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Housing market showing few signs of spring uplift – QV
Source: Quotable Value Spring has sprung – but there is little bounce in New Zealand’s housing market. Our latest QV House Price Index shows residential property values reduced by an...
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Farmers paying the price for mobile blackspots – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Farmers paying the price for mobile blackspots Source: Federated Farmers MIL OSI
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Nepal flash floods: Save the Children racing to respond in area already struck in August
Source: Save the Children Nepal flash floods: Save the Children racing to respond in area already struck in August Source: Save the Children MIL OSI
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NZ’s Golden Visa Billions at Risk as Private Banking Infrastructure Lags Global Rivals – Experts
Source: SFS Private Wealth Billions of dollars attracted to New Zealand through the Active Investor Plus programme could be repatriated offshore from 2028 unless the country develops private banking infrastructure...
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Election 2026 – Details needed on Labour rural school bus announcement
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is calling for Chris Hipkins and the Labour Party to urgently release more detail on their campaign promise to restore rural school bus routes....
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‘Fast Tech’ Fuels Growing E-Waste Concern as Millions of Small, Low-Cost Electronics Flood World Markets
Source: WEEE Forum International E-Waste Day survey finds nearly 90% of European consumers own ‘fast tech’, 29% hoard unused devices at home, 27% trash them; Experts urge consumers to...
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Mental health workers in South Island stand strong and see off 90-day trials after long community campaign
Source: PSA Mental health addiction workers at Able Minds have ratified a new collective agreement that keeps 90-day fire-at-will trials out of their workplace – ending a long-running dispute more than...
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Election 2026 – Fixing the basics? Govt cuts let geohazard monitoring centre go dark last night – PSA
Source: PSA National’s hollow promise to ‘fix the basics, build the future’ was sharply exposed last night as its government’s cuts left New Zealand without its 24/7 geohazard monitoring centre for...
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Equinor and Shell partner on the Bay du Nord project
Source: Equinor 9 October 2026 14:00 (CEST) Equinor and Shell have signed an agreement under which Shell will acquire a 30% interest in the Bay du Nord project offshore Newfoundland...
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DAWN’s Statement on U.S. Sanctions on the Entire International Criminal Court
Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) October 9, 2026 (Washington, D.C., October 9, 2026) – In response to the Trump administration’s imposition of new institutional sanctions against the...
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Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: June 2026 quarter – Stats NZ information release
Source: Statistics New Zealand Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: June 2026 quarter – information release 9 October 2026 Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: June 2026...
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Lee Kum Kee Gluten Free Soy Sauce Wins Healthy Food Guide 2026 Award
Source: Media Outreach First Win in the Pantry Staples Category AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 October 2026 – Lee Kum Kee Sauce (“Lee Kum Kee”), the...
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NZ Supermarket Challenger to Open 20+ Stores, Create Up to 1,000 Regional Jobs
Source: Paddock to Pantry 9 October 2026 A $25 million expansion programme by an independent New Zealand grocery retailer is set to create up to 1,000 jobs and bring greater...
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Health – ‘Belonging Matters’ for young people in online spaces
Source: Te Hiringa Mahara – Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission To mark Mental Awareness Health Week 2026, Te Hiringa Mahara is calling for an independent online safety regulator to help...
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MSF – Three years on, Israel is asphyxiating Gaza and dismantling the means of survival
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders [Amman / Jerusalem, 9 October 2026] – Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warns that Israel is progressively asphyxiating Gaza and continuing its genocide:...
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Advocacy – Global Day of Action for Palestine: Four Demands for Justice, Accountability and an End to Impunity
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand Palestine Forum of New Zealand (PFNZ) is calling on communities across Aotearoa New Zealand to join the Global Day of Action for Palestine on...
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World Mental Health Day Aotearoa Shows Exercise Is About More Than Physical Fitness
Source: Exercise New Zealand 09 October 2026 67% of New Zealanders say mental wellbeing is a reason they exercise. Mental wellbeing is now the second biggest reason Kiwis exercise, behind...
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Federated Farmers backs major push for water storage
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is welcoming National’s announcement of a scheme to help get water storage projects built, saying reliable access to water is vital for farming’s future and...
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Maungaroa 2050 Māori Strategy on track – Porirua City Council
Source: Porirua City Council Porirua City Council’s Maungaroa 2050 Māori Strategy is on track with its roadmap to support, elevate and enable the future aspirations of Māori, a progress report...
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Ola Kamataga strengthens Pacific focus across Porirua
Source: Porirua City Council A progress report on year two of Ola Kamataga – Beginning of Life 2024-2027, Porirua City Council’s first Pacific Strategy, shows that Pacific initiatives are now...
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Election scorecard reveals which parties will (or won’t) stand up for animals – SAFE
Source: SAFE For Animals With voters preparing to head to the polls next month, animal rights organisation SAFE has launched its 2026 election scorecard, revealing some stark differences between political...
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Southeast Asia: Positive steps towards ending death penalty in several Southeast Asia states amplify isolation of Singapore and other executing countries
Source: Amnesty International A growing number of states across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are taking positive steps towards reducing the use and scope of the death penalty,...
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WRAP launches new global programme, Textiles Collections Transition Programme, to transform textiles collections
Source: WRAP Thursday 8th October Research carried out by WRAP found that nearly half (49%) of all post-consumer textiles are disposed of in the residual waste, or 546,000 tonnes...
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Prudential Singapore launches multi-generational protection plan to help caregivers manage families’ healthcare needs
Source: Media Outreach Protection for ageing parents up to age 100 against conditions such as dementia, with maximum entry age at 80* and no medical underwriting required Lifetime protection for...
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Election 2026 – National says it will help people off welfare and into work
Source: New Zealand National Party Today we reignited a much-needed conversation about New Zealand’s welfare system. National believes we need a system that is firm, fair and affordable. A safety...
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Pacific – Fiji – FWCC Graduation Ceremony for 42 Pacific Participants
Source: Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Date: Thursday, 8 October 2026 Time: 6:00pm – 7:35pm Venue: Yatu Lau Hotels (formerly Studio 6), Waimanu Road, Suva About the Event The graduation ceremony...
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First Responders – Walter Peak Fire Update #9
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The Walter Peak fire has been fully contained, and firefighters have demobilized this evening. Fire and Emergency District Commander Blair Kiely says that after...