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Simon O’Connor writes: When I think of the various protest, or activist, movements of late one deeply troubling observation is becoming abundantly clear – there are those in New Zealand who genuinely believe that violence is acceptable when it comes to their cause.  The classic, ‘the end justifies the means’. This is the belief of […]

Urgent implementation of the amended International Health Regulations can improve outbreak prevention, alert and response including with the new focus on equity and finance

Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Kaikohe yesterday. The single vehicle crash on Te Pua Road was reported around 5:30pm. Despite the best efforts of emergency services, the person died at the scene. The Serious Crash Unit ...

All three South Island vegetation fires not yet fully extinguished, remain contained and in the mop up stage this morning. Overnight, crews at the Waipara, Broomfield and Springfield fires in North Canterbury patrolled and monitored the fire grounds, ...

It will be Mr Luxon’s first visit to the region as Prime Minister.

Andrea Vance reports: A Te Pāti Māori MP and the marae she once ran are at the centre of claims that private information collected during the census was used for political campaigning. Stats NZ, the Government’s official data agency, is now investigating after a whistleblower from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) came forward with […]

Haimona Gray writes: Too Maori for some, not Maori enough for others. I knew that old blind before I could read. I was raised with eyes forced wide open. Like the protagonist, Alex, in A Clockwork Orange. Eyes unable to look away from the horrors of the world. My parents met while working at an […]

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An excellent presentation made to an e-cigarette summit in Washington DC. The comparison between Australia and NZ is especially interesting. So smoking rates were similar up until 2018 in NZ and Australia, but we have dropped much lower. Why? The NZ Government position is that vaping is less harmful than smoking, while the Australian Government […]

Powerball was not struck this evening and has rolled over to Wednesday night where the jackpot will be a mammoth $43 million.