PM Edition: Here are the top 10 business articles on LiveNews.co.nz for September 14, 2026 – Full Text
1. Winston Peters –
September 13, 2026
Source: New Zealand First
An Uncertain World
We are living through a hugely complex and challenging period.
This places an enormous premium on experience, and through experience, good judgements that protect New Zealand’s vital interests.
We take the world as it is, not as some cloistered varsity lecturer or woke leftie wants it to be. The record shows that we have exercised sound judgement when it has mattered most.
With experience comes prudence, and with diplomacy comes opportunity, and that is why we are guardedly optimistic that New Zealand will emerge from the serious global disruptions in a strong position to exploit every opportunity that we create or that comes our way.
The State of the Economy
We all know the economy isn’t where it should be. We all know that, without having to be told because kiwis are struggling sometimes working two, even three jobs, just to make ends meet.
New Zealand First has constantly said that it will take time to turn our economy around.
We have been open about that – and when other parties at the last election said that they could fix it within three years – we said that was a mistake. We knew the damage done to the economy by the previous Labour government couldn’t be undone in three years.
We know it can be fixed – but it will take time.
We are making some positive movements as an economy in such uncertain times. But we can, and must, do better.
But to do much better, we need many more New Zealand First MPs in parliament.
Many, many, more.
Inflation is on the rise again, not nearly as bad as under Labour, but it is on the rise.
Interest rates are on the rise again, not nearly as bad as under Labour, but on the rise.
Our slow economic recovery has been set back by events in the Middle East and worsened overnight with the capture of the Red Sea port, thereby blocking Saudi Arabian Oil.
That said, stability in the middle east is likely to be restored more quickly than New Zealand’s economic return to recovery.
And that’s because, our government inherited a disaster of massive overborrowing, and spending not on production, not on wealth creation, not on employment, and not on exports, but purely on consumption.
And we’re paying a massive price for that now.
We just had the COVID Inquiry showing the previous Labour government borrowed sixty billion dollars to deal with COVID, and yet they spent thirty billion of it on something else.
That is half of the sixty billion wasn’t spent on COVID. And you’re sitting in this audience and the mainstream media have told you what the thirty billion was wasted on.
We have turned the economy around – there is growth, but not nearly as much as we need.
The current economic climate and the reality of our situation just shows the sad thing about New Zealand over the past fifty years.
We went from being in the top three in the world to a non-competing economy.
Back then we had strong growth of over five percent a year, every year, and MPs who understood nationalism, who understood the national interest.
And then in 1984 we had the neoliberal experiment of Labour’s Roger Douglas and then National’s Ruth Richardson and the rest has been a massive disaster.
We became the victim of a totally unfettered free market – straight out of the neoliberal economic Milton Freidman textbook.
The left and right, Labour then National, went on to sell our assets, privatise our country, open our borders to mass immigration, open our society to every wild-west simpleton ideology – an ideology that has been proven over the past forty years to be an abject failure and purveyor of misery and struggle.
Only one party leader and one party – New Zealand First – has never subscribed to that ideology.
New Zealand First began because we opposed that ideology.
We have always believed in economic nationalism – where we own our country’s assets, where we have targeted government intervention, where we give a hand up in times of need, where our country gives capitalism a human face.
NZFirst Immigration Policy
How many times has New Zealand First been attacked for being xenophobic and racist, look around the world – it calls to mind the quote from The Mikado “the idiot who praises with enthusiastic tone, all centuries but this and every country but his own.”
We need smart immigration policies – where we shift the dial to a highly skilled critical workforce that our country needs, and provide real reasons for these kiwis to stay in New Zealand to rebuild our country together. A system that consistently provides the skills we need domestically, working alongside the education system which fills the skills we need in our industries.
We need a system that focusses on the needs of the employers, industry, and kiwi workers.
Smart, not more, immigration.
Ladies and gentlemen, it may come as a surprise to most, but over 30% of all current New Zealand residents were not even born in New Zealand. That’s approaching a third of all who live in New Zealand weren’t born here. Thirty years ago, in the 1990’s it was just 14%.
On that same upward trend, without smart immigration policies, in as little as just another 15 or 20 years that percentage will be approaching 50% of people living here not being born here. That’s your children and grandchildren’s generation.
It’s not just about the number of migrants coming into our country, it is about all of those young, trained, driven, smart, working-age kiwis that are leaving.
Under Labour’s 2023 final year, they let in 132,000 new migrants, net. There was a record number of people leaving New Zealand to go to Australia last year and apply to be citizens – the most concerning statistic is that half of those so-called New Zealand citizens who left, were not even born in New Zealand.
New Zealand is being used as a steppingstone into Australia. We take them in, train them, up-skill them, look after their families, and they then move to Australia or elsewhere. How is this an effective immigration policy?
Ladies and gentlemen, the fact is, in the past four years around 622,000 new migrants have come to this country, with a net number of 165,000. That increase in our population is almost the size of Hamilton over just four years. But the past is not the most concerning part. It is where we could be headed without a smart immigration policy and what that means for the future of our country.
Concerns are growing, as to some of the people who have come here who don’t salute our flag, don’t honour the values of our country, don’t respect the people living here, don’t respect the right to have our own religion and freedom of speech. These are values that we need to fight to protect. If you don’t want to sign up to those values, don’t come.
