Transport disruption is expected tomorrow in Auckland as severe weather hits the city.

One wall of the Dairy Flat house was so rotten that there was a hole to the outside.

Kamala Harris has said she is thinking about running for president again in 2028.

The vice president was asked directly at an event overnight if she would go for the job she lost in 2024.

"Listen, I might, I might. I'm thinking about it," she said.

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"I'll keep you posted.

"I know what the job is and what it requires."

Harris was speaking at the convention of the National Action Network, a civil rights group founded by former candidate Al Sharpton.

She was reportedly given an enthusiastic reception from the crowd.

"This is a convention, not a revival," Sharpton told the crowd.

Harris spoke at length in her criticism of the Trump administration.

"The status quo is not working," she said.

"The American people have the right to expect that anyone who wants to run for office – it can't be about themselves."

At this stage in the US political cycle, potential candidates are normally very coy about their presidential ambitions.

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Typically would-be contenders do not announce whether they will run until after the midterm elections in November.

But Harris is touring the country in a way that politicians rarely do if they intend to retire.

Rumours abounded that Harris would run again for president when she declined a bid for the governorship of California last year.

The event also included a series of other likely Democratic candidates for president, including Pete Buttigieg, JB Pritzker, Josh Shapiro and Wes Moore.

Most polls of the Democratic primary for the 2028 election show Kamala Harris with a tenuous lead over her rivals.

While she has the advantage of universal name recognition, it is clear Democratic voters are not convinced she is the best option.

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The previous losing candidate typically leads in early polls the next election around.

But it is very rare for a nominee to make a second attempt after losing a general election. 

The last major party candidate to claim a presidential nomination twice in a row without winning was Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and 1956.

He lost in a landslide both times. Nevertheless, he tried and failed to get the nomination a third time at the 1960 Democratic convention.

Harris claimed the nomination in an unusual and very expedited fashion in 2024 after Joe Biden dropped out after the primaries but before the convention.

In the 2024 election, Harris lost to Donald Trump by 1.5 percent in the national vote.

But Trump managed to claim every swing state, giving him a dominant electoral college victory.

Last year she penned a book where she lamented not having enough time to introduce herself to the American people after getting the nomination.

A poll released by YouGov this week showed only 62 per cent of people who voted for Trump were confident in that decision.

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A travel kettle has been recalled after it was revealed to have a design flaw that could cause serious injuries.

Australia's product safety watchdog issued a recall notice for Valley Sisters' DUCK4X4 Travel Folding Electric Kettle after it was revealed the appliance does not turn off automatically after the water is boiled.

This is because it doesn't have an automatic switch to shut it down.

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"[There is] risk of serious burn injuries or property damage if the kettle overheats and causes a fire," the recall notice says.

The kettle was made in China and sold on an online store called Oz Off Road.

It was on the market between November 1, 2024 and March 30, 2025.

Any customers who own the kettle have been urged to stop using it immediately and to contact Oz Off Road to return the product for a full refund.

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Police were called to the first house fire on Deveron Road about 9pm.

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Thousands of people across New Zealand are being prepared to evacuate as Cyclone Vaianu moves closer to the nation, bringing severe weather conditions.

The system is set to reach New Zealand by Saturday night, with a state of emergency being declared for Northland, Whakatāne and Hawke's Bay as they prepare for what is being called a "major wind event".

Multiple emergency alerts have been sent out today across New Zealand, including in Auckland, urging residents to brace for heavy rain and strong wind warnings.

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"Prepare now. Have a plan to shelter at home, deal with potential power outages, or evacuate if necessary," the alert said.

"Follow forecasts and do not wait for official warnings.

"Wind damage, flooding and landslides can occur at any time."

Stuff has reported that the entire North Island is under both severe weather watches and warnings, with strong wind warnings for Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel Peninsula, where gusts of up to 130km/h are expected.

The nation's South Island is reportedly bracing for heavy rain across eastern Marlborough, especially between Blenheim and Kaikōura and near the Richmond Range.

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New Zealand Civil Defence Minister Mark Mitchell told Stuff that the nation is prepared for Cyclone Vaianu.

"We've seen it come through Fiji and the devastation it's caused there," he told Stuff.

"We know it's coming, it's on its way to us. We've learned the lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle, and the whole emergency management system is activated.

"We're as ready as we can to have the strongest response that we can deliver. Which, of course, helps with a strong recovery as well."

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Artemis II's astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday (Saturday morning AEST) to close out humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century.

It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose record-breaking lunar flyby revealed not only swaths of the moon's far side, never seen before by human eyes, but a total solar eclipse.

Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen hit the atmosphere travelling Mach 33, or 33 times the speed of sound, a blistering blur not seen since NASA's Apollo moonshots of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Their Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity, made the plunge on autopilot.

