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05/04/2022

A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a reclusive mother and her adult son whose bodies were found by police officers doing a welfare check. The pair, Beverley Joan McIlraith and her son Nick Myles McIlraith are thought to have died weeks before their bodies were found. Officers arrived at the Ayr St property in Riccarton, Christchurch about 6pm on Saturday after one of the woman's sons raised concerns family members had been unable to reach her....

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A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a reclusive mother and her adult son whose bodies were found by police officers doing a welfare

05/04/2022

OneRoof: The most expensive places to live in New Zealand revealed. Video / OneRoof New housing market data out today reflects market changes, with volumes and values down. Nick Goodall, CoreLogic research head, said the last time house values last fell for an extended length of time, they went down by 10 per cent. That was from October 2007 to February 2009 during the global financial crisis....

https://averann.com/property-prices-power-shifting-to-buyers-as-values-volumes-fall/

OneRoof: The most expensive places to live in New Zealand revealed. Video / OneRoof

05/04/2022

Credit: Dreamstime Windows 11 adoption rates have apparently tapered off to a trickle, according to recent data from computer monitoring software provider AdDuplex and others. Adoption for Windows 11, which Microsoft released in October 2021, reached an “overall usage” of 19.4 per cent last month, an increase of more than 10 per cent since the beginning of December 2021. An additional 0.6 per cent of users are on a Windows 11 Insider build, according to AdDuplex....

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04/04/2022

New Zealand stays at red, warning as the world hurtles to the climate danger zone and why Russia's retreating Ukraine's capital city in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald New Zealand could be forced to impose stricter Covid rules if a new highly transmissible variant of the virus arrives here, Dr Ashley Bloomfield says. The World Health Organization has issued a warning about XE - a new strain of the Covid-19 Omicron variant which appears to be 10 per cent more transmissible than BA.2 Omicron, the current strain circulating in New Zealand....

https://averann.com/covid-19-omicron-new-xe-variant-could-require-tougher-covid-rules-if-strain-arrives-in-nz-ashley-bloomfield/

New Zealand stays at red, warning as the world hurtles to the climate danger zone and why Russia's retreating Ukraine's capital city in the latest New Zealand

04/04/2022

New car buyers have rushed to get in ahead of the introduction of Clean Car Program fees on higher-emission vehicles on the 1st of April, with 21,044 new passenger vehicles being registered in March, the highest monthly registrations ever recorded in New Zealand. Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that while an increase in registrations was anticipated in the lead up to the Clean Car Program fees, the March 2022 figures are a massive 4,374 units over the previous strongest in October 2018, when 16,607 units were registered....

https://averann.com/record-new-car-sales-as-buyers-rush-to-beat-clean-car-fees/

New car buyers have rushed to get in ahead of the introduction of Clean Car Program fees on higher-emission vehicles on the 1st of April, with 21,044 new

04/04/2022

Devolver Digital and LucasFilmGames have announced that a brand-new entry in the beloved Monkey Island series is on its way, with original series creator Ron Gilbert steering the ship. The new game, called Return to Monkey Islandis set for release sometime this year. The news of the new game first broke on Gilbert's Twitter page where he posted a tweet that read "A little something we've been working on for the past 2 years in complete secrecy." Linked in the tweet was the announcement trailer for…...

https://averann.com/monkey-island-sequel-coming-soon-from-creator-ron-gilbert-lucasfilm-games/

Devolver Digital and LucasFilmGames have announced that a brand-new entry in the beloved Monkey Island series is on its way, with original series creator Ron

04/04/2022

John Campbell announced that he is leaving Breakfast to take up a new role as TVNZ's Chief Correspondent. Video / TVNZ John Campbell is leaving TVNZ Breakfast for a new job as the network's "chief correspondent". TVNZ says that journalist Kamahl Santamaria will join Breakfast alongside Jenny-May Clarkson, Matty McLean and Indira Stewart. Campbell's last day on the Breakfast couch will be this Friday....

