Search efforts have concentrated on the Mahurangi River after the man was swept away. Photo: RNZThe search for a man swept away by a swollen river north of Auckland on Wednesday is resuming today. The 47-year-old man was in a vehicle and trying to cross a ford on the Mahurangi River at Warkworth when the incident occurred. Police Search and Rescue are carrying out ground-based searching around the banks of the river. They are being supported by 17 Land Search and Rescue members as well as a water rescue crew from Fire and Emergency NZ.

JPMorgan said it would fight the litigation, adding it does “not close accounts for political or religious reasons”, according to a statement. “While we regret President Trump has sued us, we believe the suit has no merit,” the bank added. Banking industry officials reject charges that they debank people over political viewpoints but have echoed JPMorgan’s statement in calling for reform. Upon retaking the White House in January 2025, Trump granted pardons to more than 1500 people who stormed the Capitol. “President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he wilfully broke the very laws that he took an oath to uphold.”-Agence France-Presse

“That can make it hard to get good sleep as well, so that’s just a perfect storm.”Dr Michael Hlavac, respiratory and sleep physician and clinical director of Christchurch Hospital’s Integrated Respiratory Service, says sleep can be “erratic” during the holidays. “We’re also, quite often, more active, so that physical activity is really good for sleep. Photo / 123RFWhy good sleep habits are importantMaintaining good sleep over holidays and long weekends can help us get back into a good routine for work and school - and it’s not too late to start. “Having a good mindset towards sleep, or the way we think about sleep, can actually be really helpful,” O’Keeffe says. So, it’s just about being a bit mindful of those things as well.”Hlavac says practising good sleep hygiene - that is, “habits and routines around sleep” - will help.

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Wellington City Council said this was incorrect and that their staff and contractors responded to requests within two hours, regardless of weekends and public holidays. He invited the man to his apartment nearby to clean off and sent him home with a fresh crayfish. In 2012, a drunk man died after falling head-first into a storm drain in central Wellington in a failed attempt to retrieve his car keys. Peter Black, 43, drowned in the drain and his body lay there for a full day before members of the public found him. While entering a storm drain isn’t illegal, the council strongly advised people to call its contact centre in an emergency.

Photo: RNZFirefighters in Canterbury are responding to a house believed to have been struck by lightning, and another where the ceiling has caved in as a bout of severe weather crosses the mainland. It comes after MetService issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Canterbury regions of Hurunui, Waimakariri and Christchurch City. Fire and Emergency said shortly after 2pm, it received eight weather related callouts in half an hour across Kaiapoi and Rangiora. A Hato Hone St John spokesperson said it was notified on an incident on Kingsbury Avenue, Rangiora, around 3.30pm, with one person taken to Christchurch Hospital in a moderate condition. ... More to come

The Herald has also spoken to a neighbour of the family who described them as “amazing people”. “It’s just unfair, when it happens to a very lovely family, lovely people. Photo / Michael CraigThe neighbour said a New Zealand man had lived in the area for a long time. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers said it could take days for families to get answers about the Mount Maunganui campground slip, given the complexities at the scene. Anxious family members of those missing have gathered at the campground awaiting news of their loved ones as recovery efforts continue.

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Kevin John Singh Belling. Photo: Supplied / NZ PolicePolice are asking for the public’s help to find a 62-year-old man missing from the Invercargill area. Kevin John Singh Belling was reported missing on Sunday January 18, however he was last seen and spoken to on Friday January 9 at his place of business in Motu Rimu. Detective Sergeant John Kean said police had conducted a series of enquiries but have "unfortunately been unable to locate him, and are now seeking help from the public". "Police and Kevin's family have serious concerns for his welfare and would like to find him as soon as possible."

PHOTO: SUPPLIEDAn overworked and underpaid cook at a Frankton noodle restaurant has been awarded an $86,000 payout from his employer. Mr Zhang soon found himself usually working 12 hours a day, and often seven days a week. Mr Zhang finally quit the following April after becoming increasingly stressed by the situation. The complainant’s records showed he had worked excessive hours, and Mr van Keulen accepted the "constant underpayment" had caused stress that had increased over time. He ordered Mr Noodles to pay Mr Zhang $62,831 for wage arrears, to return the illegal $3730 payment, and pay him $18,000 compensation and $2250 in costs.

Stats NZ data showed the consumer price index rose 0.6 percent in the three months ended December, raising the the annual inflation rate 3.1 percent from 3.0 percent, the highest since June last year. The inflation numbers were just above economists' expectations, and more than double the Reserve Bank's (RBNZ) dated 0.2 percent quarterly and 2.7 percent annual forecasts, which were made in November. Various measures of underlying inflation pointed to an annual rate remaining steady at around 2.5 percent. The consensus among analysts has been the RBNZ will hold the official cash rate (OCR) at 2.25 percent until early next year. New Zealand's inflation rate was lower than Australia, the UK and the OECD's average of 3.9 percent, but above the sub-3 percent levels of the US and the European Union.

PHOTOS: PHILIP CHANDLEROverlooking Queenstown’s Village Green is a unique tourist attraction that is opening this Saturday. "We just wanted to do some sort of tourist experience, we wanted to create something quite unique," Sharpe says. "You can be in a scene from your dream, basically, in any different room," Donaldson-Sharpe adds. "Our dream job, once the business is running smoothly, would be just focusing purely on the exhibitions and updating things." Sharpe: "We wanted to create something that was in town, but wasn’t crazy-Queenstown expensive."

Photo: Gerard O'BrienFirefighters have quelled a blaze at a fireplace factory in the Dunedin suburb of Green Island. A witness at the scene said at least three fire trucks were at the Escea factory where smoke could be seen escaping from an open door in the inwards goods part of the factory. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said crews from Roslyn, Lookout Point and Dunedin were called to the factory at about 1.24pm after a fire alarm went off in the premises. A second alarm was transmitted and further crews and resources were called to the scene. Crews are still on the scene working to fully extinguish the fire and to ventilate the smoke-logged factory.

President Donald Trump had ordered a short-term suspension of the ban last year to give TikTok time to work out a sale. TikTok said in a statement that TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has been established and is majority American-owned, with Silver Lake, Oracle and MGX each holding a 15 percent stake. “TikTok USDS Joint Venture’s mandate is to secure U.S. user data, apps and the algorithm through comprehensive data privacy and cybersecurity measures,” the company said. A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the TikTok deal, said that China and the U.S. had signed off on it. TikTok has some 200 million U.S. users, the company said Thursday, and the app is particularly popular with younger demographics.

Local rider Conor Macfarlane drops into Queenstown Bike Festival’s slopestyle at Wynyard Jump Park’s Mini Dream last Sunday. PICTURE: JAMES ALLAN PHOTOGRAPHYAlready seven days in, the action-packed Queenstown Bike Festival concludes with a very special McGazza Fest over the next three days. It’s in memory of local mountain bike legend Kelly ‘McGazza’ McGarry who died 10 years ago, on February 1, aged only 33, after suffering a cardiac arrest while riding the Fernhill Loop. McGazza Fest begins tomorrow with McGazza Mega Train, from Skyline at 6pm and finishing at Atlas bar. McGazza Fest concludes Sunday with the McGazza Memorial Ride at 11am up to Kelly McGarry table at the top of the Fernhill loop track where he died — "the idea is to finish the ride he started" — and the popular Gorge Road Jam from 3pm for kids and 5pm for adults.