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Government: Invest New Zealand Opens Doors To The World

Government: PM's Speech - State Of The Nation 2025

UN News: What Is The World Health Organization & Why Does It Matter?

Government: Drop In Domestic Inflation Hailed

REINZ: December Brought A Quiet Close To 2024

SPCA: Parvo Outbreak Linked To Animal Welfare Concerns

Gordon Campbell: On The Looming Conflicts Within The Trump Presidency

How long is it going to take for the MAGA faithful to realise that those titans of Big Tech and venture capital sitting up close to Donald Trump this week are not their allies, but The Enemy? After all, the MAGA crowd are the angry victims left behind by the market forces of global capital. Well, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Andreessen etc happen to be the current embodiment of those very same forces.This isn’t merely an irony. It goes to the contradictions that lie at the heart of the Trump presidency.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

PSA: Axing Of Callaghan Innovation, Loss Of 500 Jobs Already Makes Mockery Of Latest Reform

The long overdue science reform strategy promises another huge restructure on top of the restructure endured by science agencies to date, creating more uncertainty and worry for thousands of science workers.

NZCTU: Working People Will Pay For Static Inflation

While inflation holding steady might sound like good news, the reality is that prices for the basics—like rent, energy, and insurance—are still rising. While stable overall inflation is welcome, the prices for things that people can’t avoid are rising more quickly. Workers and families are still struggling with rising costs for everyday essentials.

ACT New Zealand: Too Early For A Victory Lap, But Hope Is On Its Way

“We also need an upgrade in how we get inflation data. The Stats NZ figure of 2.2 is for the months of October-December last year, implying a midpoint of November. Real time figures from GDP Live’s inflation tracker, based on continuous data from business, suggest the figure is now 2.06 per cent," says ACT Leader David Seymour.

Greenpeace New Zealand: Trump Exit From Paris Agreement Means NZ Must Rally With World To Save Climate

Greenpeace is calling on the Government to significantly strengthen its climate target, in particular the goal to cut methane emissions. This is what the independent Climate Change Commission advised in its report at the end of last year.

Green Party: Aotearoa Must Step Up As Trump Plays With Climate Fire

Christopher Luxon can and should set an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2035, scrap opening new fossil fuel mines and drilling and actually commit to meeting our 2030 NDC, says Green Co-leader and Climate Spokesperson, Chlöe Swarbrick.

Extinction Rebellion Tāmaki Makaurau: Fossil Of The Day Award Presented At The Climate Ministers Office

Extinction Rebellion Tāmaki Makaurau took this action because the government’s actions amount to climate change denial. They are out of sync with our trading partners and are insulting to those 80% of citizens who understand climate science and look for leadership.

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Callaghan Innovation: Callaghan Innovation To Support Staff And Customers Through Disestablishment

“Planning is also underway to manage the smooth transfer to other agencies of those functions that the Government wants to continue. That process will begin in earnest once the Government confirms its intentions," chief executive Stefan Korn said.

Parrot Analytics: Netflix Earnings - Low Churn And Supply Share Growth Helps Netflix Lead The Way

The company’s 83% share price increase—its highest since 2015, predating the launch of Stranger Things—far outpaced Disney’s 22% rise and starkly contrasted with double-digit losses for Warner Bros. Discovery, Comcast, and Paramount Global.

Natural Hazards Commission: Lessons From La Palma Helps Prepare Auckland For Future Eruption

A volcanic eruption in Auckland will likely result in slow moving rivers of lava flowing through the city, so New Zealand scientists are looking to La Palma for lessons from its 2021 eruption.

SEEK NZ: SEEK NZ Employment Report - December

After rising in November, job ads declined 2% in December and are down 22% y/y. The cities drove the overall decline, with metro regions falling 3% while the rest of the country recorded no change m/m.

New Zealand Food Safety: Auckland Food Business And Manager Fined $16,500 Over Multiple Food Safety Record Keeping Failures

All food businesses must have and follow a plan to manage any potential food safety risk to consumers, and the records must be kept for a minimum of four years.

Bill Bennett: NZ broadband speeds improve but falling behind international pacemakers

Download Weekly Summer Edition - Ookla's International broadband speed comparison show New Zealand no longer beats the world. Network for Learning gets top marks from school principals.

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Ramzy Baroud: Gaza Ceasefire At Last - How Israel's 'First Defeat' Will Shape The Country's Future

Israel is now facing the reality of a political and military failure on a scale previously unimaginable. The material and psychological impacts of the Gaza war on Israeli society will remain, and they are likely to have irreversible consequences. These effects could potentially threaten the survival of Israel itself.

