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Kiwi author Steffanie Holmes on paying the bills with romance novels

Source: Radio New Zealand

Back in 2015, Steffanie Holmes decided to have a crack at becoming a full-time writer in the genre she loved to read – paranormal romance.

Nine years later, she’s got over 55 books under her belt and an international fanbase.

Holmes tells Saturday Morning about her journey to finally paying the bills with her books, the adversity she’s faced being legally blind, and the game-changer that is self-publishing.

This video is hosted on Youtube.

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‘Nepo baby’ Jack Whitehall has spawned ‘nepo parents’

Source: Radio New Zealand

Although Jack Whitehall is currently working in the US, he says he hasn’t cracked America yet – just given it a little dent.

“There’s a small dent, a tiny little scratch. You couldn’t return it to the shop, put it that way, but I don’t think it’s completely cracked yet.”

Whitehall says filming the new TV series The ‘Burbs in the backlots of Universal Studios was like being “part of history”.

Jack Whitehall in The ‘Burbs.

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Live: Crusaders v Brumbies – Super Rugby Pacific

Source: Radio New Zealand

Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action as the Crusaders take on the Brumbies at Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch.

Kick off is at 3.35pm.

Team list

Crusaders: 1 Finlay Brewis, 2 George Bell, 3 Fletcher Newell, 4 Antonio Shalfoon, 5 Jamie Hannah, 6 Dom Gardiner, 7 Ethan Blackadder, 8 Christian Lio-Willie, 9 Noah Hotham, 10 Rivez Reihana, 11 Sevu Reece, 12 David Havili (c), 13 Braydon Ennor, 14 Chay Fihaki, 15 Will Jordan

Bench: 16 Codie Taylor, 17 Tamaiti Williams, 18 Seb Calder, 19 Tahlor Cahill, 20 Corey Kellow, 21 Louie Chapman, 22 Taha Kemara, 23 Leicester Fainga’anuku

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Two people dead, three others in critical condition after SH1 crash in Marlborough

Source: Radio New Zealand

Hato Hone St John sent four helicopters, three ambulances and two managers to the scene. 123RF

A crash near Redwood Pass has left two people dead and three others in a critical condition.

Emergency Services were called to the two-vehicle crash around 10.30am on Sunday.

Police said two people were dead at the scene.

Hato Hone St John sent four helicopters, three ambulances and two managers to the scene.

It said two people were airlifted to Wellington hospital in a critical condition, while another was taken taken to Christchurch hospital, also in a critical condition.

Police said the Serious Crash Unit had been advised.

The New Zealand Transport Agency warned motorists to avoid the area until the incident site was cleared.

Those travelling between Marlborough and Canterbury were advised to detour via the inland route, with State Highway 1 closed.

The detour could add between two and three hours from Christchurch.

There is no current estimate for when State Highway 1 would reopen.

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Wellington Phoenix face familiar scramble following swift Italiano exit

Source: Radio New Zealand

Giancarlo Italiano has quit as Wellington Phoenix coach. photosport

Giancarlo Italiano’s dramatic exit as Wellington Phoenix’s head coach leaves the struggling A-League club in limbo with eight games remaining in the season.

Italiano stepped away from the team he had been the head coach of since 2023 after another hefty derby loss to Auckland FC.

He publicly announced his departure not long after the final whistle on Saturday.

The Phoenix play title-contenders Sydney FC in Wellington on Sunday, so the club will need to make some quick decisions about who takes on the head coach role either in an interim or permanent capacity.

Unless the 10th placed Phoenix can string wins together and get other results to fall their way, they will miss the play-offs and the season will be over in nine weeks time.

Italiano was the Phoenix’s sixth permanent head coach in 19 seasons, but this is not the first time the club has been left scrambling to fill the role.

The question is whether the club will turn to the same man that has temporarily filled in three times previously – Chris Greenacre – to see out the season.

Former Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay with assistant Chris Greenacre in 2021. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz

The club’s first coach, former All Whites coach Ricki Herbert, was in charge for six seasons before he resigned during the season after a run of poor results in 2013.

Former Phoenix player Greenacre, at the time an assistant coach with the team, stepped in for the remainder of the 2013 season.

