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Chocka.NEWS News List - Page 3

Westpac Customers Outraged After Overdrawn Their Account Due to Delayed Transaction Visibility

Newshub - 7 January 2023

thumbnail Westpac customers are outraged after waking to negative funds in their bank accounts following a technical glitch during some of the year’s busiest shopping days. The sudden transaction …

Five Youths Caught on Camera Ram-Raiding Supermarket

Stuff - 6 January 2023

thumbnail Five young people have been caught on camera smashing a car into a Christchurch supermarket, only to leave with coins from a charity donation box and a few packets of candy. The cost of the Fendalton …

Kāinga Ora Spent More Than $200,000 on Koha Between 2019-2021

Voxy.co.nz - 5 January 2023

Giving a koha is the Māori custom of showing appreciation and fostering social relationships via a gift to people who have usually shown hospitality or performed a ceremonial role. In 2022, this …

Auckland Petrol Owner Says NZ No Longer Feels Safe After Third Ram-Raid

Newshub - 5 January 2023

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Taxpayers Pay Nearly $3M For Closed Immigration Office

Radio New Zealand - 5 January 2023

thumbnail The ongoing rent for an immigration office closed more than a year ago has cost taxpayers almost $3 million. Immigration New Zealand’s Beijing office was shut in August 2021, following the …

NZ Murder Hotspots Revealed in NewsHub Map

Newshub - 5 January 2023

thumbnail Newshub can reveal the most murderous areas in New Zealand, with data showing where the bulk of recent killings have taken place. And it can be revealed 51 murders were committed between January and …

Auckland Airport Domestic Terminal Evacuated

NZ Herald - 4 January 2023

thumbnail Passengers at the Auckland Airport are being evacuated from the domestic terminal - but it is not yet clear why. Alarms could be heard ringing inside the terminal about 9.30am, before staff started to …

Police Urgently Seek Information on Two Missing Children

New Zealand Police - 4 January 2023

thumbnail Police have serious concerns for the welfare of 10-year-old Lily and 8-year-old Pearl, and are asking for the public’s help to locate them. The children were taken in breach of a parenting order on 24 …

Newshub Seemingly Attempts to Point to Slight Recent Uptick in Prison Population as Sign of Progress on Crime, But Longer Term Trend is Way Down

Newshub - 7 January 2023

thumbnail Ram-raids, stabbings, and shootings - barely a day goes by when we don’t hear about them. And it’s a big driver of an increase in prisoner numbers. “Yes we have seen it come up since …

Handcyclist Assaulted in Dunedin Cycling Road Rage Incident

NZ Herald - 5 January 2023

thumbnail A Dunedin wheelchair-bound handcycle user left shaken after she was twice kicked in the face by an e-bike rider said the incident happened “out of the blue”. Speaking to the Otago Daily Times while …

NZ Police: Hamilton Dairy Owner Held at Gunpoint During Daylight Robbery

Radio New Zealand - 5 January 2023

thumbnail A Hamilton dairy owner has been injured after being held at gunpoint during a daylight robbery yesterday. Police said four armed people entered the dairy on River Road, Hamilton about 5pm. The group …

Dairy Owner Left ‘Shaken’ After Thieves Rob Auckland Store

NZ Herald - 5 January 2023

thumbnail Thieves have attacked a central Auckland dairy in an alleged robbery, leaving the owner traumatised this morning. Police are currently at Point Superette on Raymond St, Point Chevalier investigating a …

Over 200 Police Staff Have Faced Criminal Charges Since 2015

NZ Herald - 5 January 2023

thumbnail More than 200 police staff - from recruits right up to senior inspectors and top cops - have faced criminal charges in the last few years, including for drugs, fraud, serious physical and sexual …

Body Found on Remote Farm Identified as 55yo Former Chch Mongrel Mob President

Stuff - 4 January 2023

thumbnail Police have named the dead person found on a remote North Canterbury farm as Christchurch man Chad Puru, 55. His body was found near a gateway on Dalbeg Rd, a rural no-exit road inland from Amberley, …

20k Kiwis Woken by 5.1 Magnitude Waikato Quake

NZ Herald - 4 January 2023

thumbnail A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck in Waikato. GeoNet reports the quake hit five kilometres south of Te Aroha, at a depth of 7km, just after 5.30am. More than 20,000 people have reported feeling …

N. Auckland Summer Haze Festival Cancelled Due to Incoming Weather

Stuff - 3 January 2023

thumbnail Summer Haze, a festival that was scheduled to be held in North Auckland’s Matakana on Wednesday January 4, has been cancelled due to the “incoming weather forecast”. The festival, which was also held …

Meter Reader Seriously Injured, Car Burnt in Suspected Attack in Waikato

NZ Herald - 6 January 2023

thumbnail Police want the public’s help investigating an incident where a meter reader was found seriously injured, his car was stolen and found on fire in the Waikato yesterday. Emergency services were called …

PM Spending Less than an Hour a Month in Role as Minster for Child Poverty Reduction

Voxy.co.nz - 5 January 2023

Documents released by DPMC show that in October 2022, Ardern only had one ministerial meeting related to that portfolio which lasted for half an hour. In the last 6 months, Ardern has only spent five …

Glengarry Wine Store Burgled Three Times in 13 days

NZ Herald - 5 January 2023

An Auckland wine store has been struck by thieves for the third time in less than two weeks. In a span of 13 days, staff at the Glengarry Wines retail store on Mt Eden Rd have had to clean up the …
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Kāinga Ora Inaction on Bad Tenant Leads to Neighbor Call-out on Reddit

Reddit - 5 January 2023

thumbnail I’m in social housing due to having been unable to work for a period of time while recovering from several traumas including Sexual Assault. I now am to afraid to leave my home because he sits …

Poor Water Quality Making Canterbury Beaches not Suitable for Swimming

Radio New Zealand - 4 January 2023

thumbnail Canterbury Regional Council says the grading of water as unsuitable for swimming at popular Christchurch beaches has been made to protect people’s health. Several beaches in Whakaraupō/Lyttelton …

Missing Girls Lily and Pearl Found

NZ Herald - 4 January 2023

thumbnail The young girls allegedly taken by a woman in breach of a parenting order have been found in Auckland, police say. The police overnight put out an urgent appeal for help to find the two girls, Lily, …

Clive 'Sudden Death' Being Referred to Coroner

Stuff - 3 January 2023

thumbnail Emergency services cordoned off a section of a road in Clive, Hawke’s Bay, while responding to a sudden death at a nearby property. Duty Inspector Ang Hallett​​ said residents in the vicinity of …