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Government: NZ Votes For Middle East Resolution At UN

OHCHR-UN: UN Experts - International Order On A Knife’s Edge

Dunedin City Council: They Save, We Pay – Council United Against Hospital Cuts

Green Party: Govt Must Act To Avoid NIWA’s Worst Climate Projections

Pierson Palmer: Why students should campaign for the mayor

Lindsay Shelton: A ‘vision” with options

EA Te Mana Hiko: Authority Opens New Pathway For Energy Innovators

Government: Improvements For New Zealand Authors

Gordon Campbell: On ACT’s Plans To Strip Away The Rights Of Gig Economy Workers

The ways the ACT Party are aiming to redraw the lines between being an employee and being a contractor will set back the clock, and reduce the ability of workers to organise collectively. In all parts of the gig economy, ACT wants to individualise the employment relationship. ACT wants the gig economy to be governed not by general principles of employment law, but mainly via a signed contract between an individual and their boss. What's left unsaid is that the terms of any such “agreement” can readily be presented to jobseekers as a precondition of them getting the job.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

NZ Government: Honouring The Legacy Of New Zealand’s Suffragists

On 19 September, 131 years ago, New Zealand became the first nation in the world where women gained the right to vote. Suffrage Day continues to inspire our nation to keep striving for equality and equity for all of society.

Companion Animals NZ: Stronger Push For Responsible Cat Ownership Likely To See More Councils Require Microchipping & Desexing

While CANZ have always encouraged responsible pet ownership as a voluntary practice, these new regulations are an essential step forward for the welfare of New Zealand’s feline population.

E tū: Government’s Contractors Proposal “Designed To Lock In Exploitation”

“Our message to the Government is simple: scrap this proposal, and stop the attacks on workers and our communities.”

NZ Police: Three-year Investigation Into Comancheros Results In Over 100 Charges Laid, Assets Restrained

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says cumulatively 137 charges have been laid against the gang’s members and associates. This investigation represents the single biggest blow to the Comancheros’ operations since Operation Nova.

Te Pāti Māori: Government Warned - Increasing Snapper Quota Breaches Fisheries Settlement

"Since the 1992 settlement, increases in TACC for any species should have been met with the same increases to Māori quota. This government has been continuous in its breach of this settlement and the Treaty,” said Tākuta Ferris, spokesperson for fisheries and MP for Te Tai Tonga.

Global Road Safety Partnership: Open Letter To NZ Prime Minister & Minister Of Transport - Grave Concerns Over Proposed Speed Increases

The letter emphasizes that increasing speed limits directly undermines New Zealand's commitments to several UN Resolutions and Political Declarations regarding road safety.

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More Funding For Growing Up In New Zealand Study 10:26 AM | New Zealand Government
Wānaka Community To Benefit From New Overnight Health Service 9:42 AM | New Zealand Governm...
Tough Targets For Charter Schools Will Raise Achievement 9:12 AM | New Zealand Government
NZ Votes For Middle East Resolution At UN 8:45 AM | New Zealand Government
Honouring The Legacy Of New Zealand’s Suffragists 7:33 AM | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister To Travel To New York, French Polynesia 18/09/24 | New Zealand Government
Govt Must Act To Avoid The Worst Of NIWA’s Climate Projections 18/09/24 | Green Party

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Well-off NZers Would Pay More Tax In Other Countries: New Research 7:53 AM | Tax Justice Ao...
New Zealand Sees Significant Decline In Community Resilience 6:40 AM | Lloyd's Register Fou...
$350 Entrust Dividend A Welcome Windfall In Cost Of Living Crisis 6:33 AM | Entrust
Submit On Rosebank Park Domain Lease 6:30 AM | The Tree Council
They Save, We Pay – Council United Against Hospital Cuts 18/09/24 | Dunedin City Council
Cross-sector Group Working To Improve Future Land Use 18/09/24 | Gisborne District Council
More Strong Winds Predicted For Auckland Tomorrow 18/09/24 | NZTA

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NIWA: 'Now Or Never' - Fight Against Invasive Clam Gets Critical Boost

NIWA Principal Scientist - Freshwater Ecology Dr Deborah Hofstra is leading the MBIE funded research programme on corbicula. She & her colleagues will work over the next 5 years to improve our understanding of the clams and develop tools and approaches to manage the clams and mitigate their impacts.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand: RBNZ Releases Updated Financial Stability Indicators

As outlined in its Memorandum of Understanding with the Minister of Finance, the RBNZ is committed to transparency in its risk assessment framework, including by providing the indicators that guide its macro-prudential policy settings.

