Smart Design Global 2026 Awards Presentation Ceremony Proudly Unveils 52 Original Award-Winning Designs International Tour Highlights Hong Kong’s Creative Design Power

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Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 June 2026 – The Smart Design Global 2026 (SDG), an annual flagship event of Hong Kong’s design scene (formerly known as the Hong Kong Smart Design Awards) organised by the Hong Kong Exporters’ Association (HKEA) and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries … Read more

Save the Children – Israeli authorities closing crossings into Gaza puts essential supplies for children under threat once again

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Source: Save the Children Israeli authorities announced yesterday that they are closing border crossings into the Gaza Strip, including Kerem Shalam and Rafah, until further notice. This politicisation of aid once again puts food, clean water and emergency life-saving supplies including medical and shelter items needed to keep one million children and their families alive out of reach, … Read more

Collaborative wild deer management plan to protect Ruahine Forest Park

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Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date:  09 June 2026 The newly finalised Ruahine Adaptive Wild Deer Management Plan (2025–2030) sets out a five year, evidence based programme of work developed with iwi and supported by a locally representative advisory group. Monitoring shows deer numbers are above levels needed for forest recovery in parts of the park.…

Investment to deliver faster access to support

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Source: New Zealand Government A significant investment in the Government’s mental health plan will deliver faster access to support, more frontline workers and a better crisis response, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey announced today.  “Budget 2026 will deliver faster access to maternal mental health support, more frontline psychology roles, and a better crisis response by…

Pharmac listens to feedback, and will fund ambulance medicines

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Source: New Zealand Government Associate Health Minister with responsibility for Pharmac David Seymour welcomes Pharmac’s decision to fund medicines used by ambulance services from 1 July.  This follows the Government’s decision to transfer responsibility for funding ambulance medicines from Health New Zealand and ACC to Pharmac. “This decision means no matter where a patient is…

New Zealand’s firefighters demonstrate life-saving extraction skills in Feilding

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Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association More than 110 firefighters from across New Zealand will converge on Feilding this week to demonstrate the life-saving skills used to rescue people trapped in some of the country’s most devastating road crashes. With 2026 already recording 152 fatal road crashes, firefighters continue to be among the first emergency responders arriving … Read more

Environment – New spray approved for professional control of insect pests – EPA

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Source: Environmental Protection Authority The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved Seclira WSG, a spot-treatment surface spray for the control of insect pests in and around buildings. BASF New Zealand Ltd applied to import or manufacture Seclira WSG, containing dinotefuran at 400 g/kg, a chemical new to Aotearoa New Zealand. Dinotefuran is a neonicotinoid insecticide, targeting … Read more

Pharmac to fund medicines used by ambulance providers

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Source: PHARMAC A change in how ambulance medicines are funded will support a more consistent and coordinated approach to emergency care across New Zealand. From 1 July 2026, Pharmac will fund medicines used by ambulance services, following a Government decision to transfer this responsibility from Health New Zealand and ACC. Ambulance medicines have historically been…

Progress on supercritical geothermal forges ahead

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Source: New Zealand Government Another milestone has been reached on the GeoShot NZ project which aims to drill New Zealand’s first superhot geothermal well, Regional Development and Resources Minister Shane Jones says. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will deliver the project with joint venture partners Mercury NZ and Tauhara North No.2 Trust at…

Calls for Ombudsman to open wider investigation into private back-channel emails in Luxon’s office

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Source: Green Party The Green Party is calling for a fulsome investigation into the use of private email in the Prime Minister’s Office, after an answer to a written parliamentary question exhaustively listed staff private email – except for the Fonterra and Z Energy climate lobbying document sent to Luxon’s former staffer. “Something fishy is going on in the Prime Ministers’ office when lobbyist documents that miraculously end up…

Luxon’s Government commits to billion-dollar gas terminal with no plan to pay for it – which means you will

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Source: Green Party Luxon’s Government has committed to building a billion-dollar LNG import terminal without knowing how to pay for it. “Luxon’s Government has finally admitted New Zealanders don’t want to pay for their ridiculous LNG terminal, but by pressing ahead without any idea on how to fund it, New Zealanders remain on the hook to pay for this…

Police acknowledge IPCA report on placing children and young people in alternative care

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Source: New Zealand Police Police acknowledges and accepts the findings of an Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report released today regarding processes for placing children and young people in alternative care. Section 48 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 enables Police to remove unaccompanied children and young people from situations where their physical or mental…

