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The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future. Since the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was established in 1947, the region has made extraordinary ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told global health Ministers on Sunday that although reported COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly, it is not time to lower the guard. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus delivered his message ...

The Herald reports: Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick was “unlawful” when she decided a discussion on Rotorua’s controversial Māori wards bill would be held confidentially, two public law experts believe. Chadwick not only tried to end one person one vote in Rotorua, but tries do do it behind closed doors. Public law expert and lawyer Graeme […]

The City Centre to Mangere light rail project is set to gobble anything from $15 -$30 billion of funding when that money could be better spent elsewhere. TRAC national coordinator Niall Robertson says, “The light rail monster will gobble up so much ...

E tū/NZNO/PSA Joint Media Advisory Care and support workers, their employers, and the clients and residents they care for are rallying together for the first time to secure an urgent pay increase for workers in the sector before legislation that ...

Important game-changing scientific advancements in preventing and treating TB (TB or tuberculosis, is among the deadliest of infectious diseases globally), were in spotlight at the recently concluded International Conference on Retroviruses and ...

The theme for this year's Wairoa Maori Film Festival is "Taiao" meaning Environment. "The world currently faces huge environmental challenges, and it is in the wisdom of the Ancients - our own Maori ancestors, that a new pathway can ...

Prime Minister to lead trade mission to the United States this week to support export growth and the return of tourists post COVID-19. Business delegation to promote trade and tourism opportunities in New Zealand’s third largest export and visitor market ...

Press Release – SOUNZ SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music | Toi te Araporu is delighted to announce the appointment of Tauiliili Alpha Maiava as the Moana Pacific Musics Specialist | Kairahi, Ng Puoro o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. Tauiliili Alpha Maiava has been … SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music | Toi te Arapūoru is delighted […]

Press Release – Quotable Value New Zealand The effects of the residential property downturn are beginning to snowball as it works its way from the bottom of the property ladder to the top. The latest QV Quartile Index shows that the 25% most and least expensive homes across Aotearoa-New Zealand’s main centres declined in value […]

Report from ANZ Premiership Te Wānanga o Raukawa Pulse continued their march towards the ANZ Premiership Finals Series, with a composed display across the court to defeat the Tactix 62-49 in Wellington. While the Tactix had bursts of intensity, the Pulse were unrelenting – in particular their co-captains, Tiana Metuarau and Kelly Jury, leading by […]

22 May, 2022 Playing for their season, the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel rose to the occasion to complete the job with a comfortable 68-57 win over Splice Construction Magic in Invercargill on Sunday. Left looking over their shoulders during a threatening ...

Emergency services are currently in attendance at a single-vehicle crash on SH26 near Platt Road, Newstead. Police were called about 5.06pm. There are no reports of serious injuries however a power pole has been affected and lines are down. A ...

Press Release – E tū/NZNO/PSA Care and support workers, their employers, and the clients and residents they care for are rallying together for the first time to secure an urgent pay increase for workers in the sector before legislation that sets their pay and qualifications requirements expires in just over a month’s time. Around 65,000 […]

Wellington Airport is welcoming the return of Qantas flights tomorrow (Monday 23rd) May as another big step in reconnecting Wellington with the world. From Monday Qantas will be operating 10 return flights per week to Sydney and five to Melbourne. “Qantas’ ...

In a performance to savour, the Robinhood Stars delivered a masterclass with a sizzling 59-38 win over defending champions the MG Mystics in Auckland on Sunday. The Stars clinically dismantled the top-of-the-table Mystics with a decisive and dominant 21-goal ...

Rarely in Australian history has a governing party suffered such loss in the face of an opponent unable to claim complete victory. It said much about the disillusionment, and plain disgust, from that nebulous centre of the country’s politics. That centre ...

The Stars Men have sealed an edge of the seat win over the Mystics Men, 44-43, in a highly entertaining rematch in front of a vocal crowd at Pulman Arena on Sunday. Broadcast live on Sky Sport and streamed internationally, the match sees the ledger ...

Thailand Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawit called upon Trade Ministers from the 21 APEC member economies to step up efforts to respond to future crises and achieve better and more inclusive economic growth in the future. ...

Over 3500 people attended the sold out #HīkoiTo100 Music Festival in Awanui yesterday, the first large-scale music festival to be held in Aotearoa since the Omicron outbreak. The festival celebrated the success of the Ngāti Kuri COVID-19 vaccination drive ...

Wānaka communications consultancy Scope Media has won a top national award at the prestigious Public Relations Institute of New Zealand Awards. The boutique marketing communications and digital PR consultancy won Best Small-to-Medium PR Consultancy ...

In a blatant attack on freedom of speech, the popular Facebook group Migrants NZ, with a membership of more than 75,000 people, was recently forced to shut down after threats of legal action from the New Zealand Immigration Advisers Authority (IAA), ...

Stuff reports: At Leatherby’s sentencing on Wednesday, Judge Hikaka calculated a starting point of four years imprison – three years for the sexual connection charges, and one year for the four remaining charges. Hikaka told the court how there was “alcohol involved in all of” the charges. However, Leatherby had stopped drinking, was attending programmes […]

Telling Oranga Tamariki Members in the meantime to “let it burn “ An Employment Court appeal has been lodged against a decision of the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) which rejected a claim of unjustified dismissal by an Oranga Tamariki Youth ...