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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...
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Strengthening New Zealand’s education system
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is taking the next step in strengthening New Zealand’s education system with the Education and Training (System Reform) Amendment Bill passing its first reading...
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Bilateral Investment Treaty with UAE now in force – Business Council created
Source: New Zealand Government The NZ-UAE Bilateral Investment Treaty (NZ-UAE BIT) has entered into force, providing another framework to promote greater economic cooperation between our two countries, Trade and Investment...
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Sand recall: Product safety ‘entering a completely different landscape’
Source: Radio New Zealand The recalled sand products. Supplied The changing way people shop and the sheer volume of products is making product safety harder to police, says Consumer NZ....
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HKSTP Co-hosts “Dongguan & Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Acceleration Exchange Conference” with Dongguan Science and Technology Bureau and Binhaiwan Bay Area
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), together with the Dongguan Science and Technology...
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Luxon calls growing prisoner numbers ‘a good thing’ as police target slips
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister says the coalition will not ease up on criminals just because costs are rising. RNZ / Reece Baker Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has...
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Stanford promises change after social media ban petition outside parliament
Source: Radio New Zealand B416 chief executive Nicole Green speaking at the handover of a petition calling for a ban on social media for under-16 year old. RNZ/Giles Dexter The...
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Sending teens to polytech for the day a central part of government’s secondary school overhaul
Source: Radio New Zealand The government announced a number of new secondary school subjects were coming earlier this year. RNZ Sending teenagers to polytech for the day will be a...
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Pāpāmoa residents make stand against chipseal roads at Tauranga City Council meeting
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents fear a citywide downgrade of all street surfaces. 123rf Chipseal is cheap seal – that was the message to council, as Pāpāmoa residents continued their...
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Bills backing skilled tradies pass first reading
Source: New Zealand Government Legislation that will allow skilled plumbers and drainlayers to sign off on their own work has passed its first reading in Parliament, alongside a second Bill...
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Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025: United for decade of innovation and scaling
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – The Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival (HKFW x SMUF) 2025 concluded November 7,...
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200kg of signatures: Huge petition to fix ‘broken’ health system presented to Parliament
Source: Radio New Zealand A petition containing 90,000 signatures is presented to Parliament. RNZ / Giles Dexter A petition calling for the government to urgently fix the health system –...
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Advocacy – UN Security Council Vote on the US Gaza Resolution: A Deeply Concerning and Risky Development for Palestinian Rights – PFNZ
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand The Palestine Forum of New Zealand expresses deep concern regarding the UN Security Council’s vote on the United States–backed resolution endorsing President Trump’s proposed...
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Hong Kong International Communications Electronic Chamber Launches with Historic Inaugural Banquet
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – The Hong Kong International Communications Electronic Chamber (HKICEC), jointly initiated by industry leaders, was officially...
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PM backs minister’s ‘pragmatic’ call to spend Kāinga Ora money on local bridge
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Bishop. Supplied Senior minister Chris Bishop is rejecting criticism over a funding decision shifting Kāinga Ora money to a walking and cycling bridge in his...
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Speak up about family violence
Source: New Zealand Government As a nation we must speak up and support each other to fix our nation’s tragic history of family violence. “All of us have an important...
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Help for home buyers welcomed
Source: New Zealand Government Changes to bank lending rules that will help people to buy their first homes have been welcomed by Finance Minister Nicola Willis. The Reserve Bank has...
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‘Minor infractions’: Police Minister showers police commissioner Richard Chambers with praise following swim during tsunami advisory
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Minister Mark Mitchell sitting beside commissioner Richard Chambers. (File photo) RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police Minister Mark Mitchell has showered the police commissioner Richard Chambers...
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State-of-the-art $16 million operating theatre for Wellington
Source: New Zealand Government Health New Zealand has approved $16.25 million in funding for the establishment of a new advanced hybrid operating theatre, which will allow patients at Wellington Regional...
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New Zealand awarded dubious ‘Fossil of the Day’ at COP30 climate talks
Source: Radio New Zealand View of the logo of COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, taken on 6 November 2025. AFP / Ludovic Marin New Zealand...