Elevated lead levels found in a North Island town's water supply, payouts for thousands of former Maccas workers, and negating social media's impact on body image.
1 Detective describes going to lodge where Polkinghorne stayed with escort
A police officer has detailed executing a search warrant at a lakeside lodge, where murder-accused former eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne was staying with an Australian escort after his wife's death.
This was on April 30, 2021. Hanna was found dead on April 5 that year.
"I explained to Mr Polkinghorne that we were there to seize the phone belonging to Madison Ashton," Detective Senior Sergeant Lisa Anderson told the High Court in Auckland today.
2 Elevated lead levels found in Horowhenua town's water supply
Tokomaru residents have been urged to use bottled water after tests found elevated levels of lead in the town's drinking water supply.
A "do not drink" water notice has been issued by the Horowhenua District Council as a "precautionary step" while authorities await further test results being processed today.
3 Struggling Kiwi canoe crew get sympathetic cheers at Olympics
The confusion was almost immediate.
"Why didn't the New Zealand crew go when the gun went off?" quizzed a member of the international press as the first heat of the men's C2 500m event got under way on the Vaire-sur-Marne course in Paris.
While their rivals charged off the line in a brutal display of power, the Kiwi duo of Max Brown and Grant Clancy appeared to be struggling to get going. And that was the last that was seen of the pair — in TV coverage anyway.
4 Kaipara District Council votes to disestablish Māori ward
More than 200 protesters were outside the Kaipara District Council’s Mangawhai meeting as it got underway this morning.
Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson was elated at the decision. He said: “The establishment and need for Māori wards relies on a false narrative."
5 McDonald's starts payouts to thousands over Holiday Act miscalculations
Tens of thousands of McDonald's staff, employed from 2009 to 2020, could receive payouts as the chain remediates a historical payroll botch-up.
One union at the heart of the case has said the remediation portal is "misleading". It comes five years after the fast-food giant reached an agreement to backdate miscalculated holiday pay to employees.
ONE STORY POSSIBLY LESS CLEAR THAN IT APPEARS
"Misinformation" and "misleading" are some of the reactions to the Government’s use of new student achievement data in an announcement on how maths education will be urgently overhauled.
"The goalposts have been shifted, and it appears the public hasn't been told this. As Minister of Education, what are your thoughts about the need to share this extra information?" one principal asked Erica Stanford.
ONE APP FOR TEENS TO AVOID BODY IMAGE PITFALLS
New research shows young people know social media can negatively shape the way they see themselves, but they continue using it because they also see it as a place to celebrate diversity and foster community.
Re: News' Ellie Franco talks to one teenager about how social media can impact body image.
"You have the most control over what you see and it's so important that we don't get sucked into the trap that is social media," one said.
Content warning: this story mentions disordered eating.
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