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Government app launched today
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has today released an app to make it easier and safer for people to access government services, Digitising Government and Public Service Minister Judith...
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Water Safety – Auckland Risk Is Real, Particularly at West Coast Beaches – Take Extra Care This Summer
Source: Water Safety New Zealand Water Safety New Zealand is urging Aucklanders and visitors to recognise the danger posed by the region’s high-risk water locations. Over the past decade, a...
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Property Market – Best of the Best: NZ housing’s conflicting forces in 2025 – Cotality
Source: Cotality New Zealand’s housing market delivered a year of broad stagnation in 2025, with lower mortgage rates boosting sales volumes, but a sluggish economy and weak labour market providing...
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No, pensioners aren’t getting a Christmas bonus
Source: Radio New Zealand The Ministry of Social Development says the offers of cash for Christmas are not real. 123RF Superannuitants are being warned not to fall for a scam...
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BNZ concern over SMEs’ attitude to cyber security as scams net thousands
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com Half of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) have been targeted by scams over the past year, costing victims an average of $5000 each time....
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Central Wellington has NZ’s cheapest homes, Herne Bay still the most expensive suburb
Source: Radio New Zealand Central Wellington has the cheapest homes in the country, property data firm Cotality says. RNZ / REECE BAKER Central Wellington has the cheapest homes in the...
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Canterbury Businesses Signal Confidence, But Resilience Is Running Low
Source: Business Canterbury The latest Quarterly Canterbury Business Survey (QCBS) from Business Canterbury, released today, shows business confidence trending upward, but alongside clear signs that resilience is starting to wear...
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Science – NZ and US studying “huge unknown” in Antarctic climate science – Earth Sciences
Source: Earth Sciences New Zealand Scientists are measuring a huge unknown in climate science: how much heat Antarctica emits into space. To do this, Earth Sciences New Zealand and the University...
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Property Market – More than $114 billion of property listed for sale in 2025… and counting
Source: RealEstate.co.nz An extra $2 billion worth of residential property has been listed for sale so far in 2025, compared to the same time last year More than 108,000 homes...
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Lifestyle – Read With Me: New Summer Reading Challenge Helps Tackle the Holiday Learning Dip
Source: Duffy Books in Homes Duffy Books in Homes, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, launches The Summer Reading l Pānui Challenge: Read with Me. The reading challenge starts...
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Recognition – Fijian Indian youth advocate wins Amnesty International award
Source: Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand 22-year-old Fijian Indian curator and community organiser Dylan Chand was announced today as the winner of Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s Gary Ware Legacy Award. Chand...
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Police urge kayakers to take care on the water
Source: New Zealand Police Police are reminding kayakers to follow six simple steps before taking to the water this summer. The Police Maritime Unit deployed in Lady Elizabeth IV recently...
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Emergency closure to protect hoiho extended
Source: New Zealand Government An emergency fishery closure around Otago Peninsula to protect northern hoiho has been extended for nine months, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The decision...
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Fatal house fire in Auckland’s New Lynn not suspicious, police say
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services were called to the house on Kohekohe Street on Monday afternoon. (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER A house fire that killed a man...
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Abortion Services Aotearoa New Zealand: Annual Report 2025
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health Publication date: 10 December 2025 This is the fourth annual report on abortion services the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora has published. The...
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Secondary principals vote to accept settlement
Source: New Zealand Government Education Minister Erica Stanford welcomes the successful conclusion of pay negotiations for secondary principals, with a majority vote from members of the Secondary Principals’ Association of...
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First Responders – Tongariro National Park Fire Update #9
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Drones with thermal imaging equipment have found little to no fire activity on the Tongariro fireground overnight. Fire and Emergency New Zealand will have 37...
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Greenpeace – High risk of economic losses from Cook Islands nodule extraction and sales – new study reveals
Source: Greenpeace The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.[1] The analysis shows that, once...
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Advocacy – Human Rights Day – 10 December – PFNZ
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand (PFNZ) Today, on Human Rights Day, we reaffirm the universal principle that every human being is entitled to dignity, freedom, and justice. These are...
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OPen Letter – Concern Regarding Comments Made in the House Tuesday
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand Open Letter follows: Rt Hon Gerry BrownleeSpeaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Dear Rt Hon Speaker, It’s important to note that what...
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‘Devastated’ Joseph Parker confident he will fight again after failed dope test
Source: Radio New Zealand Joseph Parker (R) during his fight against Fabio Wardley. photosport New Zealand heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker says he’s “devastated” by his positive doping test and is...
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Minister seeking advice after Supreme Court decision rules full-time carers are employees of the government
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Disability Issues Louise Upston. (File photo) VNP / Phil Smith The Minister for Disability Issues is seeking advice on the Supreme Court’s decision that...
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Significant boost to school property budgets
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is continuing to supercharge school property, increasing maintenance funding for the first time since 2010 so more students benefit from safe, warm and dry...
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Ghislaine Maxwell court documents can be released as part of push for information on Jeffrey Epstein, judge says
Source: Radio New Zealand By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (alt text) CNN/US District Court for the Southern District of New York This undated trial evidence image obtained 8 December 2021, from...
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Should you get your child’s teacher a Christmas gift? If so, what?
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the most thoughtful yet bizarre gifts Shirley Serban received from a student during her teaching career was a basket containing a can of Sprite,...
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Motorcyclist injured in crash on west Auckland road
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi A motorbike and car have collided on west Auckland’s Te Atatū Rd, near the motorway on-ramp heading into the city. The motorcyclist...
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Concern commuters may shun buses after second fatal stabbing on Auckland service
Source: Radio New Zealand Police officers at the scene of an incident on Fenchurch Street in Glen Innes around 8pm on Monday. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Shaken commuters may reconsider...