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· December 12, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 22 incidents between 12pm – 1pm today, Friday 12 December, the time of the most recent strike...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins The government’s plan for Parliament’s final full week of the year moves 12 different proposed laws through 32 stages of parliamentary approval. Included in...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has settled an historic Human Rights Review Tribunal claim taken by IHC in 2012 which alleged the Government at the time breached the Bill...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand US President Donald Trump’s tariffs were suspended on beef and fruit in November. (File photo) AFP / RNZ Composite New Zealand exporters appear to have coped...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Greenpeace “Utterly shameful”. That’s Greenpeace Aotearoa’s response to the Government’s new methane targets following the first reading of the Climate Change Response Act (2050 Target and Other Matters) Amendment Bill...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: PSA The Government’s 45 cent minimum wage increase is an insult to thousands of workers already struggling to make ends meet, many of them women in care and support roles,...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand National road freight association Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand is welcoming an announcement from the Transport Minister confirming SH50’s Fernhill Bridge will be strengthened. The...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Thirty-two graduate veterinarians will begin their careers in rural New Zealand through the Government’s Voluntary Bonding Scheme for Veterinarians (VBS), Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Associate...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The adult minimum wage rate will increase by 2 per cent to $23.95 an hour from 1 April 2026, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden announced today. This increase reflects the Government’s...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency New Variable Speed Limits (VSLs) to slow traffic outside Southland schools are set to take effect from the start of the new school year, and...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins MPs may well be cranky after debates under urgency continued until about 1.40am this morning – resuming again at 9am. The House continues a...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Gloriavle overseeing shepherd Howard Temple in the Greymouth District Court during his sentencing. Tim Brown / RNZ The disgraced former leader of Gloriavale stole the...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The first stage of the $1.4 billion National Ticketing System’s latest iteration, known as Motu Move, has been launched in Christchurch. RNZ / Nate McKinnon An...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The increase was to keep up with the cost of living, the Workplace Relations and Safety Minister said. (File photo) 123RF Minimum wage workers will get...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Timaru Christmas tree has suffered some significant fire damage overnight. Timaru District Council Police have charged a man with deliberately setting Timaru’s public Christmas tree...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Nick Campton, ABC Dylan Brown scores a try for the Kiwis against Tonga in round 3 of the Pacific Championships rugby league tournament at Eden...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jordan Hamilton-Bicknell offers a homekill service. Photo: Supplied The government is looking to cut red tape for small meat processors and is also exploring how homekill...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Jevon McSkimming RNZ / Mark Papalii Police are continuing with a prosecution against the woman who accused former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending in...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Space Minister Judith Collins today launched a $1.8 million pilot programme through which Kiwi space companies can develop their technologies, that could ultimately form part of...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Netflix has announced its planned acquisition of the American media company Warner Bros with a deal valued at US$82.7 billion (NZ$142.43 billion). The acquisition has provoked...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Primary teachers have been in drawn-out pay talks. (File photo) 123rf.com Primary school teachers are considering a potential settlement of their drawn-out pay talks. Teachers belonging...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The completion of Kaikōura’s waterfront redevelopment marks a major milestone for the revitalisation of the region, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. “Wakatu Quay redevelopment is...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Legislation to bring about a fairer and faster system for securing land for public infrastructure projects has passed its first reading in Parliament today. “The Public...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash Some food outlets have been supersizing portion sizes and it would be good to go back to smaller amounts, a New Zealand health professor says....
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· December 12, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government A Fast-track approval for an Auckland quarry is great news for the city’s construction sector, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Resources Minister Shane Jones say. Stevenson...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lorna Irene Drive Reserve playground in Raumati South. Supplied / Kāpiti Coast District Council Young children getting burnt by playground equipment has sparked a petition calling...
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· December 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Little is chair of the Wellington Mayoral Forum. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Mayor of Wellington says the region needs to work together to plan...