Новости за 23.10.2022

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The Herald reports: Anger and emotions threatened to boil over as MPs debated and one even called for the minister’s resignation following the murder of a 5-year-old boy by his carer who’d been approved by the child protection agency Oranga Tamariki. The debate was spurred by the Chief Ombudsman’s damning investigation that found Oranga Tamariki […]

23 October, 2022 The Constellation Cup has headed back into Australian hands after the Silver Ferns were undone by a poor third quarter when losing the fourth Test 57-53 on the Gold Coast on Sunday. The Silver Ferns delivered a commendable first ...

The Blossoming Press Release – Wellington City Council Make Visible Te Whanganui-a-Tara is a community-led project designed to grow support, create positive change and increase awareness for rainbow communities in the capital. The Wellington City Council is supporting this project to help improve the mental health and well-being of the capital’s rainbow communities. Rainbow communities […]

Press Release – BATS Theatre Homemade Takeaways, by Ben Wilson, shortlisted for the 2021 Adam NZ Playwriting Award and 2020 winner of the prestigious Playmarket Playwrights B4 25 competition, is to have its world premiere on the mainstage of BATS Theatre this November. Running from 22 November until 3 December, the play is being presented […]

GENEVA / CANBERRA ( 23 October 2022) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has decided to suspend its visit to Australia due to obstructions it encountered in carrying out its mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention ...

Massive job losses are on the cards for Te Pūkenga as the Government finally comes clean on how it is planning to balance the books, National’s Tertiary Education spokesperson Penny Simmonds says. “Te Pūkenga is currently forecasting a $63 million ...

It was telling. Of the mainstream Australian press gallery, only David Crowe of the Sydney Morning Herald turned up to listen to Jennifer Robinson, lawyer extraordinaire who has spent years representing Julian Assange. Since 2019, that representation ...

Suburban traingoers may well wonder what is in the bag of the bearded fellow passenger on occasional trips between Hutt Valley and Wellington. They’d be right if they guessed it was a pair of blade shears used by the stranger, a World champion shearer ...

This morning, Forest & Bird supporters converged on the Denniston Plateau – in the second in a rolling series of protests – calling for the Labour Government to fulfil its 2017 promise to end mining on conservation land. The Denniston Plateau ...

There is a mystery to be solved with NZ’s copper butterfly species and The Butterfly Discovery Project has been established to find and fund a PhD student to solve it, with the help of a Givealittle page. Long story short: The mystery goes back to Cook’s ...

Kiwi Ferns Mya Hill-Moana and Kararaina Wira-Kohu took the opportunity to speak to all three New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) girls’ teams last night ahead of the first-ever national representative matches today at the North Harbour Stadium. The ...

At almost $200 for a box of eight, the Waste Free Celebrations Re-CrackerTM set is not the kind of Christmas cracker that everyone is going to adorn the table with this Christmas Day – even if the lid opens to reveal an uber-sustainable mix of ...

Prepare the chants and get the supporter gear ready, Hamilton Kirikiriroa is rolling out the green carpet for the women’s football teams of Sweden, Norway, Argentina, Zambia, Vietnam, Japan, Switzerland and Costa Rica in 2023. The Draw for the FIFA ...

The Draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 took place at Aotea – Te Pokapū Aotea Centre on Saturday night, revealing the match fixtures for the 32 teams competing in the tournament. The globally televised draw show confirmed Argentina, Italy, New ...

Residents and regular users of State Highway 6 are being reminded there will be no direct link for them to use between Hira and Rai Valley when emergency repairs begin next month. The State Highway will be closed between Hira and Ronga Road near ...

A 30-year-old man has died at an address in Wattle Downs, Counties Manukau last night just before midnight after a family harm incident.

Detective Inspector Warrick Adkin:  A 30-year-old man has died at an address in Wattle Downs last night just before midnight after a family harm incident. A man aged 19 will be appearing before the Manukau District court tomorrow, charged with ...

Report from RNZ Wellington’s City Missioner says there is unprecedented demand for its emergency and transitional housing right now. Wellington missioner Murray Edridge said on the ground the situation is dire. “We’re very full in our services, and we’ve got a cohort of people who are harder off than they’ve ever been. “Our staff are […]

“Police Minister Chris Hipkins needs to start backing the Police to do their job,” says ACT’s Police spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Under questioning from ACT this week, Hipkins said in Parliament “the Commissioner of Police and I have had conversations ...

One person has died following a crash on State Highway 35 last night. The single vehicle crash happened around 10:35pm about 6km north of Waihau Bay. Inquiries are continuing into the circumstances of the crash.

Stuff reports: Police officers are reporting a change in the pursuit policy prioritising safety over arrests may be leading to more police cars being rammed, with offenders believing it will force police to abandon the pursuits. Figures reveal 105 police cars across New Zealand were rammed between January and August 16 this year. May was particularly bad […]

Ngai Tahu publishes: This same sense of duty further explains why we – Michael Stevens, Te Maire Tau and Atholl Anderson along with Puamiria Parata-Goodall and Tā Tipene O’Regan – were compelled to respond to a problematic article that the Royal Society Te Apārangi published in June 2021. Written by a senior academic at the […]