Your shot at literary fame: 2024 Sargeson Prize opens
Source: University of Waikato
Entries for New Zealand’s richest short-story competition, the Sargeson Prize, are open and last year’s winner is encouraging others to “go...
Sudan: Humanitarian appeal for 2024 critically underfunded, raising just one fifth of amount raised...
Source: Save The Children
Refugees from Sudan in Renk, South Sudan. Photo by Joel Bebe/Save the Children. Content available here
Today marks one year of deadly...
Education under attack in Gaza, with nearly 90% of school buildings damaged or destroyed,...
Source: Save The Children
Rubble and destruction in Rafah, Gaza. Bisan/Save the Children
“I can’t see a life for them anymore, or a future.” This is...
Gaza crisis: joint statement by Caritas agencies of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
Source: Caritas
In a joint statement dated 13 December 2023, the prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand called for a ceasefire and peace...
Yemen: Nine years into conflict and two years into truce, school dropouts soar –...
Source: Save the Children
After nine years of conflict in Yemen, two in five children, or 4.5 million, are out of school, with displaced children twice as...
Lane closures, Waikato Expressway, Ohinewai
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Part of the Waikato Expressway is shut north of Huntly after a vehicle fire this evening.
Police and FENZ were...
Out of the Rubble
Source: Save The Children
More than twelve years of destructive conflict in Syria has hit those who are least responsible the hardest – the nation’s...
Immense Into Alt-Pop Artist t024’s New Sensory Experience with “Cedarwood & Tangerine”
Source: Media Outreach
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA -Media OutReach Newswire – 8 April 2024 – t024, the pioneering Korean Alt-Pop duo celebrated for their groundbreaking creativity,...
Strong winds predicted today – take care on Auckland Harbour Bridge
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Drivers in Auckland will need to take extra care on the Auckland Harbour Bridge today (Thursday 11 April) with heavy...
Fire Safety – Outdoor fires prohibited in Central and Coast Hawke’s Bay
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Rural Central Hawke’s Bay and Hawke’s Bay Coast move to a prohibited fire season from midday on Monday 25 March,...
This Ramadan in Gaza, there will be no dates to break the fast.
Source: Save The Children
A young boy holds some bread on a street in North Gaza. Bisan Owda/ Save the Children
This story was originally published in...
Natural Catastrophes Caused USD 65 Billion Economic Loss in Asia Pacific in 2023, Aon...
Source: Media Outreach
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 2 April 2024 – Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today published...