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Stats NZ: Household Living Costs Increase 3.0 Percent

Consumer NZ: Consumer Reveals The Best And Worst Insurance Providers

Palestine Forum NZ: Govt must join the Hague Group in Support of Palestine

Auckland Transport: First Electric Train Rolls Into Pukekohe

Green Party: Marama Davidson To Mark Return To Politics At Waitangi

Public Service Commn: Working From Home Data Released

Oxfam Aotearoa: Oxfam Aotearoa Responds To New Zealand’s Climate Target

Lindsay Shelton: Losses, costs and targets

Gordon Campbell: Gordon Campbell On Trump’s Tariff Wars

Trump being Trump, it won’t come as a shock to find that he regards a strong US currency (bolstered by high tariffs on everything made by foreigners) as a sign of America’s virility, and its ability to kick sand in the face of the world. Reality is a tad more complex – although no one really knows how this global tariff war is going to play out in the short term, let alone in the long run. On Saturday, Trump launched a tariff war with three of America’s biggest trading partners (25% for Mexico and Canada, and an added 10% for China.)

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

New Zealand Government: Online Portal For COVID-19 Inquiry Opens

“The portal is an easy way for members of the public to have their say to the Inquiry about how the response to the COVID-19 pandemic affected them, their families, and their businesses. The terms or reference covered by Phase 2 of the Inquiry includes the use of vaccines, lockdowns, testing, and public health materials,” says Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden.

Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement: Jacinda Ardern - The Myth of Kindness and the Reality of Division

The reality of Ardern’s leadership is far removed from the carefully curated narrative of “kindness” and “transformational politics” that the film promotes.

New Zealand Government: Pukekohe Rail Electrification Completed

Auckland’s rail network is hugely important to the city and the government is investing more than $2 billion to rebuild, renew, and extend services in advance of the City Rail Link opening in 2026, which will be transformational for our biggest city.

Pretoria Gordon, RNZ Online: Former ACT Party President And Convicted Sex Offender Tim Jago's Name Suppression Went On Too Long - Advocate

A survivors' advocate says sex offenders should not be able to get name suppression for as long as Tim Jago had.

Alternative Jewish Voices: Why Is Israel’s Head Of Infantry Doctrine Addressing A Jewish Community Leadership Gathering?

Alternative Jewish Voices asks its community to step back from uncritical militarism. It works hard to distinguish IDF accountability from the rights of Jewish New Zealanders. The UPJ’s actions blur the distinctions we are asking others to respect.

Te Pāti Māori: Our Tamariki Deserve Better Than Seymour's Slop

“What’s the difference between providing inedible food, and providing no food at all?” Said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Education Tākuta Ferris. This should have been thoroughly planned and tested before it was rolled out to ensure it worked for all tamariki. Instead, we have a system that has failed them, and now, it seems, no one wants to take responsibility.

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New Benefit Sanctions Tackle Dependency, Restore Accountability 12:03 PM | ACT New Zealand
Legal Action Dropped Over ETS Foresty Registry 11:57 AM | New Zealand Government
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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Science Media Centre: Government Plans To Double Mineral Exports By 2035 – Expert Reaction

The announcement also included the release of the final critical minerals list with 37 minerals including gold and coal.

University of Canterbury: AI-powered Tool To Combat Rising Wildfire Danger

A new wildfire forecasting system that updates using real-time weather data could help firefighters protect lives and property from a growing global threat.

NZ Certified Builders: BCITO And NZCB Announce Apprentice Challenge 2025

Apprentices compete at regional heats around New Zealand on 12 April, with the winners going through to the national final, which is held at the NZCB Conference in Hamilton on 6-7 June. The NZCB Apprentice Challenge is now into its fifteenth year and has become one of the biggest events on the construction industry calendar.

NIWA: Seasonal Climate Outlook February To April 2025

A La Niña Advisory is in effect, though weak and expected to be short-lived, says NIWA National Climate Centre Principal Scientist Chris Brandolino, with international guidance indicating around a 50% chance for La Niña conditions persisting through the February to April period.

Bill Bennett: Are New Zealand's Submarine Links Safe?

Recent incidents damaging submarine cables pose the question of our island nation's dependence on a handful of links.

Bill Bennett: DeepSeek Shock Could Spur AI Space Race

AI brings many challenges and there are questions about DeepSeek but on the whole this week's news is ground for optimism.

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Gordon Campbell: DeepSeek, And China’s Inexorable Rise

The week’s big story has been about China’s DeepSeek low-cost AI model and Nvidia losing $600B of its value.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: History Is Not A Game

There is an inverse relationship between the upward spiral of science and technology and the downward spiral of human civilisation and consciousness. Is history just a quickening repetition on the same themes of human ignorance?

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - ACT Looks Backwards

The debate about privatising state assets has reared its head again, with calls by the ACT leader for the government to sell off more assets to help balance its books and the Prime Minister’s now typical vaguely ambiguous, non-committal response.

Binoy Kampmark: Funeral Atmospherics At The British Library

This particular gem of a library is a citadel of comfort for the reader and researcher, now sadly soiled by the devastatingly effective efforts of a group named after a centipede. The knowledge, however, is still there, made even more tantalising by difficulties in accessing it. It’s up to the custodians of the Library to ensure that access is made as easily as possible, whatever the headaches.

