Photo: suppliedAn unforgettable encounter at South Otago’s Milton Railway Station during May 1953 was the beginning of a long romance for Ted and Irene McCreath. The Rangiora couple, who will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends on March 16, still have clear, fond memories of their first meeting at the station. The couple married a little over two years later, on March 16 in 1956, at Dunedin’s First Church and spent their honeymoon in Oamaru. Ted and Irene McCreath have fond memories of meeting at Milton's Railway Station. Ted left the Navy before he and Irene married and the couple originally lived in Milton, where Ted drove trucks for a living.

Four people have now died after a crash between a car and a campervan on State Highway 1 south of Blenheim last month. Emergency services were called to the crash about 10.40am on Sunday, February 22. Two people died at the scene, near Redwood Pass, and another died in hospital soon after. The fourth person died on Friday, despite the best efforts of medical professionals, police said. Docx's death notice described her as a “warm-hearted, wise, strong woman with an open view of the world”.

Photo: Nick Monro / RNZExtra demand on Gull's discount day has left some of its petrol stations running low on fuel. "Sites that sold through yesterday, have, or are currently being refuelled for Gull's customers by our logistics' provider," a spokesperson said. Meanwhile, in Palmerston North, two pumps ran dry at supermarkets due to high consumer demand. AA spokesperson Terry Collins said the wider fuel network ran on a "just in time" basis and any extra demand from people panic buying would put stress on the system. Have you tried to purchase petrol at a station that's run out?

The 30-year-old woman was wearing a white mask and carrying two cans of white spray-paint when she ran into the Burger King in Andersons Bay Rd. Photo: Google MapsA masked protester defaced a drive-through at a fast food restaurant over the chain’s decision to replace human order-takers with AI. When she stopped at the drive through intercom, she whipped out the paint and wrote: ‘‘No AI, hire humans’’. She was arrested, and police found the two cans of spray paint and the white mask in her possession. When asked why she did it, she told officers she was ‘‘annoyed’’ at companies such as Burger King using AI technology instead of hiring humans.

A child has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a car in an Invercargill fast-food carpark. A police spokeswoman said emergency services were called to a McDonald’s carpark about 7pm tonight after reports that a vehicle had hit a child. ‘‘The child was taken to hospital in serious condition,’’ the spokeswoman said. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokeswoman said they responded trucks from its Invercargill and Kingswell stations. No-one was trapped and they left the scene in the care of St John, the spokeswoman said.

Photo: Getty ImagesWastewater testing is showing an increase in Covid cases, and hospitalisations are on the rise as New Zealand enters it's ninth Covid wave. These days we know that testing is not so available, so wastewater testing is a really good indication of if we have got a surge in cases. But Dr Jack said the wastewater testing does provide accurate information. But if not, we have the wastewater testing to fall back on." While Covid cases are on the rise, so to are vaccination numbers.

Manase Uaisele was sentenced in the Napier District Court to five years and four months in prison for sexual offending against young girls. Photo / Ric StevensPolice are open to receiving further complaints about a former teacher aide, described by a victim as a “sick and dangerous man”, who has been jailed for sexual offending against young girls. Teacher aide at Te Whai Hiringa SchoolFive victims were students when Uaisele was a teacher aide at Te Whai Hiringa School in Hastings, formerly known as Peterhead School. In the Napier District Court on Friday, an earlier victim, now an adult woman, confronted Uaisele in person. “You are a real coward who needs to live with this for the rest of your life,” the girl’s statement said.

The 30-year-old woman was wearing a white mask and carrying two cans of white spray-paint when she ran into the Burger King in Andersons Bay Rd. The 30-year-old woman was wearing a white mask and carrying two cans of white spray-paint when she ran into the Burger King in Andersons Bay Rd at 9.10pm yesterday, Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said. When she stopped at the drive through intercom, she whipped out the paint and wrote: ‘‘No AI, hire humans’’. She was arrested, and police found the two cans of spray paint and the white mask in her possession. When asked why she did it, she told officers she was ‘‘annoyed’’ at companies such as Burger King using AI technology instead of hiring humans.

