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Te Pāti Māori: TPM Pushes For Extension As Submission Portal Fails

RNZPBA: Bagpipers & Drummers At WGTN For Pipe Band Extravaganza

KiwiRail: Rail Safety Focus With Reopening Of West Coast Tunnel

Government: Acting Together To Stop Family And Sexual Violence

NZNO: Nurses Pay Tribute To Dame Tariana Turia

SLSNZ: Surf Life Saving NZ Praises National Lifeguard Team

NZCPHM: College Strongly Opposes Treaty Principles Bill

Peace Action WGTN: Countering Foreign Interference Bill Threaten Our Rights

Gordon Campbell: On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context

Canadians can take a while to get angry – but when they finally do, watch out. Canada has been falling out of love with Justin Trudeau for years, and his exit has to be the least surprising news event of the New Year. On recent polling, Trudeau’s Liberal party has the support of only 16% of the voting public, which is the lowest approval rating recorded by the Liberals, in their entire 157 years of existence. Chrystia Freeland, Trudeau’s right hand woman resigned three weeks ago, his chosen successor has declined the job, and by Christmas, his own party has turned on him.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

NZ Police: Funeral For Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming Confirmed

Beloved police officer, Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming will be farewelled with a special funeral service at 1pm on Thurs 6 Jan at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson. With the blessing of her family the funeral service will be conducted with full Police honours. The 38-year veteran died after she and a colleague were struck by a vehicle in central Nelson in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

NZ Police: Making Waves On The World Stage

Constables Shane Gordon and Michelle Hellyer recently returned from the World Natural Bodybuilding Champs in Canberra. Competing professionally for the first time, Michelle took out the Pro Miss Figure world title and Shane came fourth in the Pro Men’s physique category.

ACT New Zealand: Too Many Kiwis Denied The Chance To Gather With Loved Ones At The End Of Life

ACT MP Todd Stephenson is the sponsor of the End of Life Choice (Extended Eligibility) Amendment Bill, which would eliminate the need for a terminally ill individual seeking assisted dying services to prove they have only six months left to live, while maintaining all other protective measures.

Lady Tureiti Moxon: Honouring Kahurangi Tariana Turia - A Legacy of Courage, Leadership, and Tino Rangatiratanga

Her decision to take a stand against the Labour Party’s anti-Māori and racist policies—crossing the floor and founding Te Pāti Māori—was a defining moment in our nation’s history. Today, Te Pāti Māori continues to uphold her vision and commitment to the tino rangatiratanga of our people.

Biosecurity NZ: Biosecurity NZ Investigating And Boosting Trapping After Auckland Fruit Fly Find

Biosecurity New Zealand Commissioner North Mike Inglis says the latest find demonstrates the benefit and effectiveness of MPI’s lure-based surveillance trapping network and the biosecurity system.

NZ Customs Service: New Year Begins With Customs Arrests For Three Alleged Drug Couriers

Customs has arrested three alleged drug couriers at Auckland International Airport, in separate smuggling attempts this week, seizing a total of an estimated 27 kilograms of methamphetamine worth NZ$10.23 million. The two incidents are not believed to be related.

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Motor Industry Association: Vehicle Registrations Up 5.6% In December, But Year-To-Date Sales Reflect Market Challenges

The Motor Industry Association (MIA) acknowledges the complexities facing the automotive sector as it adapts to evolving regulations and market dynamics. While the rise in December registrations offers a glimmer of recovery, the year-to-date decline highlights the pressing need for policy stability to support sustained market growth and resilience.

BNZ: Depression-era Bequest Still Helping 88 Years Later

What began as support for widows during the Depression era now helps our people and their families in tough times. The trust has provided over $320,000 in assistance to staff and their dependents in the past decade alone.

Hugh Grant: How Can Telehealth And Home Healthcare Solutions Be Helpful?

People operating small medical practices can improve the overall health industry’s reputation by improving medical aid for patients and making the process of life-saving accessible.

New Zealand Merino Company: The New Zealand Merino Company Will Investigate PETA Claims

The images shared by PETA are confronting and upsetting. NZM does not tolerate breaches of animal welfare guidelines. We are committed to investigating all allegations and urge PETA to provide us more detail about filming locations and the timing of the recordings.

