{"id":303159,"date":"2026-02-26T12:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/303159\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:36:08","slug":"five-big-things-that-happened-today-thursday-february-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/303159\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Big Things That Happened Today: Thursday, February 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gang members now officially outnumber police officers; Air New Zealand posts multi-million dollar first-half loss; Dame Jacinda Ardern now based in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Gang members now officially outnumber police officers<\/p>\n<p>Continued strong growth in gang recruitment in New Zealand means gang members now narrowly outnumber police officers.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite Prime Minister Christopher Luxon promising when electioneering back in 2023 that this wouldn&#8217;t be allowed to happen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/02\/26\/gang-members-now-officially-outnumber-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air New Zealand posts multi-million dollar first-half loss<\/p>\n<p>Air New Zealand has announced an interim $40 million net loss after tax for the first half of the 2026 financial year.<\/p>\n<p>Released on the NZX this morning, the flagship carrier posted a loss before tax of $59 million, citing ongoing volatility, including continued global engine maintenance impacts and a slower recovery in domestic demand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/02\/26\/air-new-zealand-posts-multi-million-dollar-first-half-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dame Jacinda Ardern now based in Australia &#8216;for the moment&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern is the latest Kiwi to make the move to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Dame Jacinda confirmed she and her family are currently based on the other side of the Tasman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/02\/26\/is-jacinda-ardern-house-hunting-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch: Moment cars stopped at red light swallowed up by sinkhole<\/p>\n<p>Onlookers rushed in to help the two drivers escape in Omaha, Nebraska and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/news\/news-clips-str-3aaceqkcosnipiapp9kcqujh6dt-1772042498343\/moment-cars-stopped-at-red-light-swallowed-up-by-sinkhole-in-depth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ONE PARENTING DILEMMA<\/p>\n<p>Parenting experts, parenting studies, influencers, courses and books &#8211; being a parent today can feel like drinking from a fire hydrant of information.<\/p>\n<p>Cue FAFO parenting &#8211; F*** Around and Find Out &#8211; one of the latest, catchy parenting philosophies to float into your algorithm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2026\/02\/26\/is-fafo-the-demise-of-gentle-parenting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gang members now officially outnumber police officers; Air New Zealand posts multi-million dollar first-half loss; Dame Jacinda Ardern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[166166,55179,166167,3470,11586,166168,166169,166170,166171,166172,24552,111,43,139,12908,69,657,91210,106571,26096,20501,531,1629,149284,166173,18484,28723,166174,166175,63921,166176,166177,16550],"class_list":{"0":"post-303159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-adriatic","9":"tag-azure","10":"tag-balkan","11":"tag-clear","12":"tag-coast","13":"tag-dhermi","14":"tag-drymades","15":"tag-himara","16":"tag-himare","17":"tag-ionian","18":"tag-mediterranean","19":"tag-new-zealand","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-newzealand","22":"tag-nobody","23":"tag-nz","24":"tag-outdoor","25":"tag-paradise","26":"tag-recreation","27":"tag-relax","28":"tag-relaxing","29":"tag-resort","30":"tag-rock","31":"tag-scenery","32":"tag-seashore","33":"tag-shore","34":"tag-stone","35":"tag-sunbed","36":"tag-touristic","37":"tag-tranquil","38":"tag-vlora","39":"tag-vlore","40":"tag-white"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}