Southern Police warn motorists to take care on roads

Source: New Zealand Police Southern Police are asking motorists to drive to the conditions and take extreme care today with black ice forming on Southland roads and snow incoming later throughout Otago. Police have already attended one black-ice related crash this morning and are aware of another. Thankfully no one has been injured but we … Read more

Bringing ENT care closer to home in Northland

Source: New Zealand Government A new mobile ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist clinic has been launched in Northland, bringing high-quality specialist care directly to local communities, Health Minister Simeon Brown and Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey say.“This is a significant step toward improving access to care for people in rural and remote parts of … Read more

Canterbury’s regional council moving forward in the face of change

Source: Environment Canterbury Regional Council “The changes being made by central government will impact the way local and regional governments operate, and how natural resources are managed under the RMA (Resource Management Act 1991). As Councillors, we want to ensure Waitaha can enjoy the opportunities – and avoid the pitfalls – that these changes may … Read more

NZ-AU: FioBit: Smart Passive Income Investments for 2025 – Earn Free Cryptocurrency with Trusted US Cloud Mining Apps

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) South Brisbane, Australia, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Free Bitcoin Mining Without Investment to Help You Profit Fast Cloud mining is emerging as the best passive income strategy of 2025. Without needing any mining hardware or technical expertise, you can achieve automated online mining to generate stable returns. FioBit, as a leading … Read more

NZ-AU: FioBit: Earn Dogecoin with AI – Start Dogecoin Cloud Mining Without Hardware and Generate Daily Passive Crypto Income

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) Sydney, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As Dogecoin mining becomes increasingly restricted by hardware barriers and rising costs, global cloud mining leader FioBit has officially announced the launch of its next-generation AI-powered Dogecoin cloud miners, making mining accessible to everyone—with up to $5,440 in daily profit potential. No hardware. No electricity setup. No technical skills needed. Just a smartphone … Read more

Diginex Signs MOU to Acquire Resulticks for US$2bn, transforming AI and Data Management Capabilities

Source: Media Outreach LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 June 2025 – Diginex Limited (“Diginex” or the “Company”)(Nasdaq: DGNX), a leading provider of Sustainability RegTech solutions, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) for a cash and share acquisition of Resulticks, a globally recognized leader in real-time, AI-driven customer … Read more

NZ-AU: IperionX Awarded U.S. Department of Defense SBIR Phase III Contract for Up to US$99M

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) Low-Cost Domestic Titanium for Defense Applications: Receipt of an SBIR Phase III Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to achieve “Low-Cost Domestic Titanium for Defense Applications” in the U.S. SBIR phase III contract: Enables IperionX to receive task order funding from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agencies up to a total of US$99 million … Read more

NZ-AU: IREN May 2025 Monthly Update

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) SYDNEY, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (together with its subsidiaries, “IREN” or “the Company”), today published its monthly update for May 2025. May Highlights Record monthly revenue and hardware profit $1.6m daily hardware profit in May On track for 50 EH/s by June 30 AI Cloud Services … Read more

The Hong Kong Science Fair Now Open for Free Admission Registration

Source: Media Outreach Over 3,000 Participating Primary and Secondary Students and Teachers Showcase 120 Shortlisted Outstanding Innovative Projects Utilising Technology with a Growing Trend Towards AI HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 June 2025 – The Fourth Hong Kong Science Fair (‘Science Fair’), organised by the Hong Kong Innovation Foundation (‘HKIF’), supported … Read more

Adrien Gagnon and ESDlife Survey Reveals: Nearly 60% Suffer from Both “Trouble Falling Asleep” and “Waking Easily”

Source: Media Outreach Over 80% of Employees Take Sick Leave Due to Sleep Deprivation; Mondays Are the Most Popular “Sickie” Days Economic downturn: 91% of respondents feel stressed from work and life 81% report frequent awakenings; 64% have trouble falling asleep – two distinct sleep problems, doctor explain 78% say stress impacts sleep quality 80% … Read more

Takeda Ukraine & Bulgaria Earn #8 Global Ranking in Best Places to Work 2024

Source: Media Outreach LONDON, UK – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 June 2025 – Takeda, a global value-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical company, has been proudly recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work in the World for 2024, achieving the No. 8 global ranking by both Ukraine and Bulgaria countries. This prestigious recognition … Read more

OPPO Licenses Cellular Standard-Essential Patents to Volkswagen Group for Connected Vehicles

Source: Media Outreach SHENZHEN, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 June 2025 – Leading smart device company OPPO today announced the signing of a global patent licensing agreement with Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (hereafter referred to as Volkswagen) to license OPPO’s cellular standard-essential patents portfolio to the group, including 5G. Under the agreement, OPPO’s cellular standard-essential … Read more

Property Market – Regional resilience but weaker main centres in May – Cotality

Source: Cotality Property values in Aotearoa New Zealand edged down by -0.1% in May and remain -1.6% below a year ago. The latest slight fall in values on the Cotality hedonic Home Value Index comes after some previous months of modest gains, with the national median now at $818,132. That remains 16.3% below the January … Read more