Binoy Kampmark: Pity The Poesy - Mark Rutte, NATO And Spending For War

A chief function of NATO’s public relations efforts lies in justifying its own existence. Instead of dismantling or finding more peaceful pursuits at the end of the Cold War, it became the groomed emissary of US power in Europe, while never being explicitly described as such.

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Parliament's Annual Rituals Are Underway Again

This week, the rituals that herald the start of each Parliamentary year begin. When Parliament resumes next week, the first item of business will be the presentation of the Prime Minister’s Statement, which is supposed to set out the broad thrust of the government’s legislative plans for the year ahead.

Binoy Kampmark: Justifying The Egregious - John Howard And Spying On East Timor

The best assessment offered of this episode in Australian history comes from Galbraith: both Howard and his foreign minister, had shown themselves to be mere “shills for the corporations”. This amoral, piratical approach towards a supposedly friendly country in dire need undercut the nonsense about rules-based orders in international relations.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Wasted Interregnums Of Obama And Biden

Since neither Obama nor Biden was capable of speaking from the clarity, insight and passion required for meeting the psycho-spiritual crisis in the USA, both interregnums were wasted. Like all empires in the end, the United States has become a self-defeated nation. It will remain so until this darkness is disgorged from the body politic.

Ian Powell: Gutting Specialised Health Teams Follows ‘Slash And Burn’ Strategy

Ian Powell discusses Health New Zealand’s plan to disestablish expert national health teams as part of its Commissioner’s ‘slash and burn’ strategy.

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WORLD

Pasifika Medical Association Group: PACMAT Team Concludes Mission In Vanuatu Following Earthquake Response

The PACMAT mission ensured support for vulnerable groups, including rural communities and young people under 18, who comprised 28% of those supported. The PACMAT team delivered vital medical and mental health services, supporting 521 individuals across affected regions; 100% of the mental health cases treated were tied to the disaster.

The Times Higher Education: MIT And Stanford University Lead Times Higher Education World University Rankings By Subject 2025

While the western world continues to dominate the subject rankings, this new data release demonstrates the continued rise of China and east Asian nations in the global knowledge economy, and a global levelling up of excellence.

University of Auckland: Child Abuse - Research To Help End Redress Failures Begins

By examining lessons learned from significant inquiries in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, England and Wales, the study seeks to develop a framework to assist governments in effectively addressing institutional abuse. The quest for justice and financial compensation remains frustratingly inadequate for many survivors, prompting the research, led by legal experts.

Sony World Photography Awards: Student & Youth Competitions - Shortlists Announced

Ten photography students from leading universities across the world are recognised in this year’s shortlist, as well as 11 photographers aged 19 and under.

OHCHR: Ecuador And Nicaragua - Forced Pregnancy And Motherhood Violated Rights Of Girl Victims Of Rape

“Forcing girls who were victims of rape to endure unwanted pregnancies is more than a denial of choice; it is a violation of life with dignity, an act amounting to torture, and a failure to protect some of the most vulnerable,” said Committee member Hélène Tigroudja.

Richard D. Wolff, IMI: United States In 2025 - Social Problems Denied Via Rhetorics Of Refusal

The record levels of government, corporate, and household debt alongside abundant signs that such indebtedness is worsening do not help project the United States as an economic model.

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University of Canterbury: Study Into Removing Barriers To Children’s Outdoor Play

A UC student-led research team has looked at the barriers to kids getting outside to play, as global trends suggest not playing outside is leading to negative effects on their development.

Unscramblerer.com: New Zealand's Most Difficult Wordle Of The Year Revealed

Everdeen Mason the editorial director of New York Times Games recently revealed that 5.3 billion Wordle puzzles were played around the world in 2024.

PHARMAC: Consultations For Cancer And ADHD Medicines Close Soon

Geraldine MacGibbon, Pharmac’s Director Pharmaceuticals, says there’s just under one week left to give feedback on the proposals to fund six medicines for cancer, one for antibiotic resistant infections, and a brand change of a breast cancer medicine.

General Practitioners Aotearoa: Opposition To Government Funding Of Certain Smoking Cessation Products

As New Zealand’s only independent organisation representing general practitioners, General Practitioners Aotearoa (GPA) is committed to keeping an open mind and supporting evidence-based strategies to reduce smoking prevalence and improve public health.

Surf Life Saving New Zealand: 2025 Surf Lifesaving Sports Events Calendar In Full Swing

Surf Lifesaving New Zealand (SLSNZ) National Events Manager, Matt Cairns says sport plays a critical role in keeping lifeguards engaged and rescue-ready.

NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival: Budding Filmmakers And Writers Invited To Take Part In 2025 NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival

Festival Director Whitney Oliver says she is delighted to get the ball rolling for the 2025 festival with entries now open for the Mountain Film and Book competitions. $9000 of prize money will be awarded across a range of categories.

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