https://averann.com/john-campbell-quits-breakfast-becomes-tvnzs-chief-correspondent/

John Campbell announced that he is leaving Breakfast to take up a new role as TVNZ's Chief Correspondent. Video / TVNZ

04/04/2022

Property data company CoreLogic says the housing market weakened further in March as market power shifts further towards buyers. According to CoreLogic's House Price Index for March, each of the main centers recorded either a reduction in the rate of growth of average housing values, or an outright decline in average values compared to February. The most significant declines were in Hamilton, where the average dwelling value was $891,884 in March (Feb $900,294), Rotorua $725,385 (Feb $741,098), throughout the Wellington Region $1,128,708 (Feb $1,138,210), Christchurch $757,902 (Feb $759,591), and Dunedin $698,879 ( Feb $707,887)....

https://averann.com/average-dwelling-values-starting-to-slip-in-hamilton-rotorua-wellington-christchurch-and-dunedin/

Property data company CoreLogic says the housing market weakened further in March as market power shifts further towards buyers.

04/04/2022

Vivid on a MacBook Pro and Pro Display XDR. Developers Jordi Bruin and Ben Harraway have released an application called Vivid that allows Apple's new MacBook Pro models and Pro Display XDR to achieve double the brightness systemwide—something that previously wasn't possible. For background: Apple says the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro's MiniLED display can reach 1,600 nits of peak brightness on highlights or 1,000 nits of full-screen brightness....

https://averann.com/app-lets-you-crank-the-new-macbook-pros-brightness-to-over-1000-nits/

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04/04/2022

Grammy viewers were left shocked when Bruno Mars read a cigarette on stage while accepting his award for Record of the Year. Video / YouTube "Can we talk about that instead of Will Smith now?" was the question doing the rounds on social media after Bruno Mars lit up on the Grammys stage. Viewers of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards were left shocked when Grammy winner Bruno Mars read a cigarette on stage while accepting his prize for Record of the Year on Sunday night....

https://averann.com/wild-bruno-mars-grammys-moment-you-may-have-missed/

Grammy viewers were left shocked when Bruno Mars read a cigarette on stage while accepting his award for Record of the Year. Video / YouTube

04/04/2022

The 19-year-old driver in the crash which killed five teenagers near Timaru in August 2021 has admitted causing their deaths just three days after obtaining his restricted licence. He had also been drinking alcohol before the crash. Tyreese Stuart Fleming pleaded guilty to five charges of dangerous driving causing death when he appeared in the High Court in Timaru before Justice Mander on Tuesday....

https://averann.com/driver-in-timaru-crash-admits-causing-deaths-of-five-teenagers/

The 19-year-old driver in the crash which killed five teenagers near Timaru in August 2021 has admitted causing their deaths just three days after obtaining

04/04/2022

Elon Musk has overtaken both Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world. Video / Fox Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has bought a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter, sending stocks in the online platform soaring. Musk, the richest man in the world with a fortune of $273 billion, bought more than 73 million Twitter shares on March 14, a US securities filing shows....

https://averann.com/elon-musk-buys-9-2-per-cent-stake-in-twitter-making-him-the-largest-shareholder/

Elon Musk has overtaken both Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world. Video / Fox

04/04/2022

Epic Games has announced a new smartphone app that can construct 3D models of objects from a series of smartphone photos. The idea is that you'll be able to use the app, called RealityScan, to scan an object in the real world — say, a chair — and then bring the scan of that object into your game or project. …...

https://averann.com/epics-new-realityscan-app-can-make-3d-models-from-smartphone-photos/

Epic Games has announced a new smartphone app that can construct 3D models of objects from a series of smartphone photos. The idea is that you'll be able to

04/04/2022

Married At First Sight stars Ella Ding and Brent Vitiello address rumors they're having a secret romance - and reveal their cute couple nickname By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:22 EDT, 4 April 2022 | Updated: 10:38 EDT, 4 April 2022 Ella Ding and Brent Vitiello and have addressed rumors that they coupled up after splitting with their partners on Married at First Sight....

