Hunter killed

A person has been shot and killed while hunting in bush near Te Aroha in the Waikato region. Police said they received a call about a hunter with a gunshot wound to the chest at 10.15am on Monday. ‘‘Medical staff reached the man by helicopter but sadly he died at the scene,’’ police said. Police said there was at least one other person with the hunter and that person called emergency services. The Mountain Safety Council is working with police to better understand the events leading up to the incident.

Brothers die

Two children killed in a crash on the Desert Road in the central North Island have been identified as Arteen Mosaferi, 4, and 2-month-old Radeen Mosaferi of Hamilton. They were involved in a crash between a car and truck near Waiouru on Good Friday afternoon. Arteen died at the scene and Radeen died at Starship Hospital on Sunday, police said. Police confirmed the boys’ mother, Mohadeseh Sharifi, was in a critical condition. Father Siamak Mosaferi suffered moderate injuries. And in another crash on Good Friday, Denise Tito, 55, of Taupo, died at Tirohanga in the Bay of Plenty. Tito was understood to be the sole occupant of a vehicle that crashed about 11am. There was also a fatal accident in Rotorua on Saturday. Police were notified of a crash between a truck and a motorcycle, about 11.20am.

Bogus bill

A Napier woman has complained that her ANZ bank account was billed for Netflix but she does not subscribe to the movie and television streaming service. ANZ would not reveal how many New Zealand customers were impacted by the bogus bill from ‘‘Netflix.com’’, for security reasons, saying only that it was ‘‘a small number’’. ‘‘We are monitoring customer accounts for any suspicious activity,’’ a spokesman said.