Asia Pacific AML: NZ Has Never Exercised Governance Over Threats From Trans-National Criminals; Easy To Facilitate Trans-National Crime

If New Zealand’s government is serious about protecting its people, it needs to start showing levels of governance that can stand up to international scrutiny.

Trade Me Property: Auckland House Prices Hit Four-year Low, Dropping Below One Million

New Trade Me Property data shows in August 2024 the average asking price in Auckland was $986,750, down 1.3 per cent from July and the first time since September 2020 it sat at less than one million dollars.

AgResearch: New Funding For ‘Smart Ideas’ To Address Challenges For Primary Sector

The three AgResearch projects to receive funding, outlined in summaries below, feature research using technology known as RNAi to control fungal diseases threatening plants and animals, nanofertilisers to reduce pollution from nitrogen loss, and development of new generation biomaterials from protein.

Forest and Bird: Hoiho Wins Bird Of The Year 2024

Hoiho, securing a decisive victory with 6,328 votes, wears the coveted crown atop its golden head for the second time. It previously won in 2019.

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Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Hipkins' Risky Overseas Trip

If there is a move afoot within the Caucus for change, Hipkins’ absence will give any challengers the opportunity to quietly canvass Caucus support and then to assess the mood of the Party overall.

Binoy Kampmark: Peter Doherty - Public Science Communicator

Having made his name in a field, Doherty has every right to be dull. Instead, he is self-deprecating and mocking. In a sense, he assumes a role more popularly associated with the celluloid astrophysicist, the species of character that has colonised television and screen with their searching, almost scolding gazes (Neil deGrasse Tyson), or drawn out walks upon the earth’s surface (Brian Cox).

Binoy Kampmark: Beyond Irritation - Bali’s Tourism Scourge

In its modern form, Bali’s tourism industry has become a plague of monumental proportion. A group calling itself Responsible Travel is not shy in calling the Indonesian island “one of the world’s most high-profile victims of mass tourism.”

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Sunday Morning In California As The Season Changes

Behind the impossibility of finding freedom in man’s theological contortions is a refusal to face the human condition as it is, and do the spadework of finding out for oneself what is true and what is false.

Ramzy Baroud: Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy - So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People?

Only those who truly reflect the wider collective Palestinian experience and aspiration deserved to be centered, listened to or engaged with. Doing so would help protect the Palestinian cause of the self-seeking few, who use the Palestinian struggle as an opportunity for personal or factional gains.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Resolving The Problem Of Evil

The problem of evil has been irresolvable because of the belief in an omniscient God. Let’s drop the childish belief in an omniscient deity, and begin to question the existence of darkness within us in the context of man’s evolution and alienation from nature.

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Dunne's Weekly: Hipkins' Risky Overseas Trip 7:58 AM | Peter Dunne
Peter Doherty: Public Science Communicator 18/09/24 | Binoy Kampmark
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Gordon Campbell On ACT’s Plans To Strip Away The Rights Of Gig Economy Workers 17/09/24
Sunday Morning In California As The Season Changes 16/09/24 | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy - So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People... 16/09/24
Bypassing Sanctions: Russia, Trade Routes And Outfoxing The West 16/09/24 | Binoy Kampmark

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Explosions Across Lebanon And In Syria

At this extremely volatile time, I appeal to all States with influence in the region and beyond to take immediate measures to avert further widening of the current conflicts – enough of the daily horrors, enough of the suffering.

Richard S. Ehrlich: Father Boosts Daughter To Rule Thailand

'Thailand has become less important in the eyes of the U.S. side, compared to Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, and even Indonesia. The new Thai government has to review and reposition itself first.'

Reporters Without Borders: How Russia Used A Fake Video About RSF As War Propaganda

RSF exposes the inner workings of a disinformation campaign designed to justify President Vladimir Putin's war narrative.

MSF Australia: MSF-Netherlands Is Instructed To Deregister In The Russian Federation

The international humanitarian medical organisation had been present in Russia since 1992. MSF would like to still work in Russia again if and when possible.

UN News: How Aid Is (And Is Not) Getting Into Gaza

A relentless siege, deadly targeted attacks and chronic restrictions on lifesaving aid deliveries into the war-torn Gaza Strip by Israeli forces: that’s just some of what aid workers are grappling with as they try to provide the level of lifesaving assistance needed to stave off widespread famine and epidemics in the strip.

People with Disability Australia: PWDA Says Centre Co-design, Choice And Control To Get Registration Right

PWDA President Marayke Jonkers is calling for genuine co-design with people with disability so any changes to registration are done right.

