The grave of twin brother Luke and Liam Ranby, showing Luke's original and now missing headstone, at the bottom. Tragically, Liam Ranby died suddenly of an aneurysm in 2021, 11 days after his 21st birthday. Luke’s headstone was then removed and Ranby’s neighbour was building a new housing for it to eventually be returned to the brothers’ grave. Tania Ranby and her daughter Arnika unveil the combined headstone for their sons/brothers Liam and Luke Ranby. He does all the work by hand, with it taking a day to create Luke Ranby’s replica headstone.

A groundbreaking study conducted by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has provided significant insights into the key contributing factors behind helicopter crashes. Although the investigation lacked eyewitnesses to provide further clarity on the crash’s circumstances, it serves as a crucial reminder of constantly improving helicopter safety. The adoption of CVRS systems and regular maintenance checks can significantly mitigate the risk of accidents, ultimately saving precious lives. The implementation of CVRS systems is essential as they allow for a comprehensive analysis of flight conditions and pilot actions. (Source: stuff.co.nz)Original article: Key Factors Revealed in Recent Study on Helicopter Crashes

– Ensure Immigration New Zealand is engaged in proper risk management and verification to ensure migrants are filling genuine workforce needs. – Commit to enforcement and action to ensure those found responsible for the abuse of migrant workers face appropriate consequences. – Establish a National Infrastructure Agency under the direction of relevant Ministers, to coordinate government funding, connect investors with New Zealand infrastructure, and improve funding, procurement, and delivery to:Prioritise regional and national projects of significance. Prioritise strategic infrastructure to improve the resilience of heavy industry in New Zealand. – Renegotiate the Crown funding agreement with St John with a view to meeting a greater portion of their annualised budget.

Photo: RNZNational's Christopher Luxon has promised New Zealand First and ACT to introduce legislation on a referendum to extend the parliamentary term to four years. Both parties have pushed for an extension of the parliamentary term in the past. During the 2020 general election, then Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National leader Judith Collins were asked about four-year terms. New Zealand has one of the shortest parliamentary terms in the world. Of 190 countries with parliaments, 103 have five-year terms, 74 have four-year terms, and just nine governments are in power for three years before an election is held.

Supplied Stripes, The Dark Knight and Interstellar are among the great movies leaving Netflix this week. Supplied 2008 Christian Bale is The Dark Knight. The Dark Knight (2007)While Batman (Christian Bale) himself raised the stakes in the war on crime here, Christopher Nolan raised the bar when it came to comic-book movies with this memorably spectacular effect. Top-notch drama, action and some killer twists all combined to create one of the best movies of the century so far. The other installments which bookend this in Nolan’s beloved Bat trilogy – 2005’s Batman Begins and 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises – are also leaving Netflix the same day.

Photo: Getty ImagesThe incoming finance minister has admitted that New Zealand's world-first smokefree laws have been scrapped to fund tax cuts. Nicola Willis told TV3's Newshub Nation that New Zealand First and Act were "insistent" the smoke-free legislation be reversed. "We have to remember that the changes to the smokefree legislation had a significant impact on the government books, with about a billion dollars there," she said. Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Professor Lisa Te Morenga said scrapping the legislation would cost thousands of lives, with the worst impact on Māori. "We had believed that Shane Reti supported the Smokefree legislation ... so to hear they're going to repeal it is really a gut punch."

Incoming All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson is excited to write the next chapter of the ‘legacy’ as he prepares to take over from departing coach Ian Foster but hasn’t decided who will captain the side yet. One hallmark of Foster’s tenure was the captaincy of Sam Cane which remains an uncertainty heading into the Robertson era. Robertson remained coy on the matter in a wide-ranging interview with Stuff.co.nz, advising he wants to allow for ‘breathing room’ following the Rugby World Cup final. Both will return to New Zealand in time for the All Blacks two Tests with England, Robertson’s first challenge as All Blacks head coach. At 30 years old, he is expected to make it through to the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

Ambulance staff tend to an injured person after a BurgerFuel car swerved into a crowd at the Avondale Santa Parade. Photo / Michael BurgessAmbulance staff tend to an injured person after a BurgerFuel car swerved into a crowd at the Avondale Santa Parade. Photo / Michael BurgessAn adult and two children were pulled from a car and assaulted at the Avondale Santa Parade after the vehicle rolled into two people. A BurgerFuel car collided with a brass band at the Avondale Santa parade. Photo / Michael BurgessThe Avondale Santa parade was stopped after a BurgerFuel car collided with a brass band.

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Five people have been injured at a Santa parade in Auckland's Avondale this morning after a Burger Fuel-branded car reportedly hit a brass band. "Unfortunately a small group of people took it upon themselves to retaliate, and three people - including two children - were pulled from the vehicle and assaulted." An eyewitness at the scene said the car hit a brass band, the NZ Herald reports. "We have a Burger Fuel representative at the scene and will be working with police to ascertain what has happened." The event was Avondale's first-ever Santa parade and was originally scheduled to run from 11am to 2pm.

That has reduced the amount needed for a 20% deposit from $134,000 to $119,800, while a 10% deposit has declined from $67,000 to $59,900. Mortgage payments are considered unaffordable if they chew up more than 40% of after-tax pay. If that was too hard, they could try to buy a home with a lower deposit. Which leaves typical first home buyers between a rock and a hard place. On the one side there's the rock of an increasingly unattainable deposit, and on the other there's the hard place of unaffordable mortgage payments with a low equity loan.

Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has leapt into the political unknown, negotiating two coalition agreements in order to form a government with ACT and NZ First as part of the first three-way coalition deal under MMP. Public services and regulationCutting “non-essential” back office public service jobs, and setting reduction targets, “informed” by the increase in jobs since 2017. The public service has been a political punching bag this election campaign, for the right bloc. The agreement singles out 2017 as a year to give consideration to regarding public service headcount. Labour leader Chris Hipkins, who used to oversee the public service, said this was undoing more than decades-worth of progress to create a more inclusive public service.

Nicola Willis told TV3's Newshub Nation that New Zealand First and Act were "insistent" the smoke-free legislation be reversed. "We have to remember that the changes to the smokefree legislation had a significant impact on the government books, with about a billion dollars there," she said. Public health experts said legislation could have saved the health system $1.3b over 20 years. Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Professor Lisa Te Morenga said scrapping the legislation would cost thousands of lives, with the worst impact on Māori. "We had believed that Shane Reti supported the Smokefree legislation ... so to hear they're going to repeal it is really a gut punch."

Parliament will be open for non-ceremonial business on December 5th as there are only three sitting days left in this month. There are only nine sitting days in December. Even if urgency is invoked and very long parliamentary ‘days’ are forced, this leaves little time for any substantive legislation that to pass this year. These would also have to compete for sitting days with any Nicola Willis face saving pre-xmas mini-budget. In this case the rise of a previously subservient Act party to a higher status, and dealing with Winston Peters on the government benches.

“And there’ll be no shortage of ‘events’ to test Luxon’s political skills. David Seymour wants a referendum on the Treaty. Winston wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Labour’s handling of the Covid crisis. Talk about cans of worms!”were very fond of their local. It was nothing ...