good evening. we start with the european elections. it s still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we ve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron s party. far right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in
This afternoon Kia-ara Richardson was found guilty of manslaughter after fatally stabbing her partner Peter Hemi more than four years ago. Herald senior.
There was a strong police presence at Gisborne District Court this afternoon as two of the three people accused of murdering Lower Hutt man Rawiri Wharerau.
“I'd give myself up one hundred times over for them to be able to live their lives. They were my family,” said Newport dog owner Ace Garrison.One boy named Hemi