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Two massively different stories. The number of NZ citizens leaving New Zealand is at a record high. Has reached 47,350 which is almost 1,000 a week. While net migration of non-citizens is at 179,040 which is around twice the previous high. No tag for this post.

Vaivase-Tai FC are heading to their first ever OFC Men’s Champions League after victory over Vaiala Tonga SC, edging out hosts Veitongo FC on the final match day in Nuku’alofa. The equation was simple for the Samoan side – win big and hope ...

Get ready to raise a glass and celebrate the best of Wairarapa! The highly anticipated Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival has announced its 2025 date. Hot on the heels of a fantastic festival last weekend, returning to the stunning riverside setting of ...

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has reinstated level 1 water restrictions for Luggate, following prolonged dry conditions and an increase in demand. Level 1 water restrictions also remain in place for Hāwea and Arthurs Point. QLDC Operations ...

A scrum suspended in time, unravelling the personal stories of female rugby players - a site-specific performance art installation In Still Lives: Auckland , artists Luke George (Naarm/Melbourne) and Daniel Kok (Singapore/Berlin) work with eight female-identifying ...

A Police investigation is quickly closing in on alleged offenders behind a robbery in Kamo earlier this week. Two arrests have been made and further arrests are expected to be made over the incident that occurred on Kamo Road on the night of 20 February ...

Media release from NZ Taxpayers Union The Wellington City Council is set to decide in secret whether to use $32 million of ratepayers’ money to buy the land under the Reading cinemas from its owners – a multinational firm with real estate holdings valued at over half a billion dollars worldwide – and lease it […]

Senior Sergeant Roy Appley, Community Services Manager Christchurch Police want people to have fun at Electric Avenue festival at Christchurch's Hagley Park this weekend, but they want people to stay safe too. There will be a large Police and ...

Pou Tangata Co-Chair, Rahui Papa has hit out at the coalition government’s plan to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora, “there has been no communication of what the alternative will be, there has been no engagement with our whanau, hapu and iwi hauora providers ...

The coalition Government is providing support for farmers and growers as dry conditions worsen across the top of the South Island. “Conditions on the ground across the Marlborough, Tasman, and Nelson districts are now extremely dry and likely to get ...

Police can now name the man fatally shot by Police in Waikato last week as 31-year-old Christopher Taukiri, of Paeroa. Christopher was shot by Police on Thursday 15 February following a lengthy vehicle pursuit from Hamilton to the Matamata area. A Critical ...

A way forward for aiding mate wareware, or dementia care, within Māori communities In collaboration with Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi and Waipapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research (CBR), a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed ...

Bypassing a Waitangi Tribunal hearing that challenges the closure of Te Aka Whai Ora and its work would show a lack of credibility and accountability from the Government, said the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. Stuff reports ...

Three men face imprisonment after being sentenced over the callous murder of Meliame Fisi’ihoi four years ago. Today, Viliami Iongi and Falala Iongi were imprisoned for non-parole periods of 15 and 17 years respectively for murdering Meliame on 15 ...

Following an incredible fan response to last week’s announcement of the Dark Matter World Tour 2024, Pearl Jam has today announced an additional show in Auckland. The group’s long-awaited ten-year return will now include second night at Auckland’s ...

The government has announced a $5 million injection of funding to go towards the fight against exotic caulerpa. The funding is to improve new technology to find and remove exotic caulerpa, a fast-spreading seaweed that is a threat to our marine ecosystems. ...

Dr Cynric Temple-Camp, one of New Zealand’s leading pathologists based in Palmerston North, has once again demonstrated his commitment to supporting the Grassroots Trust Rescue Helicopter. Having a clear view of the rescue helicopter from his office, ...

Senior Sergeant Joanne Porima, Waikato West Police: Two men have been arrested and charged with offending relating to two burglaries in Huntly last night. At around 11:15pm Police responded to Great South Road after reports of offenders breaking ...

Craigs Investment Partners is inviting spectators at this year’s New Zealand Open to participate in a charity fundraiser taking place on Saturday and Sunday March 2 and 3, 2024. Spectators will have a shot at winning $5,000 by competing ...

Council is holding a hui for residents of the Ūawa catchment on 14 March to work towards a more sustainable future for the catchment. Council Director for Sustainable Futures Jo Noble says this gathering will be a crucial platform for discussing how ...

As the world’s Trade Ministers head to a WTO meeting in Abu Dhabi, the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) is calling for an immediate capping of agricultural subsidies and urgency in reducing them to prevent and correct production and trade ...

Today’s funding announcement from government of a $5 million boost to accelerate the fight against exotic Caulerpa seaweed is being welcomed in Te Taitokerau, says Northland Regional Council Chair Geoff Crawford. "Together with our mana whenua ...

Grant Duncan writes: Labour’s original proposed governance structure, even if you overlook the co-governance aspect of it, was a complicated beast: it had unelected ‘representative’ bodies that appoint board-appointment committees that appoint boards that then appoint advisory panels that monitor the boards and report to the representative body. Confused? And then one asks how these […]

Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust (the Trust) welcomes the Government's announcement of a $5 million funding boost to fight the invasive seaweed, exotic caulerpa. First discovered near Aotea Great Barrier in 2021, exotic caulerpa is a foreign seaweed ...