Consumer NZ unveils four-point plan to tackle soaring power prices

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Source: Consumer NZ Consumer NZ is calling on 100,000 New Zealanders to sign its petition demanding government action on soaring power prices. “In just two years, electricity prices have surged 20%, and many households across New Zealand are feeling the strain,” says Jon Duffy, Consumer chief executive. Consumer research found one in four households struggled … Read more

LNG one step closer for business – BusinessNZ

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Source: BusinessNZ Updates to a planned LNG import terminal to address dry-year risk in the electricity system should ensure businesses won’t be forced to reduce production in the face of high prices, the BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) says. Director of Advocacy Catherine Beard says Liquified Natural Gas is a solution which can likely be implemented at … Read more

Health Coalition Aotearoa congratulates leader on political candidacy

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Source: Health Coalition Aotearoa Health Coalition Aotearoa congratulates its co-chair, Professor Lisa Te Morenga (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Uri o Hua, Ngāpuhi and Te Rarawa), on her newly announced Green Party candidacy for Te Tai Tonga. Te Morenga, a professor of Māori health and nutrition at Massey University, joined Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) as co-chair Māori … Read more

LNG terminal will make electricity more expensive, polluting and unreliable – Greenpeace

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Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace is condemning the Government’s decision to try to force the pubic to pay for an LNG fossil gas import terminal. This is in spite of the evidence from the OECD and others that it will lock our energy system into expensive, unreliable, climate polluting fossil fuels. The Government today announced that it was … Read more

Energy Sector – Government Decisions Put Energy Security And Affordability In Focus

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Source: Energy Resources Aotearoa Energy Resources Aotearoa welcomes the Government taking its next step toward abundant, affordable and reliable energy for all New Zealanders by progressing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and consulting on a new Winter Energy Reliability Obligation. Energy Resources Aotearoa Chief Executive John Carnegie says today’s announcements recognise the growing fuel and flexible … Read more

Election 2026 – Election Time for NZ Foreign Policy to Come “Out of the Shadows” – Says Advocacy Group

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Source: Te Kuaka A leading NZ thinktank and advocacy group has released a detailed blueprint for a different approach to foreign policy, and says it’s time foreign policy was brought “out of the shadows”. Te Kuaka – a group made up of academics such as Marco de Jong and Arama Rata, and lawyers with expertise … Read more

Property Market – Southern centres gain ground in patchy property market – QV

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Source: Quality Valuations (QV) New Zealand’s housing market is still largely treading water – but not everywhere is standing still. Our latest QV House Price Index shows that the average home value increased by just 0.3% nationally in the three months to the end of May 2026, only marginally more than in our previous index. … Read more

“Massive” Canterbury mudfish delights DOC

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Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date:  09 June 2026 “Canterbury mudfish have incredible survival adaptations. They only remain in a limited number of waterways and although they’re teetering on the brink of extinction, they’re still here,” Allanah says. Canterbury mudfish are the most threatened of New Zealand’s mudfish species and the second rarest native fish after…

Choc-a-block with charges

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Source: New Zealand Police A thief with a sweet tooth is facing a row of charges after allegedly helping himself to hundreds of chocolate blocks in recent months. The recidivist shoplifter, allegedly responsible for more than $9000 worth of stolen goods in one area of Auckland alone, was arrested on the weekend. Auckland City West…

Securing Affordable Energy: power companies made responsible for winter back-up

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Source: New Zealand Government Kiwi households and businesses will be better protected from winter power shortages and price spikes as the Government makes the electricity sector take greater, permanent responsibility for securing the back-up power New Zealand needs, Energy Minister Simeon Brown says. A clear obligation to keep the lights on: A new Winter Energy…

Securing Affordable Energy: LNG to keep the lights on and protect jobs

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Source: New Zealand Government New Zealand households and businesses are a step closer to relief on their power bills and greater energy security, as the Government takes the next step to deliver a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility, Energy Minister Simeon Brown says. Taking pressure off power bills: Up to $800 million a year…

Name release, Fatal crash, Grahams Road

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Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the name of the woman who died in a single-vehicle crash on Grahams Road, Burnside, on 27 April. She was Miriata Lee Houkamau, 34, of Burnside. Police’s thoughts are with her family. Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre

Kapsch TrafficCom Secures Three Major Tolling Projects in New Zealand

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Source: Media Outreach WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, – Media OutReach Newswire – 9 June 2026 – Kapsch TrafficCom, a globally recongized leader in intelligent transportation systems and tolling solutions, has been awarded three new video-based tolling projects by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) of New Zealand. The projects were awarded between November and December 2025 … Read more