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PHARMAC: 13,000 People To Benefit From New Insulin Medicine

Hugh Rennie: Spending what’s available

Mana Mokopuna: Govt Must Urgently Make Children A Priority In Budget 2025

Government: New Partnerships For Social Housing

Wellington.Scoop: Eleven candidates promise zero WCC rates increases

Te Pāti Māori: Ka mate te Pire- Ka ora te mana o Te Tiriti, o te iwi Māori

Save The Children: What Tamariki & Rangatahi Really Want From A Safer Internet

Science Media Centre: Harassment Of NZ’s Female MPs – Expert Reaction

Gordon Campbell: On Marketing The Military Threat Posed By China

Gosh, we had to wait years for this flimsy Defence Capability Plan (DCP)? What the public got given earlier this week was a 25 page document filled with back-of-the-envelope costings meant to justify a gigantic $12 billion spending spree of public money over the next four years. Incredibly, the price range for the majority of the “indicative” costings in the categories listed were framed in “It could cost this, but it could also cost two or three times as much” terms. Or, for variation, it could cost “up to $50 million” to get this, and it could cost “$2 billion plus” to get that.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

RNZ Online: How The World Reacted To The Demise Of The Treaty Principles Bill

Parliament has voted down the controversial bill, with only Act backing it.

Te Matapihi: Response To Govt’s New Strategic Housing Partnerships: Progress, But Equity Gaps Remain

The organisation is calling for a dedicated Māori housing delivery pathway within the CHP funding system. We encourage ongoing dialogue and engagement with us to ensure that the voices of Māori CHPs are considered in future decisions.

Banking Class Action: Government’s Retrospective Law Change Threatens Consumer Protections

The amendment undermines confidence in the rule of law and therefore, confidence in everyday commerce and international investment. It harms New Zealand’s reputation and unfairly denies the plaintiffs their claims, for no other reason other than to effectively transfer wealth to Australian owned banks.

E tū: Journalists Respond To Grenon - Still No Commitment To Editorial Independence

Isaac Davison, NZME journalist and E tū delegate, says members are alarmed that Grenon is still unwilling to give a simple assurance. Isaac says members also object to Grenon’s proposed chair of a new editorial board.

Marlborough District Council: Kevin Judd Named Marlborough’s Newest Living Cultural Treasure

Mr Judd is the 2025 recipient of the award, open to nominations of individuals who have made an extraordinary, inspiring and significant contribution to cultural endeavour in Marlborough throughout their lifetime.

Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment: Are We Planting The Forests We Need?

In the report, the Commissioner, Simon Upton, points out that the future shape of our forests will reflect today’s policies, just as past policies created the forests we see in New Zealand today.

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Bill Bennett: Satellite TXT expands, how Egmont Village got a fibre network

This week - One NZ extends Satellite TXT to prepaid customers. In Taranaki, Primo is wiring Egmont Village with underground fibre and city-style pricing. Early wildfire detection, media law reform, and smarter traffic in Auckland.

Community Access Media Alliance: Proposed Spectrum Fee Increases Threaten New Zealand’s Community Access Media Sector

The proposed fee increases, outlined in MBIE’s Review of Radio Spectrum Licence Fees 2025, could see a hike in standard licence costs and new and modified licences. CAMA believes these changes will disproportionately impact the 12 Community Access Media stations, which already face significant financial pressures.

Brewers Association: Brewers Association Of New Zealand Supports Modernisation Of Alcohol Legislation

The Bill’s proposal to allow licensed venues to meet low-alcohol requirements by offering zero-alcohol beverages (containing less than 1.15% ethanol) is a pragmatic step forward.

Commerce Commission: ComCom Warns Of Pyramid Schemes After South Auckland Scammers Plead Guilty

Associate Commissioner Joseph Liava'a says pyramid schemes often thrive in close-knit communities, including churches, because of the trust which exists within these groups. The Commission took Frances Saimone and Patricia Pousini to court after hundreds of people were recruited into the cash-based gifting scheme known as ‘6K Gifting Co-operative’ (6K) with the promise of a return of up to $6,000.

MBIE: MBIE Publish Mid-Point Review Of The Phase-Out Of The Low Fixed Charge (LFC)

The review has found that the phase-out is unwinding a cross-subsidy which made bills cheaper for low-users by increasing bills for standard users, resulting in more winners than losers. The Review concluded more consumers have seen their bills reduced by the phase-out than increased.

Science Media Centre: Company Claims To Have “De-Extincted” The Dire Wolf – Expert Reaction

The creature is a genetically modified wolf made by Colossal Biosciences, a company valued at $10 billion.

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Binoy Kampmark: Junk Science And Bad Policing - The Homicide Prediction Project

The representatives of law enforcement crave results, even those poorly arrived at, and algorithmic expediency and actuarial fantasy is there to aid them. The “precrime” dystopia portrayed in Philip K. Dick’s The Minority Report (1956) is well on its way to being realised.

Keith Rankin: Rational Expectations, Intelligence, And War

It is through our ManualI – our manual override, our consciousness, our awareness – that we have the opportunity to make rational valuations which incorporate morality. Our AutoI, while rational in its own terms, is also amoral. Our automatic benefit-cost analyses drive much of our behaviour, without our awareness; we cannot easily question what drives our Auto-Intelligence.