People around the world are fearful as to where their countries are going – just look at States in America, the UK, Ireland, Germany, and recently in Australia – and New Zealanders are no different. They are more acutely aware of the problem we’re dealing with here than the politicians are.
They have seen the international circumstances of careless immigration policies transforming cities, changing cultures, changing centuries of development and social life, and people feel at risk because of it.
We believe in a country called New Zealand, with one law, one people, one flag, and one set of values that our forebears fought and died for. And if we are the only party willing to stand in the way of globalist politicians and bureaucrats trying to take our country away, then so be it.
Immigration Policy
Two days ago New Zealand First announced a number of campaign policies that will make sweeping changes to current immigration laws.
Taxpayer owned TVNZ refuses to report anything we have said on this critical policy. Not one story or article.
New Zealand’s immigration system must serve New Zealand and New Zealanders.
For too long, governments have relied on immigration to drive headline economic growth and cheap labour.
The result has been greater pressure on housing, infrastructure and public services, increased competition for entry-level jobs, and declining public confidence that immigration is being managed in the national interest.
Population growth must not outpace our ability to build the country.
New Zealand First will substantially reduce non-essential immigration and restore the principle that immigration is a privilege, not a right.
New Zealand is more than an economy. It is a nation with its own history, institutions and way of life.
New Zealand needs to start viewing our citizenship as most other countries around the world do – as a privilege that comes with special and unique rights and identity.
This does not take away from the ability for migrants looking to move here, contribute, and help build our country from showing total commitment and patriotism for New Zealand by becoming a citizen.
In addition to the already announced policies of citizen’s only voting and citizen’s only NZ Super, New Zealand First will introduce the following policies in the next term of government:
· Birthright Citizenship – New Zealand First will update birthright citizenship requirements, so that only the children of citizens will be automatically entitled to New Zealand citizenship at birth.
· Asylum Seeker Changes – New Zealand First will reform the asylum seeker system, updating current settings so that they are fair, consistent, and fit for purpose. Protected person status will become temporary by design, subject to ongoing assessment.
o Any person who seeks asylum while in New Zealand on a working-class visa will be ineligible to do so.
o Asylum claimants will not be able to use the temporary work rights granted during the assessment period as a stepping stone to another visa.
· Permanent Resident and Citizenship Qualifying Period Adjustments – New Zealand First will double the required period to qualify for citizenship from five years to a minimum of ten years. The qualifying period for permanent residence will be extended from two to five years.
· Citizenship and Permanent Residence Application Fees – New Zealand First will increase the cost of applying for New Zealand citizenship and permanent residence to reflect its value and to better fund the wider immigration system.
· Welfare Stand-Down Period – New Zealand First will implement a 10-year welfare stand-down period for all visa holders, meaning non-citizens will be ineligible for jobseeker, accommodation supplement, or any other benefits during their first 10 years in New Zealand.
· Broadened Ability to Deport – New Zealand First will widen the criteria for deportation liability to cover any offence for which imprisonment is available as a sentence – with automatic deportation for those found guilty of violent or sexual crimes, found guilty of fraud, participating in an organised criminal group, money laundering, aiding and abetting under the Immigration Act, or migrant exploitation.
· Resident Visa Cap Referendum – New Zealand First will hold a referendum on the introduction of a legislated annual cap on the number of resident visas issued each year. Included in the Resident Visa Cap Referendum will be:
o A resident visa cap of 20,000 per year.
o Linking immigration settings directly to infrastructure capacity.
o Requiring major population growth to occur only where infrastructure already exists or is fully funded and scheduled for delivery.
o Stopping councils being forced to adapt to central government planning where local infrastructure cannot support it.
o Development of a 30-year Population Plan to coordinate immigration, housing and infrastructure planning.
· Social Housing for Citizens First – New Zealand First will ensure that social housing will be made available to citizens first and foremost.
· Chronic Overstayers – New Zealand First will implement a 24-month amnesty for overstayers to self-deport with no restrictions on applications to return.
o Any overstayer found past the clemency period has lapsed will be deported and permanently ineligible to apply for any visa in the future.
o In recognition of our commitment to our enduring Pacific relations, we will allow for a 24-month clemency period to facilitate any Pacific overstayer to apply to remain in the country legally on a valid visa. This will apply only to overstayers of Pacific origin.
· Student Visa Holders – New Zealand First will ensure student visa holders intending to transition to another visa will be required to leave before reapplying for another visa from abroad.
· Removal of Automatic Work Rights for Student Visa Holders – New Zealand First will remove the automatic work rights for international students and stop our kiwi jobs being taken by foreign students.
o Export education was designed to allow foreign students to come here, their economy pay for their education, and go back. It was not designed to allow them to take jobs off kiwis, have our economy pay for their education, and then to use the visa to move on to residence or work.
o It will be mandatory for any international student who wants to work in New Zealand while they study to apply under strict conditions to work. First and foremost, those job opportunities cannot be taken from New Zealanders looking for work.
· Immigration Ministerial Portfolio – It is imperative that a New Zealand First Minister holds the Immigration portfolio when part of the next coalition government to ensure the oversight, control and reform of the immigration system.
You have the right to determine the future size and character of your country.
This set of polices is about taking back control of our country and valuing our unique citizenship the way it should be.
New Zealand First since our formation has been warning about mass immigration being used as a crutch for the economy and failing workforce planning for our own people.
