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Animals Aotearoa: Govt Must Halt Funding Of Cruel Octopus Farming

Youthline: 50-Year High In Demand For Mental Health Services

NZCTU: Billions Missing From Health Budget

Roy Murphy: Making democracy work | Part 4 - Mana whenua kōrero

Te Pāti Māori: Regulatory Standards Bill Will Whitewash Te Tiriti From Law

Government: Vote Deferred, But No Change To Punishments

Apiculture NZ: Bee Inspired By Nature To Nourish Us All - World Bee Day

PVA: More Doctorless Or Closed Hospitals In NZ?

Gordon Campbell: On NZ’s Silence Over Gaza, And Creeping Health Privatisation

Since last Thursday, intensified Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed over 500 Palestinians, and a prolonged Israeli aid blockade has led to widespread starvation among the territory’s two million residents. Belatedly, Israel is letting in a token amount of food aid that UN under-secretary Tom Fletcher has called a “a drop in the ocean.” Meanwhile, two of the pre-Budget announcements in Health - $164.5M spread over 5 years for a digital health service, and $164M spread over four years for after-hours care – are supposedly going to reduce pressure on emergency departments. Fat chance!

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

NZ Police: Police Acknowledge Sentencing Of Donald Sarratt In Child Sexual Abuse Material Case

The operation, dubbed Operation Dark Orchid, commenced in 2022 following a referral from the United States of America, Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Department of Justice Child Exploitation Unit.

PSA: Ministry Of Education Workers Will Walk Off The Job For The First Time In Over 20 Years

'We’re taking strike action because the Ministry is refusing to recognise the increased cost of living facing Ministry staff and their families by proposing a two-year freeze on pay bands,' said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi.

Justice for Palestine: NZ Joining International Call For Humanitarian Aid To Gaza Welcomed, But Sanctions Need To Be Imposed On Israel Urgently

Israel is currently carrying out a genocide in Palestine, and the New Zealand Government has failed to take meaningful action to pressure Israel to comply with international law, despite the people of NZ repeatedly calling for it.

Greenpeace: Leading Environmental Organisations Call On The PM To Reject The Regulatory Standards Bill

The organisations warn the Bill would create a dangerous new precedent where governments are expected to compensate companies if new environmental protections interfere with their property, effectively turning the polluters pay principle on its head.

Hon Matthew Robson: Former NZ Associate Minister Of Foreign Affairs Calls On NZ Government To Uphold International Law

The Hon Winston Peters should place New Zealand on the side of the vast majority of countries supporting international law and condemn the United States for its illegal persecution of a developing country like Cuba.

Save The Children: Budget 2025 Must Commit To Improving Children’s Well-Being

It’s clear that greater investment is needed to improve the wellbeing of our children. If New Zealand is to have a prosperous future, we need to invest to ensure our children live good lives now and have bright futures to look forward to.

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ACT Welcomes Authorisation For Inquiry Into Social Media Harm, Urges Caution On ... 4:29 PM
Budget Must Address Spiralling Rangatahi Homelessness 3:06 PM | Te Pati Maori
Half A Billion Dollar Tax Break For Tech Giants 2:40 PM | New Zealand Labour Party
Hipkins Undermines Finance Spokesperson As Labour Struggles With Economic Policy 12:08 PM
Commonsense Financial Reforms Underway 11:06 AM | New Zealand Government
Govt Helps Banks Dodge Repayment Claims For Kiwis 10:37 AM | New Zealand Labour Party
Discharge Of Digital Services Tax Bill 20/05/25 | New Zealand Government

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Science Media Centre: Proposed Increase To Glyphosate Limits – Expert Reaction

Glyphosate limits would increase for certain cereal and pea crops, to “support existing use” as a preharvest herbicide or dessicant. Submissions on the proposal closed on Friday, and the proposed amendments may progress, be modified, or be withdrawn.

Electricity Authority: Welcomes Plan For Boosting Consumer-Supplied Flexibility

Individuals and communities providing flexibility also benefit through lower costs and greater energy resilience, whether it’s a business shifting its boiler use away from peak demand periods, households using smart tools and AI to use power differently.

University of Auckland: How Can Finance Be Harnessed For Good?

Panellist Dr Chanelle Duley, a lecturer in economics at the University of Auckland Business School, says cybersecurity and data governance are central to financial trust.

Michael Ryan, The Conversation: NZ Budget 2025 - Economic Forecasting Is Notoriously Difficult, But Global Uncertainty Is Making It Harder

There’s no crystal ball when it comes to the future of New Zealand’s economy. But to understand the upcoming budget, people need to understand why forecasting is so hard.

KiwiRail: Aratere To Retire In August

Kaiārahi will go to dry dock in Singapore, leaving in late June and when it arrives back in mid to late August, Aratere will retire from service.

GE Free NZ: Chief Science Advisor Needs Courage To Take Honest Look At GE Failures

The new Chief Scientist should recommend aligning research investment with the existing value food chain to preserve New Zealand’s healthy, high quality food that is GE Free.