Experienced A-League coach Ernie Merrick was next to take on the permanent role for three seasons before leaving in similar circumstances to Herbert and Italiano in 2016.

Again Greenacre was part of the solution, helping to fill the void before the club’s third coach Darije Kalezic joined.

When Kalezic left during the 2017/18 season after a breakdown in contract negotiations for the following season, Greenacre, who was then a youth programme head coach with the Phoenix took charge of training and head coach duties.

Fourth coach Mark Rudan had success with the Phoenix before leaving for family reasons, but at least he made until the end of the 2018/19 season before returning to Australia.

Australian Ufuk Talay became head coach in the 2019/20 season and brought with him Italiano as a analyst and second assistant coach.

Talay left the club four seasons later, at season’s end, with the accolade as the club’s most successful coach and Italiano moved into the head coach role.

The Phoenix have yet to announce the plan to replace Italiano but they will not have to look far to find Greenacre should they decide he is again the go-to.

Player to coach

Chris Greenacre celebrates scoring for the Phoenix in 2010. Dave Lintott/Photosport

Greenacre, a former Manchester City and Tranmere Rovers striker, played 84 times for the Phoenix between 2009 and 2012.

He scored 19 goals during his Phoenix playing days and became a fan favourite along the way.

A long held ambition to coach started at the Phoenix in 2012 when he made the quick transition from player to assistant coach.

Greenacre has served as an assistant coach under Phoenix coaches – Herbert, Merrick, Kalezic, Rudan and Talay.

He is the Phoenix academy’s head of pro development and has coached the reserves team since 2017.

In 2024 Greenacre also coached the New Zealand Under 20 team.

Licensed to do the job

Des Buckingham and Chris Greenacre. Photosport

Coaching qualifications, in the form of licences, matter in football.

When Greenacre was leading the Phoenix in an interim capacity after Merrick quit, he was doing so in a co-coach role with Des Buckingham.

At the time, under Football Federation Australia (now Football Australia) regulations the coach needed a Pro Licence which Buckingham held and Greenacre did not.

Buckingham became the head coach and the Phoenix said Greenacre, with a UEFA A Licence, was the co-coach.

Greenacre has since upskilled and in 2022 completed the AFC Pro Diploma.

Kelly Guimaraes

Brazilian Kelly Guimaraes was Italiano’s lead assistant coach for the 2025-26 A-League season and could also get the call-up to the top job.

He arrived in Wellington with a decade of assistant coach experience with the likes of Paranaense, Corinithians and Gremio in Brazil.

At the time of his appointment he said the assistant coach “needs to be very close with the players so they can act as an intermediary between them and the head coach”.

“We also have to be another set of eyes for the head coach.

“The head coach has a lot of things to think about, to plan and to organise and sometimes the assistant coach can see something that helps the coach.”

Guimaraes and Italiano would have worked closely together and it may cause less disruption to the squad for him transition to the head coach role, even if just until the end of the season.

“In Brazil as a footballer and coach I have learned the players need the freedom to play and use their creativity,” Guimaraes said in July.

“I think we’re going to motivate the players to be free and create.

“Of course they will respect the team’s tactical plans, but they will be free to create and to make something different.”

The players and the team could use something different to get them through the remainder of the competition before the club will face some big decisions about the future.

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Two people dead, another in critical condition after SH1 crash in Marlborough

Source: Radio New Zealand

Hato Hone St John sent four helicopters, three ambulances and two managers to the scene. 123RF

A crash near Redwood Pass has left two people dead and a third in a critical condition.

Emergency Services were called to the two-vehicle crash around 10.30am on Sunday.

Hato Hone St John sent four helicopters, three ambulances and two managers to the scene.

It said two people were airlifted to Wellington hospital in a critical condition, while another was taken taken to Christchurch hospital, also in a critical condition.

Two people have since died.

Police said the Serious Crash Unit had been advised.

The New Zealand Transport Agency warned motorists to avoid the area until the incident site was cleared.

Those travelling between Marlborough and Canterbury were advised to detour via the inland route, with State Highway 1 closed.

The detour could add between two and three hours from Christchurch.