In 2017 when we became part of the government immigration was dramatically cut back. In 2021, when we were no longer part of the government, the governments feet came totally off the brakes, and Labour governing with the Greens began approving 213,000 migrant visas in just 18 months.
Following Covid in 2022, the immigration department loosely approved nearly every application for residency in New Zealand.
And when Labour was unleashing these hundreds of thousands of new immigrants on New Zealand, the National Party and the Act Party said absolutely nothing.
As it says in the good book – “By their deeds you will know them”.
We need immigration to New Zealand. It has been an essential part of our history. But this should be smart controlled immigration policy – bringing in immigrants who we need, not who need us.
It will always bring the inevitable naval gazing by the other parties who would rather fill gaps in our economy and workforce with migrants, than train and maintain kiwis, and protect the “kiwi dream”.
The ‘kiwi dream’ belongs to kiwis who have worked hard for our country, invested time, sweat, pride, and belongs to the generations who share in our country’s history. It is not for just anybody around the world who decides to come to our great country for five minutes and claim what we have built just for their convenience.
Ladies and gentlemen, for decades you have heard other politicians gloating perversely that “diversity is a strength”.
You’ve heard them all say it.
And its false.
Because unity is a strength, not diversity. Diversity is weakness and disunity.
The choice is in your hands, not retail globalist politicians.
Labour’s Mass Immigration Policy
Around three hours after New Zealand First announced our immigration policies on Friday, Labour decided to release theirs.
Except Labour was what you would expect – a bunch of empty words that want to sound like they are talking about immigration, but do exactly what they have always done – tinkered around the edges with a sprinkling of crazy global citizenship policies thrown in.
And by the way, Labour’s Twyford – he of the 100,000 KiwiBuild Homes, except there weren’t even 1000, had the temerity on the news on Friday night to accuse New Zealand First policies as being “racist” – this from the guy who created Labour’s immigration policy in 2017 by searching for ‘Chinese sounding names’ in the Auckland home owners register. Remember that?
Twyford said “Immigration should be planned around what New Zealand needs, and it should be managed in a way that’s fair to everyone here and everyone who comes,” – he must think New Zealanders are stupid, this is coming from the party that in 2023, alone, let in an extra 132,000 net new migrants.
An astonishing number. There is no person on the planet who thinks this type of number can be managed by our infrastructure.
They did it to disguise their failing economy and artificially boost demand. They had no care whatsoever for the long-term effect it would have on our country.
Labour is the party of mass immigration.
What is most concerning with what they announced, is that they said they would “set up a citizenship pathway for children born in New Zealand, and reviewing parent visa, health, and English-language rules”.
In other words, they want someone who has been here for five minutes to be able to have a child who will automatically become a citizen – which will give the immigrant parents the right to stay.
This is pure lunacy. They are treating our citizenship like it means nothing. They are saying our citizenship is just a spreadsheet exercise and box that needs to be ticked.
We in New Zealand First believe our citizenship is a privilege, not a right, and not just part of some bureaucratic machinery.
Waitangi Tribunal / Greens Grocers
There have been policy announcements from other parties over the past week.
Greens Grocers
The Greens new policy of Nationalising Private Supermarkets is textbook communism by stealth.
The Greens have gone full Soviet-style. The waiting queues will be kilometres long – just look at how it turned out in places like Venezuela.
The Green Party has literally stated that their government would “pass new laws forcing Woolworths and Foodstuffs to sell 120 existing stores and two major distribution centres” into public ownership.
And on dependant calculations their buying those shops for a quarter of their market value.
This is forcing private companies to sell their businesses to the government – it is not only nuts, it is the definition of communism.
The Greens are economic illiterates – this from Chloe who wants to be the Minister of Finance.
Chris Hipkins is waking up in cold sweats even before the election.
Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal is currently operating as a grievance make-work scheme and way out of scope of its original purpose when it was established.
Does it need to be abolished? Yes.
The Act Party also announced that it would abolish the Waitangi Tribunal once all settlements are completed.
But unfortunately the Act Party’s announcement comes straight out of Jim Bolger’s speech circa 1990 – where he said it will be wound up by 2014 once all settlements were completed. Remember that? “Once completed” means “sometime never”.
Sadly, the Act Party policy is the same illusion that Bolger had and doesn’t deal with the Tribunal.
New Zealand First’s plan is to deal with the Waitangi Tribunal once and for all – and we will be announcing this policy shortly.
Willie Jackson Co-Governance / Māori Apprenticeships
Labour’s Willie Jackson on Q&A was asked if Labour was going to bring back co-governance.
Willie said yes, but “apparently co-governance scares people, so we might give it a new name”.
Whatever new name he wants to give it, it will still be:
Separatist.
Racist.
Apartheid.
Co-governance is the destruction of our democracy. That’s why New Zealand First opposes it.
Because we believe in one people, one flag, one country, one law for all.
That is why we announced a policy to abolish the unelected Independent Māori Statutory Board.
Labour is on a patronising separatist race to the bottom along with the Greens, Te Pati Māori, and Opportunity Party.
Our vision and values as a country should be based on need not race – the sooner we get rid of separatist thinking and work together as one people the sooner we will have a better future together as one people.
Māori Party Destructive Bottom Lines
The Labour Party’s coalition partner, the Māori Party, released a tax policy – they called a “bottom line”.
They want to introduce a wealth tax, a massive corporate tax, a stamp duty, a property speculation tax, and an offshore speculation tax.
This is both a jobs killer and a business killer.
