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RNZ News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- RNZ News
Two drivers seriously injured after crash near Auckland's Wainui
Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown Lanes on Auckland's Northern Motorway at Wainui are closed between the Silverdale on-ramp and Wainui Road off-ramp after a serious crash on Saturday morning. Two drivers are in a serious condition after their vehicles crashed about 6.20am. The Serious Crash Unit is attending the scene and lanes were hoped to be open by 8am. Motorists are advised to expect delays. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
3 days ago
- RNZ News
One dead following crash on Waitohu Valley Road in Manakau
People had been seriously injured in the crash, police said. Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown A person has died after a crash in the Horowhenua District earlier today. Emergency services were called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Waitohu Valley Road in Manakau at about 4.15pm. Police say one person had died at the scene. They say the road is closed while the serious crash unit examines the crash site. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and expect delays. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
CBS Sports Named Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love The Top Underdog To Win The Heisman Trophy
CBS Sports Named Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love The Top Underdog To Win The Heisman Trophy originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Notre Dame has had seven former players win the Heisman Trophy, with the most recent winner being Tim Brown in 1987. They have had some candidates in the past who have been in the discussion with linebacker Manti Te'o earning a trip to New York in 2012 and running back Josh Adams surging his way into the Heisman conversation mid way through 2017 with his multiple rushing performances over 200 yards. Advertisement Most Heisman candidates from Notre Dame haven't been quarterbacks, which is adds to the difficulty of bringing the trophy back to South Bend. Since 2000, only five non-quarterback players have won the Heisman Trophy, with the most recent being this past season in Colorado standout wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. This year, the Irish enter the season with a candidate seriously in the discussion for the first time in a long time. Running back Jeremiyah Love has gained a lot of well-deserved attention this offseason; he's considered the No. 1 returning running back in the country and CBS Sports considers him their top underdog to win the Heisman Trophy this season. "The straw who stirs the drink for the Fighting Irish on offense, Love averaged 6.9 yards per carry last season and scored a touchdown in 13 consecutive games at one point. He'll have an increased role this fall given run-heavy quarterback Riley Leonard's exit and Notre Dame going with a first-year starter at the position. Love had four carries stretching 60 or more yards as a sophomore, including his 98-yard burst against Indiana in the playoff. Only three running backs have won the Heisman since 2000 and Notre Dame's last winner of the bronze statue was Tim Brown in 1987." - Brad Crawford, CBS Sports Its interesting to think that someone who is considered the No. 1 returning running back in college football in considered a long shot to win the Heisman, especially when you consider the season Love put together his first year as a starter. He rushed for 1,125 rushing yards, 17 rushing touchdowns, tallied 237 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. Depending on which service you look at, Love ranks outside of the top 15 chances of winning the Heisman trophy with players like Miami quarterback Carson Beck (+3000) and Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton (+3500) ahead of him in the preseason projections. According to Draft Kings, Love has the same odds of winning the Heisman (+4000) as CJ Carr, Austin Simmons from Ole Miss and Ty Simpson from Alabama. Advertisement Love's production is likely to increase this season with the absence of quarterback Riley Leonard who accounted for 906 rushing yards and 17 rushing touchdowns in 2024. With the Irish breaking in a new starting quarterback this fall, Love will need to play and live up to expectations, especially in the first quarter of their schedule. If he puts together the performance he's capable of, it's not a long shot for him to get the invitation to New York at the end of the season. Be sure to check out the Irish Breakdown message board, the Champions Lounge Irish Breakdown Content 2025 Depth Chart 2025 Football Schedule Notre Dame 2026 Scholarship Offers 2025 Commit Rankings - Offense 2025 Commit Rankings - Defense Advertisement 2024 Recruiting Class 2023 Recruiting Class 2022 Recruiting Class ——————— Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content and our premium message board! Click on the link below for more. BECOME A MEMBER Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! Join the Irish Breakdown community! Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channel Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Follow me on Twitter: @TTrow5 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Spinoff
17-06-2025
- Politics
- The Spinoff
Windbag: The little decisions that make a big impact
