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Housing market showing few signs of spring uplift
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...
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Second set of HSWA guidance now available
Source: Worksafe New Zealand Following our first guidance release earlier this month on critical risk and business size, this latest release focuses on officer duties and overlapping duties. It is...
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Election 2026: AIP tweaks to incentivise investors
Source: New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty October 12, 2026 A New Zealand real estate leader is calling on the incoming Government to consider lowering the Active Investor Plus property purchase...
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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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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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Government ambitious for every child’s education
Source: New Zealand Government Thank you, Prime Minister. Over the past three years, we have been focused on one overriding objective: lifting educational achievement for every young New Zealander. And...
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ECO Expo Asia opens at Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo in late October
Source: Media Outreach Debut of ASEAN and Qinghai Pavilions alongside four key themes spanning energy, technology, green cities and waste management ECO Expo Asia 2026 – Connecting the World for...
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World Health Summit 2026: Berlin Becomes Global Meeting Point for the Future of Health
Source: Media Outreach BERLIN, GERMANY – Newsaktuell – 11 October 2026 – The World Health Summit (WHS) 2026, the leading platform for global health, brings together more than 4,000 participants...
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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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Garvee Welcomes Fall With a Curated Collection for Home Refresh and Holiday Living
Source: Media Outreach ONTARIO, US – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 October 2026 – As fall settles in and the holiday season approaches, families are spending more time at home...
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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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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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BINGXUE Opens First U.S. Store in Davis, California: Shandong’s First Mass-Market Tea Beverage Brand Enters North America
Source: Media Outreach DAVIS, US – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 October 2026 – BINGXUE, a mass-market tea beverage brand from Shandong, has opened its first U.S. store in Davis,...
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Sunway Medical Centre Damansara Marks New Chapter in Specialist and International Patient Care
Source: Media Outreach KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 October 2026 – Sunway Medical Centre Damansara (SMCD), the fourth tertiary hospital under Sunway Healthcare Group (SHG), celebrated...
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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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District Court Judges Appointed
Source: New Zealand Government Attorney-General Hon Chris Bishop has announced the appointment of Leighvi Maynard of Gisborne and Nicola Graham of Napier as District Court Judges. Mr Maynard began his...
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Additional domestic student places for veterinary science at Massey University
Source: New Zealand Government “An increase in the number of funded domestic places in Massey University’s Bachelor of Veterinary Science programme from 125 to 140 per year from 2027 onwards...
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Food and fibre exports hit record $65.2 billion
Source: New Zealand Government Food and fibre exports reached a record $65.2 billion in the year to 30 June 2026, up $4.8 billion on the year before, Agriculture and Forestry...
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Simpler food safety, stronger focus on risk
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is proposing changes to make it easier for food businesses to meet their food safety obligations, with less paperwork and a sharper focus on...
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NZFirst to Ban Public Sales of Fireworks
Source: New Zealand First New Zealand First will campaign on banning the public sale and use of fireworks across New Zealand. Last year we introduced a members bill to ban...
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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...