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· January 9, 2025
Source: Green Party The Green Party welcomes the extension of the deadline for Treaty Principles Bill submissions but continues to call on the Government to abandon the Bill. “We welcome...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: MetService Covering period of Thursday 9th – Monday 13th January – Southerlies look to persist into next week as a low pressure system to the east and ridge of high...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Save the Children Children made up just under half – 44% – of predominantly Rohingya refugees leaving Bangladesh and Myanmar by boat in 2024 as the number of people taking...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand has declared that all of the Waikato district will be in a restricted fire season from 9am on Friday 10...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Motorists are being asked to avoid a section of Carbine Road following a burst water main. Police were notified of the incident at about...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A reminder that work begins next week alongside Tutaekuri River Bridge on State Highway 2 (SH2) Hawke’s Bay Expressway as the 4 laning Roads of...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A reminder there will be overnight closures next week on State Highway 51 at Clive for resealing work. Crews will be onsite between 8pm and...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Work to resurface the State Highway 2 (SH2) Mohaka slow vehicle bay will begin from next Tuesday (14 January.) The work is expected to take...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency After the Christmas hiatus, road maintenance is back with a major closure of State Highway 1. The Desert Road, between Tūrangi and Waiouru, will close...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Crews have kicked back into gear following the holiday season with road renewal works underway in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. From Wednesday 15 January, road rebuild...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A reminder that work begins on Monday at the site of the new State Highway 57/Tararua Road roundabout as the first stage of construction gets...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries Significant work continues in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe, with no signs of any further Oriental fruit flies to date, says Mike Inglis, Biosecurity New...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Statistics New Zealand Household labour force survey estimated working-age population: December 2024 quarter – information release – 9 January 2025 – The household labour force survey estimated working-age population...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Te Tai Tokerau Northland will move into a restricted fire season from 8am on Friday 10 January 2025 until further notice. A restricted fire season...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: SAFE For Animals Animal rights organisation SAFE is reinforcing its call for the immediate release of the revised rodeo code of welfare following the deaths of two animals over the...
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· January 9, 2025
Source: NIWA Changing airflows mean changing weather from here till March and, to quote our principal forecaster Chris Brandolino, “La Nina hasn’t gone away”. In short, it’s going to be mixed....
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· January 9, 2025
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 09 January 2025 The juvenile/subadult dolphin, which was travelling with a fully grown dolphin, was first reported to DOC’s hotline on 29 December. DOC Operations Manager,...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand 2025 is set to be a big year for transport policy, with Parliament set to debate legislation enabling time-of-use or congestion charging, the Land...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Christmas has come and gone, and as we move rapidly into 2025, the State Highway summer maintenance season kicks back into gear in Nelson. State...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Police have helped staff at Oranga School in One Tree Hill celebrate the return of a large amount of specially prepared paint, that had...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Road users and residents need to be ready for night closures on SH58 Whitby/Paremata, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA). “Work is starting this...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 08 January 2025 DOC Operations Manager Whakatipu, David Butt, says the temporary site will be convenient and closer to most of the district’s extensive visitor network....
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· January 8, 2025
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) A motorist faces the prospect of serious charges after driving through cordons at the scene of a South Waikato crash that closed State Highway...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: Alcohol Healthwatch A decision of the Auckland District Licensing Committee sends a strong message to alcohol retailers who engage in Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) services in retail alcohol outlets. AfterPay is...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) A section of State Highway 1 at Piarere has reopened following a serious crash this morning. Emergency services were alerted to the crash about...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: Te Pati Maori Te Pāti Māori has this morning issued a stern warning to Fast-Track applicants with interests in mining, pledging to hold them accountable through retrospective liability and...
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· January 8, 2025
Source: ACT Party ACT MP Mark Cameron is calling on Parliament to thank farmers working through summer by reinstating provisions in the Resource Management Act that prevent regional councils from...