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State Highway 3 Closed, South Of Inglewood
Mountain Road / State Highway 3 south of Inglewood is expected to be closed for several hours following a crash. It happened ...
Tauranga's Lacklustre By-Election Turnout Makes Case For Ditching Māori Wards
Responding to the results of Tauranga's Te Awanui Māori Ward by-election, Tauranga-based ACT MP Cameron Luxton says: "In ...
Tairāwhiti Police Arrest Senior Mongrel Mob Member
A senior Mongrel Mob member is facing drugs charges in court following two search warrants in the Wairoa area. The search warrants were executed in the Wairoa township and in Raupunga on Wednesday (30 ...
New $50K Media Grant To Boost Visibility Of Māori Business In Public Spaces
Aotearoa – oOh!media New Zealand and Whāriki Māori Business Network have today launched Te Whakatairanga Grant – a new initiative offering Māori-owned businesses the opportunity to win a $50,000 media ...
Patient Care Still At Risk From Govt’s Deep Cuts To Health IT Workers
"These cuts are dangerous - they threaten patient care and ignore the risks of sensitive patient information falling prey to cyber-attacks," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public ...
Section Of SH2 North Of Napier Closed Between 11pm And 3am - Eastern
A section of State Highway 2 north of Napier will be closed for four hours between 11pm today and 3am tomorrow. The road ...
Rob Everett, Former FMA And NZ Growth Capital Partners Head, Joins Simplicity
Simplicity, the default KiwiSaver and Investment Fund manager, announced today that Rob Everett, the former Chief Executive of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and NZ Growth Capital Partners ...
Millions Will Die From Funding Cuts, Says UN Aid Chief
The scale of the pushbacks is enormous, with more than 250,000 Afghans returned in April alone, including 96,000 who were forcibly deported. On Tuesday, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, voiced particular ...
“Listen To Locals, Not Councils” Taxpayers’ Union Tells Simon Watts To Commit To Rates Capping Legislation
Local Government Minister Simon Watts has today suggested rates capping laws are still on the table following a proposed 16 ...
Colombia: UN Committee Releases Visit Report With Roadmap To Combat Enforced Disappearances
GENEVA (30 April 2025) - The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) today published its findings from its recent visit to Colombia, identifying specific areas of concern and offering a ...
Serious Crash: Tiverton Road, Avondale
At 2.14am, Police were notified of a single vehicle crash on Tiverton Road. The vehicle had collided with a barrier. The sole occupant of the vehicle was transported to Auckland City Hospital in a ...
Air New Zealand Announces New 2030 Emissions Guidance In Move Towards Greater Transparency
Air New Zealand has published its first 2030 Emissions Guidance today, and says it expects to reduce net “well-to-wake” greenhouse gas emissions from jet fuel by 20 to 25 per cent by 2030, from a 2019 ...