After calling emergency services to complain about a dog attacking people at a nearby park, a Dunedin woman assaulted attending police officers. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond, of Dunedin, said the 48-year-old already had a warrant for her arrest when she called police to her central Dunedin home at 3.15pm on Wednesday. "There was no nearby park and no dog," Snr Sgt Bond said. The woman took exception to being arrested for the prior warrant for another assault matter, and threw kicks and punches at officers when they attempted to restrain her. She was arrested and will appear in the Dunedin District Court on charges of assaulting police, resisting police and indecent assault of a female police officer.

The Gisborne Volunteer Centre’s Two Minutes of Good Stuff film festival has been postponed. Centre manger Jenny Greaves said unfortunately they had to make the call to postpone today’s event, after taking into consideration the continuous rain and forecast from MetService. The film festival was created by Gisborne Volunteer Centre to celebrate “what’s good out East” in short two-minute films with a focus on volunteering. The films featuring this year include Tairāwhiti Adventure Trust, Gisborne Wainui Lions, Hear4U, Tairāwhiti Multicultural Council, MV Takitimu, Gisborne City Vintage Railway, Surely Skate, Evolution Theatre, Smash Palace Pub Choir, Taiki e! The film festival will run at a later date, to be notified.

The Independent Electoral Review out today has included a recommendation to ‘affect the Treaty of Waitangi andPrinciples’ and make it one of the Act’s ‘explicit objectives’. What ‘principles’ are they talking about exactly? Our Electoral Act is the foundation of unwavering equality for every New Zealander

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PoliticsLuxon’s ‘inward-looking’ remark didn’t come from nowhereThe first signs of New Zealand's introversion came with the Asian financial crisis in 1997, which highlighted how vulnerable we were to international shocksOpinion: National Party Leader Christopher Luxon struck a nerve when he told a Helensville farmer New Zealand had become a "very negative, wet, whiny, inward-looking country”. Many inferred he was describing the country under the Ardern and Hipkins governments, and took umbrage accordingly. Major broadcast and print media outlets have cut back substantially or abandoned basing New Zealand correspondents in major international centres. An inevitable consequence of such introversion in a small, isolated country is an excessive focus on our domestic situation to the near exclusion of anything else. Like Sir John Key, who complained New Zealand was becoming a “smug hermit kingdom”, Luxon is right when he says we have become more inward-looking.

nzherald.co.nz published this video item, entitled “Fudged the numbers? Inside the Government’s 1800 ‘new cops’ milestone | nzherald.co.nz” – below is their description. ANALYSIS: Police and the Government are being cagey, refusing to front the numbers. Subscribe and be notified of breaking news: https://goo.gl/LP45jX Check out our playlists: https://goo.gl/Swd249 Like NZ Herald on Facebook: https://goo.gl/tUC4oq Follow NZ Herald on Instagram: https://goo.gl/oLicXe Follow NZ Herald on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Wi6mbv nzherald.co.nz YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below.

An Air NZ plane heading to Rarotonga has been hit by lightning. Email aucklandnewsroom@stuff.co.nzNow, Air NZ have set up a “recovery flight” to get disappointed jet-setters to the Cook Island. At 2pm, Air NZ announced they’d set up a “recovery flight” for Friday afternoon to get customers to Rarotonga “as soon as we can”. Treena Mullins/Supplied Air NZ passengers heading to Rarotonga are disappointed over the lack of communication after their flight was struck by lightning. People from out of town should talk to Air NZ staff about their travel, the texts read.

The plane was only in the air for 90 minutes (Getty Images)An Air New Zealand plane was forced to return to the airport shortly after departure when it was struck by lightning. The country’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research said there were 60,000 lightning strikes in the Tasman Sea and near to northern New Zealand earlier this week. She told Stuff.co.nz that while she understands that lightning strikes are unpredictable, the airline has disappointed her in how they’ve handled things: “It’s just poor communication”. “Lightning strikes are not uncommon,” they added. And in summer 2022, a Wizz Air flight from Tirana, Albania, bound for Abu Dhabi turned back after 25 minutes due to lightning strikes during its ascent.

The Mayor prefers light rail on the surfaceMayor Wayne Brown shared his thoughts on light rail with Oliver Lewis at Business Desk, and he seems to nail almost every issue with the project so far, and the trade-offs involved. Last week Business Desk had reported that Auckland Light Rail (ALR) was doing another investigation on a surface light rail option, although ALR insisted it was all part of a normal business case process. In an interview this week, Brown said he and Darby, as the council representatives on the light rail sponsors group, had pushed for a surface option to be given greater consideration. “We have insisted that they are at least giving light rail the same amount of respect as metro rail,” he said. Brown also notes that surface-running light rail is likely to deliver better urban outcomes and a more enjoyable rider experience.

•30 June - Cabinet Office phones Wood's office to discuss the sale and follows up by email. Wood's office advises that his sharebroker has been instructed to sell his Auckland Airport shares, but no time is specified. •1 March - Cabinet Office emails Wood's office to ask if the shares have been sold. •28 March - Cabinet Office emails Wood's office to ask again. * 6 June - NZ Herald publishes a report about Wood's Auckland Airport shares.

ANALYSIS: By Nicola Gaston, University of AucklandThe crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. With redundancies wreaking havoc across the university sector in particular, getting new funding into the system should have been a priority in this year’s budget. As former prime minister Helen Clark said last week:It has taken decades to build the current capacities of our universities. That research funding target of 2 percent of GDP — reiterated again in this year’s budget — has been with us since 2017. The relationship between university research and teaching, mandated in the Education Act, should mean that changing research realities have implications for how and what we teach.

As the official Aotearoa representative for Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Commercial Communications Council takes us behind the scenes of this year’s event for coverage that promises to deliver captivating stories straight from the heart of the happenings. The first session of the day for me was Kevin Hart, named Entertainment Person of the Year for 2023. Special added a Bronze Lion to its haul, scoring in the Entertainment Lion category. And FCB New Zealand was also recognized with two Bronze Lions on the Film Craft category, celebrating onscreen artistry. It was another fantastic day here in Cannes – let the awards keep coming.

PM Chris Hipkins talks to media following housing announcement and resignation of Michael Wood as minister. Video / NZ HeraldPrime Minister Chris Hipkins said former minister Michael Wood seemed to have “a bit of a blind spot” on failing to declare the shareholdings that led to his resignation. On restricting ministers holding shares, Hipkins said changes to the Cabinet Manual are made over a period of time and wasn’t a partisan process. Asked if he spoke with Jacinda Ardern about matters including Michael Wood, Hipkins said it was raised on occasion. On June 30, 2021, Wood’s office told the Cabinet Office his sharebroker had been instructed to sell the shares.

Tairāwhiti Civil DefenceThe Bushy Knoll temporary bridge has been washed out in Gisborne, where numerous roads and bridges have been closed on Friday due to slips and flooding.

More than 1.1 million tickets have already been sold for the upcoming Women’s Football World Cup, but Fifa bosses are still keeping a close eye on New Zealand. Sam Kerr is an absolute superstar and the whole country is in love with football because of the Matildas. There’s that selling power that the Matildas have that we don’t quite have here yet in New Zealand with the Football Ferns. Getting New Zealand onboard with the World Cup is personal for Bareman, a West Aucklander who has had a meteoric rise up the ranks at Fifa. So that’s definitely changed.”Today, there are 188 member associations with active women’s national teams and the upcoming World Cup will showcase 32 of the world’s best.