Stuff will produce a nightly TV bulletin from July, $30m Lotto winners speak, and Anthony Albanese announces so-called "bollard man" will be welcomed as an Australian citizen after his bravery in the Bondi attack.
1 Stuff to produce 6pm news bulletin for TV3 after Newshub closure
Stuff will produce a nightly television bulletin from July, airing on TV3, which will replace Newshub Live at 6pm.
Staff from Stuff and the soon-to-be-shuttered Newshub were called into a joint meeting this morning and told that the news on Three would continue.
The first hour-long show produced by Stuff will air on July 6, the day after the final Newshub bulletin airs. On weekends, the programme will run for 30 minutes.
2 $30m Lotto winners: King size bed, charities and travel on the cards
Lotto NZ has confirmed the $30 million Powerball first division prize has been claimed by a Wellington family.
The family syndicate, who want to remain anonymous, are occasional players who buy a ticket together whenever the jackpot is over $20 million.
"We’ve lived a modest life, and we don’t plan to change our lives drastically. We know what it’s like to go through hard times, so this win will make all of our lives that bit easier."
3 Bondi attack: Aussie PM offers citizenship to 'bollard-man'
Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the hero nicknamed "bollard man" would be welcomed as an Australian citizen after his act of bravery.
French national Damien Guerot was inside the Westfield Bondi Junction during the knife attack by 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, where six people were killed and dozens injured.
Footage from the incident shows Guerot blocking an escalator while holding a bollard as Cauchi was trying to climb up.
4 Seymour says some of Ardern's Covid-19 actions were 'authoritarian'
Regulation Minister David Seymour says some of Jacinda Ardern's and the previous Labour Government's actions were "authoritarian".
He made the comments today while announcing law changes aimed at making it easier for early learning services to be established and existing ones to operate.
Labour calls the comments "disappointing but not surprising" and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Seymour is entitled to his views but that's not a word he would have used.
5 What we know so far about the Sydney church stabbing
Yesterday evening, Sydney was hit with its second knife attack this week.
It occurred in Sydney's west as Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, 53, was delivering a sermon at Christ the Good Shepherd Church when a person stabbed him in the head.
The attack is being investigated as a terrorist incident and according to Australian police, was religiously motivated.
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