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Home DNA tests and privacy
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Reviewed for relevance April 2025. Since 2007, companies like 23andMe.com and Ancestry.com have made at-home DNA testing kits accessible to the masses. Through...
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Zero Waste – Anxiety rises as decision on incinerator due
Source: Zero Waste Aotearoa Zero Waste Aotearoa is more worried than ever about the waste-to-energy incinerator proposed for Te Awamutu. That’s because so many concerns have emerged about the track...
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Greenpeace turns on NZ First over its support for corporate land grab bill
Source: Greenpeace During today’s public submission hearings on the ACT Party’s Overseas Investment Amendment Bill, Greenpeace took direct aim at NZ First, highlighting the hypocrisy of NZ First’s support for the...
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NZ-AU: Minim Martap Development Update
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) Highlights Canyon has completed the first drawdown from its US$140 million Credit Facility with AFG Bank Cameroon Canyon secured the Credit Facility on excellent terms, demonstrating the...
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Green light for garden sheds and garages
Source: New Zealand Government Thanks to the Red Tape Tipline homeowners building garden sheds, sleepouts, or garages will face less red tape and fewer delays by the end of this...
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Address to Papua New Guinea Parliament
Source: New Zealand Government The Honourable Job Pomat, Speaker of the Papua New Guinea National Parliament, The Honourable James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, The Honourable Douglas Tomuriesa, Leader...
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School of Built Environment students awarded scholarships
Source: Massey University Five students from the School of Built Environment have recently been awarded one-year tertiary scholarships for 2022 through Keystone Trust and their Key Scholarship Partners. For more...
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Serious concerns over Aratere ferry removal
Source: Maritime Union of New Zealand The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) is expressing serious concern following the announcement that the Interislander ferry Aratere is being removed from service indefinitely. The...
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Rail-enabled ferries a victory for common sense
Source: Maritime Union of New Zealand The Maritime Union has welcomed today’s announcement from Minister of Rail Winston Peters the two new Cook Strait ferries will be publicly owned and...
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Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025–2029
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health Publication date: 17 June 2025 Document download Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025–2029 (pdf,849.4 KB) View all files and formats The strategic direction for preventing...
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About us
Source: Asure Quality At AsureQuality, we’re incredibly proud of our purpose and are passionate about the work we do to help Aotearoa shape a better food world. Owned by the...
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Our Story
Source: Asure Quality At AsureQuality, we’re incredibly proud of our purpose and are passionate about the work we do to help Aotearoa shape a better food world. Owned by the...
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AsiaInfo Technologies Expects to Achieve Accelerated Growth from the Three Core Growth Engines in 2025H2, with Full Year Profit Exceeding Last Year[1]
Source: Media Outreach In 2025H1, AI large model application and delivery business achieves explosive growth with revenue and order amount up 76 times and 78 times yoy respectively, demonstrating strong...
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AUT announces new Head of VC’s Office
Source: Auckland University of Technology 11 Apr, 2022 Amy Malcolm has been appointed to the role of Head of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office and will join the whānau at the end...
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5 questions with Lefaoali’i Dion Enari
Source: Auckland University of Technology 07 Apr, 2022 Lefaoali’i Dion Enari is a lecturer in sport leadership and recreation at AUT and also a PhD candidate exploring Fa’a Samoa (Samoan...
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Extending manaaki to our community
Source: Auckland University of Technology 16 Mar, 2022 A 40-foot container full of desks and chairs has been shipped over to schools in Tonga following January’s volcanic eruption. Several schools...
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Get your gloves dirty for a good cause this winter
Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council Get your gloves dirty for a good cause this winter | Environment Canterbury Date: 11 Jun 2025 Upcoming planting events Forest & Bird plantings –14...
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Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Jess Ducey argues that protecting people’s privacy means not just our secrets or personal data – but our self-determination and bodily-autonomy. It can...
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Penalties rise over conveyor belt deaths
Source: Worksafe New Zealand 9 July 2025 Courts have imposed more than $800,000 in penalties since mid-March, in response to workers being killed on unsafe conveyor belts in the manufacturing...
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What’s it like on the job? A chat with our inspectors
Source: Worksafe New Zealand 13 June 2025 At WorkSafe New Zealand, our inspectors manage a diverse range of tasks, ensuring that no two days are ever the same. Their responsibilities...
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Massey University’s Quote of the Year competition “Spread their legs” narrowly beats goat quote
Source: Massey University COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins’ slip of the tongue has taken out New Zealand’s Quote of the Year competition, beating a toddler’s response to seeing a goat...
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Investigation launched after man critically injured – Stokes Valley
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Inspector Haley Ryan: An investigation has been launched after a man was allegedly shot and critically injured in Stokes Valley this morning. Emergency...
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Grab your popcorn; the latest recruitment launch will leave you reel-ing.
Source: New Zealand Police Police lights, sirens, ACTION! What: Unveiling of a decommissioned patrol car upcycled as a mini cinema for watching ‘Ride Along’.Who: Commissioner Richard Chambers,...
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Fatal crash – Wairarapa
Source: New Zealand Police Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in South Wairarapa earlier today. The two-vehicle crash on Bidwills Cutting Road at the intersection with...
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Police crack down on unlawful hunting in Wairarapa
Source: New Zealand Police Masterton Police are taking action against unlawful hunters, with a number of people before the courts facing charges relating to illegal poaching activity. A man was...
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Woman charged with ill-treatment/neglect of child after child found in suitcase
Source: New Zealand Police To be attributed to Detective Inspector Simon Harrison, Acting Field Crime Manager Waitematā: A woman has been charged with ill-treatment/neglect of a child, after a toddler...
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Wrong-way crash seriously injures 2 drivers
Source: New Zealand Police Two people have serious injuries after a head-on crash on the Northern Motorway at Wainui this morning. One of the vehicles involved was a stolen Toyota...