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A guest post by Jordan Williams: If you’re in the 85% of New Zealander’s who don’t smoke, or 95% of younger people now smokefree – you’d be forgiven for thinking “tobacco laws, no impact on me”. Well, not so fast, you virtuous fresh-air breather. Let us recap the latest dystopian, desperate policies this Labour Government […]

George RR Martin writes: He emerged as one of the world’s leading defenders of free speech, which only deepened my admiration for him.   Freedom of speech is a central pillar of our democracy, and every other democracy in the world.   There is nothing, but nothing, that I believe in more strongly. And these days freedom […]

Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei on Friday, who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked Sri Lanka was already among the highest in the region. The alert from ...

Issued by the APEC 7th APEC Food Security Ministerial Meeting Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand, 26 August 2022 Thailand’s Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Chalermchai Sri-On, shared with agriculture and food ministers from APEC member economies a statement ...

Issued by the 12th APEC High-Level Meeting on Health and the Economy Bangkok, Thailand, 26 August 2022 Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, Anutin Charnvirakul, shared with health ministers from the 21 APEC member economies ...

Recognizing the role that the private sector can play in scaling up climate action, government and business leaders from across the region have declared their support for an Asia-Pacific Green Deal for Business. The declaration was adopted at the Asia-Pacific ...

The area was exactly as it is called – marshy and boggy lands, named after peaty soils. The struggle to turn this swampland into productive farmland was a major undertaking. The land was in very rough condition and had to be drained and stumped before any ...

GENEVA (26 August 2022) – A UN expert has issued a 10-point human rights agenda to improve the human rights situation in Cambodia, open up civil and political space and pave the way for democratic reform, during his first official visit to the country. ...

26 August Christchurch Police investigating an incident in Avondale yesterday are asking for witnesses to come forward. A man was hit by a silver-coloured Subaru Impreza near the intersection of Anzac Drive and Wainoni Road at about 2.45pm. He suffered ...

Issued by the 7th APEC Food Security Ministerial Meeting Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand, 26 August 2022 Agriculture and food ministers from APEC member economies are expediting actions on a regional and domestic level to combat food insecurity by encouraging ...

News release from Nathan Meyer Nathan Meyer, who is standing in the 2022 Wellington City Council elections for Motukairangi/Eastern General Ward, is focused on bringing rates under control and reviewing all spending to ensure no wastage of money or resources. Meyer says that, if elected, he will ensure that Council prioritises spending on essential services […]

Next week, the Disability Royal Commission will focus on people with disability who have experienced homelessness, including living in boarding houses and other forms of insecure or inadequate housing. Public hearing 26 will take place in Parramatta, ...

New research says invasive radiata pine is spread more widely across NZ than was previously appreciated, with modelling showing that up to 76% of the country’s land is climatically capable of supporting populations of the trees. The authors ...

Auckland City Police are appealing for the public’s assistance in locating Patricia Ann Aldridge. The 57-year-old woman has a warrant for her arrest in relation to breaching her release conditions. Police believe Aldridge is continuing to commit dishonesty ...

Attributed to Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua, Counties Manukau District Crime Manager. Police investigating the deaths of two children, located on 11 August in Manurewa, are now able to confirm the identification process has been completed. ...

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on Dundas Road (SH3) in Sanson. The crash was reported to Police about 3.45pm. The pedestrian is reported to have serious injuries and a helicopter is en ...

VUWSA is uninviting candidate Barbara McKenzie from the Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association Mayoral Candidates’ Debate (to be held in September) due to her racist and transphobic views. We condemn these views as they hurt our already ...

Hundreds of senior secondary school students (Year 11-13) attended a successful Discovery Day at EIT’s Hawke’s Bay Campus in Taradale this week. Discovery Day, which is designed to enable the students and public to engage with employers, industry, ...

The construction of a brand-new New World in Flaxmere is now one step closer, with Foodstuffs North Island receiving Resource Consent for the project. Foodstuffs North Island is a cooperative of 350 local grocers who individually own and operate New ...

Presbyterian Support has taken top honours in the New Zealand Aged Care Association/EBOS Healthcare Excellence in Care Awards for 2022. The not-for-profit organisation’s Enliven Central aged care services, which operates eight retirement villages and ...

A strong performance by a variety of sports at Sacred Heart College has seen the school qualify for more events in the upcoming nationwide Tournament Week. This year's Secondary School Winter Tournament Week kicks off on August 29, with the school set ...

The NZEI’s survey on ECE teachers’ wellbeing validates what the sector inherently knows – staff and services are under critical pressure and meaningful action from Government is too slow. “Anecdotal evidence from our member services and teachers ...

New appointments have been made to the Strategic COVID-19 Public Health Advisory Group as well as extending the term of the group until December. The Group was established in March 2021 to provide independent advice on our ongoing COVID-19 response informed ...

Eleven days on from the recent weather event, life has returned to normal for many in the Marlborough region. However, for those communities still isolated because of the major damage caused, or for property owners left dealing with the severe damage ...