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Source:Otago Daily Times
May 24, 2023 03:45 UTC
NZ Herald Business Editor-at-Large reacts to OCR hike
The Reserve Bank has today raised the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points - taking it to 5.5 per cent. RBNZ still sees 5.5 per cent as the peak for OCR and anticipates cuts from the third quarter of 2024. The Kiwi dollar dropped by half a cent against the US dollar following the announcement. NZ Herald Business Editor-at-Large, Liam Dann, joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons for to give his reaction to the announcement. LISTEN ABOVE
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 03:24 UTC
Reserve Bank make OCR announcement
nzherald.co.nz published this video item, entitled “Reserve Bank make OCR announcement | nzherald.co.nz” – below is their description. The Reserve Bank will make an announcement on the Official Cash Rate. Subscribe and be notified of breaking news: https://goo.gl/LP45jXCheck out our playlists: https://goo.gl/Swd249Like NZ Herald on Facebook: https://goo.gl/tUC4oqFollow NZ Herald on Instagram: https://goo.gl/oLicXeFollow NZ Herald on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Wi6mbvnzherald.co.nz YouTube Channel
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 03:23 UTC
Ex-radio host laundered drug money for gang
Huang and Nauer pleaded guilty to six charges of money laundering and Naufahu to two. Nauer admitted laundering $420,000 of Comanchero drug money by repeatedly purchasing high-end cars using cash. They all laundered Comancheros drug money through the cash purchases of luxury cars and, in one instance for Naufahu, via a cosmetic procedure for calf implants. Those charges of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group were dropped against Nauer. A police investigation into the Comanchero motorcycle gang’s money laundering operations, dubbed Operation Rider, began in late 2019 after Operation Nova.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 03:11 UTC
Reserve Bank raises Official Cash Rate to 5.50% from 5.25%
This is the statement from the Reserve Bank:The Monetary Policy Committee today voted to raise the Official Cash Rate (OCR) from 5.25% to 5.50%. This follows a period of significant monetary policy tightening by central banks internationally. Summary of Monetary Policy Committee meeting:The Committee discussed recent developments in the New Zealand economy. The Committee discussed the reaction to the April monetary policy review decision. The Committee discussed the suitability of keeping the OCR on hold at 5.25% or increasing it to 5.50%.
Source:New Zealand Herald
May 24, 2023 02:48 UTC