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

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

Government: Supporting Kiwis With The Costs Of Power

Wellington.Scoop: Labour, Green, or Independent?

TEU: The Govt’s Free Speech Bill Is Hypocritical

RBNZ: 3.5% - Further Reduction In OCR Appropriate

NZEI Te Riu Roa: $2.5b Investment Needed in Learning Support Services by 2030

Safe Food Campaign: Red Alert Needed For Brain-Damaging Pesticide In Food

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

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.

Te Uru Kahika: Environment Report Demonstrates Critical Role Of Regional Science In New Zealand’s Future

The Our Environment 2025 report draws heavily on regional council data, local knowledge and scientific expertise, with councils responsible for monitoring the quality and quantity of rivers, lakes, groundwater and coastal waters, as well as air quality, soil health, and biodiversity. This data is made publicly available through the LAWA website & individual council platforms.

NZCTU: Transformative Policy Vision For Aotearoa

Everyone deserves security, dignity, and to have enough to thrive. Changing the country’s trajectory is possible—we just need to make different choices. We have listened to working people and created a plan to build a society that works for everyone. Our plan would ensure everyone can have good, well-paid jobs underpinned by strong workers’ rights.

Sensible Sentencing Trust: Greens Claim Intellectual Property Rights And Demand Changes To “Defund The Police” Billboards

Spokesperson for The Sensible Sentencing Trust Louise Parsons says, “We were happy to make the image changes, but find it telling that they are trying to have our billboards taken down when they simply state what their MPs advocate for - the ‘radical abolition of the police’.”

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

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.

Stats NZ: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall 2.0 Percent In The December 2024 Quarter

Partly offsetting the decrease was an increase in emissions from manufacturing (up 5.0 percent), and transport, postal, and warehousing (up 3.1 percent). Both industries saw increases in GDP during this quarter.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Christian Hawkesby Appointed As Governor Of The RBNZ

"I am proud to step into the role of Governor and continue contributing to our mission of working to enable economic prosperity and wellbeing for all New Zealanders,” Mr Hawkesby says.

Kiwi Economics: It’s Mayhem In Markets As Downside Risks Dominate Following Trump’s Tariffs

A hundred years of reducing tariffs, and globalisation, is now reversing. Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs will take the average rate of tariffs to the highest level since 1906, before the first world war.

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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.

Gordon Campbell: On The Clash Between Auckland Airport And Air New Zealand

With one notable exception, the Commerce Commission’s comprehensive investigation has ended up endorsing every other aspect of the airport’s building programme “reasonable”.

Ramzy Baroud: Breaking The Silence On Palestinian Armed Struggle - A Call For Legal Clarity

The history of Palestinian resistance is not a history of armed resistance, per se. The latter is a mere manifestation of a long history of popular resistance that reaches all aspects of societal expression, ranging from culture, spirituality, civil disobedience, general strikes, mass protests, hunger strikes, and more.

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Rational Expectations, Intelligence, And War 4:23 PM | Keith Rankin
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Killing Paramedics: Israel’s War On Palestinian Health 09/04/25 | Binoy Kampmark
On Peter Dutton’s Fading Election Prospects. 08/04/25 | Gordon Campbell
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WORLD

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.

UNICEF Aotearoa NZ: Aid Cuts Threaten Fragile Progress In Ending Maternal Deaths, UN Agencies Warn

Without urgent action, the agencies warn that pregnant women in multiple countries will face severe repercussions - particularly those in humanitarian settings where maternal deaths are already alarmingly high.

Médecins Sans Frontières: Concern Over Planned Deportation Of Afghan Refugees In Pakistan

Since October 2023, over 800,000 people of Afghan origin have been deported from Pakistan. MSF medical teams report significant distress and uncertainty among Afghan communities in Pakistan about returning to Afghanistan.

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LIFESTYLE

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.

Dame Malvina Major Foundation: Kiwi Opera Star Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono Joins The Royal Opera, London

Emmanuel Fonoti-Fuimaono is one of only a handful of singers selected from over 600 applicants worldwide - and the first New Zealander to ever be offered an audition without having studied outside of New Zealand.

Aotearoa Music Awards: 60 Years Of Tūī - Presenting The Finalists For The 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards

An exceptional group of 2025 Tūī finalists will be celebrated on Thursday 29 May at the Viaduct Events Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau – closing out Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Month in style. The event will also mark 60 years of the Music Awards in Aotearoa.

PATHA: Health Professional Bodies Oppose Restrictions On Puberty Blockers

The professional bodies warn that requiring adolescents to enrol in research studies as a condition for receiving care endorsed by national and international professional bodies would be coercive and inconsistent with ethical healthcare practices.

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