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We travelled to Antarctica to see if a Māori lunar calendar might help track environmental change
Antarctica’s patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted ...
Pacific News In Brief For 17 July
A meeting of trade ministers from the Pacific Island Forum's African, Caribbean and Pacific States is underway in Suva. New Zealand's Nicola Grigg said it is a timely opportunity to discuss the ...
'Building Deterrence': PNG To Host Part Of Australia's Largest Military Exercise
For the first time, Papua New Guinea will host a training activity as part of Australia's largest military exercise, which one Pacific defence expert says is about "building strategic deterrence" in ...
Court Rejects Athlete Union's Bid To Appeal Employment Ruling
The Athletes' Cooperative (TAC), spearheaded by double Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale, was seeking to overturn a decision of the Employment Court in December last year over TAC's three-year ...
Charities See Alarming Levels Of Poverty As Families Struggle
They are not alone - social services said they are seeing an alarming level of poverty as families struggle with the cost of ...
Ministry Feared Costs Of $60m A Year To Review Laws Under Regulatory Standards Bill
Officials have warned David Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill could be much more expensive than previous estimates suggested, and could lead to business uncertainty, slowing economic growth. Seymour ...
New Caledonia’s Politicians To Get Police Protection Following Death Threats
The group to benefit from such measures includes almost twenty members of New Caledonia's parties, both pro-France and pro-independence, who took part in deal-breaking negotiations with the French ...
David Seymour Lashes Officials After LINZ Becomes Latest Agency Raising Concerns About His Regulatory Standards Bill
According to the Ministry for Regulation, the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) seeks to "establish a benchmark for ...
'Dramatic Shift' That Could Leave KiwiSaver Members Better Off
A "dramatic" shift of KiwiSaver investments into riskier funds should make New Zealanders better off in the long run, if past ...
Fatal Crash, Neeve Road
At around 1.20pm, Police were called to Neeve Road where a car collided with a fence. Sadly, despite best efforts of emergency services, one person died at the scene. The road remains closed while the ...
The Helen Clark Foundation Launches Honorary Fellow Programme
17 July 2025 - The Helen Clark Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of its Honorary Fellows programme.
Gaza: 875 People Confirmed Dead Trying To Source Food In Recent Weeks
“As of 13 July, we have recorded 875 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food; 674 of them were killed in the vicinity of GHF sites,” said Thameen Al-Kheetan, OHCHR spokesperson, referencing the ...