But guess what, surprise surprise, these wealth taxes don’t apply to Māori.
This is a policy for the taxpayer funded Māori elite, by the taxpayer funded Māori elite, from the taxpayer funded Māori elite.
All they have done is treat Māori with disdain, turn up to parliament once a month, and do a haka now and again in the House.
And who wants to sit with them at Cabinet with their extremist views? The Labour Party.
Opportunity Party’s Communist Consultants
Another party the Labour Party wants to work with is the new Opportunity Party.
The Opportunity Party wants homeowners to pay 1.75% of your home’s land value every year, that’s on top of your local rates.
Now you will have to pay an annual rent to the government.
And when the leader of the Opportunity Party was asked how an old couple could afford a $20k land tax bill every year, she said “they will have to downsize their house to afford it”.
This is blisteringly ignorant. But it gets worse.
It will be used for a Universal Basic Income of $19,400 every year, for everyone, for life, even if they are not working.
Opportunity Party calls this ‘fairness’.
New Zealand First calls it ‘communism’.
And who wants to sit with them in Cabinet? The Labour Party.
Green Party Debt Machine
The Greens want an $88 billion debt increase, and have a new policy bribe to give $2.4 billion to Marae – without any oversight or audit of taxpayers’ money.
This is inverse racism of the worst sort. They think they can use a bribe to get your vote. This doesn’t reflect respect for you, but sheer contempt for who you are.
The Greens are obsessed with race, gender, pronouns, and protests, performative politics, virtue signalling, and woke cancel culture, and they have completely lost sight of what their party once stood for.
Old Labour Is Gone
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the stark truth. The Labour Party that you once knew, perhaps even supported, is no more.
That party is gone. All of these polices and parties they are willing to support are proof of that.
Can you imagine Helen Clark or Michael Cullen, or Bob Tizard or Peter Frazer signing up to this?
Some Announced Bold Policies
We have announced a policy to break up the power companies, splitting the supermarket duopoly, creating a truly competitive New Zealand owned bank.
We have announced a policy to return mining royalties back to the regions.
We announced our KiwiSaver policy with automatic $1000 sign-up at birth, we will establish a $100 billion Future Fund that will invest in a thirty-year infrastructure plan for our country.
And we have announced a policy to ensure only citizens are allowed to vote in our country.
We will pull out of the Paris Accord.
We are going to have a referendum on the Maori seats, invest $1billion to find and extract our own oil and gas in our deep sea basins, we announced the ‘Kiwi Kids Grant’ that will support New Zealand citizens raising their first three children, through the first three years of their lives.
And while all the other parties argue about spending and taxation, New Zealand First is different.
We are talking about doubling our economy by 2050. Which is the only way we are going to be able to pay for the things that New Zealanders need.
Covid Inquiry into Vaccine Injuries
We have announced establishing a proper transparent inquiry into those who were injured by the Covid 19 vaccine – so we can find out exactly what happened, who was responsible, and publicly hold them to account.
Why did 311,000 12-17 year olds get a second vaccination when Labour’s Hipkins and Verrall were told not to give it to them?
The Choice On The Right
This year we have been packing the halls around the country with ordinary hardworking kiwi battlers who see the only party talking common sense.
They all see what makes New Zealand First different from every other party.
We are the only socially conservative party.
We are the only nationalist party.
We are the only patriotic party – a word that is now so often criticised. We stand proud to be patriots of New Zealand.
What’s most important, is that we are the only party that can counter-balance the present spectrum of extremists in parliament.
And we have the vitally experienced team and the bold policies to back it up.
New Zealand First is not just running in another election this year, we are running to save our country economically and socially from extremists.
Conclusion
Ladies and gentlemen, we are all here because we love our country, and we are proud of it.
True democracy is a rare flower in the history of humanity.
Down thousands of years living in democracy with freedom is a historical rarity.
We have inherited a free country that our forebears fought and died for, and it’s our job to preserve it.
But only if we are proud of what we have inherited can we come together and move forward to shape the vision of our country’s future.
We live in a country that, at its core, traditional New Zealand values once saw us amongst the world’s leaders – hard work, fair pay, valuing our citizenship, building a sense of community, and knowing who we are as kiwis.
We must remember, New Zealand is the beneficiary of Western values, democracy, and the rule of law. And the advancement and enhancement of those principles have only occurred in those societies that have united together as one people – and who celebrate their nationhood instead of perpetuating division.
There is a lot of uncertainty around the world and at home, but we must keep hope alive that, with hard work and perseverance, tomorrow will be better.
We must never stop believing in New Zealand.
That is our vision and that is our mission.
To protect, to save, and to restore New Zealand’s place at the top of the world.
By putting New Zealand and New Zealanders first.
We are asking you to join us – and Party Vote New Zealand First.
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/09/13/winston-peters-2/
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2. Green GSM Philippines to host its largest-ever driver partner festival, leading the green transition
September 13, 2026
Source: Media Outreach
Green GSM Philippines and Driver Partner community at the Green GSM Platform Driver Partner Day.
Going forward, Green GSM will continue improving service quality and expanding its network, consistent with its “5 Green Promises” commitment, with the aim of raising service standards and contributing to greener urban mobility in the Philippines./.
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3. Back on track? Not for workers – unions hand next Government a better map
September 13, 2026
Source: NZCTU
The next Government should restore fair pay agreements and pay equity legislation within its first 100 days, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi says in its Briefing to the Incoming Government, released today.
