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NZ Antarctic Society: Antarctic Film Festival- Storytelling from the Coldest Place

Te Pāti Māori: Demanding Safe Passage Of Madleen To Gaza

Triple P: Men’s Health Week - Supporting Kiwi Dads

NZ Food Safety: Practical steps to avoid life-threatening listeriosis

NZBS: National Blood Donor Week - Call Out To Gen Z

Lindsay Shelton: Opening up civic square – but only for 5 years

Government: Bringing Families Together With Parent Boost

Ray Chung: Voting for real change

Gordon Campbell: On Free Speech And Anti-Semitism

According to Workplace Health and Safety Minister Brooke Van Velden, employers are having to endure a “culture of fear” created by Worksafe, which has the power to prosecute them if if they are operating unsafe workplaces. There seems to be only anecdotal evidence - from employers at a government roadshow - that Worksafe has ever used its powers indiscriminately, or that good employers need to worry about a visit by the labour inspectorate.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

PSA: Withdrawal Of Suspension Of Disability Workers At Te Roopu Taurima Welcomed

"Our members want to put this dispute behind them, get the fair wages and conditions they deserve, and get on with their important work of supporting tangata," said Fleur Fitzsimons National Secretary Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi.

LIANZA: Library Association Congratulate Christchurch City Council For Recognising Pay Equity For Library Workers

Andrew Rutledge, General Manager, Citizens and Community at Christchurch City Council, announced that library shelvers, library assistants and librarians would be receiving a pay increase. Pay rates are expected to increase by 10-14%.

Quality Public Education Coalition - QPEC: Understanding School Absence - David Seymour Warns Of Prosecutions This Year In School Truancy Crackdown

QPEC condemns Minister Seymour's campaign to fine parents whose children do not attend school to a particular standard.

PSA: Sunday Rally To Protest Outrageous Suspension Of 38 Disability Workers

The action comes after Te Roopu Taurima tried to introduce harsh terms of employment including restrictions on secondary employment and 90 day trials as well as a pay increase that fails to meet the increased cost of living facing these workers and their whānau.

NZDF: 1st NZSAS Regiment Marks 70th Anniversary

From its humble beginnings the NZSAS has since grown to become a full Regiment that gives the Government of the day a range of high-readiness, highly effective military options to advance and protect its interests.

Choose Clean Water: Changes To Fish & Game Continue Coalition’s Handover Of Power To Polluters

When environmental groups, local community groups, or iwi can’t afford to legally challenge a damaging activity or poorly made decision, Fish & Game is often there to ensure waterways are protected—working on behalf of their members to protect habitat for fish. But this Government is trying to stop that.

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Government Backing Rural Resilience And Wellbeing 11:26 AM | New Zealand Government
Five Years Of Keep It Real Online 11:22 AM | New Zealand Government
Keynote Speech: WasteMINZ Conference 11:00 AM | New Zealand Government
Legislation Introduced To Restrict Farm-To-Forest Conversions 10:36 AM | New Zealand Governm...
Students Benefitting From Record Number Of New Teachers 10:28 AM | New Zealand Government
Additional Funding To Attract 72,000 More Visitors To New Zealand 09/06/25 | New Zealand Gov...
Greens Call For Safe Passage Of Madleen And Government To Sanction Israel 09/06/25 | Green P...

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New Zealanders On The Move 11:39 AM | Stats NZ
Working Lives Are Getting Longer 11:04 AM | Stats NZ
Bothamley Park Planting A Seasonal Job For Everyone 10:39 AM | Porirua City Council
PedALLIN’ FOR PARITY: Homeschooled Students To Ride 700km To Youth Parliament Fo... 10:08 AM
Environment Court Decision Following ORC Application For Enforcement Order 10:02 AM | Otago ...
Women’s Maternal Health Service Faces Closure: Urgent Help Needed To Save Lifeli... 9:53 AM
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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Bill Bennett: Australian warship takes rural fixed wireless broadband offline

Australian warship disrupts wireless networks, Spark warns cloud adoption is stalling, Chorus updates its outage map, and 2degrees teams with Datacom. Plus - Freeview adds HD, and telcos react to proposed right-to-repair laws.

NZ Telecommunications Forum - TCF: New Zealand Is Saying Goodbye To 3G: Are You Ready For The Change?

Simply text ‘3G’ to 550 from any mobile phone to instantly find out if your device is ready for the change, or to receive clear instructions on what to do next.

NZ Post: Mānawatia A Matariki - NZ Post Stamps Look To The Stars Ahead Of The Māori New Year

Featuring an image of the Milky Way captured in the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve, the stamps were developed in partnership with Dark Sky Project General Manager and Kāi Tahu astronomer Victoria Campbell.

Waipa Networks: Cambridge Is Open For Business With $45M Energy Boost

With Waipā's population set to grow to around 75,000 over the next 25 years and another 13,200 homes to be built in and around the area, Waipā Networks’ new substation will significantly enhance resilience and future capacity to support our rapidly growing district.

Master Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers NZ: New Consumer NZ Test Reveals Danger Of Unregulated Online Plumbing Products

A recent test undertaken by Consumer NZ showed that one of six kitchen tap mixers purchased from a variety of retailers resulted in lead levels in the water higher than is permitted in the Australian/New Zealand testing standard.

Mindful Money: Winners At The Mindful Money Annual Ethical & Impact Investment Awards 2025

These awards celebrate outstanding investors and individuals who have shown strong commitment and expertise in advancing sustainability and impact. These awards have become the standard for excellence in ethical and impact investing.

