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AP reports: The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer by an assailant who broke into the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday, searching for the Democratic leader and shouting, “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” The assault on the 82-year-old Paul Pelosi injected new uneasiness into the nation’s already […]

News from Auckland Marathon Daniel Jones (Wellington) created history with a first ever three-peat victory at today’s Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Marathon, while Hannah Oldroyd (Christchurch) became a two-time winner as the iconic event returned for the first time without COVID restrictions. Jones relished the conditions this morning, with rain proving no barrier to the […]

In west and central Africa, some 3.4 million people need help after destructive flooding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday . The alert comes amid the worst floods in a decade, which have swept across Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, ...

The UN health agency WHO expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike in a range of preventable diseases in Ethiopia’s northern regions - and in particular Tigray – caused by nearly two years of conflict and chronic aid access problems. ...

Wellington.Scoop Six60’s Wellington show at Sky Stadium tonight has been postponed because of high winds. The postponement was announced at 5.30pm with the show now taking place tomorrow at the same time. Here’s the announcement: Six60’s Wellington show at Sky Stadium has been delayed for 24 hours for reasons of public safety. All tickets remain […]

By Vijay Prashad / Globetrotter On October 20, 2022, in Guinea, a protest organized by the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) took place. The protesters demanded the ruling military government (the National Committee of Reconciliation ...

Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or economic sphere. By Prabir Purkayastha / Globetrotter The United States has gambled ...

Keep a close eye on the weather over the next two days if you are going to be out and about, our Council's Emergency Management team is advising. "We have been monitoring progress of the approaching front and liaising with MetService today," ...

Over 1300 people gathered at the Warkworth Showgrounds today to celebrate the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth project open day. The day-long event included an exclusive bus tour which traversed the project alignment south to north, allowing ...

“Kiwis are resoundingly against Labour’s anti-democratic Three Waters agenda and 50,000 have signed ACT’s petition to return stolen property to local councils,” says ACT’s Local Government spokesperson Simon Court. “ACT has made a commitment ...

Stuff reports: A number of New Zealand radio stations have pulled all music by the artist formerly known as Kanye West from rotation, amid recent controversy surrounding the rapper. But one national network says it has not received any negative feedback about continuing to play a “limited number” of Ye’s songs. I’m all for companies ceasing active sponsorships etc […]

My first degree was economics and I maintain a keen interest. If you look back at the major disruptions to the world economy – The Great Depression, the stagflation of the 1970s, the 1987 share market crash, the GFC – the commentators/politicians/banks of the day got the diagnosis/solutions wrong in the moment. They then learned the lessons […]

Police are asking for the community's help to find 59-year-old Adrian, who has been reported missing from Papatoetoe. Family and Police have concerns for his safety. He was last seen at his Romford Rd home in Papatoetoe at 9.30am today, 29 October. ...

After five years of soft-on-crime policies, ram raids have increased by 500 per cent and Labour has no plan to restore law and order in New Zealand, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Sleepless nights for small business owners ...

“The Government isn’t keeping track of fines being issued to parents for truancy. How do they expect to address the issue if they don’t know how bad it is?” Asks ACT’s Education spokesperson Chris Baillie. “Answers to Written Parliamentary ...

“Instead of stealing gold in Mini Coopers the latest version of The Italian Job has the Italian Government transporting New Zealand’s Prime Minister in a Hercules. It’s time New Zealand increased its defence spending,” says ACT’s Defence spokesperson ...

Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has delivered the Crown Apology to Ngāti Maru for its historic breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. A ceremony was held at Te Upoko o te Whenua Marae at Tarata, hosted by Ngāti Maru, where the Crown ...

Wellington.Scoop report and pictures by Stephen Olsen The voices raised to be Wellington’s Slam Poetry Champion at the National Library in Thorndon tonight delivered a fast-paced chorus line of vivaciously vocalised verse. Under the direction of Motif Poetry’s Sara Hirsch, there were 12 contenders: Hayden Fisher, Hazzah Moher, Amelia Kirkness, Zia Ravenscroft, Stella Bogdanoff, Billie […]

Stuff reports: In his inauguration speech on Friday night, Auckland’s new mayor Wayne Brown said a “fiscal storm” coming Aucklanders’ way has begun, and he used it as a scene-setter for unprecedented restructuring at Auckland Council. Brown is eyeing up to $25 million in cuts to head office spending. That would be a good start. He said […]