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Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A milestone agreement between New Zealand and Australia will give the region’s primary sector faster and more efficient access to important new agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines. “Today New Zealand Food Safety and the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) signed an agreement that will see the 2 … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is speaking to media in Auckland. It comes after he was forced to give reassurance the coalition government was “stable” following a public stoush between ACT Party leader David Seymour and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Last week, Peters vowed to repeal the Regulatory Standards Bill … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Anihana Pomana. Supplied / Police A body has been found in the search for a missing woman in Auckland this weekend. Te Anihana Pomana, also known as Ani Anderson, went missing on 21 August after leaving Sky City hotel in the early hours of the morning. She left all her … Read more
Source: Media Outreach MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 24 November 2025 – Wildberries, a leading digital platform in Eurasia, announces the results of its ongoing sustainability partnership with eco-tech company Ecoplatform on the three-year anniversary of the initiative’s launch. During this period, customers of the Wildberries online marketplace donated more than four million … Read more
Source: Media Outreach TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 24 November 2025 – With the rapid growth of outbound travel demand from Vietnam, Taiwan’s leading one-stop e-commerce travel service platform, KKday, has united transportation services, tourist attractions, travel experiences, hotel accommodations, and food and restaurant SMEs from across northern, central, and southern Taiwan to … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Shenandoah Highway, State Highway 65, is blocked following a two-vehicle crash, reported to emergency services at around 2:30pm. Motorists should expect delays. Two people have serious injuries, and one person has moderate injures. Two people are also reported to have minor injuries. ENDS Issued by the Police Media Centre. MIL OSI
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency With the announcement that design is starting on the Hope Bypass, those wanting to know more about the project can do so soon. From 27 to 29 November, NZTA/Waka Kotahi will hold community drop-in sessions so that people can find out more about the proposed Road of National Significance (RoNS) … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Adrian Roche with a barro load of ‘black gold’ Kelmarna’s organic compost. RNZ Ross McNaughton Along the short path to Kelmarna community farm visitors are transported from suburbia to a rural oasis. The 4 and a half acre block of land is nestled between the affluent Auckland suburbs of Ponsonby and … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] A Waikato pig farm has been fined $437,000 for persistent discharges of raw piggery effluent into the environment, including sewage tanks overflowing into waterways. Rawhiti Environmental Park was convicted on eight charges in the Hamilton District Court on Thursday under the Resource Management Act. The 810-hectare piggery near Te … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two people have been rescued after their plane landed in the water at the Bay of Islands this morning. Police said they received a mayday call at around 10.10am that a light plane had landed in the bay. A private boat picked up the two people on … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Milford Great Walk. Supplied / Department of Conservation The Milford Track is open to the public again, with Department of Conservation staff finally able to get in and restore damaged tracks. Wild weather triggered multiple opening date changes in the last month, with large avalanches damaging the track and covering some … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Anihana Pomana. Supplied / Police Police say a body has been found in the search for Te Anihana Pomana, who has been missing since August. Te Anihana Pomana, also known as Ani Anderson, went missing on 21 August after leaving Sky City hotel in the early hours of the morning. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The fires spread over an area of almost 200 hectares. RNZ / Nate McKinnon No charges will be laid against the owner of a burn pile that sparked large fires and destroyed four homes in Kaikōura last month. Fire and Emergency says the fires were caused by embers from the burn … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Airmass and wind forecast for Friday 28 November in the North Island. MetService Warm and muggy conditions are making a comeback this week as maximum temperatures swing back to the 20s for most and approaching 30°C in some areas. MetService has forecasted a series of weather systems to move through, two … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The latest coloured sand products to be recalled over asbestos fears. Supplied A rainbow sand art toy sold at various discount stores nation-wide is the latest coloured sand product to be recalled over concerns about asbestos. MBIE confirmed this afternoon that the product was being recalled because some samples had tested … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend, Auckland Central Area Investigations Manager: Police are making enquiries after a body was found in the search for Te Anihana Pomana on Saturday. At around 7.43pm Police were notified a body was located in dense bush in the Pukekohe area. Formal identification is … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Search and rescue teams have found the body of a man believed to be missing. Google Maps Police have found a body they believe to be a man who went missing in the water at a Christchurch lake. Search and rescue teams had been searching the area at Lake Rua in … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Caleb Moefa’auo. RNZ/Felix Walton Mt Eden prison was under significant pressure at the time Caleb Moefa’auo died in custody, a court has heard. Caleb Moefa’auo, 26, died in 2022 after suffering a cardiac arrest shortly after being pepper-sprayed by an officer. Phase two of the inquest into his death began in … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Police have located a body in Lake Rua this afternoon, believed to be the man that went missing in the water last night. The surrounding area remains closed to the public. A formal identification process will take place, and the death will be referred to the Coroner. ENDS Issued by Police … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Grant Arkell, pictured in 2020. RNZ / Dan Cook The man who first trained former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker among other boxing greats, Grant Arkell, has passed away aged 77. Arkell was one of the most respected boxing trainers in New Zealand and opened the Papatoetoe Boxing Gym in 1990, … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington will be the first location to implement the new roadside drug testing with the rest of the country to follow by mid-2026 NZ Police / Supplied As New Zealand gets set to rollout roadside drug testing, an Australian expert says it’s a scattergun approach that doesn’t reliably pick up impairment. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The figures reported in this article have been corrected. More than 1.2 million tonnes of food is thrown away or wasted in New Zealand every year, a new report has found. The amount is equivalent to 237 kilograms of waste per person. Nearly a third of the waste comes from households, … Read more
Source: New Zealand Government Work on a new harbour servicing the eastern Bay of Plenty is complete, unlocking opportunities for aquaculture and marine industry growth, new local jobs and regional prosperity, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. The extensive work on Ōpōtiki Harbour over a number of years includes the construction of two 350m long … Read more
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has unveiled safeguarding measures to ensure building owners are protected under a more productive and ambitious building consent system. “Earlier this year, I announced a major change to the building consent system to tackle risk-averse behaviour that slows productivity and delays the delivery of new homes, public buildings and … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Sabitra Bhandari of the Phoenix Masanori Udagawa / PHOTOSPORT While expectations are always high, the Phoenix women would be delighted with the position they find themselves in the A-League. Bev Priestman’s side scored their first win of the season on Sunday, beating Melbourne Victory for the first time with a 1-0 … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand No Duff Charitable Trust’s Aaron Wood. RNZ / Kate Pereyra Garcia A veterans’ charity says there is growing concern about the lack of mental health and transitional support within the Defence Force. This comes as a former infantry soldier is accusing the New Zealand Defence Force of failing to get him … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Ara o Te Ata – Mt Messenger Bypass project construction in February 2025. NZTA / Waka Kotahi The budget for a major Taranaki road has climbed up in costs from $365 million to nearly $600m. The Mt Messenger Bypass will be a new six-kilometre route that avoids the existing steep, … Read more