OSPRI are advising pig hunters not to release and relocate pigs into new areas. Not only is it illegal, but it can also spread disease and unintentionally restrict hunting in the area. Over the years, OSPRI has worked hard to eradicate TB in possums ...
Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Harbourmaster is expecting another busy summer and he’s urging boaties to check their vessel and equipment before they hit the water at Labour Weekend. With COVID restrictions largely being lifted last summer, ...
Entries for the 2023 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award are now invited. The award, a partnership between the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata and the Office of the Kiingitanga, was launched in 2020 in honour of Kiingi Tuheitia to inspire ...
Trend analysis over the period of 1 January 2021 to 1 August 2022 indicates a potential correlation between increase in victims of crime and the Government expansion of controls and management. Recent Government interventions both politically and through ...
News from NZ Police Wellington Police investigating a serious hit and run incident in Miramar are seeking sightings of a red van. Police were called to Argentine Avenue in Miramar at about 8.20pm on Sunday evening where a man had been struck and injured by a passing vehicle. He is now in a serious condition […]
Detective Sergeant Rebekah Cusin. Wellington Police investigating a serious hit and run incident in Miramar are seeking sightings of a red van. Police were called to Argentine Ave, Miramar, at about 8.20pm on Sunday evening (16October) where a ...
A plant was put in the ground every four seconds around the Wellington Region during Greater Wellington’s 2021 and 2022 winter planting seasons. Numbers released by Greater Wellington show that over 400,000 plants found new homes between June and ...
An updated app and website are being launched to help people stay stronger for longer and add life to their years. The free and easy to use digital service, called LifeCurve™, helps older adults stay active and independent and is based on international research ...
Consumer credit complaints have overtaken travel insurance complaints in the last year, reports Financial Services Complaints Limited (FSCL), a Financial Ombudsman Service, in its latest annual report. Commenting on the release of their annual report ...
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko has filed High Court proceedings against Vero Insurance New Zealand Limited for failing to apply multi-policy discounts, which led to affected customers being overcharged approximately $8.7 million ...
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/2b48d515f91fd42992cf.jpeg" width="720" height="405"> Tickets on sale Friday 21 October Bestselling memoirist, podcaster and star of stage and screen… Olivier and Tony ...
After a decade of media reports highlighting neglect, abuse and injury within the industry, SPCA is calling for the end of commercial greyhound racing and is engaging the help of Kiwi supporters to voice their concerns. New Zealand is one ...
Maritime New Zealand and the Safer Boating Forum are urging boaties and water users to keep safety front of mind when they head back out on the water. Monday 17 October marks the start of Safer Boating Week and the traditional start of the summer boating ...
Final results have delivered five new faces to the Northland Regional Council, a situation unchanged from preliminary results of Sunday 09 October. Tāhūhū Rangapū - Chief Executive Jonathan Gibbard says the five newly-elected councillors will join ...
A group of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei artists has teamed up with Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCFNZ) to encourage wāhine to book their mammograms. The Te Puāwai weavers – Ruth Cullen-Scott, Vicky Pollock, Beronia Scott, Jodi-ann Warbrick and Kororia ...
Three waters reform and the need for resilience in the face of climate change are among the key topics at the Water New Zealand Conference and Expo 2022 which gets underway tomorrow at Te Pae in Ōtautahi Christchurch. More than 1000 delegates are ...
Disability-led arts charity Glass Ceiling Arts Collective presents “Through the Roof”, a Short Film Festival that celebrates budding young filmmakers from Its Accessible Youth Theatre programmes across Auckland and Tauranga. Five groups of ...
Christchurch tenor Oliver Sewell has been awarded the prestigious $50,000 Dame Malvina Major Award, at what he says is a “critical junction” in his singing career. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2210/9447f322caeb6c2f8d69.jpeg" ...
Students are suffering as their families’ food budgets shrink, with an increasing number arriving at school ‘hungry, cold, and miserable,’ teachers say. As schools return for term four, the focus for many won’t be teaching – but feeding children ...
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Strictly Obiter writes: The first is the three strikes regime (and I use that word advisedly) itself. They say hard cases make bad law but bad law also makes for hard cases. When Parliament takes away judicial discretion for sentencing the judiciary will first maximise whatever small levers they’ve been left with. That saw courts […]
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The UN chief on Sunday called for governments worldwide to prioritize healthcare, in a call to make a “sustained political commitment” so their countries can be better prepared against future shocks, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To accomplish ...
Consumer NZ has found the smaller mobile and internet providers are doing a better job of keeping their customers satisfied. The watchdog recently surveyed almost 2000 New Zealanders to ask about their mobile and internet reliability, connection speed, ...
Papakura - As New Zealand holds one of the highest rates of family violence in the world, with an act of family violence reported every four minutes to the police, community workers are in urgent need for extra support out in the field. Papakura ...
16 October Police are attending a serious crash at the intersection of Roscommon Rd and Burbank Ave in Clendon Park, Auckland tonight. Indications are that at least one person has been seriously injured and Roscommon Rd is likely to be blocked in ...