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Business confidence signals progress
Source: New Zealand Government Business confidence remains very high and shows the economy is on track to improve, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis says. “The latest ANZ Business Outlook survey,...
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IMAX Rockets to Best Chinese New Year Opening with $12 Million
Source: Media Outreach SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 January 2025 – IMAX China set a record Chinese New Year opening day with a whopping $12 million in...
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Taranaki Maunga Granted Legal Personhood
Source: Te Pati Maori Today marks a historic moment for Taranaki iwi with the passing of the Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill in Parliament....
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Government signs NZ up to a decade’s more pine planting – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers The Government’s announcement today of a 2035 climate target of a 51-55% emissions reduction has signed New Zealand up for a decade more of planting pine on productive...
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Setting New Zealand’s second international climate target
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has today announced New Zealand’s second international climate target under the Paris Agreement, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand will reduce emissions...
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Fatal crash: Chatham Road, Flaxmere
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police can confirm one person has died following a crash on Chatham Road this afternoon. The crash involved a car and a cyclist, and...
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Search continues for missing 24-year-old Travis
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Police are continuing the search for 24-year-old Travis, who has been missing since 17 January. Travis travelled from Wellington to the Waikato region, where...
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Auckland News – Developers Urged to Act Swiftly as Auckland Council Plans Major Development Fee Increases
Source: WarkWorth Web The Auckland Council is planning a considerable hike in development contributions, which are the monetary fees residential property developers pay to fund local infrastructure projects. These contributions,...
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Swimwerks Launches Sponsorship for Lifeguard Training Initiative in Singapore
Source: Media Outreach Through this program, Swimwerks not only promotes water safety but also creates meaningful training opportunities for deserving individuals. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 January 2025...
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Chipsealing works on SH1 Te Kamo Bypass Sunday, Monday
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) spokesperson advises chipsealing work will take place on State Highway 1 Kamo Bypass overnight on Sunday 2 February, with...
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Major negotiations with iwi of Taranaki conclude
Source: New Zealand Government Nine years of negotiations between the Crown and iwi of Taranaki have concluded following Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/the Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill...
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Firearms, cash and drugs seized in Hawke’s Bay search warrant
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attribute to Acting Detective Sergeant Steve Leonard Police have arrested one person and seized firearms, drugs and cash from the central Hawke’s Bay property...
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Time to pull plug on banking wokery
Source: ACT Party “So far, the inquiry into rural banking has not changed my suspicion that a cabal of woke banks is neglecting rural communities in the name of climate...
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Four-year term: New poll bodes well for better law making
Source: ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour is welcoming a new Horizon Research poll showing strong support for a four-year Parliamentary term. ACT’s coalition commitment includes introducing Seymour’s four-year term...
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Release: Frontline providers deserve certainty, not name-calling
Source: New Zealand Labour Party Labour is relieved to see Children’s Minister Karen Chhour has woken up to reality and reversed her government’s terrible decisions to cut funding from frontline...
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First Responders – Tiwai Peninsula vegetation fire update
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been working hard to contain a large vegetation fire in mixed scrub and wetland on Tiwai Peninsula in...
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Farmers welcome Kāinga Ora back-track on wool carpets – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is welcoming today’s decision by Kāinga Ora to give wool carpet providers the chance to tender for supply of carpet and underlay in its homes. A...
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First Responders – Vegetation fire along Bay of Plenty train track now contained
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received multiple calls to a large vegetation fire burning along the railway line by Wainui South Road, Whakamarama in Western...
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Minister must reverse all Oranga Tamariki cuts after Barnardos u-turn
Source: PSA The PSA urges Children’s Minister Karen Chhour to reverse all the damaging cuts to community service contracts, and to Oranga Tamariki, in the wake of her u-turn today on...
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Living on orchard and enjoying outdoors fostered love for environment in EIT student | EIT Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 37 seconds ago Growing up on a Twyford orchard and living an outdoor life fostered a love for the environment which led Jordyn...
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A triumph over anti-car ideology
Source: ACT Party Welcoming the delivery from tonight of increased speed limits – an ACT coalition commitment – ACT Leader David Seymour says: “Sensible speed limits are a triumph for...
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Release: Seymour’s school lunch cuts already failing kids
Source: New Zealand Labour Party It is the first week of David Seymour’s school lunch programme and already social media reports are circulating of revolting meals, late deliveries, and mislabelled...
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Open season on renters begins with no-cause evictions
Source: Green Party The Green Party says that with no-cause evictions returning from today, the move to allow landlords to end tenancies without reason plunges renters, and particularly families who...
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Art making out west
Source: Auckland Council We seek applications now, from experienced and adventurous artists for our 2025 park based artist’s residency. The selected artist will live by the sea, in Barr Cottage,...
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SH15 expected to reopen shortly
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency 30 January 2025 1:28 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) advises State Highway 15 is expected to reopen...
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Native species compromised by trap vandals
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 30 January 2025 In early January, high trapping lines between Dart Valley and the west Matukituki Valley were checked by Matukituki Charitable Trust volunteers and Southern...
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Ministers welcome Kāinga Ora’s revised approach to wool carpets
Source: New Zealand Government Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson have welcomed Kāinga Ora’s decision to re-open its tender for carpets to allow wool carpet suppliers...