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PPTA recommends secondary teachers reject improved pay offer
The new offer includes consecutive pay rises of 2.5 percent and 2.1 percent over two years for teachers at the top of the pay scale, compared with the previous offer of three 1 percent pay rises over three years.

Crash closes State Highway 25 between Whangamata and Whiritoa
State Highway 25 is closed between Whangamata and Whiritoa due to a serious crash, NZTA says.

Questions about the Marokopa children as Tom Phillips killed after four-year search
For years, he was a ghost - slipping in and out of the bush, seen only in grainy footage. Now Tom Phillips is dead. What happened and where are his children?

Hooker earns All Blacks recall after Codie Taylor ruled out
The All Blacks have been forced to bring in a replacement after Codie Taylor suffered a concussion in the win at Eden Park.

Bullet holes, a rifle, a quad bike: What the images tell us about Tom Phillips’ last moments
He’d been heading up rural back roads from Piopio, towards Marokopa, when his quad bike ran over police road spikes and a shootout began.

New Zealand First AGM about projecting unity, stability, common sense
Analysis - Recurring attacks on political opponents and allies alike, and the party's continued focus on its war on woke, may make that a difficult sell for some.

Plunket and Hospice nurses refile pay equity claims
The first two pay equity claims under the government's tougher new regime were filed on Monday on behalf of Plunket and hospice nurses.

New trains on way for lower North Island: 'This is a game-changer'
Train services in the region are on track to double peak-time services within five years.

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson sentenced to at least 33 years' jail
Erin Patterson has been sentenced life in prison in a court in Melbourne.

NZ First's promise of compulsory 10% KiwiSaver and tax cuts not feasible, economist says
Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Equab believes a 10 percent increase to the KiwiSaver contribution rate is necessary, but a tax cut to offset costs would be challenging.

Rare corn moon to light up night sky tonight

In Ukraine, civilians donate their spare cash — and watch it turn into $40 million strikes against Russia

A longstanding tax on wealth is a central issue as prosperous Norway votes in a close election
The left bloc wants to retain the tax, but young men in particular seem to favour the conservative-bloc’s anti-tax stance.

Queenstown landlord fined $81,000 for unlawful, overcrowded boarding houses
A Queenstown landlord who crammed tenants into partitioned rooms, garages, caravans and a bus has been ordered to pay $81,050 on behalf of 117 tenants.

Fan fury after woman takes home run ball from birthday boy – and becomes the new sports stand villain
Video of the moment during the Philadelphia Philliies vs Miami Marlins game showed the woman claiming the ball from the child, who was celebrating his birthday.

Watch: SvG spins out of Nascar contention in Illinois 300
The Kiwi driver now sits below the cut line with one more race remaining before the playoff field is trimmed down to 12.

The timeline of the missing Marokopa children and their fugitive father
Tom Phillips and his three children Jayda, 12, Maverick, 10, and Ember, 9 - had been missing for almost four years.

New political poll sees coalition ousted from government
Labour, the Greens, and Te Pati Maori would have enough seats to govern, based on the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll. But it’s a wafer-thin majority.

Pacific Resilience Facility treaty set for signing in Honiara
After years of frustration trying to access climate finance, Pacific leaders are creating their own climate fund.

Loafers Lodge trial: Crown drops one count of arson
Crown Prosecutor Grant Burston said it was not in the public interest to pursue a charge which relates to a sofa being set alight on the night before the fatal blaze.

Fugitive Marokopa father Tom Phillips dead after police shootout, officer hospitalised
Police are still searching for two of the children who have not yet been found.