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Parliament’s last-minute sprint
Source: Radio New Zealand The Hansard team show off their festive decorating skills. VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox You might imagine Parliament’s penultimate week before the summer break would involve MPs...
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Secondary principals settle collective agreement negotiations
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Secondary principals have settled their collective agreement negotiations. The deal announced by the Secondary Principals Association union and the Post Primary Teachers Association on Wednesday...
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Advocacy – No Trust in Police Rallies in Wellington & Christchurch – Peace Action Wellington
Source: Peace Action Wednesday 10 December 2025 – Feminists and peace activists will rally against the disgraceful coverup of allegations against former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming, and against the...
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Legislation – Capital Back in 149 Days – Proposed RVA Changes Won’t Affect Radius Care
Source: Radius Care Last week the Government proposed changes to the Retirement Villages Act. These reforms will influence how older New Zealanders manage their homes, finances and living arrangements. As...
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Tower of London custard plot crumbled thanks to a holidaying Kiwi cop
Source: New Zealand Police A Waikato Police officer has proven once again that an officer is never off-duty, even during an overseas holiday, after he intervened when protesters targeted the...
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Willis denies claims of sideshow over Richardson debate on government spending
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis is gearing up for a debate with Ruth Richardson. RNZ / Mark Papalii Finance Minister Nicola Willis is rejecting claims she’s indulging...
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Emergency set net fishing ban to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula extended
Source: Radio New Zealand The hoiho / yellow-eyed penguin. Supplied / Craig McKenzie An emergency fishing ban off the Otago Peninsula will continue until September next year. The three-month set-net...
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Urgent consent-extension legislation passes third reading
Source: New Zealand Government Parliament has passed urgent legislation extending the duration of thousands of existing resource consents, providing immediate certainty for farmers, businesses and councils while New Zealand transitions...
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Government app launched today
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has today released an app to make it easier and safer for people to access government services, Digitising Government and Public Service Minister Judith...
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Property Market – Best of the Best: NZ housing’s conflicting forces in 2025 – Cotality
Source: Cotality New Zealand’s housing market delivered a year of broad stagnation in 2025, with lower mortgage rates boosting sales volumes, but a sluggish economy and weak labour market providing...
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Property Market – More than $114 billion of property listed for sale in 2025… and counting
Source: RealEstate.co.nz An extra $2 billion worth of residential property has been listed for sale so far in 2025, compared to the same time last year More than 108,000 homes...
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Emergency closure to protect hoiho extended
Source: New Zealand Government An emergency fishery closure around Otago Peninsula to protect northern hoiho has been extended for nine months, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The decision...
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Secondary principals vote to accept settlement
Source: New Zealand Government Education Minister Erica Stanford welcomes the successful conclusion of pay negotiations for secondary principals, with a majority vote from members of the Secondary Principals’ Association of...
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Greenpeace – High risk of economic losses from Cook Islands nodule extraction and sales – new study reveals
Source: Greenpeace The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.[1] The analysis shows that, once...
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Privacy Commissioner makes it clear: “You can share personal information to keep children and young people safe”
Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says there needs to be an end to stories of children not getting the help they need because people in organisations...
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Advocacy – Human Rights Day – 10 December – PFNZ
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand (PFNZ) Today, on Human Rights Day, we reaffirm the universal principle that every human being is entitled to dignity, freedom, and justice. These are...
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Minister seeking advice after Supreme Court decision rules full-time carers are employees of the government
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Disability Issues Louise Upston. (File photo) VNP / Phil Smith The Minister for Disability Issues is seeking advice on the Supreme Court’s decision that...
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Significant boost to school property budgets
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is continuing to supercharge school property, increasing maintenance funding for the first time since 2010 so more students benefit from safe, warm and dry...
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Concern commuters may shun buses after second fatal stabbing on Auckland service
Source: Radio New Zealand Police officers at the scene of an incident on Fenchurch Street in Glen Innes around 8pm on Monday. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Shaken commuters may reconsider...
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Minister to lead work on reducing social media harm for under-16s
Source: New Zealand Government Social media restrictions for under-16s will become part of the Government’s work programme, with Education Minister Erica Stanford assigned to lead this and bring options to...
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Could Australia’s ‘No Jab, No Pay/No Play’ policies work in NZ?
Source: Radio New Zealand Could Australia’s ‘No Jab, No Pay/No Play’ policies work in NZ? PEAKSTOCK / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRAR Under Australia’s long-standing ‘No Jab, No Pay’ legislation, parents must...
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New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline
Source: Radio New Zealand Jordan Hamilton-Bicknell offers a homekill service. Supplied The government is looking to cut red tape for small meat processors and is also exploring how homekill meat...
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‘It’s here, it’s finally here’: Highly anticipated Special Olympics returns
Source: Radio New Zealand Swimming is one of 10 sporting codes on show during the Special Olympics’ national summer games. SUPPLIED / SPECIAL OLYMPICS A special kind of sporting fever...
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Stray dogs and berms: The biggest bugbears of suburbia, and why they make us so mad
Source: Radio New Zealand When residents have a gripe about rain, stray dogs, berm maintenance, or even a tree root, they call their councillor. Today The Detail is calling those...
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Officials shelved judge’s trans-Tasman family violence probe
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook One of the country’s top judges commissioned work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence, but...
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Inland Revenue accused of ‘behind closed doors’ push for tax on groups
Source: Radio New Zealand [xh ]Inland Revenue accused of ‘behind closed doors’ push for tax Accountants expressed concerns in May about IR plans to make some societies’ and associations’ membership...
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What spurred Don McGlashan to tell off Chris Bishop at the AMAs?
Source: Radio New Zealand Earlier this year Don McGlashan made headlines when he had a spat with National Party MP and Cabinet minister Chris Bishop at the Aotearoa Music Awards....