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Deputy Prime Minister to visit New Caledonia
Source: New Zealand Government Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to New Caledonia later this week. “This visit comes at an important moment in New Caledonia’s...
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Two to appear in court following a building fire, Frankton
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attributable to Detective Sergeant Matt Lee: Hamilton Police have arrested and charged two people following a fire at a workshop in Frankton last month....
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Community support for Auckland’s Annual Plan
Source: Auckland Council Aucklanders have had their say on the 2025/2026 Annual Plan, with more than 13,000 pieces of feedback received during the recent consultation, and council hearing from individual...
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Advocacy – Voting ban “undermines democratic principles” says justice group
Source: People Against Prisons Aotearoa The Government has announced the total disenfranchisement of people incarcerated in New Zealand prisons. This replaces a partial ban, and will see all prisoners prevented...
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Employment – Home Support Workers to strike over poor pay, ‘broken’ system – PSA
Source: PSA Nearly 1000 support workers from one of the country’s largest home support companies are walking off the job tomorrow to protest chronically low pay and a recent attempt by...
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Insurance Sector – ICNZ Annual Review 2024 released
Source: Insurance Council of NZ The Insurance Council of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) has released its annual review for 2024. “2024 has been an important year...
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Consumer NZ is seeking nominations for businesses that are the worst of the worst
Source: Consumer NZ The Yeah, Nah Awards spotlight businesses that have excelled at letting consumers down. It’s accepting public nominations until 30 June. Acting head of research and advocacy, Jessica...
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Appointments – Banking Ombudsman Scheme gets three new directors
Source: Banking Ombudsman Scheme The Banking Ombudsman Scheme is adding another director to its board and at the same time replacing two departing directors. Hon Heather Roy will become the board’s...
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Greenpeace slams deep sea mining application as a ‘total disregard for international law’
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace has slammed an announcement by The Metals Company to submit the first application to commercially mine the seabed. Greenpeace International Senior campaigner Louisa Casson said: “The first application to...
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Financial education will help disadvantaged kids succeed
Source: ACT Party ACT’s Education spokesperson Laura McClure has welcomed the Government’s move to embed financial education into the school curriculum for Years 1 to 10, saying it will make...
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Reawakening Manu-kau Noa Iho / Hayman Park
Source: Auckland Council From late April to December 2025, parts of Hayman Park in Manukau will be temporarily closed for work to further enhance its green spaces. This will finish...
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Ranger’s dream to protect an ancient kānuka ‘island’
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 30 April 2025 The 13-hectare forest near Eyrewell in North Canterbury is in the Motu Kānuka Scientific Reserve, which sits within a vast sea of privately...
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Serious crash, SH3, Awakino
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Emergency services are responding to a serious crash that has blocked State Highway 3 at Awakino, in the Waitomo district. The crash was reported...
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Transforming financial education in schools
Source: New Zealand Government Financial education will be embedded as a core element of the refreshed social sciences curriculum for Year 1-10 students, set to be available for use from...
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Te Pāti Māori: Denying the Right to Vote is a Breach of Te Tiriti and Human Rights
Source: Te Pati Maori The National Party’s announcement to reinstate a total ban on prisoner voting is a shameful step backwards. Denying the right to vote does not strengthen society...
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Right-Wing Government Strips Māori Health Safeguards and Pretends Colonisation Never Happened
Source: Te Pati Maori Right‑wing ministers are waging a campaign to erase Māori health equity by tearing out its very foundations. ACT’s Todd Stephenson dismisses Treaty‑based nursing standards as “off‑track distractions” and...
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We want to be here long-term: A 20-year journey towards sustainable dairy farming
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Reducing nitrate in the water And slowly but surely, it’s paid off. The 221ha property with 630 cows, located on the outskirts of Culverden in...
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Pilot project delivers promising results for sustainable urban design
Source: Auckland Council Advocates for living roofs, those lush, plant-covered patches of green on our city buildings, have long championed these slices of eco-paradise in our urban jungle. Now, thanks...
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Protecting New Zealand’s energy infrastructure
Source: New Zealand Government Improving the current system to better protect power lines from falling trees will protect the security of New Zealand’s electricity infrastructure, says Energy Minister Simon Watts. “Secure...
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New commercial fish-landing rules come into force
Source: New Zealand Government Common sense new rules allowing certain species of live fish to be legally returned to the sea will reduce unnecessary red tape and support sustainability, Oceans...
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Government to reinstate prisoner voting ban
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has agreed to reinstate a total ban on prisoner voting, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.“Cabinet’s decision will reverse the changes made by the previous...
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Man sentenced after Operation Barber cuts at West Coast drug supply
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attributable to Detective Constable Mat Wood: Police acknowledge the sentencing handed down in the Christchurch District Court this week in relation to the supply...
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Events – Unions to hold Nationwide Day of Action on May Day – CTU
Source: CTU This Thursday 1 May (May Day) the union movement are holding a Nationwide Day of Action to fight back against the Government’s anti-worker agenda. Thousands of workers from...
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Health – History shows patients at risk from Physician Associates – NZNO
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation Avoidable harm caused to patients both in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom shows the introduction of physician associates is a risk to patient safety,...
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New Zealand ‘nowhere to be seen – again’ – on intensifying Gaza genocide – PSNA
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is demanding the New Zealand government justify its absence from submitters to the International Court of Justice hearings at the...
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Fatal crash, Horotiu Road
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Location: Police can confirm one person has died following an earlier crash south of Te Kowhai. The single vehicle crash happened at around 4:40pm....
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Unexplained death, Feilding
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police were called to an address on Campbell Street in Feilding at around 12.50pm today, after a person was found deceased at the property....