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Source: Radio New Zealand The Dawn Service has been part of Anzac Day commemorations across New Zealand since 1939. The service, which traditionally begins with a military parade, is a formal way to honour New Zealanders killed in combat, as well as servicemen and women both returned and still serving. Attendance at dawn services has … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The stairs that Dinson Thomas has to carry his daughter up in order to get inside their home. SUPPLIED A farmer in Queenstown has offered to pay the shortfall for a lift so a dad does not have to carry his teenage daughter from her wheelchair to their front door. The … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand If you went swimming at Piha Beach in West Auckland any weekend last summer, it’s almost certain that 75-year-old Karel Witten-Hannah was one of your guardians. Over the last summer he recalls the young woman who thought she was dying (Witten-Hannah “pinky promised” that she wasn’t) and another young woman who … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Jone Vakarisi was heard screaming and begging, according to his sister. Supplied Jone Vakarisi was heard screaming and begging before he was “brutalised to death” in Fiji military custody last week, according to his sister. Melehola Tagaga told Pacific Waves that the well known drug pusher was asked if he was … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand As the market slumps again, sellers are facing the prospect of gambling on a recovery or just cutting their losses. RNZ / Quin Tauetau New Zealand’s property market is facing another slow patch – leaving some owners who bought in the post-Covid peak wondering what to do next. Cotality’s latest data … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand By Mata Che Wilson. Supplied / Aukaha Former Te Pāti Māori president Che Wilson has sparked debate following a controversial haka performed at the Tainui Regional Kapa Haka competition over the weekend. The haka, directed at ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar, included the phrase “purari karikari iniana”, which has been interpreted as … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand NZEI President Ripeka Lessels, the head of the country’s largest education sector union. NZEI supplied Hundreds of principals and thousands of teachers remain opposed to the government’s curriculum overhaul as consultation closes on Friday. Thirty-nine local and regional principals associations and six teacher subject associations have now signed a letter started … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The much-missed bells of the carillon in Wellington are playing again. Silent for most of the last 14 years, this Saturday they will be heard at the national Anzac commemorations at the national war memorial in Pukeahu Park. Inside the belltower, open now that quake strengthening had been done using a … Read more
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2026 – Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firm, today released its annual Beyond the Carbon Blind Spot– Embodied Carbon and Scope 3 Emissions in the Commercial Property Sector on the Chinese Mainland, a landmark report highlighting the growing … Read more
Source: Media Outreach ORDOS, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2026 – On April 20, 2026, a new batch of watermelon seedlings was transplanted in the greenhouses within the reclamation area of Minda Coal Mine, located in Dongsheng District, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. This open-pit coal mine has an annual production capacity of 8 … Read more
Source: Statistics New Zealand An overview of disability data in Aotearoa New Zealand – report 22 April 2026 Stats NZ is pleased to release An overview of disability data in Aotearoa New Zealand, a new report developed to make it easier to find, understand, and use disability data in Aotearoa New Zealand. It includes an overview … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Marika Khabazi A person has been rescued from a property fire in the Auckland suburb of Takanini on Wednesday. Emergency services received multiple calls about people potentially being trapped in a one-storey property about 6.20pm. FENZ northern communications shift manager Ryan Geen said crews found one person inside, who was taken … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tarawera River, where two people died on Thursday Google Maps The two boys who died after a riverbank they were playing on collapsed at Kawerau last week have been named by police. They were 11-year-old Luti Maui Mafi and 10-year-old Paul Mason Lloyd. Police had said a group of children … Read more
Source: Media Outreach BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2026 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has unveiled the official behind-the-scenes VDO of its latest TVC, “feel all the feelings,”featuring Lalisa “LISA” Manobal as the Amazing Thailand Ambassador. The campaign aims to comprehensively convey the charm and emotional depth of Thai … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Quin Tauetau A home care worker’s calling the government out for alleged double standards over mileage rates paid to MPs. Earlier this month, home and community support workers were given a temporary boost to their mileage rates – from 63.5 cents to 82.5 cents per kilometre. Relief teachers also … Read more
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2026 – Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) today outlined how enterprise AI adoption across Asia Pacific (APAC) is moving from experimentation to implementation, with 48% of organisations with more than 500 employees in the region already deploying AI PCs and 95% expecting workstations to play … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Earth Week brings together students and sustainability practitioners through 26 workshops; culminates in a Service and Sustainability Summit to explore how early action can shape a more sustainable future SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2026 – Climate change increasingly calls for shifts in behaviour and collective responsibility, and education … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand When director Tearepa Kahi went with a small crew on a reconnaissance mission to Tunisa for the film Sgt. Haane, a remarkable chance encounter occurred. “I’m shaking in terms of my memory of this, because it’s almost a year to the day,” he told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. They were visiting … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ US CDC Health New Zealand has confirmed a new measles case in Wellington. It said the case was not known to be linked to any previous cases or overseas travel. The person may have been exposed to measles at Warbirds Over Wānaka in early April, or at the Ultra New … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Dilworth School. RNZ / Dan Cook A 66-year-old man has been arrested as part of the investigation into historical sexual offending at Dilworth School. This marked the fourteenth arrest that had been made under what police called “Operation Beverly”. Detective Inspector Scott Beard said the charges against the man are for … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Rolling out across more than 15 diverse markets in ASEAN & South Pacific, Sprite’s new global platform brings a dynamic new look, an iconic brand sound, and bold cultural partnerships rooted in spicy food, basketball, music SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2026 – Sprite®, the world’s No. 1 lemon-lime … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Dozens of people from the Pūtiki community turned up to try out the new bus service. Robin Martin/RNZ People power – or should that be Pūtiki power – is being credited for the creation of a new bus route in Whanganui. Championed by the kaumātua and kuia of Pūtiki Marae, it’s … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Multiple people have reportedly been injured after a serious crash in eastern Matawhero on Wednesday. Emergency services were called to Centennial Marine Drive around 4.40pm. The road towards Midway Beach was closed following the crash. Police said initial reports indicated multiple people were injured. Ambulance services were … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Southland Girls’ High School Google Maps/Screenshot For more than a century, the top leadership at an Invercargill school was dominated by women. The streak has now ended with Southland Girls’ High School getting their first ever male principal. John Grogan, who has spent eight years as the school’s deputy, is making … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com As the country battles a budding black market for illicit tobacco, concerns are being raised that the issue is being overblown by interest groups. RNZ has been investigating black-market cigarettes and tobacco being sold over the counter, without any of the mandated health warnings and for a fraction of the … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand An independent review of NZME’s employment practices shows management has more work to do RNZ The chair of media business NZME says an independent review of employment practices, following the recent dismissal of three executive members of staff, indicate management has more work to do. “More generally the review found that … Read more
Source: Media Outreach BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 22 April 2026 – Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show and the place where money does business, is hosting Policy20 as part of Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok happening on April 21-23 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Policy20 brings together over 80 leading policymakers, … Read more