New Zealand Certified Builders: Building A Granny Flat? Four Things You Should Know

Malcolm Fleming, Chief Executive of New Zealand Certified Builders, offers four pieces of advice to homeowners thinking of building in their backyard. Fleming also points out that granny flats can be occupied by anyone, not just grandmothers.

Paul Scofield & George Young, The Conversation: The Discovery Of A Rare New Fossil Sheds Light On NZ’s Extinct Dolphin-like Reptiles

The discovery of the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton known from New Zealand sheds new light on the diversity of these ancient dolphin-like marine reptiles in the southern hemisphere.

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Ian Powell: Welcome Puberty Blockers Report But Beware Derailing Transphobia

Ian Powell discusses the Health Ministry’s position statement on puberty blocker prescribing in the context of an NZ Medical Journal article, guidelines based on the Hippocratic Oath and the risk of transphobic derailment.

Gordon Campbell: On Why We Can’t Survive Two More Years Of This

Finance Minister Nicola Willis seems intent on portraying herself as that damsel in distress.

Binoy Kampmark: Join The Army; Travel To Exotic, Distant Lands; And Radicalise

The unfashionable and unpopular lesson here would be to cut back on that most extremist of phenomena: the business of war and the military racket that feeds it. Don’t needlessly place personnel in conditions that will torment their being and deprive them of a moral compass. Could there be any better prevention to this than peace itself?

Ramzy Baroud: Letters from Gaza – ‘Alhamdulillah. We Are Not Okay’

It may seem strange that none of those who communicated with me throughout the war have ever questioned their faith, and have often, if not always, begun their messages by checking on me, and my children.

Ian Powell: Imperialism, Chagos Islanders And The Fight To Return

Ian Powell discusses the long determined fight of evicted Chagos Islanders to return home in the context of imperialism.

Binoy Kampmark: Frail Egos And Sandpit Colonialism - Australia, The United States And Invading Iraq

The invaders were sandpit colonialists, poorly costumed to reenact the glory days of European empires in the Middle East with trimmed forces and smaller budgets. What makes Australia’s own involvement even worse, was that the reason to go to war lay less in an international security threat than a weak ego and reputational yearning: to be cringingly worthy to Washington.

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Pasifika Medical Association: PACMAT Continues Efforts In Vanuatu Earthquake Response

Alongside local mental health personnel, PACMAT remains committed to providing vital assistance and support during this challenging time, with ongoing efforts to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the Vanuatu community.

Global Jews for Palestine: Call From Jewish Groups Across The Globe: Tell Your Political Representatives Now- UNRWA Is Urgent

Less visibly, Israel’s legislative attack on UNRWA also aims to undermine the integrity and continuity of the Palestine refugee community. UNRWA is the only agency mandated to serve Palestine refugees as a single national community, dispersed to multiple locations. UNRWA creates and holds records essential to refugees’ ability to claim their rights.

Save The Children: GAZA - New Year Begins With More Children Killed By Israeli Airstrikes

As we enter 2025, we are seeing history not only repeat itself but reach new depths, with children who have been bombed, starved and continuously forced from their homes over 15 months - increasingly vulnerable to the ongoing impacts of this relentless war - now facing freezing temperatures.

OHCHR: UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Abolition Of Death Penalty In Zimbabwe

'All States that still maintain the death penalty should follow Zimbabwe’s example and abolish it, or pending its abolition, impose a moratorium on its use.'

APEC: Building A Sustainable Tomorrow - APEC Returns To Korea After 20 Years

Korea is holding APEC for the first time in 20 years. Last time was when the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting was held in Busan in 2005. At that time, one of the main outcomes was the Busan Roadmap to advance our top priority of promoting free trade.

Aotearoa Healthcare Workers For Palestine: Wellington Healthcare Workers Demanding Overdue Government Action On Renewed Brutal Israeli Attacks On Gaza

AHW4P is demanding the New Zealand government break its complete silence on Israel now entering its third new year of mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza.

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Prostate Cancer Foundation: Foundation Hails Select Committee Support For Prostate Screening Pilots

The Prostate Cancer Foundation applauds the report of the multi-party committee, which spent more than a year collating evidence and hearing submissions before reporting back on the 30,000-signature petition of Kristine Hayward, who lost her husband to prostate cancer.

Cross Street Music Festival: First Artists Announced For 2025 Cross Street Music Festival

The 2025 festival theme is ‘Out Of This World’, bringing together Tāmaki Makaurau’s local creative community and music lovers alike to celebrate and enjoy a curated day of musical discovery.

