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Serious crash, SH1 Brynderwyn, Northland
Source: New Zealand Police Northland Police are responding to a serious crash involving a car and a truck at SH1 Brynderwyn around 3.06am. Traffic controls are in place and motorists...
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Road closed, State Highway 28, Putaruru
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 28/Whites Road, Putaruru is closed following a serious crash this morning. Police were called to the two-vehicle crash at around 5.20am. The road is...
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Child Poverty – End Benefit Sanctions To Give Families a Fair Chance
Source: Child Poverty Action Group As the world turns its focus to social and institutional maltreatment, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is joining with other community groups to demand an end...
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Annual food prices increase 4.1 percent – Selected price indexes: September 2025 – Stats NZ news story and information release
Annual food prices increase 4.1 percent – news story 16 October 2025 Food prices increased 4.1 percent in the 12 months to September 2025, the smallest annual increase since April 2025,...
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Selected price indexes: September 2025 − Correction to annual and monthly percentage movements for food price index (FPI)
Selected price indexes: September 2025 − Correction to annual and monthly percentage movements for food price index (FPI) 16 October 2025 We have corrected annual and monthly percentage movements for...
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EIT student brings Latin flair to Matilda the Musical
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 3 hours ago EIT Bachelor of Creative Practice (Music) student Nicolas Lopez has stepped into the role of Rudolpho in Matilda the Musical. The 28-year-old,...
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Pahiatua homicide: Police asking public for sightings of man
Source: New Zealand Police Police investigating the suspicious death of a woman in Pahiatua are seeking help from the public on sightings of a man possibly involved in the incident....
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EIT graduate shares film success from Toronto to Hawke’s Bay
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 18 seconds ago Fresh from winning Best Film at the Toronto 48Hour Film Project, EIT Screen Production graduate Clark Marcelo returned to his roots, entering...
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Tax Reform – Report confirms NZ international outlier without CGT, advocacy group calls on all parties to embrace this common sense tax change
Source: Tax Justice Aotearoa Tax Justice Aotearoa today released a report Capital Gains Taxation in OECD and Comparable Nations, which shows that Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is an international outlier...
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Consumer NZ – Consumer groups urge Government: make the Fair Trading Act fairer
Source: Consumer NZ A cohort of the country’s consumer advocacy groups have issued an open letter to finance and economic growth minister Nicola Willis and commerce and consumer affairs minister...
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Rural News – Farmer trust washed away by lagoon ruling
Source: Federated Farmers Environment Southland has lost all credibility with Waituna farmers and the wider community over a ruling on when the lagoon can be opened to the sea, Jason Herrick...
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Health – Stability at the helm: GenPro members vote for continuity at AGM
Source: General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) The General Practice Owners Association is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its Annual General Meeting (AGM), during which members reaffirmed their confidence...
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Weather News – Yo-yo weather, before an extremely unsettled new week – MetService
Source: MetService Covering period of Thursday 16th – Monday 20th October Strong Wind Watches for Southland, Fiordland and Stewart Island from late Friday afternoon followed by Central Otago, Queenstown Lakes...
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Culture – Auckland Museum reopens northern entrance and galleries with FREE Labour Weekend celebrations
Source: Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum reopens its historic 1929 Grand Foyer and seven more galleries today Thursday 16 October for...
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Universities – Nature’s wow factor helps curb overconsumption – study – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) From the Southern Alps to Milford Sound, dramatic landscapes take our breath away; they might also make us rethink our next purchase. Feelings of awe,...
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Insurance Sector – Govt’s National Adaptation Framework a vital first step
Source: Insurance Council of NZ The Insurance Council of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) has welcomed the Government’s National Adaptation Framework as an important and necessary first...
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NZ Police Association congratulates 2025 Bravery Award recipients
Source: NZ Police Association The New Zealand Police Association, Te Aka Hāpai, today awarded two officers with the association’s Bravery Award. The awards are for performing their duty above and beyond...
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Agentic Commerce Launches in New Zealand to Help Kiwi Brands Sell Directly via ChatGPT
Source: Press Release Service Headline: Agentic Commerce Launches in New Zealand to Help Kiwi Brands Sell Directly via ChatGPT AgenticCommerce.co.nz launches to help New Zealand businesses connect their product data...
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New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast upon death of former Prime Minister Rt Hon Jim Bolger
Source: Ministry for Culture and Heritage As a mark of mourning and respect, the New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all Government and public buildings on Thursday 16...
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Advocacy – World Food Day — October 16
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand World Food Day is a reminder that access to food is a basic human right, not a privilege. Yet in Palestine, especially in Gaza,...
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Porirua City Elections 2025 – Final results
Source: Porirua City Council All votes have now been counted and the shape of Porirua City Council for the next year years has been decided. Today’s final results update the earlier...
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Seven new Police Patrol Dog Teams celebrate graduation today
Source: New Zealand Police Police Commissioner Richard Chambers welcomed seven new Patrol Dog Teams during their graduation at the Police Dog Training Centre (DTC) in Trentham, Upper Hutt today. The...
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Man fined, dogs ordered to be destroyed for prolonged dog attack on seal
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 16 October 2025 Sebastian Marinkovich was walking his two dogs, a retriever/labrador cross and a German shepherd/Siberian husky cross, on Kina Beach near Motueka on...
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Privacy Commissioner speaks out about sharing information for children’s safety and wellbeing
Source: Privacy Commissioner 9 Oct 2025, 12:48 “A child’s safety and wellbeing comes first,” is the Privacy Commissioner’s message to front-line workers after today’s announcement that the Government is working...
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Privacy Commissioner speech to the Police Association Annual Conference
Source: Privacy Commissioner 16 Oct 2025, 16:00 “My thanks to the Police Association for giving me the opportunity to address your annual conference on the subject of body-worn cameras and,...
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Blasting into summer at Central Otago’s Nevis Bluff
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Road users should prepare for delays as critical safety work at the Nevis Bluff, on State Highway 6 between Cromwell and Queenstown, gets underway later...
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Teaching the Basics Brilliantly: New curriculum, resources and assessment tools
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is delivering on its commitment to lift student achievement, with new curriculum updates, resources, and assessments rolling out from Term 4, Education Minister Erica...