A Masterton man described running through the house in his underwear after winning $5.08m in last Saturday’s Lotto Powerball draw. Lotto’s First Division Powerball jackpot has been struck twice so far this year. One MyLotto player from the Manawatū-Whanganui region won $10.2m on Wednesday, January 14. One week later, on January 21, a MyLotto player from Otago won $5.3m. For the Powerball jackpot to be claimed, a ticket holder must get all six Lotto numbers correct as well as the added Powerball number.

Floyd Mayweather has announced he will return to professional boxing after an exhibition fight with Mike Tyson. Photo / Alfredo Estrella, AFPFloyd Mayweather to come out of retirement from professional boxingFloyd Mayweather has announced he will return to professional boxing after an exhibition fight with Mike Tyson. Photo / Alfredo Estrella, AFPFloyd Mayweather is coming out of retirement and will return to professional boxing after his exhibition fight with Mike Tyson this autumn, the 48-year-old announced today. Former multi-weight world champion Mayweather retired from boxing in 2017, unbeaten in 50 bouts, though he has appeared in several exhibition fights since. “I still have what it takes to set more records in the sport of boxing,” Mayweather said in a statement to AFP.

At this time, no further information is available.”Hato Hone St John told the Herald three people were injured in the attack. Second serious dog attack in a weekThe incident comes after 62-year-old Mihiata Te Rore was killed in an attack that involved three dogs at a Kaihu property on State Highway 12 in Northland on Tuesday. Police conduct searches and hold cordons at a property near a dog attack in the Northland settlement of Kaihu. The 62-year-old’s death was the third fatal dog attack in Northland in the past five years. In October 2023, Elizabeth “Effie” Whittaker died after a dog attack in the backyard of her Moerewa home.

He was authorised to work as a property guard, a personal guard, a crowd controller and a document destruction agent. However, police complained about him to the security licensing authority after he pleaded guilty to hitting the pensioner. Trish McConnell is the chair of the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority which oversees the security guard and private investigator industries. However, police said to the authority that Sula was unable to control his temper and responded to violence with “negligible” provocation. They said this was inconsistent with the behaviour and character required of a security guard.

In either case, Wong optimistically sees a polling trend that’s suggestive of momentum since she became leader. With Winston Peters ruling out working with Chris Hipkins, Opportunity can paint itself as the only genuine kingmaker. So why does Wong think she’s the person to write Opportunity into the history books? A Horizon poll in 2017 suggested about 4% of the vote could come from combining National-leaning Green voters and Green-leaning National voters. “Likewise for National, I think we’d be a much stronger coalition partner than Act and NZ First,” Wong says.

US President Donald Trump holds a chart next to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during his global tariff announcement at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. The court's landmark 6-3 ruling upended the leverage Trump and his trade envoys have wielded over foreign governments at negotiating tables to reshape diplomatic relations and global markets. TRADE DEALS, REVENUE IN QUESTIONThe ruling called into question the trade deals Trump's envoys have negotiated in recent months under the threat of high tariffs. "The Government thus concedes, as it must, that the President enjoys no inherent authority to impose tariffs during peacetime," Roberts wrote. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the court ruling could have mixed results.

Photo / Sylvie Whinray“The Army’s cultural skills framework has been paused to enable broader consultation,” the spokesman said. “The framework was contained within the Army bicultural policy. The Army agrees the framework needs further consideration.”The broader bicultural policy launched by King was dated January 28 and appears to be untouched by the “pause”. A new policy sets out a vision of the NZ Army as an expeditionary combat force strengthened by bicultural heritage. Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour (left) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, seen together at Waitangi this year, have been surprised by a new NZDF policy.

Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman. Photo: RNZThe Reserve Bank governor has warned businesses against trying to pass higher prices on to households. Anna Breman said inflation expectations had been rising among economic forecasters and businesses - something she was not happy about. Breman said households were still struggling with cost-of-living pressures and a weak jobs market, and higher prices would weigh on consumer spending. Meanwhile, she warned that volatility - from geopolitical tensions to developments in artificial intelligence - could still throw up surpises for inflation.

“Then there is greenfields geothermal – exploring places where currently geothermal stations do not exist, and then building new power stations there. Over the next 10 years, Mercury will spend about half a billion dollars on other power stations along the river. In New Zealand, Hamilton says there will need to be a balance. “If you look at the household prices, less than 40% of our household electricity bill comes from the actual production of electricity,” Hamilton said. It is also in the early stages of planning a battery energy storage system near Whakamaru Hydro Power Station on the Waikato River.

Trade Minister Todd McClay said New Zealand exports had been holding up well overall in the US market since the original 15 percent tariff was imposed. File photo: RNZMinister for Trade and Investment Todd McClay says considerable uncertainty is likely to remain with the latest moves in the US on tariffs. The US Supreme Court ruled the sweeping tariffs US President Donald Trump imposed on nearly every country were illegal. Trump has hit back, announcing a new 10 percent levy on global imports. McClay said New Zealand exports have been holding up well overall in the US market since the original 15 percent tariff was imposed.

Signs warn drivers, cyclists and pedestrians not to cross Skippers Bridge. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA former long-time Queenstown tourism operator says he is "absolutely mortified" over the indefinite closure of the historic Skippers Bridge. A Stantec New Zealand engineering report, released at the time, noted the wires in the cables used to support the bridge were damaged. "That’s where Nomad started [in 1988] and that was our roots. The future of the bridge is due to be decided by councillors through the annual planning process.

Former National Party Finance Minister Ruth Richardson attempted to bring those realities home late last year. The problem is the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union which she presides over was too cute by dishing out “Nicola’s fudge” to journalists and opinion leaders thus personalising their campaign against Finance Minister Nicola Willis. These are publicly funded, non-partisan bodies operating outside direct government control and designed to improve fiscal policy transparency, sustainability and accountability. Former Labour Finance Minister Grant Robertson considered just such a proposal in 2018 when he endorsed a Treasury paper on the issue. “But public debt is at its highest point for 30 years.

NZ Herald Morning News Update | Trumps tariffs illegal, former home of former Prince Andrew searched, future of Mount Maunganui walking tracks remains unclear. Sign in hereAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay says the US Supreme Court’s new ruling deeming Donald Trump’s global tariffs illegal is “welcome news” but acknowledges “considerable uncertainty” remains. In a major development, the US Supreme Court has ruled the widespread tariffs the US President imposed on almost every country in the world were illegal. The President imposed these tariffs on April 2 last year, which he called “Liberation Day”, by invoking a 1977 law meant for national emergencies.

NZ Herald Morning News Update | Trumps tariffs illegal, former home of former Prince Andrew searched, future of Mount Maunganui walking tracks remains unclear. Sign in hereAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Police investigating serious assault in Te Puke, victim drove themself to hospitalA person injured in a serious assault in Te Puke drove themself to hospital to seek medical treatment. Despite their injuries, the victim managed to get themself to hospital, a police spokeswoman said. “The injured person self-transported to hospital for medical attention,” she said.

“The decision removes one of Trump’s fastest tools for imposing broad tariffs,” said ING bank’s chief macro economist Carsten Brzeski. But he also warned “this ruling will not bring relief” for long, as the Trump administration has been preparing to use other legal tools. Bret Kenwell, US investment analyst at eToro, said the best-case outcome would be a framework that’s clearer and more consistent. That data poured cold water on hopes US growth was holding up and inflation was contained despite Trump’s tariffs barrage, and complicated the outlook for more interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. British firms also boosted output in February, according to the purchasing managers’ index published by S&P Global.