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• Watercare staffer admits $1m fraud

  Ayoung engineer at Auckland Council’s water company faces up to seven years in jail in one of the country’s largest public sector rip-offs.

• Govt backs foreign investment plan

  The Prime Minister has announced funding will be provided in Budget 2025 to the Government’s new Invest NZ agency, intended to provide support to foreigners wanting to invest in New Zealand.

• Watercare staffer admits $1m fraud

  Ayoung engineer at Auckland Council’s water company faces up to seven years in jail in one of the country’s largest public sector rip-offs.

• Police investigating after stranger offers boy ride to school

  Police are investigating after a boy on his way to school in West Auckland was offered a ride by a woman he didn’t know.

• Outlook for today:Wet, wet, wet

  Strong wind and heavy rain alerts have been issued for storm-battered regions today, including a “severe thunderstorm” watch for Northland, while there are slip concerns in the south.

• Call to ban high-risk cash wages

  Industries like construction, horticulture and hospitality are “high risk” for money laundering and should be banned from paying wages in cash, according to a group of experts advising the Government.

• Lundy out in community after 23 years

  Convicted double-killer Mark Lundy was enjoying his first full day of freedom yesterday after spending the past 23 years in prison for the murder of his wife and daughter.

• Cops justified in Queen St shooting

  Police officers were justified in shooting at Matu Reid after he entered a construction site on Queen St armed with a shotgun.

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