Five Big Things That Happened Today: Tuesday, May 13

May 13, 2025

More details emerge from an investigation into Jevon McSkimming, what's next for Trump's tariffs, and Jenny-May Clarkson writes about her life-changing months.

1 Pornography on Jevon McSkimming's computer investigated as alleged 'objectionable material'

Pornography found on the work computer of former police deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming is being investigated as alleged objectionable material.

McSkimming resigned as the country's second most powerful cop on Monday amid a four-month investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority and police.

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2 What next with Trump's trade war truce with China

US President Donald Trump’s agreement with China to temporarily slash tariffs for 90 days offered the world a bit of welcome relief.

But what persists is a sense of uncertainty and the possibility that some damage from the trade war could already be done.

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3 'Tragedy': 12-year-old started Palmerston North house fire that killed woman

A shopping list in his mother's handwriting is all a grieving son could salvage from the remains of her burnt-down house - a crime committed by a 12-year-old boy.

That boy is now 17 and in the High Court at Palmerston North on Tuesday he was sentenced to 12 months' home detention for killing the woman in late 2020. As Justice Andru Isac passed sentence, the woman's son and other family members stormed out of the court's public gallery.

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4 National, Labour clash over who's lying about pay equity changes

The Prime Minister and opposition leader are in a political feud, each accusing the other of lying about the overhaul of the pay equity regime.

Last week's surprise law change raises the threshold for workers to prove they've been paid poorly as a result of sex discrimination.

The move will save the Government billions of dollars — which would've otherwise gone to increased wages.

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5 Man charged over theft of railway sleepers at Glenbrook

One man has been arrested by police investigating the theft of thousands of dollars' worth of railway sleepers from Auckland's Glenbrook Vintage Railway.

Waiuku Sergeant Michael Robinson said witnesses managed to record a vehicle number plate as well as take video footage that helped to identify a suspect.

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ONE LIFE-CHANGING EXTRACT

When TVNZ presenter Wendy Petrie told her colleague to "get out there" if she wanted to meet someone, she couldn't have predicted how rapidly Jenny-May Clarkson would take her advice, meeting the love of her life that very same night.

In this exclusive extract from her new autobiography, Clarkson recalls the details of that evening and the life-changing months that followed.

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