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📢 Oriini Kaipara’s extended speech and two haka in the House prompted Speaker Gerry Brownlee to suspend proceedings yesterday.

Speaker wants to meet Te Pāti Māori over contempt concern after disruption

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📢 Kevin George Smith, 41, was found guilty in September 2023 of murdering Daniel Pettersson with a large hunting knife after a NSW Supreme Court trial.

NSW love triangle killer has 20-year jail sentence overturned

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1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 5h

📢 Water Safety NZ wants a crackdown on temporary swimming pools after a coroner reports on another drowning.

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Fresh call to ban large, temporary backyard swimming pools

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📢 It's been a year of grim economic news – unemployment has been up, GDP down and consumer confidence weak.

Five reasons to feel positive about the New Zealand economy

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📢 An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province on Friday morning, seismologists said.

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake in south Philippines – damage, evacuations

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📢 His lone-term as mayor was marked by widely publicised controversies, including public use of the ‘N-word’, two code of conduct breaches and calls for his resignation.

Nobby Clark's controversial mayoralty draws to an end

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📢 Two women were also arrested after a search warrant was conducted at a property in Enderley, police said.

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Gang associate charged over Father’s Day restaurant robbery

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1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 6h

📢 Victoria Cafasso, a 25-year-old Italian tourist, was found dead at Beaumaris Beach on the state's picturesque east coast in October 1995.

'Someone must know': $1m reward for Tasmanian beach cold case

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📢 Oriini Kaipara’s extended speech and two haka in the House prompted Speaker Gerry Brownlee to suspend proceedings yesterday.

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Speaker accuses Te Pāti Māori of contempt after maiden speech disruption

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📢 The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

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'Family silverware': Labour slams Govt plan to sell Chorus stake

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📢 The men were sentenced this week in the Manukau District Court and the Invercargill District Court.

Two men sentenced for possessing child sexual exploitation material

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1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 7h

📢 The lonely plight of young New Zealanders with long Covid; Man charged over death threats against MP; KiwiRail to sell Aratere ferry for scrap in India.

Five Big Things That Happened Today: Friday, October 10

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📢 The defence force is looking for the descendants of two recently identified World War One soldiers, killed in Belgium nearly 100 years ago.

Soldiers killed in WWI finally identified – hunt underway for families

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📢 "We've got to take our moments to score goals" is the message from All Whites coach Darren Bazeley after Poland loss.

'Under-valued' All Whites need to be 'ruthless': Coach

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1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 8h

📢 The US president plans to solidify the peace deal between Israel and Hamas with a trip to the Middle East over the weekend.

Trump eyes peace – and personal vindication – within reach in Gaza

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📢 An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit off a southern Philippine province on Friday morning, seismologists said.

Large magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near southern Philippines

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📢 Wayne Dean, who oversees a church commonly referred to as the Two By Twos or The Truth - though it has no official name - has been leading its New Zealand branch for the past three years.

Leader of secretive church returning to Australia for 'extended break'

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📢 An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province on Friday morning, seismologists said.

Large offshore earthquake strikes near southern Philippines

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📢 Police tracked the 15-year-old through bushland in Northland with a dog team for hours before arresting him back in town after a short foot chase.

Three-hour bush search in Northland for alleged teen car thief

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1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 9h

📢 Significant amount of cash, MDMA and ketamine also recovered among the commercial cannabis grow set-ups, police said.

Half a tonne of cannabis seized in raids across Auckland's west

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📢 According to statistics from Local Government New Zealand, 983,466 votes had been received around the country as of October 9, which represented 28.49% of all eligible votes.

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Auckland records lowest voter turnout for local elections

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📢 The new investigation covers 2.9 million vehicles, essentially all Teslas equipped with "full self-driving technology".

Tesla hit with probe after crashes involving self-driving feature

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📢 Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home tod some equipment touching down after going missing from NASA.

Giant chunk of Nasa equipment lands on Texas farm

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📢 "The use of kill cars has emerged as a common denominator in serious and violent crimes linked to organised crime, including murders, kidnappings, and other high-risk offences," NSW Police said.

Alleged contract killers, 'kill car' network uncovered in Sydney

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📢 Grey District Council said an emergency operations centre had been activated, and warned people to stay out of floodwaters as river levels rise in the area.

Emergency operations centre activated on West Coast amid slips, flooding

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