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ACT looks to stand candidates in local council elections
Source: ACT Party For the first time ever, ACT is looking to stand candidates in local council elections. Today ACT Leader David Seymour announced the Party is seeking expressions of...
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Release: Still no certainty for disability communities
Source: New Zealand Labour Party One year on from the Government’s abrupt and callous changes to disability funding, the community still has no idea what the future holds. “Disabled people,...
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Government must act decisively and ban engineered stone
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi have reiterated their call for Government to protect workers by banning engineered stone in a submission on MBIE’s...
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Green Party backs volunteer firefighters in their call for ACC recognition
Source: Green Party The Green Party stands in support of volunteer firefighters petitioning the Government to step up and change legislation to provide volunteers the same ACC coverage and benefits...
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Vehicle access to Muriwai Beach closed due to fire risk
Source: Auckland Council In response to a total fire ban for Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, vehicle access to Muriwai Beach will close tomorrow on Wednesday, 19 March, until further notice. Fire...
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Sneezeweed: a tiny hero of Kawau Island
Source: Auckland Council If you’ve ever wandered through the tracks and paths of Kawau Island, you may have come across a small, unassuming herb with delicate daisy-like flowers; it’s called...
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Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health January 2025
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health Following a change of Minister, the Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora, produces a Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health, as is usual...
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Consultation on options to strengthen food waste for pigs regulations
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is moving to strengthen rules for feeding food waste to pigs to protect New Zealand from exotic animal diseases like foot and mouth disease...
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PMs Luxon & Modi deepen NZ-India ties
Source: New Zealand Government Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held productive talks in New Delhi today.Fresh off announcing that New Zealand and India would commence negotiations towards...
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New Zealand & India strengthen horticultural ties
Source: New Zealand Government Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay signed a new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) today during the Prime Minister’s Indian Trade Mission, reinforcing New Zealand’s commitment to...
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New Zealand & India strengthen forestry ties
Source: New Zealand Government Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay signed a new Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) today during the Prime Minister’s Indian Trade Mission, reinforcing New Zealand’s commitment to...
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Three arrested following Rānui aggravated robbery
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police have taken four youths into custody following an aggravated robbery in Rānui yesterday. At about 7.52am, Police received a report of four people...
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Christchurch assault: Youth faces further charges
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Karen Simmons: Serious charges have been filed against a 16-year-old Christchurch boy accused of an assault that left a...
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Warrant to arrest – Teina Repia
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police are working to locate a man in relation to a number of burglaries at commercial premises in Otorohonga over the last two months....
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Well-prepared missing hunter rescued on Stewart Island
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attributable to Sergeant Ian Martin, Southland Police Search and Rescue: A man’s lucky escape highlights the importance of taking a personal locator beacon when...
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Information sought after shots fired at tavern
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Moorhouse: Police investigating a shooting at a tavern north of Wairoa are seeking information from the public. Officers...
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NZ-AU: IREN Secures 2.75GW for Data Centers in West Texas with New 600MW Grid Connection Agreement
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) SYDNEY, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (together with its subsidiaries, “IREN”), today announced the signing of a 600MW grid connection agreement for...
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Fatal train incident, Elles Road, Invercargill
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) A person has died following an incident involving a train and a pedestrian on Elles Road, Invercargill. Police responded to the scene around 5:20pm,...
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Priority News – The Book of Disappearance – Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025
Source: Text Publishing (Melbourne, Australia) The Book of Disappearance, by Ibtisam Azem, translated by Sinan Antoon has been Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, 2025. This critically acclaimed Arabic novel invites...
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Serious Train incident, Elles Road, Turnbull Thomson Park
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Emergency services are responding to a serious incident involving a train at Elles Road, Turnbull Thomson Park, Invercargill. The incident was reported to Police...
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EIT students roll out collaboration with Peter Gordon at Meatball Festival | EIT Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 3 minutes ago EIT students took their passion for food to the next level, rolling up their sleeves—and meatballs—as they joined forces with...
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Inspector recruitment underway
Source: Worksafe New Zealand 17 March 2025 WorkSafe New Zealand has opened its first intake of health and safety inspectors for 2025, and is keen to hear from anyone with...
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Review of the Biosecurity (Meat and Food Waste for Pigs) Regulations 2005
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reviewing the regulations for feeding meat and food waste to pigs. The aim of the...
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Community wellbeing grants now open
Source: Auckland Council Community wellbeing grants are now available to organisations that provide support to individuals and whānau impacted by the severe weather events of 2023. The grants, which are...
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New associate psychology role to grow the mental health workforce
Source: New Zealand Government Improving access to mental health and addiction support took a significant step forward today with Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey announcing that the University of Canterbury...
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Police target antisocial road users in Feilding following noted community concern
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) The Feilding community has had enough of anti-social road users and so has Police, prompting a road policing operation in Manawatū over the weekend....
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Join police on a Ride Along
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Jump in the front seat with frontline staff in a revival of New Zealand Police’s popular video series, Ride Along. The day-in-the-life videos follow...