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Marketing Mistakes That Cost Business Sellers Big - Visibility Adds Value 11:43 AM | NZBizBu...
Genesis Energy Powers Up Future with Workday 11:32 AM | Genesis Energy
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Onboard Starlink Wi-Fi Trial Taking Connectivity To The Skies 9:42 AM | Air New Zealand
Meltwater Unveils Latest AI Innovations Led By Mira 9:22 AM | Meltwater
A Matariki Exhibition At Historic Alberton House 8:53 AM | Mapura Studios
Aotearoa’s Billionaire Class Thrives As Everyone Else Struggles 09/06/25 | Aotearoa Workers ...

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COMMENT

Keith Rankin: Remembering New Zealand's Missing Tragedy

The forgotten tragedy was actually a twin-tragedy; two smaller (but not small) tragedies may more easily fall below the memory radar than one bigger tragedy. The dates were 22 July 1973 and January 1974.

Gordon Campbell: On Why The Regulatory Standards Bill Should Be Dumped

If you blinked on a recent Friday afternoon, you might have missed the passing under urgency of the first reading of the Regulatory Standards Bill. The Bill purports to be a kind of legislative WOF test that all of us should welcome, right?

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Psychedelics, Mystical Experiencing, And Organized Religion

The project of leading desperately thirsty religious leaders to the holy waters of mystical experience through psychedelics will not satisfy the thirst of the dwindling flocks they’re trying to lead.

Keith Rankin: Equity Rights - UBI, SUI, BUI, HUI, Or GUI?

The crisis of capitalism can be addressed through the development of a set of public property rights, which we may call 'public equity'. It is the establishment of public property rights that is necessary to democratise capitalism.

Binoy Kampmark: The Inevitable Souring - Elon Musk Falls Out With Donald Trump

Sandpit politics is rarely edifying and grown toddlers taking their fists to each other is unlikely to interest. But when they feature US President Donald Trump and the world’s wealthiest man, the picture alters.

Ian Powell: Postscript On Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide And New Zealand Recognition Of Palestine

The heading I gave the post was Reasons for supporting ethnic cleansing, through genocide, in Palestine. This was my attempt at irony; by exploring the reasons that underpin the support for the genocidal ethnic cleansing in order to rebut them.

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Remembering New Zealand's Missing Tragedy 09/06/25 | Keith Rankin
On Free Speech And Anti-Semitism 09/06/25 | Gordon Campbell
Bad Old Habits: Israel Backs Palestinian Militias In Gaza 07/06/25 | Binoy Kampmark
Equity Rights: UBI, SUI, BUI, HUI, Or GUI? 06/06/25 | Keith Rankin
New Cartoon From Adrian Maidment 06/06/25 | Adrian Maidment
Gaza's 'Humanitarian' Façade: A Deceptive Ploy Unravels 06/06/25 | Ramzy Baroud
The Inevitable Souring: Elon Musk Falls Out With Donald Trump 06/06/25 | Binoy Kampmark

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WORLD

Deep Sea Mining Campaign: New Report Exposes Impossible Metals’ Claims As Scientifically Baseless

The Deep Sea Mining Campaign calls for a precautionary approach to prevail over the financial agendas of the handful of companies driving this industry.

Pacific Whale Fund: First Māori Voice Opens UN Oceans Conference, Pushing For Marine Legal Rights

This presentation marks a pivotal honour for the Pacific Whale Fund, demonstrating how Indigenous-led Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are a proven model for both ecological and financial success.

International AIDS Society: IAS Announces Rio De Janeiro As Host City For AIDS 2026

AIDS 2026 will bring together leading scientists, policy makers, grassroots activists and people living with, working in and affected by HIV.

Our Schools: Trump And Republicans Want Taxpayers To Fund Their Pet Project - Private Schools

A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to the rich at the expense of the rest of us.

Science Media Centre: Dengue In The Pacific Region – Expert Q&A

The SMC asked experts about the current situation in the Pacific.

New Zealand Defence Force: NZDF Prepares For Major Warfighting Exercise In Australia

Held every two years, the exercise is designed to improve and strengthen interoperability and combat readiness in complex, multi-domain operations.

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LIFESTYLE

Doc Edge Festival: Finalists For The Doc Edge Awards 2025, an Oscar®-qualifying event

The festival kicks off on 25 June – 3 July in Auckland before also heading to Wellington and Christchurch (16 – 27 July) and online in The Virtual Cinema (28 July – 24 August).

Yachting New Zealand: 'A Win For The Squad' - Young 49er Team Strikes Gold At European Champs

We're all working towards the same goal - trying to get one of us to go to the Olympics and perform in 2028. This is definitely a win for the squad as much as it is for us.

Michael King Writers Centre: Shilo Kino Awarded 2025 Shanghai Writing Residency

An award-winning author and journalist, Shilo’s debut novel, The Pōrangi Boy, won the Young Adult Fiction Award at the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards. In 2024, she released her first adult fiction novel, All That We Know.

Burnett Foundation Aotearoa: S.L.U.T.S Might Be The Answer To Ending Syphilis Outbreak

“We hope that by flipping a sex-shaming term on its head, we can celebrate these people as heroes for taking responsibility for combatting our syphilis outbreak,” says Burnett Foundation Interim General Manager Alex Anderson.

Aotearoa Covid Action: Pharmac Urged To Widen Access To Covid Vaccines

Pharmac’s current proposal would fund only the Comirnaty vaccine, with alternative brands available solely through its Exceptional Circumstances framework. ACA believes this creates an exclusionary barrier that may prevent some people from getting vaccinated or boosted at all.

Howard Davis: Dick Frizzell’s Hastings & Studio International Revisited In Wellington

Now recognised as one of the most influential and celebrated contemporary Pop artists in Aotearoa, Dick Frizzell (Tāmaki Makaurau) has often slipped like an eel through the nets of traditional critical definition. His popular appeal and commercial success, however, may well be due precisely to the dramatic swerves and diversions he has made between different styles and genres.

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