The Government has apologised to state care abuse survivors, winning $30.2m Lotto ticket was stashed in wardrobe, and 'tough selections' ahead of the All Blacks' French Test.
1 Emotions run high as abuse survivors hear apologies from Government, officials
The apology comes after the release of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care in July, which found almost a third of people in state and faith-based institutions between 1950 and 2019 were abused.
Apologies were delivered from multiple state agency leaders and the Government. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made his official apology to the survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care in Parliament, as about 200 abuse survivors watched on from the public gallery.
2 Live: National hīkoi opposing the Treaty Principles Bill
The hīkoi in support of the Treaty of Waitangi continued to make its way toward the capital today, travelling between Dargaville and Auckland on the second day.
Follow 1News' live updates as the hīkoi makes its way across the country before arriving in Wellington next week.
3 $30.2 million winning Lotto ticket was stashed in top of wardrobe
Lotto NZ said the man brought some of his children with him to Lotto HQ as he claimed the seventh-equal largest prize in Lotto history yesterday.
"I still can't believe this is actually real," said one of the man's daughters. "It feels like someone's going to pop their head in at any moment and tell us it's all a big joke."
The man is a regular player who picked up his usual ticket at the Albany Central Superette three weeks ago for the October 23 draw.
4 Heroic Victorian kindy teacher pushed kids out of truck's path
Eleanor Bryant, 43, threw herself into the path of the oncoming tanker after it crashed through a fence in Melbourne’s northwest on Monday.
A three-year-old boy was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The trucking company whose vehicle was involved reported that the driver suffered a "medical incident".
5 Lender fined for charging up to 182.5% interest
Eagle M.A.N Group Limited was ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty of $200,000 in the Christchurch High Court yesterday "for providing high-cost loans which breached multiple aspects of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act".
It is the Commerce Commission’s first case enforcing rules applying to high-cost lenders.
'TOUGH SELECTIONS' FOR FRENCH TEST
All Blacks forwards coach Jason Ryan says his front rowers are providing the best competition he has encountered — that could be crucial in beating France in Paris.
"I'm not going to name names but they're all working extremely hard and it makes for some tough conversations in the next couple of days."
ONE SUCCESSFUL PENGUIN RELEASE
The Adélie penguin which washed up in Lower Hutt last month had been previously taken to a release point east of Wellington on November 1 but did not go into the ocean.
However, Monday's release on the Cook Strait with the help of the police vessel Elizabeth IV and the Department of Conservation was successful.
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