Golriz Ghahraman returns home amid shoplifting claims, wet weather hits parts of the North Island, and cocaine bricks continue to wash up on NSW beaches.
1 Tenant awarded compensation after neighbour hid in ceiling cavity
An Auckland tenant told the Tenancy Tribunal he "didn't feel safe" in his home after reporting 25 incidents involving his neighbour, including finding someone hiding in the ceiling cavity of his unit.
Tenant Felino Turner told the tribunal his problems with the neighbours in unit 3 began shortly after moving into a property managed by Central West Property Management in April 2023.
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Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman has returned to New Zealand, having been accused of shoplifting while overseas.
Ghahraman had been away on a personal trip that had been planned months ago when allegations surfaced last week that she had shoplifted from Auckland clothing retailer Scotties Boutique before Christmas.
The party confirmed last week she had stood down from all of her portfolio responsibilities until the matter had been resolved.
3 Wet start to the week for parts of the North Island
The North Island's stretch of hot weather is set to be interrupted by rain this week, with an active front moving over the island.
It has prompted MetService to issue a handful of weather watches and warnings, including a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
4 More than 200kg of cocaine bricks wash up on NSW beaches
The mystery source of hundreds of kilos of cocaine is yet to be identified as bricks of the drug continue to wash up on NSW beaches and police scour the coastline for clues.
About 213kg of suspected cocaine has been recovered at locations spanning from the south coast to Newcastle since the days before Christmas.
5 From pub to palace: How Australia's Mary Donaldson became Denmark's queen
Denmark isn’t the only country celebrating the accession of its new king and queen. Across the ditch, people are also celebrating the world’s first Australia-born queen.
Mary Donaldson became queen of the oldest monarchy in Europe earlier today, 24 years after a chance meeting with a chap named “Fred” in a Sydney pub.
1News' Anna Murray's takes a look back at how the woman from Hobart became a queen.
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Melissa Stokes: The day my much-loved mother chose to die.
1News presenter Melissa Stokes knew her mother felt ready to die. But being told the exact date and time of day she would lose her brought on complicated feelings that she'll never forget.
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The rise of middle-class shoplifting and how it became an epidemic in London.
Yoga, lunch, then a spot of shoplifting? Kate Wills reports on the sharp increase in shoplifting among the middle classes, and how retailers are planning to crackdown.
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