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Source: Radio New Zealand Giancarlo Italiano joined a growing list of coaching casualties across the A-League. AAP / Photosport Giancarlo Italiano’s abrupt departure from the Wellington Phoenix is the latest twist in what has become a season of upheaval for A-League coaches. Three A-League head coaches have failed to see out the 2025/26 campaign, and … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. RNZ / Mark Papalii Winston Peters says the “last thing we should do is go and panic” and make a classic mistake “based on blind ideology” in response to Air New Zealand’s financial loss. The ACT party is questioning whether the government should retain its … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland and Northland hospitals were hit by an IT outage on Thursday afternoon. RNZ / Dan Cook The Public Service Association is warning hospital IT outages will keep happening due to cuts to Health NZ’s digital team. Auckland and Northland hospitals were hit by an outage on Thursday afternoon. It disrupted … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The blobfish, which was declared the world’s ugliest animal in 2013, beat the odds to win the competition last year. Bhakti Patel Voting for Fish of the Year opens on Saturday. The competition run by the Mountain to Sea Conservation Trust celebrates New Zealand’s weird, wonderful, and often overlooked marine life. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The study analysed 26847 mental health callouts – or 5.7 percent of total callouts between July 2022 and June 2023. Supplied / St John A study into thousands of ambulance callouts for mental health shows most were non-urgent, and should have been managed in the community. It found “most callouts [89.8 … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Housing market confidence continues to improve. RNZ Housing market confidence continues to improve, though house price growth is expected to remain subdued. “Indeed, we anticipate only muted house price growth in 2026. High inventory levels and some headwinds for housing demand are likely to temper house price growth,” the latest ASB … Read more
Source: ASB Confidence in New Zealand’s housing market has lifted sharply this quarter, with an increasing proportion of Kiwi expecting house prices to rise over the next year, despite growing expectations that interest rates will increase. In ASB’s latest Housing Confidence Survey, a net 30% of respondents now expect house prices to increase over the … Read more
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 February 2026 – Fast-tracking innovation and technology (I&T) development is a core feature of the 2026-27 Budget, unveiled yesterday (February 25) by Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Mr Chan said Hong Kong would be stepping up … Read more
Source: Media Outreach MACAU SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 February 2026 – Marking a dynamic arrival of the Year of the Horse, on February 21 and 22 (the fifth and sixth day of the Chinese New Year), Galaxy Macau Presents: The Jimmy O. Yang Chinese New Year Show brought luck and laughter to … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Sir Richard Taylor has been honoured in Los Angeles tonight. File picture. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Wētā Workshop co-founder Sir Richard Taylor has been recognised for his contributions to the visual effects industry at the 24th Annual VES Awards on Thursday night in Los Angeles. Global professional honorary society the Visual … Read more
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) ADELAIDE, Australia, Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On 13 February 2026, DENZA officially opened its first showroom in South Australia, marking another step in the brand’s expansion across Australia. The launch in Adelaide signals the continued growth of the premium new energy brand and the increasing global presence of Chinese intelligent … Read more
Source: PSA Patient care has again been compromised by the second major IT outage to impact hospitals across Auckland and Northland in less than a month. The PSA is aware a critical outage this afternoon impacted the systems which store and manage all medical images from x rays, CT and MRI scans. The system crashed for … Read more
Source: Jim Beam Homegrown Thursday, 26 February 2026 – Jim Beam Homegrown is turning up the volume on the future of New Zealand music, announcing six breakthrough acts from 150 entries to perform on the Manuka Phuel Nexus Stage at this year’s festival at Claudelands Oval in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. The Jim Beam Homegrown Manuka Phuel … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The woman reportedly disrupted a Qoran recitation night session at a musalla (a small prayer room) near her villa on Gili Trawangan 123RF A New Zealand woman who reportedly disrupted a mosque prayer session being played over a loudspeaker in Indonesia could face deportation. According to the South China Morning Post … Read more
Source: Ki tua o Matariki Ki Tua O Matariki Warns Government That “Move-On” Powers Targeting Homeless Whānau will have negative consequences Ki Tua o Matariki strongly encourages the Government to reconsider the expansion of “Move-on Orders” under amendments to the Summary Offences Act, which would allow Police to direct people to leave public spaces nationwide and … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand At the scene of last week’s incident. RNZ / Keiller MacDuff A person has died after an incident in Christchurch last week which involved individuals from two gangs. Police were called to a property on Hoani Street in the suburb of Northcote about 9.30pm on 18 February after an altercation. Four … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The 46-year-old was arrested in Fraser’s Gully after his attempts to avoid Police RNZ / Marika Khabazi A Dunedin man who drove his vehicle towards officers and avoided police on Wednesday, has been charged. Superintendent Jason Guthrie, Southern District Commander said the 46-year-old was arrested in Fraser’s Gully after his attempts … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand NZPork has previously warned that local producers were struggling against a flood of lower-welfare imports. 123RF Farmers are renewing calls for the Government to enforce the same animal welfare standards that local pig farmers face on imported pork. A group of farmers, pork producers and advocates wrote to the Prime Minister … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves: One person has died after the serious incident at a Hoani Street, Northcote address on 18 February. Police were called to the property about 9.30pm after an altercation during which four people were injured, one of whom was in a critical condition. Sadly, that person … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Health NZ says the outage was resolved quickly without affecting patient services. 123rf.com Auckland and Northland hospitals were hit by an IT outage on Thursday afternoon. Health New Zealand says the outage affected the transfer of radiology images at hospitals across Auckland and Northland for two hours. The Public Service Association … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Nitrous oxide has legitimate medical and catering uses, but if inhaled recreationally, the gas can have dangerous long-term side effects like nerve damage in the brain and spinal cord. Phanie via AFP Police are warning that problems around the huffing of nitrous oxide products or nangs have escalated to where people … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand One proposal is to require drivers travelling under 60km/h to give way to buses pulling out from bus stops. RNZ / Emma Hatton The Automobile Association says the government’s proposal to bring in a number of new road rules will clarify the situation for road users to make sure that everyone … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil Ravishankar (left) says the airline was dealt ‘tough cards’ as Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour calls on the government to sell its stakes in the airline. RNZ/Supplied Air New Zealand chief executive says the airline has been dealt ‘tough cards’ and New Zealand First leader Winston … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitch Barnett celebrates a Warriors win with young forwards Demitric Vaimauga and Tanner Stowers-Smith. NRL Photos/Photosport Young NZ Warriors forward Jacob Laban recalls the day grizzled veteran Mitch Barnett drew a line in the sand for the Auckland club still chasing its first NRL crown. “I felt like Barney, from the … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Evie Richardson All motorists know what it is like learning to drive – the endless attempts to parallel park, the grinding gears, the lurches and the stalls. Now one instructor believes he has found a way to confine those teeth-clenching experiences to the past, with a virtual reality programme … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Superintendent Jason Guthrie, Southern District Commander: The man arrested following a series of events in Dunedin last night has been charged and is due in court tomorrow. The 46-year-old was arrested in Fraser’s Gully following his earlier attempts to avoid Police, during which Police fired a shot which did … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Child poverty activists say families are having to make impossible decisions and go without life’s essentials following the release of new Stats New Zealand data. The statistics agency said one in seven kids are living in material hardship, according to research conducted between July 2024 and June last year. Child … Read more