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Source: MetService Covering period of Monday 29th December 2025 – Thursday 1st January 2026 As the final week of 2025 unfolds, MetService is forecasting a mix of rain, wind, thunderstorms, and cooler temperatures for many places. But while there will be plenty to keep an eye on, there are also likely to be welcome breaks for … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Universal Access Now Available to All Retail Banking Customers Raising the Bar for Deposit Security HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 December 2025 – PAO Bank Limited (“PAObank”) places the highest priority on safeguarding customers’ funds. In alignment with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (“HKMA”) latest anti-fraud measures, PAObank … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand After witnessing the struggles of elderly people and those with disabilities forced to navigate hospital appointments alone, social entrepreneur Lizzie Scott has come up with a solution. CaringStay Companion Travel has more than 80 “companions” nationwide, who can accompany people to their appointments and take them home afterwards, staying as long … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Cable car above Rotorua lake and city. 123RF The Tourism Minister has signalled significant change could be on the horizon for the industry. Louise Upston has set her sights on doubling the value of tourism exports by 2034, growing the number of Kiwis working in tourism and hospitality, and restoring international … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand There have been a number of serious crashes over the holiday period, but no fatalities yet. File photo. RNZ/ Marika Khabazi The road toll for the official Christmas holiday period is at zero, but police say people need to continue to stick to the basics of safe driving. So far this … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Cromwell & Districts Promotions Group A Dunedin family has swept the podium at the annual Cherry Pit-Spit Championship in Cromwell. The Collins family dominated multiple categories at the quirky Central Otago event on Sunday, which challenges entrants to hoick a cherry stone as far as possible. Aaron Collins launched … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Stuart has been reported missing. Supplied / Police Auckland police are asking for any sightings of man whose family are concerned for his welfare. Stuart is described by police as about 6 foot tall, slender and in his 70s. He was last seen wearing black pants, a beige shirt, a blue … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Blaze captain Melie Kerr after scoring a century in the Super Smash. Marty Melville / PHOTOSPORT A stunning century from White Fern Amelia Kerr has helped the Wellington Blaze to a 49-run victory over the Auckland Hearts in the women’s Super Smash. Kerr completed her first century in top level … Read more
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 December 2025 – Tanoto Foundation convened government leaders, international organisations, researchers, and civil society at the 2025 International Symposium on Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED), in Jakarta under the theme “ECED Ecosystem Synergy in Promoting the Best Start in Life.“ The symposium comes at … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Roy Krishna will be a key player for Fiji. Oceania Football Fiji football star Roy Krishna has signed with Bula FC for the inaugral season of Oceania’s first ever professional football league. The Suva-based club announced the star signing on boxing day. “We are thrilled to announce the signing of Roy … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Engineers are trialling containment systems on the land-based areas of the bridge – the structures that will allow workers to eventually access and repaint the bridge. RNZ / Lucy Xia The Auckland Harbour Bridge repaint project – that’s estimated to take 12 years – has been underway for more than a … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Chairperson of the ministerial advisory group on organised crime, Steve Symon. (File photo) RNZ / Nick Monro The chairperson of a ministerial advisory group on organised crime says he won’t be satisfied until he sees the government commit resources to tackling the issue of organised crime. The government launched a plan … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Three men seriously hurt in separate fights in Auckland – one of them a mass street brawl – are still in hospital. Police have made a public appeal after the disorder in the central city on Saturday night. In the first assault, a 33-year-old man was seriously … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / TradeMe A Lower Hutt woman is keeping her “dark side” in check by reselling the one gift she received from her husband of 20 years on Christmas Day: a Star Wars T-shirt. The shirt, originally purchased from EB Games, has been listed on her husband’s Trade Me account – … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand With Christmas done and dusted, the festive season has switched into festival season. A day after Hidden Valley’s 10-year edition at Matakana, the South Island offshoot event Hidden Lakes, now shortened to Lakes festival, returned to Christchurch’s Hagley Park for its fifth edition. For Mainlanders, Sunday’s high-octane, dance-heavy fete functioned both … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Emma Pijnenburg of the Football Ferns. MEXSPORT / PHOTOSPORT The Wellington Phoenix women have signed White Ferns midfielder Emma Pijnenburg for the rest of the A-League season. The 21 year old replaces Alyssa Whinham, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in round three. Pijnenburg returns to New Zealand having secured a … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two people have been taken to hospital after another overnight brawl in Auckland. Police were called to Wallson Crescent in Wiri just before 10pm to what they say were reports of a fight involving several people. One person was left with serious injuries, and another was in … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Brigitte Bardot, the doe-eyed beauty whose sensuality brought French cinema to the mainstream, has died aged 91. Arriving on screen in the 1950s, Bardot swiftly rose to fame as an era-defining “sex kitten”. She starred in films such as And God Created Woman, Contempt and Jean-Luc Godard’s Masculin Féminin. French actress … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Kauaeranga Valley. Supplied/DOC. An elderly hiker who got lost and collapsed wearing only shorts and a singlet was saved by a mother and her two teenagers who huddled around him to keep him warm, police say. He was in the Kauaeranga Valley in Coromandel with no emergency supplies apart from a … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Inspector Mike Henwood, Area Commander Waikato West An 80-year-old man was saved by a mum and her two teenage children after he got lost while hiking in the Kauaeranga Valley area last night. The man was only wearing shorts and a singlet and apart from his mobile phone … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The Phoenix celebrate their win over Central Coast. Marty Melville/Photosport Coach Giancarlo Italiano is adamant the Wellington Phoenix can change their “atrocious record” at AAMI Park as they strive to snap a 23-match winless streak at the ground and push themselves into playoff contention. The New Zealanders take on Melbourne Victory … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand A statue showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein; a roll of bread; the Dalai Lama; a lost and confused kitten; a Fabergé egg that went on a journey. AFP / supplied/ NZ Police / RNZ 2024 set a high bar to beat when it came to things being generally weird, but … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand French film legend Brigitte Bardot – a cinema icon of the 1950s and ’60s who walked away from global stardom to become an animal rights protector – has died aged 91, her foundation said on Sunday. Bardot had rarely been seen in public in recent months but was hospitalised in October … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The roots of Collision can be traced to Tokoroa, where brothers Hirra and Ali Morgan and cousins Colin Henry and Charley Hikuroa formed a band called Shriek Machine. By 1973, the four had relocated to Wellington. Joined by keyboard player Philip Whitcher, they renamed themselves Collision. The band took up a … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Doug Bracewell playing for Central Districts 2024. PHOTOSPORT Former Black Caps allrounder Doug Bracewell has announced his retirement from all cricket. The 35-year-old debuted as an 18-year-old for Central Districts in late 2008, when he was already a New Zealand Under 19 representative. Just three years later he made his ODI, … Read more
Source: NZ Department of Conservation We love hearing about and seeing you out naturing over the summer – keep tagging us in your adventures, we absolutely love it! During this period, we get a lot, and I mean A LOT of people tagging us in posts and messaging us on our channels to ask us … Read more
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 29 December 2025 Six-year-old sea lion, Tui, had a pup on Christmas Day, starting off what is hoped to be another successful breeding season for the Nationally Endangered species. The pup’s gender isn’t known yet, but may be determined as part of the tagging process when that work is undertaken … Read more