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EDS: EDS releases concerning assessment of RMA reform proposals

ICNZ: 20% Of Kiwis Switch Insurance Providers

UN News: WFP Runs Out Of Food Stocks In Gaza

NZPAS: PAs Regulation To Boost Access To Quality Healthcare

Culture and Heritage: NZ Flag Half-Masting To Mark The Funeral Of Pope Francis

Government: Prime Minister's Dawn Service Commemorative Address 2025

Wellington.Scoop: 8 months of reconstruction at the end of Courtenay Place

Government House: Governor-General's Anzac Day Dawn Service Address

Gordon Campbell: On The Trump Upside, And Peters Persecution Of Trans People

A recurring aspect of the Trump tariff coverage is that it normalises – or even sanctifies – a status quo that in many respects has been a disaster for working class families. No doubt, Donald Trump is an uncertainty machine that is tanking the stock market and the growth prospects of the global economy. Just as surely, New Zealand will suffer. So, spare us the media pearl-clutching about what Trump is doing to the natural order of things. Perhaps instead, we need to treat Trump II as a pandemic/climate change scale of convulsion that offers as much of an opportunity as it does a threat.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

New Zealand Government: Accelerating The Roll-Out Of Public EV Chargers

“New Zealand needs more EV chargers. We have fewer public chargers per EV than many other countries in the OECD, and we know that this is a barrier to Kiwis purchasing EVs,” Mr Bishop says.

Save the City-to-Sea Bridge: Join on Sunday afternoon to save Wellington’s City-to-Sea Bridge

“We disagree with the Council’s decision to demolish this iconic bridge because we believe it was made in haste, and the people of Wellington were not properly consulted,” says Stuart Niven, Spokesperson for the Save the City-to-Sea Bridge group.

New Zealand Defence Force: Second World War Veterans Receive Message From King Charles

As New Zealanders mark the 110th anniversary of Anzac Day and it nears 80 years since the end of the Second World War, surviving veterans from that global conflict have been thanked for their contribution in a special message from King Charles III.

New Zealand Government: More Than 900 Health Graduates To Receive Financial Boost Through Bonding Scheme

The Voluntary Bonding Scheme provides financial incentives to encourage new graduates to stay and work in the country – particularly in hard-to-staff regions and specialities where they’re needed most.

New Zealand Police: Stacks Of Cocaine Unpacked In Mt Wellington

Detective Senior Sergeant Anthony Darvill, of Auckland City CIB, says more than 75 packages of cocaine wrapped in cellophane were located in the duffle bags. A worker unloading a shipping container of building materials located the bags.

Te Pāti Māori: Te Pāti Māori Make Submission To Privileges Committee In Absentia

“A written submission qualifies as having attended the hearing and as such, we have fulfilled our obligations according to standing orders, and we expect our submission to be treated as such, said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Rawiri Waititi.

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Ministry Of Regulation Salaries Continue To Top Average $150K One Year On 9:12 PM | RNZ
Democratic Guardrails: Is NZ Safe From Authoritarianism? 9:09 PM | RNZ
EDS releases concerning assessment of RMA reform proposals 4:36 PM | EDS
Cross-Party Hope For Anti-Trafficking Legislation 25/04/25 | RNZ
Governor-General's Anzac Day Dawn Service Address 25/04/25 | Government House
China's NZ embassy expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' over MPs visit to Taiwan 24/04/25
PM Will Not Step In Over Peters' Comments In RNZ Interview 24/04/25 | RNZ

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Country Life: Simmental Cattle Breeder Tony Thompson's Life Of Legacy 8:43 PM | RNZ
UPDATE: TRAFFIC BULLETIN: SH1 Mangamuka Gorge to remain closed overnight 5:55 PM | NZTA
Fatal Crash, Lake Sumner Road, Christchurch 5:12 PM | New Zealand Police
Road Blocked, SH1, Greta Valley - Canterbury 5:07 PM | New Zealand Police
Operation Kereru - Police Disrupt Further Anti-Social Road Activity 2:01 PM | New Zealand P...
Clinton Highway, Waiwera South Closed Following Crash - Southern 1:05 PM | New Zealand Poli...
Update: Gang Conflict Warrant in Eastern District 12:35 PM | New Zealand Police

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ChargeNet: EV infrastructure co-funding model welcomed

ChargeNet looks forward to an opportunity to continue partnering with the government and co-investing in the infrastructure New Zealand needs in order to electrify our economy.