The tension in Mission Control mounted as the capsule became engulfed in red-hot plasma during peak heating and entered a planned communication blackout.

All eyes were on the capsule's life-protecting heat shield that had to withstand thousands of degrees during reentry.

On the spacecraft's only other test flight, in 2022, with no one on board, the shield's charred exterior came back looking as pockmarked as the moon.

Like so many others, lead flight director Jeff Radigan anticipated feeling some of that "irrational fear that is human nature," especially during the six-minute blackout that preceded the opening of the parachutes.

The recovery ship USS John P. Murtha awaited the crew's arrival off the San Diego coast, along with a squadron of military planes and helicopters.

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The astronauts' families huddled in Mission Control's viewing room, where cheers erupted when the capsule emerged from its communication blackout and again at splashdown.

The last time NASA and the Defence Department teamed up for a lunar crew's reentry was Apollo 17 in 1972.

Artemis II was projected to come screaming back at 11,025 metres per second, 39,668km/h, just shy of the record before slowing to a 30km/h splashdown.

"A perfect bull's-eye splashdown," reported Mission Control's Rob Navias.

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Artemis II's record flyby and lunar views

Launched from Florida on April 1, the astronauts racked up one win after another as they deftly navigated NASA's long-awaited lunar comeback, the first major step in establishing a sustainable moon base.

Artemis II didn't land on the moon or even orbit it.

But it broke Apollo 13's distance record, making Wiseman and his crew the farthest that humans have ever journeyed from Earth when they reached 406,771 kilometres.

Then, in the mission's most heart-tugging scene, the teary astronauts asked permission to name a pair of craters after their moonship and Wiseman's late wife, Carroll.

During the record-breaking flyby, they documented scenes of the lunar far side never seen before by the naked eye and savoured a total solar eclipse courtesy of the cosmos thanks to their launch date.

The eclipse, in particular, "just blew all of us away," Glover said.

Their sense of wonder and love awed everyone, as did their breathtaking pictures of the moon and Earth. The Artemis II crew channelled Apollo 8's first lunar explorers with Earthset, showing our blue marble setting behind the grey moon.

It was reminiscent of Apollo 8's famous Earthrise shot from 1968.

"It just makes you want to continue to go back," Radigan said on the eve of splashdown.

"It's the first of many trips, and we just need to continue because there's so much more to learn about the moon."

Their moonshot drew global attention as well as star power, earning props from US President Donald Trump; Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney; Britain's King Charles III; Ryan Gosling, star of the latest space flick "Project Hail Mary"; Scarlett Johansson of the Marvel Cinematic Universe; and even Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner of TV's original "Star Trek."

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Artemis II was a test flight for future moon missions

Despite its rich scientific yield, the nearly 10-day flight was not without technical issues.

Both the capsule's drinking water and propellant systems were hit with valve problems.

In perhaps the most high-profile predicament, toilet trouble prevented the crew from using it for number one's most of the trip, forcing them to resort to old-time bags and funnels.

The astronauts shrugged it all off.

"We can't explore deeper unless we are doing a few things that are inconvenient," Koch said, "unless we're making a few sacrifices, unless we're taking a few risks, and those things are all worth it."

Added Hansen: "You do a lot of testing on the ground, but your final test is when you get this hardware to space, and it's a doozy."

Under the revamped Artemis program, next year's Artemis III will see astronauts practice docking their capsule with a lunar lander or two in orbit around Earth. Artemis IV will attempt to land a crew of two near the moon's south pole in 2028.

The Artemis II crew's allegiance was to those next Artemis crews, Wiseman said.

"But we really hoped in our soul is that we could, for just a moment, have the world pause and remember that this is a beautiful planet and a very special place in our universe, and we should all cherish what we have been gifted," he said.

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Victorian police are turning to the public for information following the "suspicious death" of a man who was fatally shot and buried in the state's north-west.

Richard Wills, 65, was last seen leaving his home on Hughs Street in Ouyen at about 8am on Sunday, April 5, as part of his usual routine.

Police were told that he was leaving for work on his rural property on the Mallee Highway.

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Suspicions arose, and his family members began searching the property after he did not return home for lunch.

His wife reported him missing the following day, after he still had not returned.

Police began searching the property, and Wills' body was found at about 1.30pm on April 7.

He had been fatally shot and buried in a "shallow grave" on his farm.

Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Trewavas from the missing persons squad said that he was "clearly met with foul play".

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"What is still unclear is exactly who was involved, and why," Trewavas said.

"We're hoping that this appeal leads to someone coming forward and doing the right thing, it can be done anonymously, so that we can hold those responsible to account."

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