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A terrible story at Stuff about 22 Christian Glass from Christchurch. He crashed his car in Colorado and called the Police for help. He had ADHD and freaked out a but and wouldn’t leave the car when the Police arrived. After an hour they smashed his window, tasered him and then shot him five times. […]

A Global Forum highlighting the UN’s Decade of Family Farming ( UNDFF ) got underway on Monday, aimed at identifying priority policies to boost support for family farmers and agricultural development worldwide. The UNDFF runs through the end of 2028, and ...

News from Te Nehenehenui A vast contingent of Maniapoto whānau (inclusive of all within Te Nehenehenui) have signaled they will be attending the third reading of the Maniapoto Deed of Settlement Bill, to be held on Thursday in Wellington. The Maniapoto Claims Settlement Bill gives effect to matters in the Deed of Settlement signed in […]

The European Parliament has agreed on a regulation to stop the worldwide deforestation of rainforests. Products that contribute to the destruction of rainforests through their production should no longer be allowed to be imported into the EU in the future. ...

Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa welcomes the release of a new paper published by the Jane Goodall Institute and Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences at Ghent University in Belgium. The Ethical Cost of Predator Free New Zealand 2050: Suffering in the ...

SDGs are the world’s To-Do list for more inclusive, prosperous and peaceful societies New York, 19 September – To urgently respond to the world’s interconnected crises, the SDG Moment held during the 77th UN General Assembly today reinvigorated global ...

GENEVA (19 September 2022) – A UN expert today called on the United States to allow the shipment to Venezuela of spare parts for electron microscopes vital for detecting disease and conducting crucial medical research, saying the sanctions now ...

GENEVA (19 September 2022) – Older persons can only be deprived of their liberty in circumstances clearly established by international human rights law and such restrictions must be necessary and proportionate to the legitimate objective, a UN expert said ...

In July the United Nations (UN) made a groundbreaking move to recognise access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a universal human right. The UN declaration, made in the presence of all 193 Member States, acknowledges the damage and destruction ...

20 September An urgent application for an injunction to prevent almost all sentenced women prisoners being transferred out of Arohata Prison to other centres was heard this afternoon. The transfer would have the effect of removing key rehabilitation ...

It’s third time lucky for the organisers of Marina 2 Marina, after postponing the event twice due to Covid restrictions, Picton’s annual running event will return for the first time in two years. The third time luck hasn’t been without it’s ...

“Acting Prime Minister Grant Robertson admonishing the National Party for the cynical timing of an announcement is the h-bomb of hypocrisy,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Last week Labour did the exact same thing on a far larger scale. ...

FIRST Union members at CV Compton Ltd in Penrose walked off the job today to improve their wage offer. The gib board transportation company had offered a range of iwage increases starting as low as 1%. FIRST Union spokesperson, Emreck Brown said "CV ...

Wellington (Tuesday, 20 September 2022) – Ideology rather than evidence is the basis for the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) ‘Modern Leaning Environments’, research by think tank The New Zealand Initiative reveals. The fact that a government ...

News from SPCA A man who repeatedly neglected his animals and breached a court order that banned him from owning dogs has been prosecuted by SPCA for a fourth time. Gary Rozner pleaded guilty mid-way through a judge-alone trial at Hutt Valley District Court today for breaching an order made under the Animal Welfare Act, […]

Press Release – Tertiary Education Union Te Hautū Kahurangi | Tertiary Education Union is calling on the government and the TEC to heed the warning signs as WelTec/Whitireia proposes to bring the curtain down on 31 years of applied music provision in the Wellington region. TEU says the proposal spotlights a funding model that could […]

A bold and compelling collection of plays by international and Aotearoa New Zealand playwrights will take centre-stage in the Ryman Healthcare 2023 Season at The Court Theatre. “We have shaped a season of truly compelling storytelling, designed to ...

The results of Metlink’s annual independent customer satisfaction survey, which surveyed 2745 customers about their experiences on public transport in the region, will be presented at this Thursday’s meeting of Greater Wellington’s Transport ...

Drugs and cash have been seized, and one person has been arrested, as Police continue to target unlawful behaviour in Wairoa. On Thursday, September 15, Police executed a search warrant at a Mahia address, which located approximately $17,000 in cash, ...

Meridian Energy is once again enlisting the help of Nature to draw attention to its new electric vehicle charging network, Zero. Starting with a commitment of 250 chargers up and down the country, Zero will be one of New Zealand’s most accessible ...

The devastating effects of climate change are impossible to ignore, globally and at home. The Arctic is melting at four times the expected rate and 2022 has been another year of extreme weather events: from flooding in Pakistan and here in Aotearoa, ...

The Facilities Management Association of New Zealand (FMANZ) celebrated excellence in the industry at last week's FMANZ Gala Awards Dinner | Te Pō Whakawhiwhi Tohu a FMANZ. "These awards are important because they so rightly provide an opportunity ...