Māori queen Nga Wai Hono i te po Paki crowned in ‘new dawn’ for New Zealand | Māori
The second Māori queen under the eight-dynasty reign of New Zealand's Kiingitanga movement has been enthroned in an emotional ceremony attended by thousands at Turangawawe Marae. On Thursday morning, Maori leaders hailed her as a “new dawn”. Ngā Wai Hono i Te Po Paki, the only daughter and youngest child of former Māori King Tuheitia […]
Trump shooter Thomas Crooks had encrypted messaging accounts in Belgium, Germany, New Zealand
CHICAGO — Trump rally shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks used encrypted messaging accounts on a variety of platforms in Belgium, New Zealand and Germany, according to members of a select congressional committee investigating the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Rep. Michael Walz (R-Fla.), one of 13 lawmakers selected for the House bipartisan task force, […]
The fight for iron sands: the bitter battle to protect New Zealand’s sea-floor riches | New Zealand
TAt Patea Boating Club, a few hundred metres off New Zealand’s South Taranaki coast, three fishermen sit around an empty table, pigeon droppings littering the floorboards and the sound of the ocean lapping on the black sand coming through the salt-sprayed windows. “This is one of the best fishing spots in the country,” club president […]
New Zealand Food Bank Gives Out Candies Laced With Meth ‘Worth $600’ To Homeless
(Photo provided by: PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP via Getty Images) By James Myers, OAN StaffFriday, August 16, 2024 3:13 PM Food banks in New Zealand are searching for a cache of potentially methamphetamine-laced candy that was mistakenly distributed to homeless people at a charity event. advertisement New Zealand police have so far found 41 blocks of methamphetamine […]
Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US | Kim Dotcom
New Zealand’s justice minister says Kim Dotcom will be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges linked to the now-shuttered file-sharing site Megaupload, potentially bringing to an end a legal battle that has lasted more than a decade. German-born Dotcom lives in New Zealand and has been fighting extradition to the US after […]
REPORT: Charity In New Zealand Unwittingly Gave People Candies Laced With Meth
Auckland City Mission, a New Zealand-based food bank, has been unknowingly giving out candy laced with methamphetamine to members of the public, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The charity, which focuses on helping the homeless, contacted up to 400 people and traced them after three were hospitalised after consuming drug-laced sweets, the media reported. ReportedNew […]
New Zealand food bank distributes ‘potentially lethal’ meth disguised as candy
A charity in Auckland, New Zealand, was unknowingly distributing methamphetamine that it had received as donations from members of the public inside food parcels. The New Zealand Drug Foundation reported that each candy contains 300 times the normal amount of methamphetamine, making it potentially lethal. Authorities say the candy’s high street value makes it likely […]
New Zealand charity unknowingly gives out sweets with lethal levels of meth | New Zealand
A charity that helps homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand, has been unwittingly distributing sweets laced with lethal doses of methamphetamine inside food parcels donated by members of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff have begun contacting up to 400 people to trace packages that may contain the candy – […]
Reserve Bank of New Zealand cuts cash rate by 25 basis points – CNBC
A security guard stands at the main entrance of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in downtown Wellington, New Zealand on July 3, 2017. David Gray | Reuters The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% on Wednesday. The move surprised economists polled by Reuters, who […]
Papua separatists kill helicopter pilot from New Zealand, say police | Indonesia
Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed a New Zealand helicopter pilot but four passengers on board were uninjured, police said. Glenn Malcolm Koning, a pilot for Indonesian airline PT Intan Angkasa Air Services, was shot dead, said Faisal Ramadani, a national police official and head of Papua’s Joint Security and Peace […]