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Fatal crash, SH 2, Maramarua
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now confirm one person has sadly died following a two-truck collision on State Highway 2, near Maramarua earlier today. Emergency services were called to...
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Update: Pahiatua homicide
Source: New Zealand Police Police are continuing to search for a man wanted in relation to a Pahiatua woman’s death last month. On the afternoon of 15 October, Karen Gilbert-Palmer,...
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Auckland man taken to hospital with serious injuries, police trying to find offender
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A man has serious injuries after an incident in West Auckland’s Henderson. In a statement, police said officers were called to Edsel...
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Economy Analysis – Time to sit back and watch – Cotality
Source: Cotality, Commentary by Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee delivered the widely expected 0.25% cut to the official cash rate (OCR) today, taking it...
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Education – Hieke Nelson Principals’ Association Opposes Removal of the Requirement for School Boards to Give Effect to Te Tiriti from Education Legislation
Source: NZ Principals Federation The Hieke Nelson Principals’ Association is strongly opposed to the Government’s decision to remove the requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi...
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Local News – Final Derek Wootton Memorial Trust funds donated – Porirua City
Source: Porirua City Council The Derek Wootton Memorial Trust is donating its remaining funds in the most fitting fashion. The trust was set up following the death of Porirua police officer...
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Economy – The Co-operative Bank leads market with 4.99% floating home loan rate
Source: The Co-operative Bank The Co-operative Bank has responded to today’s 0.25% Official Cash Rate (OCR) cut by dropping its floating home loan interest rate to 4.99% – a 0.31% cut...
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Economy – OCR lowered to 2.25% – Reserve Bank of NZ
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand Here is the Monetary Policy Statement and the MPC’s Record of Meeting, which summarises the committee’s discussions, leading to the decision. Annual consumers price...
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State Highway 1 Transmission Gully/Te Aranui o Te Rangihaeata to be closed to southbound traffic this weekend
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Roadworks and traffic plans have been revised, and it is confirmed that State Highway 1 Transmission Gully will be closed to southbound traffic this weekend....
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Christchurch chef Sumeer Thapa who sexually harassed teen colleagues sacked
Source: Radio New Zealand Sumeer Thapa no longer works at Lazeez Mediterranean Grill. Google Maps A Christchurch chef who sexually harassed four teenage workers has been fired, with his former...
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Official cash rate cut to 2.25 percent
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Reserve Bank RBNZ delivers expected 25 basis point rate to 2.25 percent It says patchy economic recovery justifies cut RBNZ expects inflation to ease...
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Regional councils demise: The plans, timeline and thorny issues
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Eveline Harvey It’s billed as the biggest shake-up to councils in 30 years, but a lot of questions about how the government’s regional council...
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Pahīatua homicide: Police continue hunt for Jeremy Robertson six weeks after mother’s death
Source: Radio New Zealand Jeremy Robertson. Supplied/ NZ Police Six weeks after a woman was killed in Pahīatua, police are continuing to search for her son who is wanted in...
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First banks move after OCR cut
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate to its lowest level in three years. RNZ Just minutes after the Reserve Bank revealed it would...
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Global-first new Civil Aviation rule to slash red tape
Source: New Zealand Government A global-first advanced aviation rule will slash red-tape and enable innovators to quickly bring new ideas to market, Space Minister Judith Collins and Associate Transport Minister...
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Positive Reserve Bank outlook heartening
Source: New Zealand Government Kiwi families and businesses will be heartened by the Reserve Bank’s positive outlook for 2026 on the back of another reduction in the Official Cash Rate,...
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Golf: Ryan Fox sets lofty goals for himself in 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand golfer Ryan Fox. Matthew Harris / PHOTOSPORT The holiday is over for Ryan Fox and the Kiwi golfer is gearing up for what he...
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Ministers were warned against teen welfare crackdown, documents reveal
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Social Development Minister Louise Upston. Marika Khabazi Newly released advice shows officials urged the government against its welfare crackdown on 18-and-19-year-olds,...
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Police acknowledge sentence handed down in double homicide
Source: New Zealand Police Police acknowledge the sentence handed down to Hakyung Lee, after she murdered her two young children in 2018. Counties Manukau CIB commenced Operation Curb three years...
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Union calls for workers to ‘Take the Power Back’ with radical employment rethink
Source: Workers First Union Workers First Union is proud to launch its new policy ideas paper, ‘Take the Power Back’, today at the union’s Regional Delegates Conference in Auckland. “’Take the Power...
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Serious crash, SH 2, Maramarua
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 2 near Maramarua is blocked following a two-truck crash. Police were called to the scene around 11.42am. Two people have sustained serious injuries and...
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Pharmac proposes funding for rare disorder treatment
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac is proposing to fund nitisinone for people with the rare disorders – tyrosinemia type 1 and alkaptonuria. Nitisinone is currently funded through Pharmac’s Named Patient Pharmaceutical Assessment...
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Regional council revamp ‘pretty serious attack’ on Treaty rights – Andrew Little
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington mayor Andrew Little RNZ / Mark Papalii The mayor of Wellington says the coalition’s proposed restructure of local government is a “pretty serious attack” on...
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Education – NZPF responds to Government’s “groundbreaking” maths results
Source: NZ Principals Federation The New Zealand Principals’ Federation (NZPF) has welcomed the Education Minister’s announcement to expand expert mathematics intervention programmes to all year 7 and 8 students who are...
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Fire Safety – Pause plans for outdoor fires please!
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Hot and windy conditions forecast for much of Canterbury, South Canterbury and Otago have prompted Fire and Emergency to warn people of an increased fire...
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Infrastructure Funding and Financing Act amendments introduced to accelerate responsive development
Source: New Zealand Government Today’s introduction of the Infrastructure Funding and Financing Amendment Bill to Parliament marks an important milestone in making it easier for developments to get off the ground...
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Going for Housing Growth: Reforming infrastructure funding
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is progressing its suite of reforms aimed at improving how infrastructure is funded and financed to support housing and urban growth across New Zealand,...