Photo: ODT FilesStressed out students are struggling to pay rent, buy food and take the bus to class because their student loan applications are still not processed, weeks after courses began. Other students in her hall were worried about being kicked out of university because they could not pay their fees, Bethell said. She confirmed students would be backpaid, and said anyone who's struggling students should contact them. Student associations advocating for studentsVictoria University Students' Association president Aidan Donoghue said up to fifteen students had been in touch this academic year struggling with Studylink delays meaning they can't pay their fees. Other student associations had also seen an increase in students reporting StudyLink application delays.

Police believe he then flew back to the USA where he attempted to murder someone else. Then, in August last year he allegedly attempted to murder a man in a shooting in Oakley, California. He's accused of attempted murder, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, fleeing a pursuing police officer's vehicle while driving recklessly, and possession of a firearm. Photo: NZ Herald/Jason Oxenham'Investigation ongoing'Two other people have been charged with murdering Vi and are before the courts. Operation Block commenced on 19 August 2024 to investigate the murder of 59-year-old Tuipulotu Vi on Marvon Downs Avenue.

Thompson told the inquest last week that despite never having met Poseidyn or the baby’s parents, he was asked to uphold Tikanga Māori at the tangi. After a muddled back-and-forth with Tuialii, Kingi Snelgar, Pickering’s counsel to assist, questioned Thompson. To clarify, Coroner Fitzgibbon asked Thompson again if Pickering had said, aloud, that he hit Poseidyn, to which Thompson replied “nah”. “If none of them are going to tell the truth, then all of them are responsible,” Nathan declared. Huakau told the inquest she lied to make herself seem like a good mother, and so she would not be judged.

“Joe Ben’s 17-year-old daughter was scootering along Māngere‘s Hokianga St to Aorere College on Monday when she was hit by a vehicle at the Portage Rd turn-off, about 1km from the school campus. Hato Hone St John said they were alerted at 8.48am and took one person to Middlemore Hospital in moderate condition. “A neighbour helped my daughter and stopped the car ... and said ‘don’t leave until the police come’,” Ben said. The crash was on the corner of Hokianga St and Portage Rd, about 1km from Aorere College in Māngere. The incident adds to a wave of road accidents involving children injured while travelling to or from school since they returned to class this year.

Zendaya has seemingly confirmed her marriage to Tom Holland by showing a wedding ring during a Hollywood event. Photo / Getty ImagesZendaya has seemingly confirmed her marriage to Tom Holland by showing a wedding ring during a Hollywood event. Photo / Getty ImagesZendaya has seemingly confirmed she has married Tom Holland by flashing her wedding ring. Host Marsai Martin called out her “cousin” Zendaya and said the Euphoria star “doesn’t play about her private life” before asking her to “give me a sign”. Zendaya shyly showed off what appeared to be her wedding band to the camera, which was met with applause from the audience, while sources also told People magazine that she was overheard accepting congratulatory messages from fellow attendees.

The facility would use 280MW of power, making it the second-largest electricity user behind Tiwai Point aluminum smelter near Bluff. He said a cable coming onshore at Ōreti Beach meant the city would have the fastest internet in the country, which could attract tech companies. Trenching along the beach could impact cultural and spiritual values, lead to the discovery of cultural artefacts, and disturb toheroa, he wrote. "I note that Te Ao Marama Inc's Cultural Impact Assessment identifies that the cable impacts on Mauri, Mahinga Kai, Kaitiakitanga and Rangatiratanga values, both in the open coast and Ōreti Beach areas." The cable had an expected life span of 25 years, but the applicant had sought a 35-year consent.

Aleh has been with Team NZ since October, confirmed as one of four new local recruits to the main sailing team with Seb Menzies, Josh Armit and Jake Pye. Over the past few months, the team have been sailing their two AC40 scaled-down vessels while also working to bring the prospective women’s team for Naples up to speed. Emirates Team New Zealand took AC75 Taihoro for its first sail of the new campaign on Friday. Jo Aleh will sail for Emirates Team New Zealand in the America's Cup in Naples. Team NZ confirmed they would be entering both boats into the regatta, with one crewed by main America’s Cup sailors and the other by sailors from the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup teams.