https://averann.com/married-at-first-sight-stars-ella-ding-and-brent-vitiello-finally-address-romance-rumors/

By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia

04/04/2022

We write about password managers a lot and for good reason. Anyone who uses the internet—whether from a PC, a phone, a tablet, or a combination of devices—needs one to track passwords, generate new secure ones, and make sure they don't have any duplicate codes. There are many names in the field that we recommend, such as our 4.5-star Editors' Choice picks, Keeper Password Manager & Digital Vault and Zoho Vault, both of which are worth the cost....

https://averann.com/how-to-master-google-password-manager/

We write about password managers a lot and for good reason. Anyone who uses the internet—whether from a PC, a phone, a tablet, or a combination of

04/04/2022

Stories for me have always been an escape. At first it was those written by other people – I slid into them when things in the real world became overwhelming. I can map my childhood through The Secret Garden via A Town Like Alice. As a dyslexic child who struggled to read, I listened endlessly to story tapes from the library, and my tastes were dictated by what was available....

https://averann.com/books-are-my-refuge-but-i-had-to-overcome-dyslexia-to-write-the-stories-i-was-bursting-to-tell-life-and-style/

Stories for me have always been an escape. At first it was those written by other people – I slid into them when things in the real world became overwhelming.

04/04/2022

Apple in March came out with the updated 2022 iPhone SE, a budget iPhone that's equipped with 5G. Samsung also recently came out with its own budget 5G smartphone, the Galaxy A53 5G, so we thought we'd compare the two to see how they measure up. In short, the A53 5G is offering up a better feature set, but it can't match the iPhone SE in terms of lifespan and build quality....

https://averann.com/budget-phone-comparison-apples-iphone-se-vs-samsungs-galaxy-a53-5g/

Apple in March came out with the updated 2022 iPhone SE, a budget iPhone that's equipped with 5G. Samsung also recently came out with its own budget 5G

04/04/2022

Married At First Sight viewers have slammed the show's experts for not holding Olivia Frazer accountable during Monday's reunion episode. Fans anticipated 'villain' Olivia, 28, would have received a dressing-down from John Aiken, Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla, after she outed co-star Domenica Calarco, 29, as an OnlyFans model and shared a n**e photo of her among the cast. However when they failed to mention the OnlyFans scandal directly, viewers became 'disgusted' by the 'weak' experts, with one suggesting Olivia 'got off scot-free'....

https://averann.com/mafs-fans-slam-experts-for-not-holding-olivia-frazer-accountable-at-reunion-over-onlyfans-scandal/

Married At First Sight viewers have slammed the show's experts for not holding Olivia Frazer accountable during Monday's reunion episode.

04/04/2022

OPINION: Sometimes it helps to understand something by starting at the end and working backwards. That's the case for the highly emotive debate over the future of public parking in Auckland. As part of global commitments to stop the planet's warming trajectory and make it a better place for future generations, Auckland has committed to halving carbon emissions by 2030. No small task....

https://averann.com/time-to-park-the-frenzy-over-auckland-parking-and-get-the-big-picture/

OPINION: Sometimes it helps to understand something by starting at the end and working backwards. That's the case for the highly emotive debate over the

04/04/2022

Beloved Elden Ring boss Starscourge Radahn was buffed in the game's most recent patch, and players are thrilled to see the legendary general taking names (almost) like the good old days. As the official Elden Ring Twitter account announced today, Radahn was unintentionally nerfed in a previous update meant to reign in some of his wilier hitboxes. Today's update, patch 1.03has restored the nerfed attacks to their intended damage levels, so we should now have the best version of the boss: a hard-hitting behemoth with a fair and readable attack range....

https://averann.com/elden-ring-players-rejoice-as-starscourge-radahn-buffs-fix-unintended-nerfs/

Beloved Elden Ring boss Starscourge Radahn was buffed in the game's most recent patch, and players are thrilled to see the legendary general taking names

04/04/2022

Covid 19 Omicron outbreak: Nine deaths, 10,205 cases as PM Jacinda Ardern announces NZ to remain at red traffic light setting. Video / NZ Herald There are nine Covid-related deaths reported today and a total of 10,205 new community cases. The deaths reported today takes the total number of publicly reported fatalities with Covid-19 to 405 since the pandemic began....

