"I have already said, it is one of the worst criminal histories I have ever seen," Judge Lummis said. "You are a recidivist burglar, beyond doubt – and also a spree burglar," he told Lewis. Photo: NZ HeraldLewis told Judge Glubb he felt his life in prison would be "safer and easier" as he was deeply institutionalised. Lewis told Judge Lummis the sentence was a "relief" because he needed "a light at the end of the tunnel". Judge Lummis allowed the Herald to publish her sentencing notes on the basis of open justice.

NZ Herald Editor at Large Shayne Currie's Great Kiwi Road Trip is underway. He'll be travelling up the country in his Volkswagen EV to gauge the mood of the nation and meet everyday and notable Kiwis making a difference in their communities and wider world. Currie started in Dunedin, and joined Jamie Mackay to discuss more about the journey. LISTEN ABOVE

STORY CONTINUES AFTER LIVEBLOGSTORY CONTINUESThe wild weather caused many issues across the North Island, flooding roads and smashing boats at sea. More than 2000 properties in Northland were without power yesterday when the wind toppled powerlines. On Wednesday there is a general clearance for the North Island but with the risk of afternoon showers. pic.twitter.com/nCXzZkWMfS — MetService (@MetService) October 30, 2023Elsewhere, there is a low danger of thunderstorms embedded within showery weather throughout much of the North Island. Photo / Alex CairnsThe widespread rainfall from the low will have subsided by Wednesday, but the North Island and upper South Island, particularly inland areas, can still anticipate showers, some of which could be thunderous and heavy.

Ford has reported substantial losses on every electric vehicle (EV) it produced in the third quarter of 2023, surpassing its previous forecasts. During Q3 2023, Ford’s electric car division recorded a pre-interest and tax loss of $1.3 billion, accumulating a total year-to-date deficit of $3.1 billion. As a response to these losses, Ford has decided to withdraw its investment from the electric car division. Moving forward, Ford aims to offer customers a diverse range of products while expanding its portfolio of electric models. Overall, Ford’s significant losses on EVs in Q3 2023 have prompted the company to reevaluate its investment strategy in the electric car division.

MetService issued additional weather warnings today for Coromandel and Bay of Plenty, including Rotorua, that are due to expire tomorrow morning. Coromandel can expect 100 to 120mm of rain, in addition to rain which has already accumulated while between 90 and 120mm is expected for Bay of Plenty. The poor weather conditions led to high tide flooding on Auckland’s Northern Motorway, road closures across Northland and Coromandel and left thousands without power. Winds may not have peaked for everyone today with isolated damaging gusts still expected in the #UpperNorthIsland. Ferris said the worst of the weather was expected to hit Auckland, Northland, Coromandel and Gisborne today before starting to ease from tomorrow.

First home buyers were slightly less active in September, with fewer of them buying a property, although on average those who did buy paid slightly more for them and took out a slightly bigger mortgage. The average size of the mortgages approved for first home buyers in September was $561,129, with 31% of those low equity mortgages where the buyers had less than a 20% deposit. The average size of the low equity mortgages approved to first home buyers in September was $630,277. Between January 2017 and September 2023 first home buyers' share of housing sales has increased from 21% to 37%. However that growth in first home buyers' market share is mainly the result of less activity by other types of property buyers, such as investors and existing home owners selling one house to buy another property.

Online grocery business Supie is in voluntary administration with initial creditor claims estimated at about $3 million. PwC's Richard Nacey and Stephen White say they were appointed voluntary administrators of Supie Limited, Workerly Limited and Bevie Limited on 30 October (Monday), by resolution of director Sarah Balle. "The Supie Group operates a well-known online grocery business in Auckland. "As voluntary administrators, we don’t have sufficient funding to continue to trade the business in administration. "While the voluntary administrators are yet to establish the full extent of creditor claims across the Group, initial estimates suggest they will be in the vicinity of $3 million."

Sky News published this video item, entitled “A tornado has blown a roof off a house in West Sussex” – below is their description. A tornado has blown a roof off a house in West Sussex. Poor weather conditions in Littlehampton and Wick on Saturday night have been categorised a T4 tornado by the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO). #Tornado #WestSussex #ExtremeWeather #Littlehampton #Wick #Weather #Shorts Sky News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Please note comments are moderated before publication.

1News published this video item, entitled “Savea, Kolisi embrace ‘special friendship’ after Rugby World Cup final | 1News” – below is their description. Just 24 hours after smashing each other in a Rugby World Cup final, Ardie Savea and Siya Kolisi have shed some light on their “special friendship” — and how it almost led to the Springboks captain joining the Hurricanes. — 1News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.

Home loan rates might be sitting at about 7% for a two-year fix at the country's big banks, but borrowers need to prove they can pay a lot more than that, to get a loan. ANZ has increased its test rate, the rate at which it checks that borrowers can afford a loan. It is now using a test rate of 9.1%. Broker Glen McLeod of Edge Mortgages said another small increase in the test rate would not mean much for borrowers, given the test rates were high anyway. Chris McKeen/Stuff ANZ has lifted its home loan test rate.

Zara Kirkpatrick, 13, has won gold twice at the Judo Nationals in Wellington. Rakaia teen Zara Kirkpatrick returned from injury to secure two gold medals at the recent Judo Nationals in Wellington. She is now a four time age group national champion after winning gold medals at the nationals in Rotorua both in 2019 and 2022. Zara Fitzpatrick’s double gold medal haul came off the back of an injury earlier this year. Now with four national gold medals under her belt, it is Zara’s only sporting code.

United Airlines’ first Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Auckland (AKL) summer seasonal flight arrived 90 minutes earlier. Next month American Airlines will also begin operating a seasonal service on the Los Angeles route with daily flights. Beyond the new route between Los Angeles and Auckland, the carrier will soon add more flights between Los Angeles and Brisbane. In December, United will also inaugurate the first nonstop flight from Christchurch to the US with three weekly flights to San Francisco. “At United, we’re very proud to add three new weekly flights between Auckland and Los Angeles.

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And a big set of CPI updates are due this week, the most interesting will be from the EU, Korea, and Turkey. So far, with nearly half of companies reporting, the Wall Street earnings season is developing into a good one, despite some high-profile misses. Of the 245 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings so far, 77% of them beat earnings expectations. Australia has had the same difficulty we had, getting the EU to agree to a trade deal, despite their better hand. Australia wants access for its farm products, the EU wants access to Australian minerals.

Ferris said that the worst of weather is expected to hit Auckland, Northland, Coromandel and Gisborne today before starting to ease from tomorrow. A heavy rain warning is in place for the region, which began at 8pm last night. Additionally, scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast after the heavy rain has eased on Monday. Schools are closed today and bin collections have been cancelled due to the forecast heavy rain and strong winds. Civil Defence controller Garry Towler urged Coromandel residents to “stock up on supplies, batteries and gas, check and clear drains in your neighbourhood”.