Samoa do it the hard way to qualify for 2027 Rugby World Cup

Source: Radio New Zealand Samoan rugby players lay down their challenge. RAUL ZAMORA/PHOTOSPORT / AFP Samoa have clinched a place at the 2027 Rugby World Cup after a dramatic finish to the final qualifying tournament in Dubai. Samoa finished top of the four-team tournament after drawing 13-13 with Belgium in the last game. It is … Read more

Weather: Auckland bearing the brunt of heavy rain

Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain warnings in the North Island as of 6am Wednesday. Supplied / MetService Central Auckland is bearing the brunt of the rain this morning, MetService says. Orange heavy rain warnings are in place for Northland, Auckland and Great Barrier Island (until 2pm), Waitomo, Waikato and Taupō (until 6pm), Bay of … Read more

Health New Zealand says another 10,000 immunised against measles

Source: Radio New Zealand Health New Zealand has the target of 95 percent of two year olds being fully vaccinated. 123rf Health NZ says another 10,000 people have been immunised against measles, but experts warn more coverage is needed to help those with immune deficiencies. The National Public Service’s Nikki Canter-Burgoyne said 10,847 people were … Read more

At-risk yellowhead mohua returned to Matukituki Valley after long absence

Source: Radio New Zealand A mohua settling into its new home in the Matukituki Valley. RNZ/Katie Todd Fifty tiny, yellow songbirds have been released in a corner of Mount Aspiring National Park that hasn’t heard their chirps in years. Conservationists hope the at-risk mohua can set up a new foothold in the Matukituki Valley, west … Read more

Graduating nursing students nervous about delays to job offers

Source: Radio New Zealand Advanced Choice of Employment hints at more nursing employment opportunities after the delay. Adobe Stock A nursing student says he’s “disappointed, but not surprised” by delays in announcing job offers to graduate nurses. Graduating student nurses were notified on Tuesday they would not hear results of job applications the following day … Read more

All Blacks fail to make World Rugby Player of the Year list

Source: Radio New Zealand Ox Nche of South Africa Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz No All Blacks have been named among the finalists for World Rugby Player of the Year. Richie McCaw, Dan Carter, Kieran Read, Brodie Retallick, Beauden Barrett and Ardie Savea have all won the award since it was first introduced in 2001. However, this is … Read more

What’s all the buzz about this retro keychain camera?

Source: Radio New Zealand A finger-sized camera with a resolution that wouldn’t hold a candle to your average smartphone is selling out at official stockists in New Zealand. The Chamera — a nostalgic collaboration with Reto that nods to Kodak’s first single-use cameras of the ’80s — comes in seven colours (plus one “secret edition”) … Read more

15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges

Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke coming out of the Pike River Mine. Credit: NZ Police Pike River families are still waiting to hear if police will lay criminal charges, as a result of the disaster that left 29 men dead 15 years ago. Bernie Monk, whose son Michael died in the mine, said it was … Read more

Taumata Arowai intervention over Kaeo water supply was ‘about time’

Source: Radio New Zealand Anna Valentine has been one of those affected by Kāeo’s water drama. RNZ / Peter de Graaf A resident of a Far North town says it was “about time” the water watchdog stepped in, after being under a boil notice for more than 10 years. Kāeo’s water supply has been under … Read more

Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers

Source: Radio New Zealand Students in Years 9-10 should be able to enrol in a trades academy or similar programme to gain basic vocational skills, say experts. File photo. Supplied/ UCOL Secondary schools will have to work a lot closer with polytechnics and employers to realise the government’s goals for its new “vocational subjects”, say … Read more

Jesse Ryder makes comeback for T20 Black Clash

Source: Radio New Zealand Jesse Ryder goes on the attack for the CD Stags in 2022. Photosport Following his departure from the international cricket scene, former Black Cap Jesse Ryder will make a comeback for the T20 Black Clash. Daniel Vettori’s Team Cricket takes on Kieran Read’s Team Rugby at Tauranga’s Bay Oval on the … Read more

30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich

Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand should be a rich country, but instead inequality is growing and the middle class are on the way out, British YouTuber, economist and trader Gary Stevenson says. He told 30 with Guyon Espiner the divide between the middle class and the rich had been growing since 2011. “I started … Read more

Christmas without food and presents? More families struggling, expected to go without

Source: Radio New Zealand An Auckland mother of three says it makes her sad to see her children accepting there could be no presents this Christmas. Anau Fangupo’s two teenagers have come to understand their parents cannot afford gifts – but her 12-year-old still hopes for a surprise. “This year they’re not asking for a … Read more

Prisoners design dozens of pairs of canvas shoes

Source: Radio New Zealand The art medium of “acrylic paint and glitter on canvas shoe” doesn’t easily fit with the hardened stereotype of a New Zealand prisoner. But that is what artist and prisoner Edward Newman created for the exhibition Worn, a showcase of more than 50 transformed canvas pairs of shoes on display at … Read more

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura visited Jevon McSkimming after charges laid

