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1News
01-06-2025
- Automotive
- 1News
Deadliest King's Birthday weekend in six years after motorcyclist killed
A motorcyclist has died following a crash on the West Coast this afternoon, raising the preliminary road toll for the King's/Queen's Birthday holiday weekend to five — the highest since 2019. Emergency services responded to a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 6, near the Waitaha River Bridge, involving a motorcycle at around 5.15pm today. "The road is expected to remain closed for some time and motorists are asked to take alternative routes where possible, or consider delaying travel," police said. Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are underway. Footage from the scene showed an upturned red car. (Source: 1News) ADVERTISEMENT The death brings the preliminary road toll for the King's Birthday holiday weekend to five. A woman died in hospital on Saturday after a single-vehicle crash in Port Waikato on Friday night. Two others were seriously and moderately injured. A two-vehicle crash in Northland near Waiomio, south of Kawakawa, killed one person just after midnight on Saturday. A man died in Waipa, Waikato, after the vehicle he was in left the road and rolled into a paddock on Saturday morning at around 7.40am. One person died and four were injured on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway early on Sunday morning when a car rolled several times. Two people were seriously injured, with two others in a moderate and minor condition respectively. The official King's Birthday holiday road toll period is from 4pm on Friday to 6am on Tuesday. Last year, three people died on New Zealand roads during the same period.
Perth Now
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Neale Daniher, Australian icon, is no good at fashion
Neale Daniher is 2025 Australian Of The Year and universally respected for his inspiring fight against motor neurone disease. Before becoming the face of the Fight MND charity, he was a very good AFL player and then an accomplished coach, who took Melbourne to a grand final. He's a grandfather and his inspiring autobiography is a bestseller. Daniher also gives poor fashion advice. Daughter Bec never tires of poking fun at him for insisting 11 years ago that bandanas, not beanies, should be the head gear of choice for their new fundraising campaign. The latest edition of the Big Freeze was launched outside Melbourne's Flinders St station on Tuesday. The charity's blue beanie has become an iconic symbol and an inflatable version was raised on the station wall at the launch. With her father confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak - and grinning broadly - Bec teased him again for his wrong head wear choice. A packed MCG will feature a sea of blue beanies for the annual Queen's Birthday clash next month between Collingwood and Melbourne, which also features the Big Freeze event. For the first Big Freeze, the initial order was 5000 beanies. Ultimately 30,000 were sold. "Now he's Australian Of The Year. I really had to consider whether Big Freeze was the time for us to bring out the beautiful bandana," Bec said. "However, Dad did not the receive the honour because of his fashion advice." So, has her father, the former senior coach, admitted he made a mistake? "That's when he says 'I can't talk any more - I can't admit I'm wrong on that one'," Bec said. "He's such a wise man, he's been my mentor. To get just one up on Dad was very exciting - so I won't let him forget it." Humour is a crucial tool for the Danihers. Neale has lived a lot longer than most people who have MND and for all their fundraising, they know the disease they call The Beast will most likely take his life. "What it means to someone who's going through MND, or is a family member ... it just shows that you stand by them," Bec said of people wearing the Fight MND beanies. "There's nothing more than important than that. It is really inspiring hope for those impacted. "It's also given us an opportunity to stop and reflect on some of the key decisions that brought us to this moment. "One of them ... is Dad's decision to bring his very personal battle to the public. It was about us choosing to find lightness in the dark, to smile in the face of great adversity with the Big Freeze."