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Is Andrew Little Wellington's Mayor-In-Waiting?

Should former Labour leader and Minister Andrew Little decide to seek the Wellington Mayoralty later this year he will have a very good, but by no means guaranteed, chance of winning.

Gordon Campbell: On Peter Dutton’s Fading Election Prospects.

Since Australia is now our only dependable defence ally, maybe we should be paying attention to their upcoming election.

Binoy Kampmark: Withdrawal Symptoms - Hungary, Europe And The International Criminal Court

Europe seems to be suffering paroxysms of withdrawal, notably when it comes to international conventions. Many states on the continent seem to have decided that international law is a burden onerous and in need of lightening.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: No Silver Lining, Just An Opening

The evils being perpetrated by the Trump Administration did not begin with Trump and won’t end with him. We have to understand just what this malevolence is, where it comes from, and what its goals are.

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On Marketing The Military Threat Posed By China 10/04/25 | Gordon Campbell
Dunne's Weekly: Is Andrew Little Wellington's Mayor-In-Waiting? 10/04/25 | Peter Dunne
Killing Paramedics: Israel’s War On Palestinian Health 09/04/25 | Binoy Kampmark

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WORLD

APEC: Stronger Immunization Policies Needed As Vaccine Confidence Falls

Gaps in data collection and assessment remain a critical challenge, according to the dashboard. Only one-third of APEC economies currently track the indirect benefits of vaccination, despite growing evidence that adult vaccines can return up to 19 times their initial investment.

350.org: Indigenous Groups From The Pacific, Brazil & Canada Hand Demands To COP30 Presidency To End Fossil Fuels

Over 180 Indigenous, youth, and environmental organizations from across the world have signed on to the letter, coordinated by 350.org, to urgently demand that COP30 reaffirms the global commitment, and supports the implementation of a fair and equitable transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy.

Conservation International: Conservation International Expedition Reveals Ecosystem Recovery In Tokelau

This comprehensive rapid assessment expedition—a collaboration between Conservation International, NZ Geographic, the Samoa Conservation Society, and the Tokelau Govt’s EDNRE, with critical support from the New Zealand MFAT and Blackmores Foundation—represents the most thorough environmental survey of Tokelau's ecosystems in nearly two decades.

UN Special Procedures - Human Rights: UN Expert Urges States To Finance Inclusive And Sustainable Development, Not A War Economy

As negotiations preceding the 2025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development and the Fourth Preparatory Committee for the FfD4 unfold, the expert issued a Negotiation Brief, outlining key considerations that should underpin negotiations of the outcome document.

Amnesty International Aotearoa NZ: Global - Recorded Executions Highest Since 2015

According to the report, Death Sentences and Executions 2024 , 1,518 executions were recorded in 2024 - the highest number since 2015 (at least 1,634) - with the majority in the Middle East.

Save The Children: MYANMAR - Heavy Rains Heighten Risk Of Disease Outbreaks Following Earthquake

Families are telling Save the Children that food and drinking water are their urgent priorities, but that they also need repairs to toilets and washing facilities which are crucial to limiting the spread of water and mosquito borne disease such as cholera and dengue and skin infections.

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University of Auckland: Online Gaming Review On Pacific Youth - Urgent Need For More Research

Dr. Allen is currently undertaking a three-year Marsden-funded research project, 'Virtual Voyagers: Amplifying Pacific Girl Gamer Voices.' The project focuses on Pacific girl gamers to understand more about how online gaming contributes to their well-being and relationships.

UCOL: UCOL Ākonga Awarded $28,000 In Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarship

Eleven Manawatū akonga have been awarded Freemasons Willson Lewis Scholarships yesterday totalling $28,000 to assist them with their studies and career advancement.

Auckland Museum: Auckland Museum Announces Inaugural Matafatafa Aho Pacific Artist In Residence

Benjamin Work has been named as the 2025 Matafatafa Aho Pacific Artist in Residence. This residency, delivered in collaboration with Creative New Zealand, provides a unique three-month opportunity to create new work inspired by the Museum’s Documentary Heritage collections, promising to bring fresh perspectives and vibrant narratives to our cultural treasures.

PHARMAC: Pharmac To Fund Medicines For Blood Cancers, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Eczema And Arthritis

“We’re making these treatments available for more people. We estimate that 1200 New Zealanders will benefit from widened access to these medicines in the first year of funding, with 5,070 people benefiting per year after five years” says Pharmac’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr David Hughes.

NZ Principals Federation: Principals Support NZEI's Call For Learning Support Boost

We have been clear with the Minister from the very beginning, saying that the major problem in our education system is the lack of behavioural and learning support services that hinder our teachers' ability to teach and our principals to lead.

NPDC: A Century On Stage - TSB Showplace To Celebrate 100 Years With Spectacular Show

Originally opening as The New Plymouth Opera House in 1925, the TSB Showplace has long been a cultural landmark. From its origins as Alexander Hall in 1883 to its devastating fire in 1916 and grand reopening in 1925, the venue has been a gathering place for generations of theatre lovers.

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