NZ Trucking Association: TruckSafe New Zealand Launches | A Game-Changer For Heavy Vehicle Safety And Compliance

Backed by decades of proven success across the Tasman, TruckSafe is now available to all operators, including single vehicle owner-drivers (SVODs) - making it more inclusive and accessible than any previous safety programme of its kind.

Gaurav Mittal, IMI: How Can We Balance AI’s Potential And Ethical Challenges?

While AI is transforming industries with powerful capabilities, challenges like data quality, bias, transparency, and privacy concerns must be addressed to ensure fairness and accuracy, especially in areas like fraud detection.

Science Media Centre: Several US-based Environmental Science Databases To Be Taken Down – Expert Reaction

Earlier this month, NOAA announced changes affecting data sources related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science. This comes amid wider concerns about publicly available scientific data in the US being taken down and measures to cut research funding, including at NOAA, by the current government.

Consumer NZ: Despite Low Confidence In Government Efforts, People Want Urgent Action To Lower Grocery Bills

Consumer’s NZ Grocery Survey, carried out in mid-April, reveals a strong public appetite for government action to improve access to affordable food. Many respondents called for clear and effective intervention by the government, while also expressing low confidence in its ability to deliver.

NZ Banking Association: Banks Step Up Customer Scam Protections And Compensation

New Zealand’s banks are bringing in a suite of new measures aligned with global best practice to further protect New Zealanders from criminal scammers.

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EV infrastructure co-funding model welcomed – ChargeNet 11:28 AM | ChargeNet
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20% Of Kiwis Switch Insurance Providers 10:36 AM | Insurance Council of New Zealand
Powerball And Strike Roll Over 26/04/25 | Lotto New Zealand
Why Some Of Our Biggest Exporters Are Worried About The Gene Technology Bill 26/04/25 | RNZ

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Binoy Kampmark: Yale, Ben-Gvir and Banning Palestinian Groups

This profaning of protest in a university setting is a convenient trick, using the popular weasel words of “offensive” and “unsafe” while deploying, more generically, the pitiful policy inventory that makes freedom of expression an impossibility.

Ramzy Baroud: The Myth Of Conquest - Why Gaza Will Never Be Subdued By Israel

Since Israel failed to subdue the Gazans over the course of two relentless decades, it is not merely improbable, but an outright absurdity to expect that Israel will now succeed in subduing and conquering Gaza.

Binoy Kampmark: Fallibility, Dirty Wars And Pope Francis I

Pope Francis I, eulogised as the pontiff of the periphery and the oppressed, was not averse in his pre-papal iteration to courting the powerful and the authoritarian when a US-backed military dictatorship seized power in his native Argentina in 1976.

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - An Issue No-one Can Afford To Lose

In the end, the issue is less about the Treaty Principles Bill haka, which is sideshow puffery, than it is about achieving a reasonable balance between Parliament’s historical traditions and contemporary tikanga. That will only be achieved through constructive engagement by all sides, not more of the game-playing seen so far.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Choosing Mass Murder?

No matter how much planning and “premeditation,” the plague of mass murderers in the USA is the ultimate expression of pathological individualism. People, mostly young men, “choose” to kill random people because their mental, emotional and social life is so sick that they strike out in horrific reaction to the internalized evil of society.

Eugene Doyle: Quiet Mutiny - The U.S. Army Falls Apart

There were many reasons that the U.S. and its allies were defeated in Vietnam. First and foremost they were beaten by an army that was superior in tactics, morale and political will.