Two overlooked votes on obscure council policies could make a significant difference to new housing in Wellington. It's no secret that council rules and processes are arcane. Local government is a bureaucratic minefield of jargon and seemingly pointless minutiae. It's not uncommon for councillors to sit through hours of explanations from council staff, simply to understand the significance of an upcoming vote. Even then, there's often some confusion about what certain amendments mean and how they should vote to get their preferred outcome. Nowhere is that more evident than in Wellington's District Plan. Wellington City Council finalised the major decisions around housing density back in March 2024, but the process didn't end there. For more than a year, the council has continued to vote on increasingly minor and mostly uninteresting points. Last Thursday, the council completed the final touches, bringing the District Plan process to a close and officially adopting it. It was no mere signing ceremony, though; the meeting's agenda ran to 2,568 pages. The decisions made on the day weren't huge headline-grabbers, but two small but important points are worth delving into. The airport conundrum The first was about the airport's Obstacle Limitation Surface, or OLS, an obscure but powerful mechanism that gives Wellington Airport veto power over building heights anywhere near the airport. The airport is proposing a vastly expanded OLS zone, covering most of the city, at heights as low as eight metres. (Read more about the OLS controversy here.) Rebecca Matthews introduced an amendment to change the minimum height to 11 metres, which would ensure all townhouse developments are unaffected, and to exclude areas that are shaded by hills. Tim Brown, a former chair of the airport company, launched a spirited defence of the OLS, emphasising that the airport had never used the veto power. 'There is very clear evidence that the OLS has had no impact on densification. We effectively have a situation of international safety standards versus a very hypothetical concern about people's ability to undertake development,' he said. Matthews said she felt she was being asked to reconcile two contradictory ideas: 'that a massive increase in powers is essential to their operation and that it will never be used. I can't hold both of those ideas in my head at once.' A majority of councillors supported Matthews' amendment. However, the council doesn't have the power to change the OLS unilaterally. Essentially, all the council can do is write to the airport and ask them very nicely to change the OLS. If the airport doesn't agree, the matter could end up in the Environment Court. The e-bike apartment question Wellington City Council has made a significant investment – both financially and politically – in bike lanes and other infrastructure to encourage more low-carbon transport and lifestyles. If more people are going to take up cycling, especially if that means going car-free, they need the ability to store their bikes in their homes. To address this, council staff proposed a bike parking minimum for new apartments. It was a well-intentioned policy, but it went too far. It would have required developers to set aside 2.5 square metres of space, with access to electricity, for every unit. It provided enough space for every apartment dweller to store a large electric cargo bike. Large apartment developers would have had to set aside an entire floor for bike parking. That would increase the build cost for developers, which would increase the price they would need to sell units for to make their margins work. That either means apartments will be more expensive, or they won't be built at all. Exactly how much more expensive is hard to calculate – estimates from developer Stratum claimed as much as $58,000 extra per unit. Those numbers seem a bit too high to be credible, but it's inarguable that the policy would add some additional cost. The independent hearings panel, which oversaw the District Plan process, recommended reducing the requirement to one e-bike parking space per four units. But that number was plucked out of thin air and didn't make anyone happy. Ben McNulty introduced an amendment to remove the bike parking requirement. 'As we allow developers to make their own decisions on car parks, gyms, pool and laundry, so we should on e-bikes and micro-mobility,' he said. Iona Pannett saw it differently: 'Developers are like small children, they need to be told what to do. If we just let them do what they like, they will not provide enough.' The debate has echoes of a 2021 decision by then-transport minister Phil Twyford to ban councils from requiring a minimum number of car parks in new developments – a policy that won international praise in urbanist circles for enabling lower housing costs for people who don't need or want a car. The same financial argument could be made for mandatory bike parking, but bikes also have wider social benefits for dense urban areas. A majority of councillors voted in favour of McNulty's amendment, but some Green councillors were uncomfortable with how it might discourage cycling uptake, so they tasked council staff with finding an alternative solution. The final twist in this tale is that the new work may all be for nothing. Housing minister Chris Bishop was watching the process play out – and tweeting about it. He doesn't like bike parking minimums any more than Twyford liked car parking minimums, and there is growing speculation that he will ban them under his upcoming RMA reforms.
Fox News
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Raiders legend Tim Brown names 1 rule he'd take from arena football and implement in NFL
Pro Football Hall of Famer Tim Brown played 16 years with the Raiders organization when the team was in Los Angeles and later in Oakland. He was a nine-time Pro Bowler and named to the All-1990s Team for his efforts with the Raiders and narrowly missed out on a Super Bowl title. Still, without the ring, he is one of the greatest receivers of all-time with 1,094 catches for 14,934 yards and 100 touchdowns. Brown now serves as the chairman and commissioner of The Arena League – an indoor football league featuring six teams and 7-on-7 football on the field. He appeared on "Up & Adams" on Tuesday and was asked which rule he would bring to the NFL from the arena game. "Getting rid of kickers," Brown told Adams. "We have no kicking in our league. Getting rid of kickers. I owned an (arena football team) years ago and kicking was the worst part of the game. Obviously, the poles were narrow, and it made it very difficult for those guys. "It really slowed the game down. It just wasn't what you want to see – you're talking about fast-paced games. Now we have a throw-off. These guys literally throw the ball and it's the best thing ever. I know it would never happen. I got a lot of friends who were kickers in the league. But it works. It makes for a very fun-paced, fast-paced, fun game and I think it's a beautiful thing." The NFL has certainly made a few rule changes around the kickoff, while the United Football League has taken away kicking when it comes to points after touchdowns. Any rule change in the league would need to be approved by 24 of the 32 owners. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
