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NZ food price inflation improving, but prices skyrocket for poor nations – WorldVision
Source: World Vision Food price inflation for ten basic food items has improved in New Zealand from a 56% rise in 2023 to an 18% drop in 2024 It...
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Cyber Security – Protect Yourself from Cyberstalking Now – Anti-Stalking Bill Still a Work in Progress
Source: Botica Butler Raudon Partners In a world where Baby Reindeer has become a pop culture hit, sometimes what seems harmless can reveal a darker side with unsettling encounters. Now...
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Pacific – Intensive two-week training by FWCC on Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls, Human Rights, and Counsellor Training starts in Cook Islands
Source: Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre 17th March 2025, Cook Islands – An intensive two-week training program by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre on Gender, Violence Against Women and Girls, Human...
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NZ-AU: IREN Secures 2.75GW for Data Centers in West Texas with New 600MW Grid Connection Agreement
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) SYDNEY, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (together with its subsidiaries, “IREN”), today announced the signing of a 600MW grid connection agreement for...
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Priority News – The Book of Disappearance – Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025
Source: Text Publishing (Melbourne, Australia) The Book of Disappearance, by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon has been Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, 2025. This critically acclaimed Arabic novel invites...
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Strengthening education ties across the Pacific
Source: New Zealand Government Universities Minister Dr Shane Reti will travel to Port Moresby this week to attend the Conference of Pacific Education Ministers alongside representatives from Pacific nations and...
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Global leader in Temperature-Controlled solutions expands in Christchurch, New Zealand
Source: Press Release Service – Christchurch Americold, a global leader in temperature-controlled storage, logistics and facilities solutions, and value-added services, today announced the groundbreaking of its USD$34 million Halwyn facility...
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Global leader in Temperature-Controlled Solutions Expands
Source: Press Release Service – New Zealand Americold, a global leader in temperature-controlled storage, logistics and facilities solutions, and value-added services, today announced the groundbreaking of its USD$34 million Halwyn...
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INVESTMENT SUMMIT: New Zealand – open to the world
Source: New Zealand Government Good morning, everyone. I’m Todd McCay, Minster of Agriculture, Forestry, Trade, the first minister for Investment – or Foreign Direct Investment, as well as associate minister...
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Business – Australasian real estate giant Raine & Horne turns up the volume in NZ
Source: Raine & Horne Real estate super brand goes all in on a nationwide radio blitz through Newstalk ZB and its NZME stablemates to reach collectively 1.86 million Kiwis weekly....
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Consumer NZ sets out vision for New Zealand consumers for 2025
Source: Consumer NZ Consumer NZ calls for stronger protections for New Zealanders ahead of World Consumer Rights Day. Recent research by the consumer watchdog indicates that New Zealanders are struggling...
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INVESTMENT SUMMIT: Growth sectors on offer
Source: New Zealand Government Global investors, worth a combined $6 trillion, at the Infrastructure Investment Summit in Auckland were today told New Zealand will be saying yes to investment, by...
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INVESTMENT SUMMIT: Tolling concessions could help deliver more roads sooner
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is exploring toll concessions as a tool for delivering important new roads faster and more efficiently, with an initial focus on six potential opportunities,...
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Unity Group Announces the Issuance of Carbon Emission Rights, Ongoing Projects Expected to Reduce 25 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – EQS Newswire – 13 March 2025 – Sustainable development is a global goal. Energy conservation, emission reduction, and achieving zero emissions and carbon...
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Universities – Dr Greg Murison to lead UniServices – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) UniServices has a new CEO, Dr Greg Murison, following the retirement of Dr Andy Shenk. Dr Greg Murison (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) has been...
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ENVIRONMENT – Have your say on application for new fungicide
Source: Environmental Protection Authority We want your feedback on an application to import or manufacture Rhapsody, a new fungicide for use on apples, grapes and pears. Rhapsody is used to control...
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Speech to NZ Infrastructure Investment Summit – Choose New Zealand
Source: New Zealand Government Tēna koutou katoa. Greetings everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here today, to feel your energy and the sense of possibility and opportunity in this room. ...
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Technical bulletin: Occupational divers under training – trainee divers
Source: Worksafe New Zealand 13 March 2025 This technical bulletin provides guidance about the work trainee divers may undertake while under direct supervision during occupational diving operations. Introduction WorkSafe New...
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NZ-AU: NOVONIX Receives Approval for Purchase of Enterprise South Land for Planned Enterprise South Manufacturing Facility
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) BRISBANE, Australia, March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NOVONIX Limited (NASDAQ: NVX, ASX: NVX) (“NOVONIX” or “the Company”), a leading battery materials and technology company, announced today,...
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Technology driving positive outlook for Malaysian small businesses
Source: Media Outreach Malaysia’s small businesses lead the region in innovation Younger entrepreneurs dominate small business landscape AI investment on the rise High demand for funding signals continued expansion KUALA...
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Speech to NZ Infrastructure Investment Summit
Source: New Zealand Government Good morning, I would like to join the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in extending a warm welcome to you all. And I’d like to...
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Stats NZ information release: International travel: January 2025
Source: Statistics New Zealand International travel: January 2025 – 13 March 2025 – International travel covers the number and characteristics of overseas visitors and New Zealand resident travellers (short-term movements)...
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University Research – Brains of rugby players aid groundbreaking research – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) A breakthrough in understanding chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease linked to repeated head blows, has been made at the University of Auckland. Neuroscientists at...
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Universities – How New Zealand Universities Rank in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
Source: QS World University Rankings Massey breaks into top 20 but rest of world catching up with NZ’s excellenceNew Zealand sees decline in rankings as employer reputation indicator scores in other...
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Release: Members’ Bill makes wage theft a crime
Source: New Zealand Labour Party Workers will now be able to go to the Police and report their employer if they are not being paid wages they’re owed. Parliament has...
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NZ-AU: Vast’s Clean Energy Project Secures up to AUD180 Million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to Power South Australia’s Grid and Green Fuels Production
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) Vast secures up to AUD180 million of funding from ARENA for construction of groundbreaking South Australian clean energy project, conditional on meeting certain milestones Project to deploy...
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Food and Hotel Asia-Food & Beverage returns with Australia’s largest-ever presence at any global trade show
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 March 2025 – Food & Hotel Asia-Food & Beverage (FHA-F&B), Asia’s leading international food and beverage event, makes a return...