'Preventable' Mt Maunganui landslide 'a systemic failure', Emmys unboxing for Dame Jacinda Ardern documentary, and an unclaimed $20m Lotto jackpot.
'Preventable' Mt Maunganui landslide 'a systemic failure' says damning report
A review by a retired High Court judge has found six deaths caused by a landslide at a Mt Maunganui campsite could have been prevented.
Paul Davison KC’s damning report, released at 2pm today, said: “This tragedy was, in the end, preventable.”
Six people were killed when a large chunk of the maunga gave way after a night of heavy rain on January 22 this year, collapsing onto the neighbouring Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park.
Clarke Gayford unboxes Emmys won for Jacinda Ardern documentary
Clarke Gayford has shared a video of himself unboxing the Emmy Awards won by the documentary about his wife, former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern.
Gayford was a producer for the film, Prime Minister, which featured home videos he shot during Dame Jacinda's time in office. It followed her as she responded to the Christchurch mosque shootings, the Whakaari eruption, the Covid-19 pandemic, and her pregnancy.
Kiwifruit labour company must pay $400,000 for exploiting migrant workers
A Bay of Plenty horticulture employer and its former director have been ordered to pay a combined $400,000 for the exploitation of migrant workers.
It comes after an investigation found that Indo Kiwi Horticulture Limited and its sole director, Boota Singh Dhillon, had underpaid workers, made them pay unlawful premiums, and denied them minimum employment entitlements.
Watch: Footage captures chopper crash that killed British honeymooners
Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert were killed alongside their Greek pilot.
ONE UNCLAIMED WIN
A $20 million Powerball prize sold at a West Auckland store three weeks ago remains unclaimed.
Lotto NZ said the ticket was sold at Blockhouse Bay's Postshop & Stationers ahead of the Saturday, July 25 draw. The jackpot was $40 million, split between two winners.
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