There is no current estimate for when State Highway 1 would reopen.

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Taranaki police retreat from ‘hostile’ group at car meet

Source: Radio New Zealand

A video posted on YouTube shows about a dozen people approaching a police car, which then reverses, with people running after it. Supplied / YouTube

Police officers retreated after their car was surrounded by what they describe as a “hostile” group of people at a car meet in Taranaki early this morning.

Police said they were notified of a group of antisocial road users gathering at Kina Road, Oaonui at about 1am.

A video posted on YouTube shows about a dozen people approaching a police car, which then reverses, with people running after it.

Officers spoke to some of the people, but found them hostile, police said.

“Due to the hostile nature of the group, it was determined that the safest course of action was to monitor the meet from nearby and gather information.”

Police will use the information they gathered for follow-up enquiries.

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Three people airlifted to hospital in critical condition after SH1 crash in Marlborough

Source: Radio New Zealand

Hato Hone St John sent four helicopters, three ambulances and two managers to the scene. 123RF

A crash near Redwood Pass has left three people in a critical condition and closed State Highway 1.

Emergency Services were called to the two-vehicle crash around 10.30am on Sunday.

Hato Hone St John sent four helicopters, three ambulances and two managers to the scene.

It said two people were airlifted to Wellington hospital in a critical condition, while another was taken taken to Christchurch hospital, also in a critical condition.

Police said the Serious Crash Unit had been advised.

The New Zealand Transport Agency warned motorists to avoid the area until the incident site was cleared.

Those travelling between Marlborough and Canterbury were advised to detour via the inland route, which was significantly longer.

The detour could add between two and three hours from Christchurch.

There is no current estimate for when State Highway 1 would reopen.

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Fatal crash, SH1, Marlborough

Source: New Zealand Police

Police can confirm two people have died following a serious crash on State Highway 1 near Redwood Pass this morning.

Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash at around 10.40am.

Despite best efforts by emergency services, two people died at the scene.

The road remains closed while the Serious Crash Unit conducts a scene examination.

The road will be closed for some time and motorists are advised to expect delays or avoid travel to the area.

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Move-on orders to target disorderly behaviour

Source: New Zealand Government

The Government is providing police with the power to issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith and Police Minister Mark Mitchell say.

“New Zealanders are fair-minded people, and our culture is one where we seek to help those who are in need, but that doesn’t mean we should accept our city centres, particularly our showcase tourist spots, becoming places of intimidation, and dysfunction,” Mr Goldsmith says.

“Our main streets and town centres have been blighted by disruption and disturbance. Businesses are declining as some bad behaviour goes unchecked. It needs to stop. 

“Currently, police officers have limited options to respond, particularly when it doesn’t reach the level of offending. It means many disruptive, distressing, and potentially harmful acts can occur before officers have any means of intervention. It doesn’t make sense.

“Our government is committed to fixing the basics in law and order, and building a future where shoppers, visitors, residents and their families can feel safe in our communities,” Mr Goldsmith says.

Therefore, the Government has agreed to amend the Summary Offences Act, to provide police with the power to issue move-on orders to people who are: 

  • Displaying disorderly, disruptive, threatening or intimidating behaviour.
  • Obstructing or impeding someone entering a business.
  • Breaching the peace.
  • All forms of begging.
  • Rough sleeping.
  • Behaviour indicating an intent to inhabit a public place.

These orders will: 

  • Require a person to leave a specified area for a specified amount of time, up to 24 hours.
  • Require a person to move on a reasonable distance from the area, as specified by the constable.
  • Apply to people aged 14 or older.
  • Be issued in writing, as is operationally appropriate.

“This is about public safety and providing our frontline with additional enforcement powers to ensure the public can feel and are safe,” Mr Mitchell says.  

“In terms of where people will be moved on to, they will be required to move a reasonable distance away from the area, as specified by the constable.

“Naturally, every situation will be different. Some people may require support services, some may not. Police have the expertise to assess and determine what support is required, if any – they do this every day.  

“Our police officers are familiar with the locations they work with and already have strong networks and partnerships with social and housing services. I expect Police will work closely with these providers as they develop their operational guidance for the frontline,” Mr Mitchell says.