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The final five castaways joining TVNZ 2’s Celebrity Treasure Island have been announced, with Eds Eramiha, Iyia Liu, Jesse Tuke, Dr Joel Rindelaub and Lynette Forday joining the impressive line-up of celebrities taking part in this year’s ...

From a speech by Professor Rata to the ACT conference: ‘Partial loyalty’ can explain what it is about the modern individual who has contradictory loyalties simultaneously – identifying as a family member, a member of an ancestral group, a cultural group, a tribe, a religion, an identity group defined by leisure interests, sexuality, and so […]

Nearly a year ago, the UN chief released his report, Our Common Agenda (OCA), a blueprint for global cooperation moving forward, and reinvigorated multilateralism. On Thursday, he updated the General Assembly on progress made so far, saying the ...

Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned. Due to drought and lack of livelihood ...

One person has died following a crash on Massey Road, Mangere. Emergency services were alerted to a car that crashed into a bus stop shortly before 3am. One person sadly died and another person was transported to hospital in a critical condition. ...

WE’RE GROWING… WE’VE GOT BIG PLANS… AND WE’RE INVITING YOU TO JOIN US! London, UK ( 6 August 2022 ) – We’re dreaming of a sapphic utopia where all our energy isn’t spent on saving shows like First Kill and The Wilds, and instead is ...

The growing strength and depth of New Zealand athletics was clearly demonstrated as middle-distance star Sam Tanner and high jumper Keeley O’Hagan smashed their respective PB’s to earn top six finishes in their respective events. Sam enjoyed ...

06 August For the second day in a row, the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip continues by targeting overcrowded residential areas and neighborhoods, as the death toll rose to 13 citizens, including a 5-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman, and ...

6 August, 2022 New Zealand will play off for the bronze medal after being beaten 67-51 by a well-credentialled Jamaica in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games netball tournament in Birmingham. Advancing to their first final at a pinnacle event, ...

Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) announces the winners of its eleventh annual New Zealand’s Best short film competition’s jury-awarded prizes. The awards were presented live this evening ...

Media Release – Rob McCann A petition with over 400 signatures asking Kāinga Ora to immediately purchase land and construct new permanent rental accommodation in Kāpiti for all groups affected by homelessness was presented to Otaki MP Terisa Ngobi on Parliament grounds today. “We’re sick of hearing excuses,” says Donna Bridgeman who along with other […]

Press Release – Civil Contractors NZ Some of New Zealand’s most mind-blowing infrastructure projects of the past year were honoured at the Civil Contractors New Zealand Hirepool Construction Excellence Awards. The awards were presented in front of a crowd of more than 600 people at a black-tie awards dinner hosted at the conclusion of the […]

Today Israel launched Operation Breaking Dawn in a proactive and necessary manner against the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip – striking terrorists and their operatives during an attempted attack, in order to neutralize the threat against the communities ...

“National and Labour can spend all the time it wants arguing over whether The National Party’s policy of Tax Indexation is in or out – but the argument should be about whether this is good public policy. ACT says it’s not,” says ACT Leader ...

A rāhui is now in place on Mt Ngāuruhoe following the recovery of a deceased man. A group had been mountain climbing on Mt Ngāuruhoe, when one of them fell into a gully. Police were notified shortly after 5pm by Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand ...

Inspector Jim Wilson, Auckland City East Area Commander: Protesters involved in today’s gathering in central Auckland have now dispersed. Around 500 people congregated in Auckland Domain today to engage in protest activity. In general, this was a peaceful ...

A guest post from PaulL, a regular commentor: We’re a bit over 2 years into our COVID journey.  It’s timely to question what our future is.  Our government, our media and our commentariat seem to be looking weeks or months at best into the future, focusing on alert levels, current COVID variants, whether we need […]

“New Zealand should dump the world’s strictest COVID-isolation rules, with no other jurisdiction requiring seven days mandatory isolation for cases and household contacts,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “COVID-19 Response Minister Ayesha ...

Motorists are advised the westbound lanes of Harper Ave, at the northern end of Hagley Park, are blocked due to a fallen tree. Contractors have been advised but the tree is likely to take some time to remove. Motorists are asked to take alternate ...

Inspector Jim Wilson, Auckland City East Area Commander: Police and Waka Kotahi are advising motorists to be aware of the potential for planned protests to cause some disruption to traffic today in Tāmaki Makaurau. Locations that protesters are ...

6 August 2022 Greetings everybody. It feels so good to be here in Christchurch with you. To each and every one of you, President Peter Goodfellow, Board Members, Regional Chairs, office holders, Parliamentary colleagues, members and volunteers, thank you. ...

The rock stars of the shot put circle served up a heavy metal performance to remember as Tom Walsh and Jacko Gill secured the first one two for New Zealand in an athletics event for 60 years on a memorable night at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. ...

Overview Councils apply user charges to recoup costs of operating and building public facilities for sports, but analysis of their cost recovery models reveals that charges to Regional Sport Operators (sporting codes) go far beyond this, and even acquire ...

Readers will know that the defendants in the NZ First donations trial were found not guilty. I acknowledge that verdict and my comments here are not to suggest they should be guilty, but that the logic used by the Judge is really (to be blunt) terrible and the decision should either be appealed, or the […]