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Household living-costs price indexes − update
Household living-costs price indexes − update 2 October 2025 Stats NZ will resume publishing the household living-costs price indexes (HLPI) on 28 October 2025. In May 2025, Stats NZ...
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EIT Nursing Student Awarded Perioperative Scholarship
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 2 days ago EIT Bachelor of Nursing student Kya Joe has been awarded the Evolution Healthcare Perioperative Practitioner Scholarship. The 22 year old (Ngāti Pāhauwera,...
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ONYX Hospitality Group Strengthens Shama Portfolio with Bangkok Expansion
Source: Media Outreach BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 2 October 2025 – Shama is a serviced apartment brand by ONYX Hospitality Group, a leading Southeast Asian management company...
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Two people charged after burglary in Hamilton
Source: New Zealand Police Two people have been arrested after a burglary in Hamilton City this morning, one of whom is facing over 40 charges in court. At around 8:20...
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Police seek public help with suspicious fires near Wanaka
Source: New Zealand Police Wanaka Police investigating suspicious fires are appealing for help from the public for information and video footage around the area. Police were called to reports of...
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Advocacy: Oxfam – Palestine recognition must come with action: to save lives, States must stop Israel’s crimes and ensure Palestinian agency
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa Statement by independent groups Most countries recognize Palestinian statehood, yet Israel’s international law violations are accelerating, with near-total impunity, causing mass displacement, widespread death, and an escalating humanitarian crisis...
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Defence News – Auckland school’s Services Academy sparks NZ Army career for electrician
Source: New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) As a teenager, Lance Corporal Elia Fata didn’t really know what career he wanted to take up, but getting involved in Onehunga High School’s...
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Investigation continues into fatal house fire in Bucklands Beach
Source: New Zealand Police Police can confirm two people have died following a house fire in Bucklands Beach in the early hours of this morning. An investigation is now underway...
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Chubb Insurance: Adverse Weather Sparks a Surge in Travel Insurance Policy Purchases
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 2 October 2025 – In 2025, Hong Kong has already issued 51 rainstorm warnings, including four top-tier black rainstorm...
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Local News – New blueprint for Porirua land use
Source: Porirua City Council Porirua City Council formally adopted Porirua’s new District Plan today that will protect Porirua’s environment while also enabling growth in the city. “After years of dedicated work...
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Weather News – A Wet Swirling System for the Week’s End – MetService
Source: MetService Covering period of Thursday 2nd – Monday 6th October – It is no surprise that in the middle of spring we’ve got active, quick moving weather on the cards....
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Education – New creative study comes to Lower Hutt as Whitireia and WelTec launch Animation, Digital Media and Design and Screen Production in Petone
Source: Whitireia and WelTec Lower Hutt is set to become a hub for creative learning in 2026, with Whitireia and WelTec offering their Animation, Digital Media and Design and Screen Production...
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Property Market – NZ property values edge up in September, ending five-month slide – Cotality
Source: Cotality Property values in Aotearoa New Zealand edged up by 0.1% in September, breaking a run of five consecutive monthly falls, according to Cotality NZ’s latest hedonic Home Value...
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Kaipara Moana Remediation and DOC agreement encourages more environmental action for waterways
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 02 October 2025 Source: Kaipara Moana Remediation Kaipara Moana Remediation Pou Tātaki Justine Daw says her team is welcoming the agreement as another significant collaboration to...
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University Research – Digital safety gaps leave vulnerable at risk – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Online scams, weak passwords and cyberbullying hit vulnerable groups hardest, and New Zealand has almost no research to guide local solutions, according to the authors...
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House Fire, Bucklands Beach
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Va’aelua, Counties Manukau CIB: Emergency Services are attending a house fire on Murvale Drive this morning. At around 2.30am...
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Have you seen Cecil?
Source: New Zealand Police Police are appealing for sightings of 62-year-old Cecil, reported missing in Tauranga. Cecil was last seen around a week ago in the Ohauiti/Hairini area of Tauranga....
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International Youth Explore Traditional Villages, Marvel at World’s Highest Bridge, and Promote China-Thailand Exchanges
Source: Media Outreach ANSHUN, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 October 2025 – From September 25 to 30, the event “Bond of Friendship in Natural Landscape and Works of...
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Annual and monthly home consents lift in August 2025 – Building consents issued: August 2025 – Stats NZ news story and information release
Annual and monthly home consents lift in August 2025 – news story 1 October 2025 There were 34,078 new homes consented in Aotearoa New Zealand in the year ended August...
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ALUPCO and AAG signed a Master Framework Agreement to build the largest integrated downstream aluminum industrial base in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 October 2025 – Aluminum Products Company (ALUPCO), an aluminum extrusion producer in Saudi Arabia and Asia Aluminum Group...
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Happitat redefines a new paradigm to become a new destination of happiness, bringing people, nature, and imagination together in one place — the first prototype of Destination Creation on Bangna-Trad Road.
Source: Media Outreach Happitat is strategically located in the heart of Bangna’s new economic center, offering both joy and opportunity. Spanning over 200,000 sq.m., it harmoniously blends nature, technology, and...
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Amazon Singapore Rolls Out Line-up of Incredible Deals for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2025
Source: Media Outreach Amazon Prime Big Deal Days returns to Singapore from 7 – 13 October with its longest event yet, offering seven days of incredible deals. Prime members can...
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Shaping the Future of Hybrid Office Spaces in Singapore with Raw Design Consultants
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 October 2025 – The rise of hybrid work is reshaping how offices in Singapore are imagined and used. Beyond desks...
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More social homes for less with loan guarantee
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is backing community housing providers to deliver more social homes for less cost, with the introduction of a new loan guarantee scheme. The scheme...
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More help for Kiwi families with young kids
Source: New Zealand Government From today more Kiwi families can apply for more help with the cost of early childhood education (ECE) under the Government’s expanded FamilyBoost scheme. Households are...
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Happy hatch-day, takahē
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Most takahē chicks hatch between October and December, but we celebrate the hatch-day for every takahē on 1 October. This shared hatch-day helps us track...
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China: Courts used as tools of systematic repression against human rights defenders – Amnesty International
Source: Amnesty International Chinese courts are systematically weaponizing vague national security and public order laws to silence human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today in a new report exposing the...