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Former MP Hone Harawira weighs in on Te Pāti Māori turmoil
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Māori Party MP Hone Harawira. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Former Māori Party MP Hone Harawira is calling for its ousted MPs to be brought back...
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Property Market – Flat market wouldn’t have generated much capital gains tax lately – Cotality
Source: Cotality New Zealand’s property market remains largely stable heading into summer, with modest movements in values and continued strength in buyer participation from some groups, particularly in light of...
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Animal Welfare – New footage exposes devastating cruelty behind pig-caging Bill – SAFE
Source: SAFE For Animals SAFE has released new footage from a Taranaki piggery that lays bare the day-to-day reality of farrowing crates – the same cages the Government is seeking to...
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Crossroads: Business demands bold 2050 plan
Source: BusinessNZ A new report by BusinessNZ calls for bold, long-term planning to enable a greater New Zealand by 2050. The report titled New Zealand 2050: A Long-Term Vision, makes a...
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Climate Action – New Zealand sinks even further in global climate action rankings – Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace The latest Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) – published annually by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network – shows New Zealand dropping three more places, from 41st to...
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Speech to the Future Roads 2025 NZ Roading Industry Conference
Source: New Zealand Government Introduction Good morning, and thank you for the warm welcome. I would like to acknowledge Matt Freeman and his team for hosting today’s event. It’s a...
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Maritime Union Stands with Pike River Families and calls for Corporate Manslaughter Laws
Source: Maritime Union of New Zealand The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) is giving its full support to the Pike River families, who are today calling on Parliament to...
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Great Rides deliver $1.28 billion for regional New Zealand
Source: New Zealand Government The Government welcomes new data showing New Zealand’s 23 Great Rides are pumping $1.28 billion a year into our local economies, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise...
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All Blacks lose Tevita Mafileo as they seek to end year on a high
Source: Radio New Zealand Tevita Mafileo. www.photosport.nz All Blacks prop Tevita Mafileo has been ruled of this weekend’s test against Wales after suffering a rib fracture during training. The Chiefs...
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‘One good week’ not enough to sustain Auckland accommodation sector
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Auckland hotels are sold out tonight as Metallica rocks Eden Park and the world’s largest indigenous education conference continues. But a hotel association is warning...
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Ian Roberts slams NZ Breakers over pride jersey: ‘This is homophobia’
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Ian Roberts playing for Manly Sea Eagles in 1995. Photosport / Andrew Cornaga The NRL’s first openly gay player has slammed the NZ Breakers...
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Police face a deepening crisis of trust
Source: Radio New Zealand POOL A week after a bombshell IPCA report raised allegations of high-level cover-ups and triggered accusations of corruption, the fallout continues to grow, with public trust...
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New Zealand’s National Statement at COP30
Source: New Zealand Government Mr President, colleagues. Tēnā koutou katoa. It is an honour to address you today on behalf of New Zealand. When the Paris Agreement was adopted ten...
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Valuing Life: New Zealand Medicines Access Summit 2025
Source: PHARMAC The Medicines Access Summit was a great opportunity to hear first-hand from patient advocates, suppliers, clinicians and others and make connections, says Pharmac Chief Executive, Natalie McMurtry. “I...
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Future of national medical device procurement
Source: PHARMAC In late September the Government announced changes to the procurement of hospital medical devices in New Zealand to reduce costs, duplication and confusion. Pharmac and Health NZ will...
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15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke coming out of the Pike River Mine. Credit: NZ Police Pike River families are still waiting to hear if police will lay criminal charges, as...
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Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers
Source: Radio New Zealand Students in Years 9-10 should be able to enrol in a trades academy or similar programme to gain basic vocational skills, say experts. File photo. Supplied/...
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30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand should be a rich country, but instead inequality is growing and the middle class are on the way out, British YouTuber, economist and trader...
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Calls for corporate manslaughter law 15 years after Pike River tragedy
Source: Radio New Zealand An explosion at the Pike River Mine killed 29 men in 2010.. Supplied / Pike River Recovery Agency Unions are calling on the government to support...
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New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s backflip on emission targets earned it ‘Fossil of the Day’ at the COP30 summit in Brazil. AFP / Ludovic Marin New Zealand has tumbled...
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Hessian Minister President Boris Rhein presents the Broermann Medical Innovation Award
Source: Media Outreach Dr. Carl June and Dr. Michel Sadelain honored for groundbreaking CAR-T cell research in cancer therapy One of the world’s most highly endowed medical prizes, with €1...
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Leipzig Bach Archive Presents Newly Discovered Organ Works By Johann Sebastian Bach
Source: Media Outreach Leipzig-based Bach researcher Peter Wollny identifies two organ compositions as the work of the 18-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach · First performance in 320 years to be livestreamed...
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Beijing and Hong Kong Join Forces to Open a New Chapter – Chaoyang District Deepens Bilateral Cooperation with RMB 19.5 Billion in Signed Projects
Source: Media Outreach BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – On November 12, 2025, the thematic investment promotion event “Synergy Between Beijing and Hong Kong, Connecting...
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More people identifying with Māori ethnicity – Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2025 – Stats NZ news story and information release
More people identifying with Māori ethnicity – news story 18 November 2025 Around 932,000 people, or 18 percent of the population living in Aotearoa New Zealand, identified with Māori ethnicity as...
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New initiative launched at first Future of Investment and Trade Partnership meeting
Source: New Zealand Government Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay joined Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership members to launch a new initiative to bolster supply chain resilience in...
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ASEAN-China Week 2025 Opens in Fuzhou: Bridging ASEAN 2045 & Chinese Modernization
Source: Media Outreach FUZHOU, CHINA – Media-OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – The ASEAN-China Week 2025 opened grandly in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, on November 17, under the theme “Our...
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Hong Kong Design Centre Presents ‘Play, Pose & Pixel’ Digital Fashion Exhibition
Source: Media Outreach From nostalgic dress-up dolls to designing digital avatars — discover how fashion evolves through imagination 22 November to 2 December at Gate33 Gallery @ AIRSIDE HONG KONG...