This morning’s headlines in 90 seconds includes weather chaos in the South Island, police re-opening old cases over concerns around an officer and a miraculous discovery in the US, as a toddler is found alive at a morgue.
Kaikōura remains cut off today as wild weather continues today with a huge stretch of State Highway 1 left closed overnight, between Waipara and Ward. The area is now facing its third day of heavy rain.
Police have re-opened more than 50 child protection complaints after concern was raised about a senior officer that oversaw them.
US president Donald Trump has again said that he wants the US to take control of Greenland, in comments at a Nato summit.
Newly released police records from an incident in the US in February have revealed how a toddler was found to be alive at a hospital morgue, just hours after he was declared dead.
He’d been found in a backyard pool in Pheonix, with police fearing the worst but later notified he was still breathing.
He’s survived the ordeal, his parents now under scrutiny for potential neglect.
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