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Covid 19 Omicron outbreak: Nine deaths, 10,205 cases as PM Jacinda Ardern announces NZ to remain at red traffic light setting. Video / NZ Herald

04/04/2022

House prices are flatlining nationwide, with the national increase this month the lowest since Covid hit in early 2020, a property research company says. CoreLogic's latest House Price Index showed the average national price rose by just 0.7 per cent to $1,043,261 in March. The annual increase rate was 23.4 per cent, down from 25.2 per cent the month before....

https://averann.com/buyers-have-the-power-prices-drop-in-hamilton-wellington-christchurch-and-dunedin/

House prices are flatlining nationwide, with the national increase this month the lowest since Covid hit in early 2020, a property research company says.

04/04/2022

Just this morning, I was sitting in my car waiting for Alternate Side of the Street parking to end (a dance that many car-owning New Yorkers go through) and texted my partner to come take his turn. As normal, I used the Messages app on my Pixel 6 phone to contact him and waited for the usual reply (“On my way!” or “Be there in a few!”), but after about four minutes or so, I realized that I hadn't had a response....

https://averann.com/how-to-force-google-messages-to-use-sms-texts-when-rcs-fails/

Just this morning, I was sitting in my car waiting for Alternate Side of the Street parking to end (a dance that many car-owning New Yorkers go through) and

04/04/2022

A reclusive mother and her adult son are thought to have died weeks before their bodies were found by police officers doing a welfare check. Officers arrived at the Ayr St property in Riccarton, Christchurch about 6pm on Saturday after one of the woman's sons raised concerns family members had been unable to reach her. Police have yet to release the names of the mother and son, but say they are not looking for anyone else in relation to their deaths....

https://averann.com/mother-and-son-believed-to-have-been-dead-for-weeks-when-found/

A reclusive mother and her adult son are thought to have died weeks before their bodies were found by police officers doing a welfare check.

04/04/2022

When he graduated from Police College, Ryan Parsons knew he had lots to learn. But he wasn't expecting to be thrown in the deep end. Jehan Casinader reports in the final of a four-part investigation of police training. As a new cop, Ryan Parsons couldn't think of anything worse than being featured on Police 10/7. Having been on the streets for just a few weeks, he was still getting a handle on the job, and didn't need the added pressure of being on national TV....

https://averann.com/he-had-just-become-a-cop-and-he-was-told-to-appear-on-police-10-7/

When he graduated from Police College, Ryan Parsons knew he had lots to learn. But he wasn't expecting to be thrown in the deep end. Jehan Casinader reports

04/04/2022

An image of a spacewalker's gloves is analyzed for signs of wear using AI. (Microsoft Photo) “Check my spacewalking gloves, HAL.” The HAL 9000 computer that starred in “2001: A Space Odyssey” — and made such a mess of maintenance issues on the Discovery One spaceship — isn't on the job on the International Space Station. But Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are teaming up with NASA to put artificial intelligence to work on mundane orbital tasks, starting with the chore of checking spacewalkers' gloves for wear and tear....

https://averann.com/microsoft-and-hpe-test-ai-on-space-station-with-gloves/

“Check my spacewalking gloves, HAL.”

