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Here’s what you could do with your tax cut

1Aug

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Business

Here’s what you could do with your tax cut

Photo: RNZ Tax cuts have taken effect, though you may still have a little wait before you see the impact in your bank account, depending on your pay cycle. The amount on offer varies depending on your income level. A single pensioner is set to get $4.31 a fortnight. Someone on $70,000 is in line for $30.75. Someone on $110,000 is set to get just over $40 a fortnight. But what might you do with that extra money? We've run the numbers based on a $20-per-week tax cut, to have a look at some of the options. Pay off your mortgage faster Any extra you can pay off your home loan will have an impact, because it goes straight on to the principal. If you have a home loan with $500,000 left and 20 years to pay, with a 6.85 percent interest rate, and can now pay an extra $20 a week in repayments, yo...

Why did Samantha ask to take away Varun Dhawan`s mic?

1Aug

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Entertainment, Movies

Why did Samantha ask to take away Varun Dhawan`s mic?

Bollywood star Varun Dhawan was in his natural element at the special event organised for his upcoming spy action streaming show `Citadel Honey Bunny` on Thursday. Varun went all guns blazing on the stage while interacting with the media, it reached a point where his co-star Samantha Ruth Prabhu had to step in. Speaking to the media, Varun said he didn`t know that Samantha is the same actress who starred in the S.S. Rajamouli classic `Makkhi`. He told the media, "It was a surprise to me when I realised that Samantha is the same actress who was there in `Makkhi` (`Eega` in Telugu). I love that movie to the bits, I also loved the theme song of that film. There are various projects of hers, which I realised very later that she is the same artiste." Varun, who is known for his fluidity on ...

Ex-BBC anchor Huw Edwards admits child abuse image charges

1Aug

By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments

World News

Ex-BBC anchor Huw Edwards admits child abuse image charges

Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards leaves after a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP By Ian Youngs, BBC culture reporter and Lucy Manning, BBC News Huw Edwards, once the BBC's most senior news presenter, has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. He admitted having 41 indecent images of children, which had been sent to him by another man on WhatsApp, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard. They included seven category A images, the most serious classification - two of which showed a child aged between about seven and nine. Police later revealed the man who sent the images to Edwards was a convicted paedophile. Until last year, Edwards was one of the main presenters on BBC One's News at Ten and often fronted coverage...

At Chateau de Versailles, the Paris Olympics intrude on history and create something magical

1Aug

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World News

At Chateau de Versailles, the Paris Olympics intrude on history and create something magical

By Dean Bilton, ABC reporter at Chateau de Versailles Riders from the equestrian academy and their horses ride towards the Royal Gate of the Palace of Versailles before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Photo: HENRIQUE CAMPOS / AFP Analysis - There's an episode of The Sopranos late in its run called "Cold Stones", in which Carmela Soprano and her friend Rosalie Aprile visit Paris. Rosalie, whose life has been marred by horror and tragedy back home, escapes within the tourist delights of Paris. She eats, she shops, she courts young French men on motorbikes, and she has a wonderful time. Carmela arrives prepared for the same experience, but instead is propelled into existential crisis at the sight of the city's golden statues, centuries-old architecture and artistic marvels. Paris ...

Lung cancer is most common cancer to spread to brain, reveal experts

1Aug

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Health

Lung cancer is most common cancer to spread to brain, reveal experts

Lung cancer is the most common cancer that can spread to the brain and create secondary cancer, said experts on Thursday, on World Lung Cancer Day. World Lung Cancer Day is observed every year on August 1 to raise awareness around lung cancer -- a leading cause of mortality worldwide. In India, lung cancer accounts for an annual incidence of 72,510 cases, making up 5.8 per cent of all cancer cases and ranking as the third most commonly diagnosed cancer, according to a recent study published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health. The health experts noted that a significant challenge arises when lung cancer metastasizes to critical parts of the body, such as the brain. "Brain metastases are a prevalent complication across various cancer types, particularly among lung cancer patients,...

Killing of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears of retaliation, Israel stays silent on incident

1Aug

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World News

Killing of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears of retaliation, Israel stays silent on incident

Demonstrators wave flags and hold pictures of Ismail Haniyeh during a protest over his death in Beirut's Burj al-Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees. Photo: Fadel ITANI / AFP By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Parisa Hafezi, Reuters Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning local time, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war. The Palestinian Islamist militant group and Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed Haniyeh's death. The Guards said it took place hours after he attended a swearing-in ceremony for Iran's new president. Although the attack was widely assumed to have been carried out by Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

IKEA owner to convert Hawke’s Bay farm to forestry

1Aug

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Business

IKEA owner to convert Hawke’s Bay farm to forestry

Ingka Investments - the parent company of furniture giant IKEA - has bought Waikareao Station. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A renowned Hawke's Bay sheep, beef and deer station which sustained significant damage during Cyclone Gabrielle will be planted into rotational forestry. Ingka Investments - the parent company of furniture giant IKEA - has bought Waikareao Station just east of Waipukurau for $13,025,000. Advertised on the local market as a renowned breeding and finishing station, the farm covers just over 1000 hectares. The Overseas Investment Office has given approval for Ingka Investments to buy the farm. It plans to continue the existing 45 hectares of forestry operations, and plant production forest on the land currently used for pastoral farming. In 2019, a past owner par...

Paris Olympics 2024: Who is champion sprinter Zoe Hobbs?

1Aug

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World News

Paris Olympics 2024: Who is champion sprinter Zoe Hobbs?

Zoe Hobbs is among elite sprinters who have gone under 11 seconds for the 100m. Photo: PHOTOSPORT New Zealand's fastest ever female 100m sprinter is set to make her Olympic Games debut in Paris. Zoe Hobbs went tantalisingly close to making the team for the Tokyo Olympics but has made certain of selection this time round. In Sydney in March 2023 she became the first woman in Oceania to crack the 11-second mark for the blue riband event and repeated the feat in Switzerland four months later. If the 26-year-old could make the final in the Stade de France on 4 August she would become the first Kiwi to reach such a pinnacle in 100 years. The last to do so was Arthur Porritt who won bronze at the Paris Games in 1924. Taranaki-raised Auckland-based Hobbs has had loads of experience at competin...

Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Thursday, August 1, 2024

1Aug

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Life Style

Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Thursday, August 1, 2024

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Warner Bros. Discovery lost $138m in 2023 before Newshub closure

1Aug

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Business

Warner Bros. Discovery lost $138m in 2023 before Newshub closure

Newshub, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, shut down operations last month. Photo: Screenshot / Newshub The owner of New Zealand television channel Three posted a hefty loss last year, as advertising revenue fell sharply and as it wrote down the value of assets. Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand (WBD), which owned television channels Three, Bravo Eden and Rush, and online platform Three Now, revealed a $138.2 million after-tax loss for the 12 months ended December 2023, compared to a $34.9m loss in 2022. Revenue fell 17 percent to $131.9m, with advertising income falling by $23.4m in what was a challenging period for all commercial media players in New Zealand. The results also included a $79.5m accounting write down in the value of its assets. WBD announced the closure of its news oper...