Source: Radio New Zealand former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura. RNZ / REECE BAKER Two members of the police’s senior leadership team, including former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura, visited Jevon McSkimming while he faced charges of possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material. McSkimming pleaded guilty earlier this month A report by the Independent … Read more

Calls for corporate manslaughter law 15 years after Pike River tragedy

Source: Radio New Zealand An explosion at the Pike River Mine killed 29 men in 2010.. Supplied / Pike River Recovery Agency Unions are calling on the government to support a corporate manslaughter law on the anniversary of the Pike River Mine disaster. Fifteen years have passed since an explosion ripped through the remote mine … Read more

New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table

Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s backflip on emission targets earned it ‘Fossil of the Day’ at the COP30 summit in Brazil. AFP / Ludovic Marin New Zealand has tumbled in an international climate-change league table, with authors now ranking it as “low-performing”. The country fell three places to 44th in the Climate Change Performance … Read more

All heart: Michael Campbell’s massive achievement, 20 years on

Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] Michael Campbell is looking fit and healthy, and he’s feeling it too. At least, he’s feeling an awful lot better than he was earlier this year, after undergoing heart surgery. “I had atrial fibrillation, which means my heart was racing out of rhythm,” the 56-year-old said from his home … Read more

Hessian Minister President Boris Rhein presents the Broermann Medical Innovation Award

Source: Media Outreach Dr. Carl June and Dr. Michel Sadelain honored for groundbreaking CAR-T cell research in cancer therapy One of the world’s most highly endowed medical prizes, with €1 million in prize money, awarded for the first time Titia große Broermann: “With the Broermann Medical Innovation Award, we want to make outstanding medical achievements … Read more

Leipzig Bach Archive Presents Newly Discovered Organ Works By Johann Sebastian Bach

Source: Media Outreach Leipzig-based Bach researcher Peter Wollny identifies two organ compositions as the work of the 18-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach · First performance in 320 years to be livestreamed from St Thomas’ Church, Leipzig LEIPZIG, GERMANY – Newsaktuell – 18 November 2025 – As of 17 November, the index of Bach’s works (BWV) is … Read more

Beijing and Hong Kong Join Forces to Open a New Chapter – Chaoyang District Deepens Bilateral Cooperation with RMB 19.5 Billion in Signed Projects

Source: Media Outreach BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – On November 12, 2025, the thematic investment promotion event “Synergy Between Beijing and Hong Kong, Connecting the World – Towards a Brighter Future with Chaoyang” was successfully held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Jointly hosted by the Chaoyang … Read more

ELATEC Introduces DevPack 5.07: A Major Leap Forward in RFID Reader Management and Mobile Integration

Source: Media Outreach PUCHHEIM, GERMANY – Newsaktuell – 18 November 2025 – ELATEC, a leading manufacturer of access technologies, specializing in RFID readers and credentials, has released its latest software development toolkit, TWN4 DevPack 5.07. The new version delivers faster performance, stronger security and greater flexibility for configuring and managing RFID readers, enabling flexible and … Read more

PAObank Becomes the First Digital Bank to Offer 16-hour U.S. Stocks Trading

Source: Media Outreach Licensed to Launch Wealth Service with Dual Advantages, Blending Online Brokerage Experience with Bank-Level Assurance HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – PAO Bank Limited (“PAObank”) has been granted Type 1 (Dealing in securities) and Type 4 (Advising on securities) licenses by relevant regulator, signalling its entry … Read more

More people identifying with Māori ethnicity – Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2025 – Stats NZ news story and information release

More people identifying with Māori ethnicity – news story 18 November 2025 Around 932,000 people, or 18 percent of the population living in Aotearoa New Zealand, identified with Māori ethnicity as at 30 June 2025, according to estimates released by Stats NZ today. This is roughly double the Māori ethnic population of 468,000 in June 1991, … Read more

New initiative launched at first Future of Investment and Trade Partnership meeting

Source: New Zealand Government Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay joined Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership members to launch a new initiative to bolster supply chain resilience in Singapore today. “This inaugural Ministerial Meeting of the FIT Partnership marks a significant milestone in our collective commitment to open, fair and rules-based trade, and … Read more

ASEAN-China Week 2025 Opens in Fuzhou: Bridging ASEAN 2045 & Chinese Modernization

Source: Media Outreach FUZHOU, CHINA – Media-OutReach Newswire – 18 November 2025 – The ASEAN-China Week 2025 opened grandly in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, on November 17, under the theme “Our Shared Future: Bridging ASEAN 2045 & Chinese Modernization”. The event is co-hosted by the ASEAN-China Centre and the People’s Government of Fujian Province. Over 400 … Read more

Roads blocked following crash, Glengarry, Invercargill

Source: New Zealand Police Emergency services were called to a crash in Glengarry, Invercargill at Yarrow and Isabella Streets, shortly after 8pm tonight. The crash involved three vehicles – one of them was a van. Multiple people were in the vehicles. The collision caused blockages on Yarrow and Isabella Streets. One person suffered serious injuries, … Read more