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Yale, Ben-Gvir and Banning Palestinian Groups 6:59 PM | Binoy Kampmark
Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set By The Persecution Of Pro-Palesti... 26/04/25
The Myth Of Conquest: Why Gaza Will Never Be Subdued By Israel 26/04/25 | Ramzy Baroud
Fallibility, Dirty Wars And Pope Francis I 25/04/25 | Binoy Kampmark
Dunne's Weekly: An Issue No-one Can Afford To Lose 25/04/25 | Peter Dunne
Choosing Mass Murder? 25/04/25 | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
On The Trump Upside, And Peters Persecution Of Trans People 24/04/25 | Gordon Campbell

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WORLD

NZ Catholic Bishops Conference: Papal Funeral 'Very Beautiful, Very Simple', Cardinal Dew Says

Cardinal Dew will become the third New Zealander to participate in a conclave when it begins. It cannot start until after the nine-day period of mourning concludes next Sunday.

UN News: Indigenous Peoples Sidelined In Global Climate Fight, UN Warns

As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples – long among the world’s most effective environmental stewards – are once again being left behind, a new UN report reveals.

Ocean Conservancy: Ocean Conservancy Condemns Deep Sea Mining Executive Order

This executive order flies in the face of NOAA’s mission. NOAA is charged with protecting, not imperiling, the ocean and its economic benefits, including fishing and tourism; and scientists agree that deep-sea mining is a deeply dangerous endeavour for our ocean and all of us who depend on it.

UNICEF Aotearoa NZ: Increases In Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Threaten Years Of Progress, Warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

Immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children, adolescents, and adults at risk, warn WHO, UNICEF, and Gavi during World Immunization Week, 24-30 April.

Save The Children: Vanuatu - Families Find Climate-Smart Ways To Grow Crops 18 Months On From Cyclone Devastation

Families in Vanuatu are adopting climate-smart agricultural techniques to improve food security, such as growing climate resistant crops, to prepare for future climate-driven disasters in the wake of devastating Tropical Cyclone Lola 18 months ago.

New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference: Cardinal Dew Leaves For Pope's Funeral, Papal Election

Cardinal Dew, who served as Archbishop of Wellington from 2005 until 2023, said Pope Francis gave Catholics – and the world – “a wonderful example of prayer and of trust in God”.

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Yachting New Zealand: Kiwi Sailor Claims Silver In First Regatta Since Paris 2024

It was his first international competition since finishing seventh in his Olympic debut in Marseille last August, having taken a break from racing.

Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned: Public Submissions To The COVID-19 Inquiry Close On Sunday 27 April 2025 At Midnight

By reviewing these decisions, the Inquiry will be able to provide recommendations to the Government on how Aotearoa New Zealand could better prepare for and manage any future pandemics.

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand: Low Risk To Public Health Following Fire At South Taranaki Hotel

Health New Zealand Medical Officer of Health Dr William Rainger says while testing of debris found asbestos in the building, there was a very low risk to public health.

NZCTU: Govt Vocational Education Reforms Will Cause Massive Disruption

“The NZCTU remains fundamentally opposed to these reforms, which will create further disruption across the sector and come off the back of a period of disruption and change in the sector over the past five years,” said NZCTU Acting President Rachel Mackintosh.

NZ Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata: Anzac Day Commemorations In France To Remember All New Zealand Soldiers

The New Zealand Liberation Museum – Te Arawhata, with a visitor experience created by Wētā Workshop, tells the story of the Kiwi soldiers who liberated the French town of Le Quesnoy on November 4, 1918. Te Arawhata marks Anzac Day with a weekend of remembrance from April 25 – 27.

Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned: We Want To Hear From As Many People As Possible, Says COVID-19 Inquiry Chair

The Inquiry’s public submissions portal has been open since 3 February 2025, and closes at midnight on 27 April 2025. Anyone who wants to make a submission can either fill in the on-line form at www.covid19inquiry.nz, or by calling 0800 500 306.

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