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Five Big Things That Happened Today: Thursday, June 26
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died, charges are laid for an alleged hit-and-run, and authorities bust an 'insider threat' smuggling drugs at Auckland Airport.
1 Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp dies
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp has died at 50 after revealing last year she was battling kidney disease.
Her party said it was "heartbroken" to confirm news of the death of "our sister" in the early hours of this morning.
Leaders across the political spectrum joined in paying tribute.
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2 Second man charged after Rotorua man's death in alleged hit-and-run
A second man has been charged after a fatal alleged hit-and-run in Hamilton last week.
A motorcyclist allegedly overtook a stationary vehicle and struck Paige Johnson as he was crossing Edmund Rd in Mangakakahi at around 2.15pm on June 15.
Johnson, who was sight- and hearing-impaired, died in hospital on June 19.
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3 Auckland Airport drug syndicate: $24m meth, cocaine seized — 18 arrests
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Eighteen people were arrested following an investigation into drug smuggling at Auckland Airport with ten of those staff at the airport.
Ten of those arrested worked at Auckland Airport, including nine baggage handlers.
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4 'Close to home': Divers disable WWII mines in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf
Mines that were laid to protect Waitematā Harbour and the Hauraki Gulf from threats posed by the Japanese and German navies have been disabled.
Divers used low-level explosive charges to crack the mine casings, allowing seawater to disarm the mines permanently.
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5 NATO chief Mark Rutte refers to Donald Trump as 'daddy'
The leaders of NATO met in the Netherlands amidst the backdrop of war in the Middle East, with the US president recently dropping the F-bomb after lashing out at Israel and Iran's post-ceasefire strikes.
The NATO Secretary General said at the military alliance meeting that "daddy has to sometimes use strong language to get [them to] stop".
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Watch: Severe weather warnings as school holidays approach
1News meteorologist Dan Corbett said for some places the heavy rain will be "almost off the scale" as some "nasty" weather moves in.
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ONE STUNNING PHOTO
A seventeen-year-old's photo of a white-faced heron has crowned him as Tūhura Otago Museum's photographer of the year.
There were more than 4450 entries from around the world, but Sam McGee's photo stood out due to its 'excellent composition and moody, almost monochromatic tones,' the judging panel said.
The exhibition, Otago's Lens on the Wild World, opens from June 26 until October 12 at Tūhura Otago Museum. Entry is free.
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