The briefing sets out 16 priorities across three themes – good work, a just economy, and modern public services and infrastructure. It speaks for more than 370,000 union members across NZCTU’s 32 affiliated unions.
“Working people have been weathering a long storm. Incomes have fallen behind the cost of living since 2021, unemployment is at an 11-year high, and people are going to work every day and still falling behind,” says Sandra Grey, NZCTU President.
“This briefing is a practical plan to turn that around. The NZCTU looks forward to working with the next Government to implement this plan.”
StatsNZ figures show 171,000 people were unemployed in the June 2026 quarter and 440,000 were underutilised. One in seven children, and one in 10 people over 65 are living in poverty. Yet in just the last year, the wealth of the 150 richest New Zealanders on the NBR Rich List rose by $27 billion to $129 billion.
The briefing calls for the Health and Safety at Work Amendment Act 2026 and the Employment Leave Act to be repealed before they take effect. It also calls for 90-day trials to be abolished and for corporate manslaughter legislation to be introduced.
“Fair pay agreements are the best tool we have to lift wages for hundreds of thousands of people in industries like supermarkets and cleaning, where employers compete by driving pay down. Restoring them, along with the pay equity system that was gutted last year, should be the first job of the next Government,” says Grey.
“We also need to rebalance the tax system. Inland Revenue’s own research shows the wealthiest 311 families pay less than half the effective tax rate of ordinary Kiwis. That’s unfair, and it starves the public services working people rely on. A capital gains tax is the obvious place to start,” says Grey.
“Power prices have gone up 12 percent in a year because the gentailers are incentivised to chase profits rather than build new generation. The Government is already the majority shareholder – it’s time it used that power for households,” says Grey.
“None of this works without working people having a real voice in the decisions that affect them. Working people have been clear about what they need. Now it’s up to the parties to show us they’re listening.”
The full Briefing to the Incoming Government is available here.
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/09/13/back-on-track-not-for-workers-unions-hand-next-government-a-better-map/
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4. New Child Health Centre and carpark open at Whangārei Hospital
September 11, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government
Whangārei Hospital’s new Child Health Centre was officially opened today, giving children, young people, and their families across Northland a purpose-built home for outpatient and community child health services, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.
“Children and young people in Northland deserve to receive care in facilities that are built for them,” Mr Brown says.
“This $35 million centre replaces an ageing children’s clinic with a modern, welcoming space designed around the needs of children and their families.”
The centre provides medical and non-medical outpatient and community services for children aged 0 to 16, and up to 21 in some cases. Services include paediatric medical services, paediatric community nursing, healthy lifestyle programmes, eczema and allergy clinics, visiting specialist clinics, and electroencephalogram (EEG) clinics.
It sits alongside the hospital, connected by a link bridge, placing child health services close to the Special Care Baby Unit, paediatrics, and maternity services.
“That proximity matters for families moving between services, and so does the design of the building itself.
“A hospital visit can be daunting for a young child, so this centre has been designed around them, with comfortable waiting areas for families, therapy and play spaces inside, and a playground and landscaped areas outside.”
The completion of a second project was also marked today, with the opening of the Car Park 14 extension.
“Car parks are a vital part of hospital infrastructure and are essential for patients, staff, and visitors as we continue the transformation of Whangārei Hospital.
“This $18.5 million project delivers 573 car parks and will help meet growing demand across the campus as the hospital continues to grow.”
Completing both projects is a critical step towards the wider Whangārei Hospital redevelopment. Relocating child health services has released the former Child Health site, which is required for the new acute services building and ward tower, while the carpark extension maintains, and ultimately increases, the number of car parks available on site during construction.
“Together, they clear the way for construction of the new acute services building to begin. They also mean the hospital can keep operating effectively through that work, with more parking available than there was before. That is how you deliver a redevelopment of this scale without disrupting the care people need today.
“Seeing both projects completed is a significant milestone for Northland, and I want to acknowledge Dr Shane Reti, who turned the sod for the Child Health Centre in December 2024 and for the carpark extension late last year.
“We are fixing the basics and building the future of our healthcare system by investing in the infrastructure New Zealanders need, and Northland is a big part of that. There is more to come as the redevelopment of this hospital continues,” Mr Brown says.
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/09/11/new-child-health-centre-and-carpark-open-at-whangarei-hospital/
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5. Midea Builds Momentum for European Built-In Cooking Strategy Following SpaceMaster’s IFA 2026 Debut
September 11, 2026
Source: Media Outreach
At IFA, the SpaceMaster Series put two technologies at the center of Midea’s cooking showcase: temperatures of up to 350°C and Graphene Turbo Hot Air technology. On Midea’s Culinary Stage in Hall 5.1, Michelin-starred chefs used the built-in ovens to prepare dishes live, demonstrating how high-temperature cooking and fast thermal response could translate from technical specifications into real culinary applications.
During an onsite Q&A at Messe Berlin, Midea executives also explained why pizza was selected as a key proof point for the SpaceMaster Series. Pizza places several demands on an oven at once, requiring intense heat, fast thermal response and precise temperature control to achieve a crisp exterior without burning. Midea positioned the 350°C pizza application as a way to address consumer expectations for shorter preheating times and restaurant-quality results at home.