Ramzy Baroud: Dear World - This Is What Palestinian Unity Looks Like

This unity does not rely on talking heads on Arabic satellite channels or secret meetings in expensive hotels. It needs no diplomatic talks. Years of endless discussions, "unity documents," and fiery speeches only led to disappointment. The true unity has already been achieved, felt in the voices of ordinary Gazans who no longer identify as members of factions. They are Gazzawiyya.

Ian Powell: Reti’s Velvet Glove Wore Too Thin For PM’s Iron Fist

Ian Powell discusses the sacking of Shane Reti as health minister and the appointment of Simeon Brown as his replacement.

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Gordon Campbell On Trump’s Tariff Wars 1:51 PM | Gordon Campbell
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Dear World: This Is What Palestinian Unity Looks Like 31/01/25 | Ramzy Baroud
Funeral Atmospherics At The British Library 31/01/25 | Binoy Kampmark
Dunne's Weekly: ACT Looks Backwards 31/01/25 | Peter Dunne
History Is Not A Game 31/01/25 | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Reckless Disregard Or Cruelty (Or Even Trumpian!) 30/01/25 | Ian Powell

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WORLD

UN News: Diplomacy Key To Ending Crisis In Eastern DR Congo - UN Peacekeeping Chief

The head of UN Peace Operations has underscored the need for continued diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and avert the potential for wider conflict.

CIVICUS: ASEAN - End Complicity With Myanmar Junta, Demand Democracy And Human Rights

The member states have turned a blind eye, legitimized the junta, and even provided arms, allowing the junta to continue violent and deadly attacks on civilians and a systematic repression of activists and civil society.

Access Now: Access Now Demands U.S. Lift Sanctions Blocking Syria’s Digital Recovery

The collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 has left Syria grappling with massive infrastructure damage, economic instability, as well as underdeveloped and fragmented digital systems.

The Independent Panel: Statement In Support Of The Elders’ Policy Position Paper On Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness And Response

Current outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, Marburg, mpox, and now new reports of Ebola provide examples of the persistence of lack of leadership and collaboration, inadequate finance, and inequitable access to countermeasures.

UN News: Israel’s New Laws Banning UNRWA Already Taking Effect

Israeli legislation banning the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is due to enter into force in the coming hours, bringing fundamental changes to its operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to the agency and Palestinians they serve in Gaza who spoke with UN News.

NZ Defence Force: RNZAF C-130H Hercules Fleet Retires After 60 Years Of Service

Friday is the official retirement date for the fleet of five transport aircraft. To mark the occasion the fleet has recently carried out flypasts over Northland and the central North Island. The fleet clocked up more than 155,000 accident-free flying hours and nearly 100,000 landings at home and around the world.

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Samoa Seeks NZ Support For More K9 After Seizing 10kg Of Meth 02/02/25 | RNZ
Sir Julius Chan, One Of Papua New Guinea's Founding Fathers, Dies Aged 85 01/02/25 | RNZ
Diplomacy Key To Ending Crisis In Eastern DR Congo: UN Peacekeeping Chief 01/02/25 | UN News

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LIFESTYLE

The Charter School Agency: New Charter Schools Open Doors To First Students

The introduction of more diverse learning options in our communities opens more choice for families and students and offers a new start for children who have been disengaged or who will benefit from a different approach.

The Wednesday Challenge: Tauranga Travel Initiative Goes National

Auckland and Christchurch schools will join the existing Tauranga and Tairāwhiti schools and businesses participating in the Wednesday Challenge when it again launches on Wednesday February 26th and runs throughout the year.

Love Grace Handbag Appeal: How Kiwis United to Collect 5,269 Handbags in Grace Millane's Memory

Every year between Valentine’s Day (14th Feb) and International Women’s Day (8th March), thousands of Kiwis assemble and donate handbags filled with essential items to help women passing through Women’s Refuges. These bags, more than just practical gifts, are symbols of love, empowerment, and support for women starting over after unimaginable hardships.

Sharon McLennan, The Conversation: Fiji’s HIV crisis is a regional challenge that demands a regional response

Australian and New Zealand aid and support will be crucial in containing Fiji’s serious HIV outbreak – including combating the drug trade that is fuelling it.

Waitangi Treaty Grounds: New Exhibition At Te Kōngahu Museum Of Waitangi: He Kura Toi Tangata - 50 Years Of The Waitangi Tribunal, 1975-2025

It captures the rich history and profound impact of the Waitangi Tribunal over the past 50 years. Through a series of 50 images and narratives, the exhibition explores pivotal moments, landmark cases, and the enduring legacy of the Tribunal in addressing Treaty of Waitangi grievances.

Hikoi for Health: Healthcare Crisis Drives Cross-Country Protest - Nigel Brown Transforms Ambulance For Doctors' Journey

This converted vehicle, central to the Hīkoi for Health: A People’s Inquiry, will journey from Kaitaia in Northland to Parliament, collecting healthcare stories and ideas for reform from communities along its route.

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