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Glimmers of hope for brightest bird
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 08 October 2025 Mohua, a Ngāi Tahu taonga species, was once one of the most common and noisy birds in South Island beech forests but...
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Month: October 2025
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Federated Farmers – Canterbury farmers need urgent consent fix
Source: Federated Farmers Nearly 200 Canterbury farmers packed into a community hall last weekend to voice their growing anger and frustration at the region’s consent crisis. Organised by Federated Farmers, the...
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Frontline partnerships deliver job seeker support
Source: New Zealand Government Minister for Social Development and Employment Louise Upston says a concerted focus by MSD on frontline partnerships is helping better prepare jobseekers to match with prospective...
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Strong interest in programme to train nurse practitioners
Source: New Zealand Government More than 340 nurses have expressed interest in the Government’s plan to support 120 registered nurses each year to complete advanced training and become nurse practitioners...
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When the government takes attendance seriously, so do Kiwis
Source: New Zealand Government Associate Education Minister David Seymour welcomes the Education Review Office’s (ERO) report showing that parent and student attitudes to school attendance have improved under this Government. ...
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Media advisory – Bucklands Beach fatal fire
Source: New Zealand Police Media are advised that Police will hold a stand-up this afternoon in relation to the fatal house fire in Bucklands Beach on 2 October. Detective Inspector...
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Employment – Critical IT workers and others keeping health system running vote to strike for the first time – PSA
Source: PSA More critical health workers are joining strike action on 23 October after the failure of Health NZ Te Whatu Ora to provide an offer during bargaining that fairly reflects...
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Education – ERO finds students are going to school more, with attendance back to pre-Covid levels and students now thinking school is more important
Source: Education Review Office ERO’s new report Back to Class has found that school attendance is back to pre-Covid levels and students are taking going to school more seriously than three...
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Vinpearl Golf Léman – A New Golf Landmark Opens in Ho Chi Minh City
Source: Media Outreach HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 October 2025 – Vinpearl Golf Léman, a 36-hole course with a distinctive design and comprehensive 5-star...
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VinFast launches “Your Voice, Our Future”, Indonesia’s first nationwide VinFast electric vehicle voting competition
Source: Media Outreach JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 October 2025 –VinFast officially launched “Your Voice, Our Future” (“Suaramu Penentu Langkah Kami”), a landmark future vehicle design voting...
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Property Market – Investors are back and they’re paying less for property than last year – Cotality
Source: Analysis from Kelvin Davidson, Cotality NZ Chief Property Economist Overall buyer trends remain consistent Many of the longer-term patterns in Cotality’s Buyer Classification data have continued in recent months....
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Dyslexia resources
Source: Tertiary Education Commission Dyslexia Resource Guide – Australian Disability Clearing House for Education and Training (ADCET) ADCET Webinar: Supporting students with dyslexia at university Dyslexia friendly style guide –...
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Transitional Support for Strategically Important Provision Fund
Source: Tertiary Education Commission Last updated 2 October 2025 This fund will support institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs) to maintain strategically important provision. The Minister for Vocational Education has...
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NZ-AU: IREN Secures New Multi-Year AI Cloud Contracts
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) NEW YORK, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (“IREN”) today announced it has signed additional multi-year cloud services contracts with leading AI companies...
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Advocacy – Peters critical of extremist Zionist MPs – PSNA
Source: Palestinian Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) PSNA says Foreign Minister Winston Peters is quite correct to identify Israeli-supporting members of parliament as ‘extremists’. Peters has made a ministerial...
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Health – It’s bananas – Commerce Commission won’t step in to protect smallest general practices and their patients
Source: General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) GenPro will continue to expose the gross unfairness of contracts imposed on general practices by Health New Zealand. Wanting to force change to address...
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Rural News – Canterbury farmers win fight to keep cops – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers says Canterbury Police has made the right call in scrapping its proposed district restructure today. “This is a smart and pragmatic decision – and a huge...
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MYCentre4IR And World Economic Forum Position ASEAN As Global Voice In The Intelligent Age
Source: Media Outreach The Co-Hosted With The World Economic Forum, The Summit Is Set To Launch Regional Initiatives on Sustainable and Safe AI and the Transitioning Industrial Cluster KUALA LUMPUR,...
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Azbil to Present Data-Driven Solutions at Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP) 2025
Source: Media Outreach TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 October 2025 – Azbil Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange Code: 6845) announced its participation at the eighth Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC...
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AIA Foundation celebrates 30th anniversary with award of AIA Scholarships to the 5th cohort and launch of “AIA Purpose in Action” initiative
Source: Media Outreach AIA senior management, scholars and graduates, together with singer Hins Cheung shared the purpose of inspiring a more sustainable Hong Kong HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach...
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Refresh The Fall Wardrobe: COOFANDY Introduces Practical Style Picks for Prime Day
Source: Media Outreach BERLIN, GERMANY – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 October 2025 – COOFANDY FALL Prime Day is here — a two-day event running from October 7 to 8...
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Korean Culinary Star Jung Ji-Seon Faces Off Against Japan’s Mystery Master Chef
Source: Media Outreach TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 October 2025 – TVBS proudly announces its brand-new international cooking competition show *Chef on Fire*, set to begin filming...
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Northland Police seek sightings of vehicle:
Source: New Zealand Police Northland Police are appealing for public help following reports of a burglary at a service station on SH12, Kaihu, Kaipara, this morning. “At around 1.30am, Police...
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Police search for Jayleb-Che
Source: New Zealand Police Police are asking public near Waiotapu Loop Road to search their property for anything that may relate to the search for Jayleb-Che, age 36, who has...
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Minister for Small Business to attend G20 meeting
Source: New Zealand Government Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Chris Penk will travel to South Africa this week to represent New Zealand at the Group of Twenty (G20) Trade and...
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Leading protection for Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 07 October 2025 Source: Office of the Minister of Conservation “For years, communities and people across the political divide have despaired at the effects of the...
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CPAG research review urges Government to address structural problems in education, work and income policy rather than punishing 18-19 year-olds
Source: Child Poverty Action Group Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is today releasing a new commentary: Children Can’t Eat a Promise: Rethinking the EducationtoEmployment “Silver Spoon” and three short evidence briefs...