Bowls New Zealand: Lawson And Grantham Qualify To Keep Bowls Three-Peat Hopes Alive

The men’s pairs championships attracted 218 combinations with 87 teams qualifying for post section play.

Te Whatu Ora Health NZ: Health Warning – Unsafe Recreational Water Quality At South Bay And Peketā Beaches And Kahutara River Upstream Of SH1

Dr Claire Salter, Public Health Medicine Specialist for the National Public Health Service, says “rainfall in the area in the last few days has most likely caused the high levels of faecal bacteria”.

Wikimedia Aotearoa NZ: Wikipedian At Large Sets Sights On Banks Peninsula

Using his expertise, Dr. Mike Dickison will teach locals how to develop a Wikipedia strategy, make historic photos and publications freely available, and ultimately, arm people with the tools to improve the coverage of their area in the online encyclopedia, making Banks Peninsula accessible to the world.

Water Safety New Zealand: Don’t Drink And Dive

Alcohol increases the risk of drowning and injury by impairing judgement, reducing coordination, and delaying reaction time. International evidence shows that alcohol-related drownings are more likely to occur among males than females, and on public holidays than any other time of the year.

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Gordon Campbell: On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

NZ Police: Funeral For Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming Confirmed

NZ Police: Making Waves On The World Stage

ACT New Zealand: Too Many Kiwis Denied The Chance To Gather With Loved Ones At The End Of Life

Lady Tureiti Moxon: Honouring Kahurangi Tariana Turia - A Legacy of Courage, Leadership, and Tino Rangatiratanga

Biosecurity NZ: Biosecurity NZ Investigating And Boosting Trapping After Auckland Fruit Fly Find

NZ Customs Service: New Year Begins With Customs Arrests For Three Alleged Drug Couriers

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Motor Industry Association: Vehicle Registrations Up 5.6% In December, But Year-To-Date Sales Reflect Market Challenges

BNZ: Depression-era Bequest Still Helping 88 Years Later

Hugh Grant: How Can Telehealth And Home Healthcare Solutions Be Helpful?

New Zealand Merino Company: The New Zealand Merino Company Will Investigate PETA Claims

New Zealand Certified Builders: Building A Granny Flat? Four Things You Should Know

Paul Scofield & George Young, The Conversation: The Discovery Of A Rare New Fossil Sheds Light On NZ’s Extinct Dolphin-like Reptiles

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Ian Powell: Welcome Puberty Blockers Report But Beware Derailing Transphobia

Gordon Campbell: On Why We Can’t Survive Two More Years Of This

Binoy Kampmark: Join The Army; Travel To Exotic, Distant Lands; And Radicalise

Ramzy Baroud: Letters from Gaza – ‘Alhamdulillah. We Are Not Okay’

Ian Powell: Imperialism, Chagos Islanders And The Fight To Return

Binoy Kampmark: Frail Egos And Sandpit Colonialism - Australia, The United States And Invading Iraq

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WORLD

Pasifika Medical Association: PACMAT Continues Efforts In Vanuatu Earthquake Response

Global Jews for Palestine: Call From Jewish Groups Across The Globe: Tell Your Political Representatives Now- UNRWA Is Urgent

Save The Children: GAZA - New Year Begins With More Children Killed By Israeli Airstrikes

OHCHR: UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Abolition Of Death Penalty In Zimbabwe

APEC: Building A Sustainable Tomorrow - APEC Returns To Korea After 20 Years

Aotearoa Healthcare Workers For Palestine: Wellington Healthcare Workers Demanding Overdue Government Action On Renewed Brutal Israeli Attacks On Gaza

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LIFESTYLE

Prostate Cancer Foundation: Foundation Hails Select Committee Support For Prostate Screening Pilots

Cross Street Music Festival: First Artists Announced For 2025 Cross Street Music Festival

Bowls New Zealand: Lawson And Grantham Qualify To Keep Bowls Three-Peat Hopes Alive

Te Whatu Ora Health NZ: Health Warning – Unsafe Recreational Water Quality At South Bay And Peketā Beaches And Kahutara River Upstream Of SH1

Wikimedia Aotearoa NZ: Wikipedian At Large Sets Sights On Banks Peninsula

Water Safety New Zealand: Don’t Drink And Dive

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