A Hawke's Bay man's life-saving diagnosis, Watercare apologising for a 'sexist' shower post, and disturbing footage showing a teen shoving a man off a Victoria pier.
1 How taking a test 'for fun' led to a life saving diagnosis
Te Whatu Ora is celebrating the completion of more than 1 million self-test bowel kits being returned and processed.
The screening programme, which began in 2017, allows people to take the test in their own home, aiming to remove barriers and make it easy for people to test for bowel cancer.
Hawke's Bay man Tito Lauvao took up the programme five years ago at the urging of his wife. The self-test returned a surprise diagnosis that may have saved his life.
2 'We missed the mark': Watercare apologises for 'sexist' shower post
Auckland Council-controlled agency Watercare has now apologised and deleted a post on social media which urged women to take shorter showers, which some online described as "sexist".
Watercare's Rachel Hughes told 1News the post drew inspiration from a trend that suggested women prefer hotter showers to men.
"To leverage off this trend, we reshared a meme, highlighting the potential cost savings by keeping showers short."
3 Disturbing footage shows teen shoving man off pier in Victoria
Following a shocking incident captured on video, a 14-year-old boy in Victoria, Australia, has been charged with reckless endangerment and unlawful assault after allegedly pushing a 79-year-old man off a pier near Mornington.
The man, who couldn't swim, was rescued by bystanders.
The disturbing footage, filmed and allegedly uploaded by the teenagers on Monday, showed the group approaching the fisherman and then shoving him into the water.
4 Incest rapist Josef Fritzl could be moved into care home
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who imprisoned and raped his daughter for nearly a quarter-of-a-century, has applied for release from prison into a care home.
Fritzl was jailed for life in 2009 for the rape, incest and incarceration of his daughter Elisabeth.
An Austrian media court psychiatrist in 2009 described him as "extremely psychologically abnormal" and "emotionally illiterate", but recently concluded he was no longer dangerous.
5 More primary school students stood down for vaping last year
Vaping and smoking are bigger issues in primary schools than secondary schools in many parts of New Zealand, government figures have revealed.
Last year, more students in years 1 to 8 were stood down for vaping and smoking than those in years 9 to 13 in six out of 10 regions, according to Ministry of Education data.
The total number of students stood down for vaping or smoking increased almost 19% from 2022 to 2023.
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A rare penguin is getting fattened up in its new temporary home after travelling thousands of kilometres from Antarctica to the bottom of the South Island.
The black and white Adélie penguin — about 60cm tall and characterised by its flat head — was spotted on St Clair Beach, near Dunedin, on Tuesday.
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