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Dangerous riding ends in arrest
Source: New Zealand Police Police moved swiftly to keep motorists in Counties Manukau safe yesterday by activating a plan co-ordinating road patrols and the Eagle helicopter. A dirt bike...
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Auckland Regional Parks track update
Source: Secondary teachers question rationale for changes to relationship education guidelines This update is our first in a series covering what’s been done and what’s to come in Auckland Council’s...
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Homicide investigation underway in Parakao
Source: New Zealand Police Northland Police have launched a homicide enquiry following the death of a man in Parakao on 9 May. Ambulance staff located the body of the 55-year-old...
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Gang members arrested after funeral home arson
Source: New Zealand Police Police have this morning arrested a patched Mongrel Mob member in relation to an arson at a Māngere Bridge funeral home last month. Investigations had been...
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Release: Peeni Henare takes over foreign affairs
Source: New Zealand Labour Party Labour’s Peeni Henare will pick up the foreign affairs portfolio, following David Parker’s departure from Parliament. He retains his other portfolios of defence, economic development,...
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Statement regarding Jevon McSkimming
Source: New Zealand Police Police Commissioner Richard Chambers confirms he has been advised of Jevon McSkimming’s resignation from his position with New Zealand Police. “The criminal investigation will continue and...
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How To: A Great Walks Booking Guide |
Source: Police investigating after shots fired at Hastings house Surprise, surprise, the Great Walks booking opening is the biggest event in our booking calendar, with thousands of people from all...
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Protected Royal Spoonbill euthanised after suffering shotgun injury
Source: Police investigating after shots fired at Hastings house Date: 12 May 2025 DOC Hauraki Biodiversity Ranger Rachel Langman says a farmer at Pipiroa, near Thames, discovered the injured bird on...
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Further arrests made for Tay Street incidents
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Inspector Stu Harvey: Tireless work by Invercargill Police has resulted in further arrests for burglaries and robberies early last Monday morning. The two...
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Stats NZ information release: Electronic card transactions: April 2025
Source: Statistics New Zealand Electronic card transactions: April 2025 – 14 May 2025 – The electronic card transactions (ECT) series cover debit, credit, and charge card transactions with New Zealand-based...
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Net migration eases to under 30,000 – Stats NZ media and information release: International migration: March 2025
Source: Statistics New Zealand Net migration eases to under 30,000 – 14 May 2025 – New Zealand had a net migration gain of 26,400 in the March 2025 year, according...
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New Zealanders take 3 million overseas trips – Stats NZ media and information release: International travel: March 2025
Source: Statistics New Zealand New Zealanders take 3 million overseas trips – 14 May 2025 – New Zealand residents arrived back from 3.01 million short-term overseas trips (of less than...
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Local News – Free Youth events in Porirua
Source: Porirua City Council Youth Week 2025 is happening between 19-23 May and as Porirua has one of the country’s youngest populations, it’s only right that there will be loads of...
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Local News – Many hands help Porirua planting work
Source: Porirua City Council Porirua City’s streamside planting programme is going from strength to strength, with the successful planting of hundreds of thousands of native plants since the initiative launched in...
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Stats NZ information release: Rainbow/LGBTIQ+ population: 2023 Census
Source: Statistics New Zealand Rainbow/LGBTIQ+ population: 2023 Census – 13 May 2025 – Rainbow /LGBTIQ+ population: 2023 Census provides data on LGBTIQ+ communities with the release of 24 new Aotearoa Data...
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PSA welcomes alternative Green Budget which restores funding to the public service
Source: PSA The PSA is welcoming the Green Party alternative Budget which underlines the importance of properly funding the public service to support New Zealanders, in contrast to the Government’s destructive...
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Environment – Greenpeace slams Govt for failure to commit to protecting rivers
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace Aotearoa is slamming the Government after Parliamentary Under-Secretary for RMA Reform, Simon Court, refused yesterday to commit to upholding Water Conservation Orders, which protect lakes and rivers. Speaking...
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RBNZ Stats Alert Business Expectations Survey: Launch of regular publication set for 21 May
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand RBNZ stats alert: 14 May 2025 – Kia ora koutou, On 21 May 2025 we will be launching the Tara-ā-Umanga Business Expectations Survey (BES),...
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Awards – Finalists announced for 2025 ExportNZ ASB Central Region Awards
Source: Business Central ExportNZ is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 ExportNZ ASB Central Region Export Awards. The awards recognise exporting excellence from across the Central New Zealand Region...
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Consumer NZ – Smaller banks pack a punch: Consumer’s best and worst banks in 2025
Source: Consumer NZ The Co-operative Bank has topped the rankings for customer satisfaction, while ANZ finished at the bottom, according to Consumer NZ’s latest independent survey of New Zealand banking...
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Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior returns for 40th anniversary of French bombing in Auckland on 10 July
Source: Greenpeace The iconic Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will return to Aotearoa this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior at Marsden Wharf in Auckland by...
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Public service work from home policies dispute heading to Employment Relations Authority
Source: PSA Confidential mediation today failed to resolve the difference between the PSA and the government on public service work from home policies, and the issue is now heading to the...
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Transport – Everyone can help make our roads safer
Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand The theme of this week’s Road Safety Week is Be a Road Safety Hero and Transporting New Zealand has some tips for getting your superhero cape...
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Arts – Ngā Kaituhi Māori NZSA programme recipients 2025
Source: NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa The NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa – Ngā Kaituhi Māori has announced the recipients of its...
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Education – 30 Years of responding to the need for mental health and addiction nursing at Whitireia and WelTec
Source: Whitireia and WelTec Whitireia and WelTec are celebrating a 30-year milestone for their New Entry to Specialist Practice: mental health and addiction nursing programme (NESP). The one-year programme combines theory,...
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Health and Politics – Hui to further raise awareness on health woes – NZNO
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation NZNO’s Ōtautahi/Canterbury members will join local leaders and politicians to talk about the dire state of their local hospitals and the public health system at a...
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Marine Environment – Attenborough’s Ocean highlights horrors of bottom trawling – Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace is welcoming the release of David Attenborough’s latest documentary Ocean, which shines a spotlight on the scale of bottom trawling destruction, and issues an urgent message to turn...