NZ’s firefighters demonstrate life-saving extraction skills in Feilding

Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association Tragically, 2025 has already seen 147 fatal road crashes on NZ roads, which trending higher than this time last year – and who is first on the scene in many areas of the country? Our firefighters are. Firefighters today do far more than put water on fire. They now respond to … Read more

Choose Clean Water: Changes to Fish & Game continue Coalition’s handover of power to polluters

Source: Choose Clean Water – Tom Kay Changes announced to Fish & Game this morning are another move in the Coalition Government’s handover of power to intensive farming and other polluting commercial interests, and will result in the further degradation of our rivers and freshwater, say freshwater campaigners. Choose Clean Water spokesperson Tom Kay says … Read more

Climate – Fifth-Warmest Autumn on Record Brings Wet Weather to the South Island – Seasonal Climate Summary – NIWA

Source: NIWA Autumn 2025 was New Zealand’s fifth-warmest on record, with nationwide average temperatures above the long-term seasonal average for almost all the country, according to NIWA’s latest seasonal climate summary.  Almost all regions experienced above-average temperatures, driven by more frequent northeasterly winds and persistently high-pressure systems.  It was a warm autumn, wet for eastern and … Read more

National Youth Council, KPMG in Singapore and Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS) co-design youth action programme for youths to drive social sustainability projects with industry mentors

Source: Media Outreach Launch of Gen2050, a structured accelerated programme to drive youth action in the area of social sustainability with an engagement series on key social issues Avails opportunities for youths from all backgrounds to start ground-up initiatives with the support of industry mentors and subject matter experts Provides youths with critical skillsets such … Read more

Youth Take Root: A Rocha Aotearoa environmental organisations aim to plant 1,500 trees to support World Vision 40 Hour Challenge

Source: World Vision    AUCKLAND / CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – A Rocha Aotearoa is undertaking a massive tree planting drive in Auckland and Christchurch on Saturday, 14 June to seed more than 1,500 trees to support this year’s World Vision 40 Hour Challenge.   The Christian environmental organisation will gather Youth Groups from across the country to roll up … Read more

PSA – Petition launched to save Rauaroha – Segar House psychotherapy service

Source: PSA The PSA is launching a petition today in partnership with the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists in support of continued funding for a specialist mental health facility serving patients with complex needs. Rauaroha – Segar House received notice in May that Te Whatu Ora is considering its disestablishment, 50 years after it was first … Read more

Local News – New library for Cannons Creek gets go-ahead – Porirua

Source: Porirua City Council A new library to be built in Cannons Creek in Porirua in the next two years is being hailed by the Mayor and city councillors as a facility current and future generations will be proud to call their own. The new building, to be placed on Bedford Reserve, near Cannons Creek Pool, … Read more

Federated Farmers – Fish & Game advocacy function under review

Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers says proposed changes to Fish & Game are a step in the right direction, but concerns remain about the organisation’s ability to engage in highly political advocacy. “Farmers have been very clear with Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager about our concerns and frustrations with Fish & Game,” says Federated Farmers … Read more

Climate – Warm May Caps Off a Sunny Autumn for Much of New Zealand – NIWA – New Zealand Climate Summary: May 2025

Source: NIWA Last month brought warmer-than-average temperatures to most of the country, marking it as New Zealand’s 10th-warmest May on record, according to NIWA’s latest climate summary for May 2025. Inland and southern parts of the South Island experienced particularly warm conditions, with some areas recording temperatures more than 1.5°C above average. Rainfall varied across New … Read more

Energy Sector – Past Policy Choices Coming Home to Roost

Source: Energy Resources Aotearoa For yet another year, the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) data published today shows that estimates for New Zealand’s gas reserves are rapidly declining. There has been a 27 per cent year-on-year reduction in natural gas reserves, dropping to 948 petajoules from 1,300 in 2024, which was 20 per cent … Read more

Local News – Porirua backs regional approach to water services delivery

Source: Porirua City Council Porirua City Council’s Te Puna Kōrero committee has endorsed a joint regional approach for water services delivery. As part of the Local Water Done Well reform, the Government has mandated that councils must review how water services are delivered. Te Puna Kōrero met this morning to deliberate and made a recommendation to … Read more

Local News – Porirua City Council makes budget decisions

Source: Porirua City Council After listening to feedback from residents Porirua City Council has made changes to next year’s budget, including not increasing paid parking charges in the city or Cannons Creek pool entry fees. The Council’s Te Puna Kōrero committee met this morning to deliberate on the Annual Plan, which sets the city’s budget for … Read more

Weather News – Brace for the cold: a wintry weekend in store – MetService

Source: MetService Covering period of Thursday 5 – Monday 9 JuneAfter a night of wild weather, MetService is forecasting on-and-off showers on Thursday, before a cold cup of winter is served across the country from Friday into the weekend. What’s happened and updates:• Between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning several areas experienced brief but intense … Read more

New Zealand Economy – Interim Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the ten months ended 30 April 2025

Source: The Treasury The Interim Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the ten months ended 30 April 2025were released by the Treasury today. The April results are reported against forecasts based on the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2025 (BEFU 2025), published on 22 May 2025, and the results for the same period … Read more