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818 Entertainment: Former World No 1 Osaka Returns To Auckland’s ASB Classic Courts

ASB Classic Tournament Director, Nicolas Lamperin said the tournament is excited to host Osaka back in Auckland.

Pfizer: Got Plans? COVID Doesn’t Care: Kiwis Reminded To Check Their Risk Ahead Of Holiday Season

Pfizer New Zealand launched a new COVID-19 awareness campaign to remind Kiwis, ahead of summer, to check if they are at increased risk of getting severe COVID-19.

Paemanu Charitable Trust: Ngāi Tahu Artists At Queensland Triennial

Paemanu: Awa Toi will feature work from over 40 Ngāi Tahu artists. The exhibition traces the group's journey along the Waitaki, the sacred river that flows from Aoraki, their ancestral mountain.

Pharmacy Council: Prescribing Principles Developed Jointly For Safe Prescribing Across Health Professions

The principles will help to ensure consistent prescribing practice which is safe, high quality, and people centred. They will be an invaluable resource for those doctors, dentists/dental specialists, pharmacists, dieticians, nurses, midwives and optometrists who are authorised to prescribe.

Jim Beam Homegrown: Jim Beam Homegrown 2025 Expands To Two Epic Days & Celebrates 18 Years!

With five stages along Wellington’s stunning waterfront, fans can explore a diverse range of genres, from reggae to rock and pop to electronic, making it feel like five festivals in one.

New Zealand Amateur Sport Association: Community Sport Clubs Are Not Companies

Community sport volunteers are not company directors. Yet the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 and the Incorporated Society Regulations 2023 place new obligations on volunteers equivalent to those placed on directors of public companies.

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Gordon Campbell: On ACT’s Plans To Strip Away The Rights Of Gig Economy Workers

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

NZ Government: Honouring The Legacy Of New Zealand’s Suffragists

Companion Animals NZ: Stronger Push For Responsible Cat Ownership Likely To See More Councils Require Microchipping & Desexing

E tū: Government’s Contractors Proposal “Designed To Lock In Exploitation”

NZ Police: Three-year Investigation Into Comancheros Results In Over 100 Charges Laid, Assets Restrained

Te Pāti Māori: Government Warned - Increasing Snapper Quota Breaches Fisheries Settlement

Global Road Safety Partnership: Open Letter To NZ Prime Minister & Minister Of Transport - Grave Concerns Over Proposed Speed Increases

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

NIWA: 'Now Or Never' - Fight Against Invasive Clam Gets Critical Boost

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand: RBNZ Releases Updated Financial Stability Indicators

Asia Pacific AML: NZ Has Never Exercised Governance Over Threats From Trans-National Criminals; Easy To Facilitate Trans-National Crime

Trade Me Property: Auckland House Prices Hit Four-year Low, Dropping Below One Million

AgResearch: New Funding For ‘Smart Ideas’ To Address Challenges For Primary Sector

Forest and Bird: Hoiho Wins Bird Of The Year 2024

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COMMENT

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Hipkins' Risky Overseas Trip

Binoy Kampmark: Peter Doherty - Public Science Communicator

Binoy Kampmark: Beyond Irritation - Bali’s Tourism Scourge

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Sunday Morning In California As The Season Changes

Ramzy Baroud: Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy - So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People?

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Resolving The Problem Of Evil

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WORLD

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Explosions Across Lebanon And In Syria

Richard S. Ehrlich: Father Boosts Daughter To Rule Thailand

Reporters Without Borders: How Russia Used A Fake Video About RSF As War Propaganda

MSF Australia: MSF-Netherlands Is Instructed To Deregister In The Russian Federation

UN News: How Aid Is (And Is Not) Getting Into Gaza

People with Disability Australia: PWDA Says Centre Co-design, Choice And Control To Get Registration Right

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LIFESTYLE

818 Entertainment: Former World No 1 Osaka Returns To Auckland’s ASB Classic Courts

Pfizer: Got Plans? COVID Doesn’t Care: Kiwis Reminded To Check Their Risk Ahead Of Holiday Season

Paemanu Charitable Trust: Ngāi Tahu Artists At Queensland Triennial

Pharmacy Council: Prescribing Principles Developed Jointly For Safe Prescribing Across Health Professions

Jim Beam Homegrown: Jim Beam Homegrown 2025 Expands To Two Epic Days & Celebrates 18 Years!

New Zealand Amateur Sport Association: Community Sport Clubs Are Not Companies

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