At the core of the SpaceMaster Series is Midea’s Graphene Turbo Hot Air technology. The graphene heating element has a thermal response time of as little as 0.2 seconds, while the oven supports cooking temperatures of up to 350°C. Midea also re-engineered the thermal system, airflow and control algorithms as part of its broader approach to high-performance built-in cooking.
Beyond the technologies demonstrated at IFA, Midea outlined how SpaceMaster fits into its longer-term European product roadmap. Graphene is expected to serve as a common technology thread across its future premium built-in cooking portfolio. Plans include extending the technology to steam-combi models tailored for European artisanal bread baking, followed by space-saving compact formats for urban apartments.
This roadmap reflects Midea’s “design for Europe from Europe” approach. Its European R&D team leads local user research, engineering and compliance while collaborating with global R&D teams to translate regional cooking habits and kitchen requirements into product development.
Midea has set an ambition to become one of Europe’s top-three cooking brands within five years, spanning built-in ovens and freestanding cookers. Following its IFA 2026 showcase, the SpaceMaster Series is planned for market launch in 2027.
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Midea operates seven global R&D centers, holds more than 5,500 granted patents and serves markets in more than 160 countries and regions.
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6. PCCW Global and Harmony Tech Innovation sign MoU
September 11, 2026
Source: Media Outreach
Advancing low-altitude economy development across the Belt and Road regions
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 September 2026 – HKT (SEHK: 6823) – PCCW Global, the international telecommunications service provider under HKT, and Harmony Tech Innovation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 11th Belt and Road Summit to jointly promote the low‑altitude economy across the Belt and Road regions, facilitating Chinese enterprises and innovative technologies as they expand overseas.
<figure data-width="100%" data-caption="Frederick Chui, CEO, PCCW Global (left) and Jacqueline Kang, Chairman, Harmony Tech Innovation (right) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Belt and Road Summit 2026.” data-caption-display=”block” data-image-width=”0″ data-image-height=”0″ class=”c8″ readability=”3.5″> Frederick Chui, CEO, PCCW Global (left) and Jacqueline Kang, Chairman, Harmony Tech Innovation (right) signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Belt and Road Summit 2026. PCCW Global plans to leverage its global communications networks and international market resources, together with Harmony Tech Innovation’s low-altitude airspace traffic management technology, to explore and promote low‑altitude airspace traffic management solutions and related smart city solutions in Belt and Road markets. The collaboration will also explore applications in areas such as transportation, logistics, and emergency rescue, to support the development of smart cities and the low-altitude economy in local markets. Frederick Chui, CEO of PCCW Global, said: “The low-altitude economy is a strategically important emerging industry for the nation, and also a key direction for developing new quality productive forces. As countries along the Belt and Road accelerate urban development, demand for low-altitude airspace management and communications technologies continues to grow. PCCW Global is ready to further extend our network capabilities into the low‑altitude economy, providing efficient and reliable communications support for low‑altitude airspace traffic management. In collaboration with Harmony Tech Innovation, we will help bring Chinese innovative technologies to the global market, and support the advancement of smart cities and the digital economy along the Belt and Road.” Jacqueline Kang, Chairman, Harmony Tech Innovation said: “Communications networks and management systems are critical foundations for the low-altitude economy. We are delighted to collaborate with PCCW Global, combining our digital management capabilities with PCCW Global’s extensive communications networks to provide robust support for low-altitude operations. Looking ahead, we look forward to continuing our collaboration, driving the practical application of low-altitude technologies, and seizing opportunities in overseas markets.” Harmony Tech Innovation is a global leading provider of low-altitude airspace traffic management and unmanned aerial vehicle ecosystem, focusing on low‑altitude economy and 3D low‑altitude traffic management platform. Its “Low Altitude Airspace Coordination and Service System”, launched in Zhuhai in 2024, is interconnected with China’s Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Management Platform and offers capabilities including regional remote low‑altitude surveillance, centimetre‑level satellite positioning, providing data support for smart city management and laying the foundation for the development of the low-altitude economy in the Greater Bay Area. PCCW Global’s network infrastructure spans five continents and is backed by extensive international operational experience, enabling it to actively help drive the overseas expansion of China’s advanced technologies. PCCW Global delivers customised network solutions for low‑altitude economy scenarios, supporting real‑time data transmission and the management of low‑altitude aircraft. Hashtag: #HKT #PCCWGlobal
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7. Greenpeace – Trawl industry spin exposed as latest data reveals 35 tonne coral bycatch
September 11, 2026
Source: Greenpeace
New fisheries data has reinforced the disastrous impact of commercial trawling, showing New Zealand trawlers reported hauling up more than 35,000kg of protected coral and sponges over a six and a half year period – despite the fishing industry claiming they avoid coral habitats.
Environmental groups are calling the figure “staggering”, and say it’s yet more evidence for why bottom trawling cannot continue on vulnerable habitats like seamounts, where corals thrive.
Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper says: “The fishing industry is on a PR offensive, claiming they don’t trawl where corals grow. But this is misleading the public in terms of their impact on the ocean. No amount of PR spin can explain away over 35 tonnes of coral coming up in their nets.
“We cannot trawl our way to a healthy ocean, and the evidence has been clear for some time that change is urgently needed. Political parties must act to protect the most vulnerable habitats like seamounts from bottom trawling.”
The data, which is reported coral bycatch from the fishing industry and was released by MPI, shows that commercial trawlers caught 35,640 kg of coral and sponges within New Zealand waters between October 2019 and March 2026.
