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Consultation begins on Action Plan to support carers
Source: New Zealand Government Consultation has started on a new action plan to recognise unpaid or informal carers and to provide a long-term roadmap for making progress on the issues...
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Minerals Council – Fast-track the right track
Source: New Zealand Minerals Council The Green Party’s announcement today that it will revoke fast-track mining consents is performative nonsense, says New Zealand Minerals Council chief executive Josie Vidal. “Today we...
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Education – Open Letter to the Minister of Education: Whiria Endorsement of Sector Concerns
Source: NZ Principals Federation Tēnā koe Minister Stanford, I am writing on behalf of the Whiria New Plymouth Principals Association and South Taranaki Principals Association to express our serious collective concerns...
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Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon at post-cab conference
Source: Radio New Zealand The government is tinkering with the Clean Car Standard – again – saying most importers are unable to meet the targets under the scheme as it...
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Education – South Canterbury Principals’ Association open letter to Minister of Education
Source: NZ Principals Federation Dear Erica Stanford and David Seymour, The South Canterbury Principals’ Association feels compelled to express their grave concern over recent interventions by the government into education...
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Employment and Law – Uber drivers win employment rights after 4-year court fight – Govt must now kill the ERA Bill
Source: Workers First Union Uber drivers will be celebrating this afternoon following an historic judgment from the Supreme Court that Uber’s appeal of the 2022 Employment Court and 2024 Court of...
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Easing the cost of new and used imported vehicles
Source: New Zealand Government New and used vehicles could become more affordable for Kiwis through changes that will lower importing fees and help keep additional costs from being passed on...
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Making it faster, easier to issue digital credentials
Source: New Zealand Government A new platform to make it easier for Government agencies to issue secure digital credentials will be developed by New Zealand-based company MATTR, Digitising Government and...
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DHL Global Forwarding Vietnam scales up its Container Freight Station network to cater to redirected trade flows
Source: Media Outreach Ho Chi Minh City CFS expands from 4,600 square meters (sqm) to 6,800 sqm while Hai Phong CFS now spans 4,000 sqm. Comprehensive Integrated Warehousing Solutions provide...
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Govt must respect Supreme Court ruling and abandon pro-Uber bill
Source: NZCTU The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Prime Minister to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court and abandon Brooke van Velden’s Employment Relations Bill. The...
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins announces engagement to partner Toni Grace
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins has announced his engagement to partner Toni Grace. Instagram/Chris Hipkins MP Labour leader Chris Hipkins has announced his engagement to partner Toni...
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Fung Style Launches Hong Kong’s First Immersive Design Projection Studio
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 November 2025 – Hong Kong interior design firm Fung Style Interior Design has unveiled the city’s first Immersive...
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New scam protections for consumers to kick off Fraud Awareness Week
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is introducing new legal protections so banks, telecommunications providers and digital platforms can act faster to block suspected online scams, Commerce and Consumer Affairs...
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Labour selects Dr Gary Payinda to take on former Health Minister Dr Shane Reti
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Gary Payinda. Supplied A high-profile emergency doctor has been selected to stand for the Labour Party against the incumbent Whāngarei MP, former Health Minister Dr...
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Schools close as more types of play sand test positive for asbestos
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the affected play sand brands. Supplied / Product Safety NZ Early Childhood centres are concerned about the cost to remove and dispose of potentially...
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Nurse practitioners to deliver faster access to medicines
Source: New Zealand Government Nurse practitioners can now prescribe a wider range of medicines, helping New Zealanders get faster access to the medicines they need and improving continuity of care,...
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Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects
Source: Radio New Zealand Green Party-co-leader Marama Davidson. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Green Party is pledging to revoke consents for any coal, hardrock gold, or seabed mining projects granted...
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CHINAPLAS 2026: Quality Growth Driven by Technology, Thriving Future Powered by Green Solutions
Source: Media Outreach SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 17 November 2025 – On April 21 to 24, 2026, the industry’s acclaimed trade fair – CHINAPLAS 2026 will take...
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Plans for new Wellington tunnel through Mt Victoria unveiled
Source: Radio New Zealand Artist’s visualisation of a second Mt Victoria Tunnel in Wellington. NZTA / Waka Kotahi Plans for two new tunnels for Wellington’s State highway 1 have been...
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Greenpeace welcomes commitment to revoke seabed mining licence, calls for permanent ban
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace Aotearoa is applauding the Green Party’s commitment to revoke any Fast-track consents, licences, or permits issued for coal, seabed, and hardrock gold mining projects, describing it as a...
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PSA – IT crisis at Wellington Hospital shows risk of slashing expert staff
Source: PSA Privacy Commissioner must investigate threats to patient information The IT crisis at Wellington Regional Hospital – where clinicians are struggling with crashing systems and delayed patient care – is...
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Federated Farmers launches petition to end consenting crisis
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is calling on farmers to sign a petition urging the Government to step in and provide certainty while the badly broken resource consent system is fixed....
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10 things you should know about the enigmatic eels of Aotearoa
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Eels in a stream | : Sarah Wilcox. Sleek, strong and slithery yet secretive about their sex lives. Eels/tuna are the top predators of the...
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What the government’s firearms act reform proposals will change – and what they won’t
Source: Radio New Zealand Explainer – How will firearms proposals change access to guns in New Zealand? Here’s what you need to know. New Zealand is planning its biggest overhaul...
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Well-known Northland entrepreneur Monty Knight named as alleged murder victim
Source: Radio New Zealand Monty Knight was a well-known wine-maker, entrepreneur and local politician in Kaitāia, inducted into the Northland Business Hall of Fame in 2010. RNZ/Carol Stiles The man...
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Tāmaki Makaurau welcomes thousands of delegates at world’s largest Indigenous education conference WIPCE 2025
Source: World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE) 2025 Haere mai e ngā iwi taketake o te aoHaere mai ki ahau o Ngāti WhātuaKi Te Kahu Tōpuni o TupeririHaere mai,...
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Feedback sought on longer-term protection for northern hoiho
Source: New Zealand Government Feedback is being sought on new proposals to reduce risk from commercial fishing to hoiho (yellow eyed penguins), Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. “In...