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$10m a month wasted on redundant contact tracing

· April 1, 2025

Source: ACT Party “ACT can reveal that taxpayers are footing the bill for pointless contact tracing that should have been scrapped when Omicron made it redundant,” says ACT’s Leader David...

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100 million milestone leaves NZ increasingly isolated

· April 1, 2025

Source: ACT Party “Data collected by Bloomberg shows the milestone of 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine administered worldwide has been passed, leaving big questions for the Government about where...

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Fatal crash, Sheffield

· April 1, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police (District News) One person has died after the earlier crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on SH73, Sheffield. Diversions remain in place while the Serious...

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Serious crash, SH73, Sheffield

· April 1, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Emergency services are at the scene of a serious crash in Sheffield that has closed State Highway 73, West Coast Road. The crash involves...

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If it Pleases the Gods

· April 1, 2025

Source: ACT Party The Haps Last week Free Press extolled the Government’s RMA reforms. We thanked ACT and Simon Court for resource management law based on property rights. We think we understated...

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Privacy News – March 2025

· April 1, 2025

Source: Privacy Commissioner This issue includes a note that the Biometric Code consultation has now closed, and that the final version of the Code will likely be published mid-2025. It...

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Home removal goes sky-high

· April 1, 2025

Source: Auckland Council Removing a couple of storm-damaged homes sounds like a bread and butter task for an experienced home relocation company, but two homes in Blockhouse Bay had more...

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Opera in the Strand returns to Strand Arcade

· April 1, 2025

Source: Auckland Council [embedded content] It’s New Zealand Music Month in May and people will flood into midtown’s streets, lanes and public spaces, further cementing our place in the world...

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Record whio duckling count on Taranaki Maunga

· April 1, 2025

Source: Department of Conservation Date:  01 April 2025 Recent monitoring of eight rivers on Taranaki Maunga saw 106 whio ducklings counted, up from 89 in the survey completed last year. Further...

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Police investigating Roseneath deaths

· April 1, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Please attribute to Detective Inspector Haley Ryan: Police are making enquiries after two people were located deceased in a residential address in Roseneath overnight....

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Federated Farmers welcome health and safety reset

· March 31, 2025

Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers says health and safety changes announced by the Government today mark the start of a long overdue reform and are a step in the right direction....