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He spent years telling viewers that good things take time, but iconic "southern man" of New Zealand advertising, Terry Procter, has died, aged 84.

Procter featured in the famous Mainland Cheese commercials alongside Kevin Corcoran for more than a decade, through a number of campaigns, including "time poor", "time to check the cheese" and famously, "good things take time".

His son Charlie Procter confirmed to Stuff he died on Monday night.

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He remembers his father as a hard-working family man, keen beer drinker, and a "good, hard bloke" who was known and loved by his Picton community as "the cheese man".

"Those ads took them far, but they always gave their money away to people that needed it … they both did a lot for charity, and just wanted better for other people," Charlie told Stuff.

"He was just one of those typical Kiwi blokes working the hard yards – he never thought he'd get to the point where he was in advertisements."

Before taking the role of southern men patiently waiting for cheese to mature, neither Procter nor Corcoran had any acting experience.

Procter came into the role by chance – a man who loved to laugh, he had been out with friends on a fishing trip, and after sinking a few beers his jokes caught the attention of a talent scout.

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"They were looking for a good sort of southern bloke to do these ads, but he wasn't too keen at all," Charlie said.

"It was my mother that pushed him, and he turned up in a pair of gumboots, a singlet, and a pair of glasses tied around a bit of string.

"He didn't really want for much, but they took to him straight away."

Though Procter and Corcoran hadn't met before becoming the faces of Mainland cheese together, the two struck up a close friendship that would last for the rest of their lives.

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Those adverts followed the pair, who became synonymous with the catchphrase, "Good things take time" until 2010, when Procter and Corcoran were replaced by a new on-screen partnership – a grandfather and son.

When Corcoran died in Cromwell in 2012, aged 78, his death "broke (Procter's) heart quite a bit", Charlie said.

"In the end, they weren't really bothered with the money. They just liked getting together, and with the other people who created these adverts," Charlie said.

The duo's legacy was strong across the south, where shop owners loved to take photos with Procter when he paid a visit.

Charlie once found himself in a pub sitting across from a photo of his father plastered on the wall.

His father's resilience, passion, and words of wisdom will always stay with Charlie.

"I'm adopted into my family, and that's the kind of person he was – there aren't many men that'll take on someone else's kid. He was the type that was always there," Charlie said.

"He always said to me, 'Don't let life consume you too much, just enjoy what you can actually hang onto'. I've never forgotten that."

This article originally appeared on Stuff and is republished here with permission. 

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Twenty minutes after being told her son was injured and in hospital, Karen Henry received a call back from police.

Her loving son, Nicholas, had died after being hunted down and stabbed.

"I never got the chance to say goodbye, he was taken from me so quickly," Henry said, in an emotional statement to Victoria's Supreme Court.

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Henry's traumatised family attended court on Friday, as the three young men who admitted killing him faced a pre-sentence hearing.

Brothers Corey and Brayden Smart, and Abraham Abas, chased Henry down across Morwell, in Victoria's south-east, in February 2021, before corralling him off the road and surrounding him.

All three have pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Justice Jane Dixon said Henry was "hunted down" by the men and had very little chance of getting away from them.

Corey Smart believed Henry had broken into his girlfriend's car earlier that night, on February 20, outside an RSL.

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He gathered Abas and his brother and drove them, following Henry's van and forcing it off the road.

The van mounted a gutter and crashed into a fence.

"You dog, you rat," a neighbour heard one of the three offenders yell.

Henry got out of the van and tried to run away but the three men chased after him and began assaulting him as he laid "completely defenceless on the ground", prosecutor David Glynn said.

"It's motivated by revenge and, to an extent, taking the law into their own hands," he said.

The group bashed Henry while he lay on the ground, pulled out a knife and stabbed him eight times across his back and bottom.

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"He was not in a position to defend himself, he was utterly helpless," Glynn said.

Henry was taken to hospital, alive but bleeding heavily.

He died at 2.30am on February 21.

His mother said her son's death had shattered her world and their family had not been the same since.

"I can't believe I will not hear Nicholas' voice again, see his cheeky smile and most of all hear his laugh," she said in a statement.

"All I ask is that my boy and our family receive justice for Nicholas."

His sister Taylor Henry said she fell to the ground "screaming no" when her mother told her the tragic news.

"Our family will never be the same," she said.

The three men are each facing up to 25 years in prison.

