Nineteen complaints were made in one year to Hastings District Council about a home surrounded by hoarded goods before it caught fire over the weekend.But firefighters as recently as eight months ago did not deem the pile a fire hazard, because of a lack of ignition source – meaning there…

General practitioners will get up to 13.89% more funding this year in a new agreement the Government hopes will eventually lead to faster care.Health Minister Simeon Brown said the $175 million increase this year was the biggest – by more than double – since the current funding system began.GPs had…

Witnesses have painted a picture of complicated relationships, financial difficulties and alcoholism, as the trial of Julia DeLuney, charged with killing her mother, continues.Helen Gregory, aged 79, died at her Khandallah home in January 2024.The Crown’s case is that DeLuney, who first appeared in front of a judge and jury…

The Deputy Prime Minister is rubbishing claims that social media posts he has made about opponents of the Regulatory Standards Bill are a breach of the Cabinet Manual.In recent days, David Seymour made a series of social media posts singling out prominent opponents of the Bill, and accusing them of…

Former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson has called Shane Jones’ proposal to force New Zealand’s largest iwi Ngāpuhi into a single commercial settlement “a terrible idea”.Jones confirmed yesterday that he was drafting a Members’ Bill that would stop the Northland tribe from receiving multiple commercial redress packages with smaller groups.…

Malanena Emery wants answers.It’s been seven years since she last heard from her daughter Leonie Emery, then 25.In the months that followed, she didn’t hear from the mother of four. By June 2018 she posted on Facebook asking if anyone had seen or heard from her.Believing her daughter, who had…

Grow a Garden, a Roblox game where players plant virtual seeds and grow exotic plants, had 20 million people playing it at once last weekend.When Grow a Garden clocked 20 million people playing it at once last weekend, it became one of the most played games of the year.It surpassed…

Once the domain of Millennials, point-and-shoot digital cameras are making a comeback with Gen Z.The humble camera, which faced becoming obsolete with the advent of smartphones, is the latest bit of tech making a resurgence on social media sites among the younger generation.Photographer Alisha Lovrich (Source: 1News)“There is something a…

Air New Zealand is ramping up capacity on trans-Tasman and Pacific flights for the peak summer travel season in response to demand and aircraft returning to service. The airline said between October and March, it would add 130,000 seats between New Zealand and Australia, and 25,000 seats to the Pacific.…

One of the two winning Lotto Powerball tickets worth $15 million each has been claimed by the Invercargill ticket holder.Lotto NZ said it was still waiting to hear from the lucky winner from Wellington, following Saturday’s $30m draw. The winning tickets were sold at Plaza SuperValue in Invercargill and on…