Eli Just double earns All Whites draw with Iran at World Cup; Mother's plea after son's drug-linked death; and UK's notorious 'Putney Pusher' arrested after nine years
Eli Just double earns All Whites draw with Iran at FIFA World Cup
The All Whites have earned a 2-2 draw against Iran in a pulsating game in Los Angeles to get their FIFA World Cup campaign underway with a crucial point.
The Kiwis led twice in the Group G clash thanks to an historic brace by Eli Just but couldn’t hold on for the win as Iran managed to match the All Whites with two well-taken equalisers.
'So much to live for': Mother's plea after son's drug-linked death
A mother whose son died after an accident linked to an adverse reaction to drugs is backing a proposed law change that would legally protect people who call 111 to help people affected by an overdose.
Shelley O'Dwyer's son Jacob Gunnell died in 2022 after a negative reaction to LSD, and a police statement told her emergency services were not called.
Seven years, $33m, no results: Failed govt IT project 'misled' minister
A failed $33 million immigration technology project cycled through a dozen project managers, brushed aside warnings it wouldn't deliver, and gave ministers misleading advice about its progress, a new inquiry has found.
The independent review into the biometric capability update project has prompted the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to welcome a separate Public Service Commission investigation into integrity issues it uncovered.
What was described as "creative accounting" and problematic disclosure to the Government has also led to scathing rebukes from Immigration Minister Erica Stanford.
Watch: All the moments from NZ's action-packed first game against Iran
It was an up and down match with both sides showing their skills in front of the Los Angeles crowd.
ONE 'PUTNEY PUSHER'
A man has been arrested nearly nine years after a woman was allegedly pushed into the path of an oncoming bus on a busy London bridge, in a case that attracted worldwide attention.
The incident occurred on Putney Bridge in south-west London on May 5, 2017, when a jogger shoved a 33-year-old woman onto the road as he ran past her.
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