Corey's barrister Julian McMahon SC said his client suffered from neurological issues after being involved in a car accident and asked the judge not to hand him a harsher sentence than the other two.

Colin Mandy SC said Brayden Smart had acted out of a sense of loyalty for his brother, while Abas' barrister David Cronin said his client, who is a refugee, faced the prospect of being deported.

Dixon will sentence the Smart brothers and Abas at a later date.

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Legal documents from the Victorian Government have been released to cyber criminals on the dark web after an affiliated law firm was hacked.

The state's Chief Information Security Officer said after the major cyber breach of HWL Ebsworth in April this year the data leaked about government departments and agencies has been published to the dark web.

HWL Ebsworth was the subject of a cyber attack by threat actor "ALPHV/BlackCat".

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The firm became aware of the attacker after a post was made on a dark web forum with the perpetrator claiming to have "exfiltrated data".

"The investigation indicates the threat actor had accessed and exfiltrated certain information on a confined part of the firm's system, but not on our core document management system," the firm said.

But last month HWL Ebsworth found out the information that had been stolen was published on the dark web.

The Chief Information Security Officer said the government is taking this breach extremely seriously.

"We are taking this matter extremely seriously, and are working in partnership with the Commonwealth Government, and can confirm that there has been no direct breach of Victorian Government IT systems," the officer said.

"HWL Ebsworth is in direct contact with impacted departments and agencies to provide advice on the specific information that has been exposed."

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The Chief Information Security Officer confirmed if the information exposed on the dark web impacts Victorians, they will be notified by the relevant department or agency.

"Departments and agencies will make direct contact with those impacted as soon possible to provide tailored advice and support because we know data breaches can be distressing, especially when personal information is involved," the officer said.

"Supporting impacted Victorians and their wellbeing, remains a top priority."

HWL Ebsworth is working with Australia's national identity and cyber support community service IDCARE to support impacted people.

"These services are available at no cost to affected individuals," the government said.

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The Chief Information Security Officer added any services assisting the Victorian Government are expected to maintain "strong cyber security measures" to protect data.

"We have sought assurances from HWL Ebsworth on the cyber security protections applied to Victorian Government data," the officer said.

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The lowest-paid workers at NAB will get a hefty raise over the course of three years under a new pay deal – and the Finance Sector Union (FSU) believes two of the other big four banks will soon follow suit.

Under the new enterprise agremeement, which comes on the back of 16 months of negotiations between the big four bank and the and the union, low-earning employees will get a 17.5 per cent pay increase between this year and 2026.

All workers under the high income threshold – that's more than four out of every five employees at the bank – have also been guaranteed raises.

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According to NAB, more than 32,000 people are employed by the bank.

"Union members, acting collectively gave the NAB a clear message that they deserved better pay rises than the bank was prepared to pay them and by standing their ground, they have achieved a much fairer outcome," FSU National Secretary Julia Angrisano said. 

"More than 80 per cent of NAB staff have now secured guaranteed fixed salary increases instead of relying on NAB's market-based model which eroded our members' standard of living."

FSU members who work at Commonwealth Bank and ANZ are expecting those banks to make offers matching that of NAB, she added.

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NAB described the in-principle deal as an "important milestone".

"We've reached an important milestone in negotiations for our proposed Enterprise Agreement (EA) with in-principle agreement from the FSU and NAB individual representatives on a package to put to colleagues," a spokesperson said.

"This is significant progress and the result of us listening to and acting on feedback. With negotiations now complete, we are focused on ensuring colleagues are well informed before putting the proposed EA to a vote."

A previous offer by NAB had been rejected by the FSU last November, but while the union is now advising its members to vote in favour of the new deal, Angrisano said more needed to be done to improve conditions for workers.

"While some improvements have been made to address the hours of work crisis at NAB that is putting immense strain on employees' physical and emotional wellbeing, more needs to be done," she said.

"The union is continuing to pursue NAB through its Federal Court action to achieve recognition of these harmful work practices."

In addition to the guaranteed pay increases, the enterprise agreement includes:

• Transparency of annual salary increase budgets
• A right of dispute regarding pay increases for those earning more than the high-income threshold
• Working from home rights
• Increases to parental leave including access to both parents
• Measures to address the gender pay gap including superannuation paid on all periods of paternity leave
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leave
• Recognition of mental health and menopause/menstruation
• An ongoing consultative committee to address job security amidst the changing nature of the bank/industry.

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