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Stuff reports: Cabinet has rejected a move that would have raised petrol and electricity costs. But now big polluters can keep gaming the carbon system and banking cheap credits – potentially putting New Zealand’s climate goals in jeopardy.  Under the Emissions Trading Scheme, big carbon emitters have to pay for every tonne of emissions – […]

GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* warned that proposed legislation now before the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) fails to comply with the State’s obligation to investigate serious human rights violations ...

Normalisation of cross-border trucking boosts export momentum HONG KONG, Dec 15, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) projects that Hong Kong's exports will grow 5% next year - a recovery from the 6% decline ...

Issued by the Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy Singapore, 15 December 2022 The winners of the annual APEC Business Efficiency and Success Target (BEST) Award are a diverse group of effective entrepreneurs and innovators from around the ...

In November 2020, against the backdrop of a bloody civil war, Ethiopian authorities plunged the Tigray region into a communication black hole by disconnecting the internet. Today, the region is still cut off. Through an open petition , Access Now and nearly ...

A man has died at the Mikonui River, south of Ross, this afternoon. About 11am today, Police received a report that a man had gone into the river while mustering cattle and had not resurfaced. A search team, including Police staff and Police Search and ...

The festive period is the busiest time for emergency departments (EDs), and this year emergency nurses and doctors across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia are coming together to urge people to prepare ahead for health needs, and to play it safe to ...

New Zealand biosecurity is at risk from the same serious flaws in regulations that have been identified in the UK House of Commons Genetic Technology Bill. The House of Lords Committee has found a lack of transparency and failure of accountability ...

A new Te Waihanga report, "The lay of the land: Benchmarking New Zealand’s infrastructure delivery cost", examines the cost to deliver infrastructure in New Zealand. The research compares eight types of infrastructure projects (from the ...

UniServices, the research application and commercialisation company of Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, has appointed two senior Māori leaders to work with the design and delivery of the portfolio of services and projects it manages. Tama ...

Mince pies are a perennial festive favourite. A team of eager tasters at Consumer NZ blind-sampled seven Christmas mince tarts in a quest to find New Zealand’s finest. Supermarket own brand, Pams, took out the two top spots. “Pams Finest Butter Crust ...

Emergency services are responding to a crash south of Timaru, which has blocked the northbound lane of State Highway 1. The incident happened between Timaru and Pareora. It appears a commercial bus has left the road and crashed into a ditch. ...

Your Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew were busy over the month of November with completing 53 life-saving missions within the Waikato, King Country, Coromandel and surrounding areas, providing medical care to patient when they need it most. ...

Throughout the month of November, your Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter carried out a total of 24 life-saving mission in the Manawatu, Wanganui and surrounding regions. These missions included 3 inter-hospital transfers, 9 medical events, 4 Motor vehicle ...

Over the month of November, your Greenlea Rescue Helicopter carried out 22 life-saving missions throughout the Lakes and Central Plateau regions. These missions included 11 inter-hospital transfers, 3 medical related events, 1 rescue mission, 4 rural ...

Your Aerocool Rescue Helicopter carried out 25 life-saving missions over the month of November. These life-saving missions included 7 inter-hospital transfers, 8 medical events, 6 Rural & Farm related incidents and 4 motor-vehicle accidents. Your ...

Local studio steps in to honour pre purchase packages after skin clinic disappears.   When Nude Skin and Laser Clinic in Tauranga suddenly closed on Monday 21st of November, it was upsetting for laser hair removal customers who had pre purchased ...

A health warning has been issued today for Te Weta Bay at Lake Rotoiti. There is also a current health warning for Okawa Bay at Lake Rototi which was issued by Toi Te Ora Public Health earlier this week. The health warning is based on water test ...

Archives New Zealand acknowledges there has been a breach of privacy in three sets of Restricted historical health records. When made aware the records were incorrectly made publicly accessible, we immediately restricted access to them. Our priority ...

Photo credit: Miranda Clarke. Family activities at New Year’s Eve community celebrations. Tauranga has a wide range of activities to entertain the family these summer holidays. Keep your kids learning with a reading challenge, or a meeting with a real-life astronaut! ...

Driving while tired or hungover can be as dangerous as driving while drunk, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . Dogandlemon.com editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says: “ Fatigue is a factor in up to ...

Sit back, relax and kick off the holiday season with Disney’s The Lion King Reo Māori on Christmas Eve, and a bumper line-up of classic cinema and family-friendly movies over Kirihimete me te Tau Hou Pākehā (Christmas and New Year) – with Whakaata ...

As the House winds up for Christmas, the Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ (PCFNZ) welcomes not just the fundraising aspect of the Hansard Auction by ACT Leader David Seymour with the support of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, but the opportunity it affords ...

Kerikeri Kindergarten has become the latest Northland Enviroschool to reach the programme’s coveted Green-Gold status. The Northland Regional Council introduced the popular programme to Northland in 2004 and there are now more than 140 schools, ...