For obvious reasons, people in positions of power tend to treat the leaking of unauthorised information as a very, very bad thing, and – to maintain the appearance of control – they will devote a lot of time and energy into tracking down and punishing those responsible. Just as obviously, the history of the last 100 years has been changed – very much for the better – by the leaking of unauthorised information.
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Police intend to hold everyone identified as having committed an offence to account, with the Eagle helicopter proving vital in helping gather relevant information to help us follow up.
Commodore Brown said, “In the final days during the recovery work, the salvors carefully lifted the azipod that detached from the ship in the grounding, and the 3.3 tonne anchors with their chains, onto the barge for transport back to New Zealand.”
“This Budget is funded above all by the gutting of the pay equity system, the halving of the government’s contribution to people’s Kiwisaver accounts, and other cuts that will disproportionality impact women, welfare recipients, and working households,” said NZCTU Economist Craig Renney.
Now DOC has revealed how much toilet paper was ordered by regional offices around Aotearoa for the 2024/2025 period - a whopping 15.5 million metres nationally. That’s roughly 15,500 kilometres of paper which would stretch the length of New Zealand nearly ten times.
The Government has opened public consultation on the biggest package of changes to national direction under the RMA in New Zealand history, with proposals to streamline or remove many of the burdensome regulations holding our primary sector back from growth, say RMA Minister Chris Bishop, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay and Associate Environment Minister Andrew Hoggard.
Birds are important indicators of the health of New Zealand’s environment, and many perform important ecosystem functions, while others have inherent value as taonga species. If we see birds begin to decline, that suggests something has changed in their habitat, perhaps an increase in predators or a decrease in available food and shelter, which could also be affecting other species.
Lead researcher and GNS Tsunami Scientist Jean Roger said the study findings are expected to help local governments, planners, environmental agencies and infrastructure managers make informed decisions about natural environment management and natural hazard solutions.
The committee has established this Inquiry to examine the current state of play, challenges, and future opportunities within the ports and maritime sectors.
Netsafe has powered up its efforts to protect and empower older adults in Aotearoa, with the launch of twelve new resources and a dedicated digital hub for community organisations.
“Updating our currency with the new sovereign takes several years because we always hold sufficient stock to deal with demand spikes or supply issues. We make enough coins and banknotes just in case - not just in time,” says Ian Woolford, Director, Money and Cash – Tari Moni Whai Take.
“In NZALPA’s 80 years of representing professional pilots in New Zealand, we have found that taking the time to together gather all facts and analyse all relevant information has assisted aviation in becoming the safest form of transportation in the world,” President McKeen says.
Dr Howard-Williams says while recent guidelines on cleaning up contaminated sites in Antarctica outlined in the Antarctic Clean Up Manual are useful, challenges remain particularly when not much is known about the consequences of contamination of Antarctic ecosystems.
I don’t want to live in a country that turns a blind or a sleep-laden eye to one of the great crimes against humanity. I have come to the hurtful realisation that I have a very different worldview from most people I know and from most people I thought I knew.
When it comes to tax policy, Labour’s only election campaign concession to left wing voters is going to be a capital gains tax.
Ian Powell discusses why New Zealand should officially recognise Palestine in the context of the reasons for supporting ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians.
The only ones to be notably ignored in this display of subcontinental machismo were the Kashmiris themselves, who face, in both the Pakistan and Indian administered zones, oppressive anti-terrorism laws, discriminatory practices and suppression of dissent and free speech.
Underwhelming, as promised, was Finance Minister Nicola Willis' second Budget.
Two longstanding mercantilist economic nations (China, European Union) and one mercantilist leader are slugging it out to see who can export more goods and services to the world; the prize being a mix of gold and virtual-gold, the proceeds of unbalanced trade.
China’s state-run social credit system has drawn global attention for years, but other versions are actively spreading. These systems increasingly shape the behavior and outcomes of citizens’ lives, often without their knowledge.
PJPC and several international human-rights organisations have demanded an independent investigation into the targeting of Yahya Sobeih, stressing that "the continued targeting of journalists without accountability constitutes a compound crime and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law."
The centrepiece of the Assembly’s outcomes was the WHO Pandemic Agreement, adopted on 20 May after more than three years of negotiations.
Commodore Rodger Ward, Commander of CTF 150, stated this was the largest value narcotics interdiction made under New Zealand command this year.
The latest study shows regional connectivity surged 14%, driven by Gulf hubs and China’s reopening.
May 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Safe Schools Declaration. A total of 121 states have committed to taking concrete steps to prevent attacks on education, avoid the use of schools for military purposes, and safeguard the right to learn even in times of crisis.
The report summarises deceased organ and tissue donations facilitated by Organ Donation New Zealand (ODNZ) in 2024, and shares insights on how donation can have a powerful and lasting impact on individuals, whānau and communities.
Punarua offers a moment of celebration and reflection during Matariki. The exhibition shares not just the piupiu, but the journey to create it, with an accompanying documentary that takes viewers behind the scenes, from the first threads to its international debut.
The OECE’s chief advisor Dr Sarah Alexander says the message this sends to educators and employers alike is clear: “ECE teachers and their families are the ones that must self-sacrifice to keep ECE service financial margins up”.
"We must treat these impacts with the same seriousness as we do car crashes,” says Professor Patria Hume, Professor Human Performance, AUT.
Last Sunday at St Andrew’s, this formidable combination of top-flight musicians provided a master class in filigree technique with the three challenging chamber pieces. It’s a struggle to find sufficient superlatives to describe their performance.
Burnett Foundation Interim General Manager, Alex Anderson, says it is worrying that we are still seeing people being diagnosed with AIDS, a sign of a late diagnosis of HIV-infection that developed into AIDS.