The Chatham Rise, off the South Island’s east coast, had the most damage, with 20,000kg seabed bycatch reported – nearly 60% of the total caught by trawlers in the time period. The Sub Antarctic region and South East fisheries areas followed. These areas are characterised by seamounts and other other vulnerable marine ecosystems, that are often home to coral and diverse ocean life.
Karli Thomas, of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition says: “Corals and sponges are vital to ocean health – creating crucial habitats in the deep sea and supporting rich and diverse ecosystems. Deep sea corals grow incredibly slowly and can live to be hundreds or even thousands of years old, but can be reduced to rubble in seconds by trawl nets.” (1.)
The 35,640kg of coral recorded as bycatch is likely just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the scale of destruction. Most coral that gets destroyed by trawling doesn’t make it into the net to be hauled aboard and weighed, most remains on the seabed. This means that with a bycatch of 35 tonnes, the amount actually destroyed could be between 3,849 – 12,118 tonnes. (2.)
Thomas also points to information that came to light during a 2022 government-run Forum looking at limiting bottom trawling.
Information presented at the Forum showed closing all seamounts in New Zealand waters would only reduce fishing value by 6%, assuming the fish weren’t caught elsewhere.
“The industry and their Minister claim environmental protections would put fishers out of business. The data shows that’s not true – and in reality the way they are fishing is destroying their fishery, and decimating other ocean life.”
Chair of ECO, Barry Weeber, agrees that the biggest risk to fishing industry jobs is the fishing industry itself, pointing to the recent collapse of the world’s largest orange roughy fishery on the Chatham Rise. Populations were so low, some seasonal area closures have been implemented to protect spawning grounds.
“Closing vital habitats only when fish populations are collapsing is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. If New Zealand doesn’t start managing fisheries better, which must include closing areas that are sensitive and known to be important to fish spawning, then we will see further collapses. Industry recklessness has an incredible impact with declining ocean health and industry employment.”
Ocean protection is high on the election year agenda, with a WWF poll from June showing 90% of New Zealanders want action on bottom trawling. Thousands also submitted against the Fisheries Amendment Bill that would have incentivised the method.
“The scale of trawling’s destruction is abundantly clear,” says Greenpeace’s Ellie Hooper. “A transition away from bottom trawling should have started decades ago, but nothing was done. It is simply not good enough for politicians, or industry, to tell New Zealanders in 2026 that they refuse to change.”
The country’s position on bottom trawling will be under the microscope at an international fisheries meeting this week, as countries met for the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation scientific committee.
New Zealand remains the only country bottom trawling the high seas, or international waters, of the South Pacific, and has previously blocked moves to protect vulnerable habitats in this area.
Notes
1. The oldest corals recorded in New Zealand waters are black corals over 2,000 years old. Reference: Tracey, D.M. & Hjorvarsdottir, F. (eds, comps) (2019) The State of Knowledge of Deep-Sea Corals in the New Zealand Region. NIWA Science and Technology Series No. 842.
2. R. Pitcher, A. Williams and L. Georgeson (2019) Progress with investigating uncertainty in the habitat suitability model predictions and VME indicator taxa thresholds underpinning CMM 03-2019. SPRFMO SC7-DW21_rev1, September 2019
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8. Gooval Launches Shipping Secure Service in Partnership with Ping An P&C Insurance
September 10, 2026
Source: Media Outreach
Gooval is a specialized privilege service plugin designed for E-commerce sellers. The product architecture is built upon three distinct tiers:
- Base Service: Covers loss, damage, and delays. Compensation is based on the actual order amount, capped at USD 2500 per single package, alongside fixed-amount compensations for logistics timeouts.
- Extended Benefits: A growing lineup of everyday perks that will be rolled out gradually, featuring popular items like video/music streaming subscriptions, free AI tool credits, and options to support tips.
- Seller-Customized Perks: Features like worry-free exchanges, VIP customer service and repurchase vouchers—all fully configurable and price-adjustable by the seller.
Leading financial innovation in the AI era, Gooval heavily leverages AI module to simplify the entire user experience. The platform automatically tracks packages in real time and to approve simple case requests in just seconds. To ensure security, Gooval’s AI risk-control system instantly detects and blocks fraudulent claims.
A highlight of the summit was the official signing ceremony, where representatives from Gooval and Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, Ltd. (Ping An P&C) formalized a comprehensive strategic partnership. Under this agreement, Gooval has secured an insurance policy from Ping An P&C to firmly guarantee and safeguard Gooval’s benefit fulfillment capabilities.
As one of Chinese largest property and casualty underwriter, Ping An P&C commands a dominant market presence, backed by comprehensive risk-mitigation capabilities across comprehensive property, casualty, and engineering lines. Internationally, the insurer maintains a premier credit profile, underscored by an A (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating (FSR) and an “a+” Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) from AM Best, both carries a stable outlook. Leveraging Ping An Group’s core “Finance + Technology” synergy, the company’s capital adequacy, robust balance sheet, and pioneer digital innovation continue to receive strong validation across global capital markets.
This strategic alliance marks a critical milestone in Gooval’s global expansion, establishing solid foundation of trust for its Shipping Secure Service among international consumers.
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9. Diagnostics target exceeded as waitlists fall 21 per cent
September 12, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government
Waitlists for scans, colonoscopies, and heart tests have fallen sharply over the past year, with Health New Zealand exceeding the Government’s delivery target for additional procedures to address long wait lists, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.