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Ramzy Baroud: Netanyahu's Endgame - Isolation And The Shattered Illusion Of Power

This period may mark the beginning of the end for Benjamin Netanyahu's political career and, potentially, for the policies associated with his horrifically violent government.

Jeremy Rose: Starvation Of Gaza A Continuation Of A Decades-old Plan

If the US, Europe and their allies demanded that Israel stop, the killing would end tomorrow.

Keith Rankin: The Aratere And The New Zealand Main Trunk Line

We should have a national conversation about the restoration of ferry services between Wellington and Lyttelton; and with the current consciousness about the future of rail being a very important stimulus to that conversation.

Gordon Campbell: On The Mock Horror Over Political Profanity

Andrea Vance used a bad word to refer to female politicians. The nation reeled, and expressed its outrage

Ian Powell: Predictable Smear On Senior Doctors

Ian Powell discusses a predictable smear by a right-wing blogger on salaried senior doctors employed by Health New Zealand.

Binoy Kampmark: Trump, Planes And The Arabian Gulf Tour

In a shameless effort to outdo Riyadh, the Qatari royal family threw in a luxury 747 plane worth $400 million for the US Department of Defense, intended for Trump’s use as a temporary substitute Air Force One.

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War In Sudan 5:52 PM | Keith Rankin
The Ethnic Cleansing Of Gaza: Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots 2:47 PM | Binoy Kampmark
US Warship In Wellington Harbour Symbol Of NZ Vassalage 11:31 AM | Alison Forrest
Netanyahu's Endgame: Isolation And The Shattered Illusion Of Power 7:42 AM | Ramzy Baroud
The Aratere And The New Zealand Main Trunk Line 20/05/25 | Keith Rankin
Starvation Of Gaza A Continuation Of A Decades-old Plan 20/05/25 | Jeremy Rose
Celluloid Exploitation: Immigrants And Reality Television 20/05/25 | Binoy Kampmark

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WORLD

Greenpeace: Greenpeace Analysis Reveals Almost Half A Million Blue Sharks Caught As ‘Bycatch’ In Central And Western Pacific In 2023

The international waters between New Zealand and Australia are globally renowned precisely because of the range and variety of ocean life that lives there, from deep sea corals growing on seamounts to sharks, seabirds and migrating whales.

The Independent Panel: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark Applaud Historic Pandemic Agreement

Starting today, the agreement must become the foundation for a safer world.

Burness: First-Ever Gathering - Hundreds Of Indigenous Leaders From Forest Nations To Meet Ahead Of COP30

First-ever Global Forest Basins Congress will bring together Indigenous and territorial leaders from Africa, Asia and Latin America to call on governments for increased financing and enhanced rights.

UNICEF: Statement On The Reported Killing Of 45 Children In The Gaza Strip In Recent Days

UNICEF is once again urging parties to the conflict to end the violence, and states with influence over parties to the conflict to use their leverage and influence to end the conflict.

UN News: ‘We Are Still Waiting For Our Loved Ones’ - Families Of The Abducted Speak Out

Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from captivity in Gaza – shared their testimonies before the UN Security Council.

MSF Australia: Siege Of Gaza – MSF Denounces Deliberate Humanitarian Catastrophe

Israeli’s plan to instrumentalise aid is a cynical response to the very humanitarian crisis they created. If they wished, Israel and its allies could lift the blockade today and let humanitarian aid reach all those in Gaza whose survival depends on it.

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LIFESTYLE

Tertiary Education Union: Weltec And Whitireia Cuts A Shocking Blow For Their Communities

These short-sighted moves rob future generations of study options, our future workforce of skilled workers and our future communities and regional economies of people who can build our infrastructure, cook for and entertain us and our future tourists, and tell our stories to the world.

PHARMAC: Pharmac Proposes To Fully Fund Nutrition Replacements For Some People With Crohn’s Disease

Pharmac wants to remove this additional cost on Ensure Plus and Fortisip so people with Crohn’s disease, who use them as their only source of nutrition, can continue to access and benefit from nutrition replacements.

Nōku Te Ao: Bringing Together Voices On Mental Distress, Stigma And Discrimination Under One Roof

Many of the barriers New Zealanders once faced when reaching out for support while experiencing mental distress have been bent. But, these barriers have not yet been broken.

Office of Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education Sector Confidence Survey Results 2025

The results of the 2025 confidence survey, which the Office of Early Childhood Education (OECE) conducts annually in the last few weeks before the Budget is released, show that the sentiment in the sector is at an all-time low.

Bikesport NZ: Intrepid Kiwi Teen Ready To Accept New Challenge

The 14-year-old Frost dominated the Supersport 150 class during the 2025 New Zealand Superbike Championships, which wrapped up at Taupo in March, capturing the class outright and also winning the race-within-a-race honours to also claim the NZGP title for this class.

Wellington Access Radio: Young People Take Over Wellington Access Radio For Youth Broadcasting Week 2025

The week is chock-full of youth-led content, exciting new youth projects, and even a live performance of the amazing band The Side Characters outside the station on Ghuznee Street.

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