04/04/2022

Politics Apr 4, 2022 08:27 AM4 minutes to read The Bucha town center is in ruins while images of bodies strewn across the roads have emerged. Video / Channel 4 News / AP A Kiwi expat left Ukraine with family and traveled across Europe where he's now hearing about more horrors back in his adopted home. Michael Devoe left Kyiv for a location about 30km south of the capital....

https://averann.com/russia-ukraine-war-kiwi-expat-horrified-at-atrocities-says-it-could-have-been-us/

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04/04/2022

If you don't need Microsoft OneDrive on your PC, disabling it is quick and easy. Doing so frees you up to use another cloud service if you want, but either way, here's how to disable Microsoft OneDrive. Disabling your OneDrive account by unlinking This process will involve unlinking the PC where OneDrive is installed, which will subsequently remove the account you initially signed in with....

https://averann.com/how-to-disable-microsoft-onedrive/

If you don't need Microsoft OneDrive on your PC, disabling it is quick and easy. Doing so frees you up to use another cloud service if you want, but either

04/04/2022

Dozens of Covid-19 cases have been detected in southern aged residential care facilities in the past five weeks, newly released data reveals. The first such case was confirmed on February 25, figures released by the Southern District Health Board said. Just three days later, 20 cases were reported and on March 2, when the SDHB confirmed that there had been a major outbreak at the Bradford Manor secure dementia rest-home in Dunedin, cases exceeded 20....

https://averann.com/dozens-of-aged-care-cases-otago-daily-times-online-news/

Dozens of Covid-19 cases have been detected in southern aged residential care facilities in the past five weeks, newly released data reveals.

04/04/2022

Five years ago, the Mac lineup was in a bad state. Over three years had passed since Apple redesigned the Mac Pro with a sleek but constrained "trash can" enclosure, while the iMac, MacBook Air, and Mac mini had also gone years without updates. A snapshot of the MacRumors Buyer's Guide from April 4, 2017: At the time, some users began to question whether Apple was still committed to the Mac, especially at the high end of the market....

https://averann.com/five-years-ago-today-apples-uncharacteristic-apology-set-the-stage-for-the-macs-renaissance/

Five years ago, the Mac lineup was in a bad state. Over three years had passed since Apple redesigned the Mac Pro with a sleek but constrained "trash can"

04/04/2022

Fire and emergency crews witnessed flames erupting 20m into the air as hectares of manuka bush were engulfed by fire on the Department of Conservation Awarua wetlands area at Awarua Bay on Saturday evening. Fire and Emergency New Zealand community readiness and recovery officer Sally Chesterfield said the fire started about 5.45pm on Saturday and, fueled by wind on land parched by the Southland drought, quickly escalated out of control....

https://averann.com/20m-flames-struggle-to-control-awarua-wetlands-blaze/

Fire and emergency crews witnessed flames erupting 20m into the air as hectares of manuka bush were engulfed by fire on the Department of Conservation Awarua

04/04/2022

stacksocial Whether you need Word for work, Teams for meetings or Excel for tracking family finances, the long-time king of office applications is incredibly useful, and its documents universally shareable. Goal! The license can be pricey, as it typically costs $349. That's why we're highlighting this lifetime license deal from Stacksocial: You can get the full Microsoft Office 2021 suite for just $49....

https://averann.com/deal-of-the-day-you-can-now-get-lifetime-access-to-microsoft-office-2021-for-less-than-50/

Whether you need Word for work, Teams for meetings or Excel for tracking family finances, the long-time king of office applications is incredibly useful, and

04/04/2022

Married At First Sight cast will be forced to wait ONE MONTH to become influencers and cash in on their fame following online petition fail Do you have a story about Married At First Sight? Email [email protected] By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 18:50 EDT, 2 April 2022 | Updated: 18:50 EDT, 2 April 2022 The cast of this year's Married At First Sight will have to wait until at least one month after the show airs its final episode before Channel Nine hands back their social media accounts....

https://averann.com/married-at-first-sight-cast-will-be-forced-to-wait-one-month-for-instagram-accounts/