Last year, the Government confirmed that it would deliver an additional 75,000 procedures across radiology, colonoscopy, cardiac, and colposcopy services. The results for that period are:
- 89,039 additional procedures delivered across these services, more than 14,000 above target
- Total waitlists down 21 per cent
- Long waits down 43 per cent
“This is what happens when we set clear targets and accountability. These results represent thousands of New Zealanders receiving the tests they need sooner than they otherwise would have,” Mr Brown says.
“The greatest improvement has been for those waiting longest. A year ago, tens of thousands of New Zealanders were waiting longer than they should for the tests they needed. That number has fallen by 43 per cent.”
Waitlist reductions for diagnostic services include:
- CT down 48 per cent
- MRI down 33 per cent
- Coronary angiography down 29 per cent
- Surveillance colonoscopy down 14 per cent
- Colposcopy and echocardiography down 9 per cent
“CT and MRI are among the most frequently ordered scans in the health system, so improvements there reach the greatest number of patients. Nearly half of the CT waitlist and a third of the MRI waitlist have been cleared in twelve months.
“Demand grew over the same period, including a 10 per cent rise in urgent CT and MRI referrals. Waitlists fell despite that increase, which shows the reductions came from delivering more, not just working through an existing backlog.
“Reducing waitlists while demand increases is a considerably harder result to achieve, and it demonstrates a genuine improvement in productivity.”
The results were delivered through the $65 million Diagnostic Improvement Plan, which was aimed at reducing long waitlists for critical diagnostic procedures in 2025/26. It enabled Health New Zealand to maximise capacity in its own hospitals while also using private providers to deliver more diagnostic services for patients.
“Maximising capacity in our hospitals is thanks to the hard work of frontline staff, who have delivered additional clinics to see more patients. I want to acknowledge the APEX union for its engagement with Health New Zealand, which has played a key role in delivering that extra capacity.
“The programme has also been supported by targeted workforce growth, with expanded training places in radiology, echo-sonography, nurse colposcopy, and nurse endoscopy, alongside investment in new data platforms, ensuring we can meet future demand.
“The priority over the past year has been getting waitlists down. There is still more to do, and too many New Zealanders are still waiting too long, but waitlists have come down significantly and we are making real progress.
“These results show what is possible when the system is focused on delivery. The task now is to build on that, with more scans and tests planned this year and a continued focus on New Zealanders getting the tests they need, when they need them.”
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/09/12/diagnostics-target-exceeded-as-waitlists-fall-21-per-cent/
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10. CRL opening puts Auckland on track for the future
September 11, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, Ministers, Councillors and iwi have officially opened Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) today, marking a turning point in the way New Zealand’s biggest city moves and grows.
After a decade of construction, commuters will be able to travel through the heart of the city by train from Sunday 13 September, when CRL stations open and a new rail timetable begins.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says the opening is a historic moment for Auckland, coming around a century after an underground city centre railway was first proposed.
“CRL is New Zealand’s biggest, and perhaps most challenging, transport project completed to date,” Mr Bishop says.
“For the first time, trains will run right through the middle of Auckland rather than reaching the city centre and stopping. Auckland’s rail lines will become a connected network, with faster journeys, more frequent services and much greater capacity.
“It brings Auckland’s rail system more in line with major cities around the world and will make a real difference to people heading to work or school, going to an appointment, meeting friends, shopping or getting to an event.
“CRL is a statement of ambition for Auckland and for New Zealand. It shows what good infrastructure can achieve: creating more opportunities for new homes and businesses around stations, better connecting people with jobs and services, and making it easier for a growing city to function.
“This major project is part of a much wider transformation of Auckland’s rapid transport network. It sits alongside new train stations in Drury, the electrification of rail to Pukekohe, upgrades to other stations, the Rail Network Rebuild and Auckland’s growing busway network.”
Mr Bishop also acknowledged the thousands of people who have worked on the project over the past decade, and Aucklanders and city centre businesses who have lived with the disruption required to build it.
“Major infrastructure is difficult to build. Aucklanders have put up with closed roads, construction sites and disruption for years to get to this point.
“From Sunday, the focus shifts from what it took to build the City Rail Link to what it makes possible. For decades to come, Aucklanders will simply be able to get on a train and get where they need to go more quickly and easily. That is what great infrastructure is ultimately about.”
Mayor Wayne Brown has a clear message for Aucklanders.
“We want Aucklanders to get on board,” Mayor Brown says.
“The City Rail Link is a transformational investment for Auckland. It’s a game changer for our city that will benefit generations to come.
“Aucklanders can look forward to more travel options and a better-connected rail network, making it easier to move across the city. Public transport will be simpler, more convenient and more accessible for more people.
“The benefits of this project will be felt every day. Whether you’re heading to work, school, Eden Park or K’ Road for a meal, the new network will make getting around Auckland faster and easier.
“I encourage Aucklanders to get on board, literally, and make the most of this significant investment in our city’s future.
“From Sunday, a new timetable, new rail routes and three new stations will transform the way Auckland’s rail network operates.
“When many Aucklanders return to work on Monday, they’ll be using a network that connects them to more places and provides more travel choices.
The new East West and South City line services will all connect through the new stations, improving connectivity, optimising services and delivering the transport outcomes Aucklanders and businesses have been waiting for.”
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/09/11/crl-opening-puts-auckland-on-track-for-the-future/
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