By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia

04/04/2022

Business Apr 4, 2022 05:27 AM3 minutes to read More Covid restrictions to be reviewed, why the builders of Transmission Gully have been hit with a multi-million dollar fine and fire crews battle a blaze at Awarua wetlands in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald Over-65-year-olds who want to withdraw all their KiwiSaver funds at once are being hit by delays due to a system issue at Inland Revenue....

https://averann.com/over-65s-hit-by-kiwisaver-withdrawals-glitch-on-full-payouts/

Apr 4, 2022 05:27 AM3 minutes to read

04/04/2022

So you bought something from the PlayStation Store, and you changed your mind? Whether you purchased a game by mistake or just decided that you'd rather have your money back, getting a refund is now as simple as chatting with a representative for a few minutes. Sony's refund policy, which it established in 2019, covers preorders, games, DLC, subscriptions, and movies and allows 14 days from the date of the purchase to request a return....

https://averann.com/how-to-get-a-refund-from-the-playstation-store/

So you bought something from the PlayStation Store, and you changed your mind? Whether you purchased a game by mistake or just decided that you'd rather have

04/04/2022

Days before her death a fat studies conference chaired by academic Dr Cat Pausé was parodied by American conservative figure Steven Crowder. Dr. Cat Pausé's research and activism on fat studies attracted controversy and sometimes vitriol. Photo: David Wiltshire In a YouTube video watched more than a million times, Crowder pours scorn on Pausé's work and her field of study....

https://averann.com/fat-studies-academic-dr-cat-pauses-work-ridiculed-online-days-before-her-death/

Days before her death a fat studies conference chaired by academic Dr Cat Pausé was parodied by American conservative figure Steven Crowder.

04/04/2022

Maybe pop on some sunscreen if you're gonna stay out in the sun like that, doll xx Photo / Channel 9 One of Married At First Sight's final vow ceremonies turns into a slag-off match as a husband and wife start hurling insults at each other like they're Olivia and Domenica before splitting up. Spoiler: It's not Olivia and Jackson. Booo!...

https://averann.com/james-weir-recaps-married-at-first-sight-australia-2022-episode-34/

Maybe pop on some sunscreen if you're gonna stay out in the sun like that, doll xx Photo / Channel 9

04/04/2022

Supplied Greymouth Petroleum has been given permission to conduct a massive seismic survey off the coast of Taranaki. Here, the Amazon Warrior, the world's largest seismic survey ship, is seen off the Wairarapa Coast. (Picture file) When is a ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration really a ban? That's the question environmentalists are asking after discovering Greymouth Petroleum has been given permission to conduct a massive seismic survey off the coast of Taranaki - with the likelihood of more activity to come....

https://averann.com/company-allowed-to-search-for-oil-and-gas-off-taranaki-coast-despite-ban/

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04/04/2022

Samsung is bound to follow up on the S22 series with a sequel, but what improvements could we see? Here's all we know about the future device as this stage. Every year since 2010, Samsung has released a new entry in its popular Galaxy S flagship series – and we're expecting 2023 to continue that fine tradition. It's still early days for reliable rumors about this smartphone, but in the below article we've collected everything we know about it so far....

https://averann.com/all-we-know-so-far-about-samsungs-next-flagship-series/

Samsung is bound to follow up on the S22 series with a sequel, but what improvements could we see? Here's all we know about the future device as this stage.

04/04/2022

blue moon? How about blue ocean? Hawke's Bay residents and curious passers-by were treated to a natural light show over the weekend when the ocean off Westshore Beach in Napier glowed blue. Photographer Sajith Muraleedharan had heard about the phenomenon called bioluminescence and decided to chance his arm on Sunday night to see what all the fuss was about. He arrived at Westshore Beach around 7.30pm and over the course of two hours, he captured the ocean lighting up fluorescent blue....

https://averann.com/watch-once-in-a-lifetime-hawkes-bay-residents-treated-to-amazing-bioluminescence-beach-glows-blue/

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