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Climate Liberation Aotearoa Disrupts Viking Cruises Twice In One Day

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 11:48 am | School Strike 4 Climate Otautahi

“Viking cruises burnt 41,180 tonnes of oil last year. This is equivalent to 41 future premature deaths due to climate change assuming global temperature increase is capped at 2°C. It is despicable that this can go on merely in the name of an ... More >>

The Bay’s Transport Future: 10-Year Regional Land Transport Plan Adopted

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 11:39 am | Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council

A ‘blueprint for a connected, resilient, and vibrant’ region has been adopted by Bay of Plenty Regional Council – setting the strategic direction for the region’s transport system over the next decade. More >>

All Ears At Rabbit Island

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 11:14 am | New Zealand Police

Learner drivers put their hands up to participate in live scenarios with emergency services, learning what to expect and practising how to safely respond. More >>

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Taking Science To The Next Level At Waikato Museum

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 11:03 am | Hamilton City Council

The second half of an extensive redevelopment of Exscite, Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato’s interactive centre for discovery, will be publicly revealed on Friday 5 July. More >>

Rest And Refresh At Ruapehu

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 10:52 am | New Zealand Police

Scenic State Highway 4 sees its fair share of traffic - and how better to help keep drivers refreshed and rested than a partnership fatigue stop? More >>

Lizards Put Big Coastcare Projects On Hold

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 9:30 am | Waikato Regional Council

A Waikato Regional Council biodiversity was called in to set up a monitoring programme to assess the lizard situation at beaches earmarked for restoration. More >>

Name Release: Climbing Incident, Mt Ruapehu

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 8:11 am | New Zealand Police

Police can now release the name of the person who died on Mt Ruapehu on Saturday. She was 26-year-old Wednesday Clementine Davis, from Grey Lynn, Auckland. Police are making inquiries on behalf of the Coroner. More >>

Create A Resilient Backyard With Help From The Green Lab

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 4:58 am | The Green Lab

With expertise from Landscape Architects and The Green Lab, Christchurch residents can learn how to make their patch of backyard resilient to extreme weather conditions and become a haven for local wildlife. More >>

Best And Brightest Of Primary Industries Recognised

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 4:40 am | Federated Farmers

The sixth annual Primary Industries New Zealand Awards were presented at Wellington’s Tākina Convention Centre, with winners across nine categories announced. More >>

Carterton Council Cuts Costs On Roadworks

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:44 pm | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

Carterton District Council [CDC] is saving up to $3000 per day per job by closing roads temporarily instead of using stop-go traffic management. More >>

Small Councils ‘Won’t Survive’ Water Reform, Mayor Says

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:41 pm | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

He urged his neighbouring councils to stop fighting amalgamation and said there was no room for “fiefdoms doing their own thing” in the future. More >>

Regional Council Urgently Reviewing Cause Of Wairoa Flood

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:21 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council

The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is urgently reviewing the cause of flooding in southern Wairoa, operating procedures for the river mouth openings, and timelines associated with the event. More >>

School Holidays And International Rugby Test Match In Dunedin This Saturday

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 4:10 pm | NZ Transport Agency

People travelling to Dunedin for the All Blacks v England game Saturday night 6 July should be prepared for extra school holiday traffic on the highways, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA). More >>

Serious Consequences Of Distraction Highlighted In Ferry Collision Case

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:56 pm | Maritime New Zealand

The prosecution of a recreational boat skipper highlights the serious consequences that can result from distraction while travelling at speed on the water. More >>

Why Did A Man Cross Cook Strait To Ask For A Footbridge?

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:56 pm | Maia Hart - Local Democracy Reporter

Nicholas McGowan asked the Marlborough District Council to consider building the bridge at a long-term plan hearing last month, before commenting that he thought Picton's layout had been designed much like a paddle crab. More >>

Sports, Parks And Arts Big Winners With 12.96% Rates Rise

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:50 pm | Maia Hart - Local Democracy Reporter

A handful of Marlborough community organisations have been successful in receiving council support after making requests to the long-term plan. More >>

Ferry Disruption Impacting Inter-island Parcel Deliveries

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:43 pm | NZ Post

Severe weather conditions are expected to worsen today, so all inter-island ferries have cancelled sailings between the North and South Islands across the next few days until Thursday morning. More >>

Illegal Street Racer Crackdown: Car Enthusiasts Say Heavy-handed Response Could Isolate Youth

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:23 pm | RNZ

Community leaders are welcoming a wave of police operations to curb illegal street racing, but not everyone is on board. More >>

Which Skifields Are Open? Ruapehu Closed As South Island Revels In Snow

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:17 pm | RNZ

The snowfall on Monday and Tuesday is well timed as school holidays approach. More >>

Climate Liberation Aotearoa Shows Viking Cruises Who Wears The Horns

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:11 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa

The Climate Liberation Aotearoa has disrupted a Viking Explorers information session to call out their greenwashing and hypocrisy of appearing environmentally friendly whilst profiting from luxury emissions. More >>

Community Asked To Have Say On Preferred Representation Arrangements For Regional Council

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:02 pm | Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council

All councils are legally required to undertake a review every six years. This is to ensure the constituencies, or areas, that the region is divided in to and the number of councillors reflect any changes across the communities they represent, ... More >>

Man Arrested Following Fleeing Driver Incident, Kāpiti-Mana

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Police

Police identified a wanted man driving a vehicle in Waitangirua, he fled from Police and a pursuit was initiated. More >>

Offender Scoots Into The Hands Of Police

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Police

Auckland City East Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Rachel Dolheguy, says Police received second-hand information relating to a man they allege is responsible for a significant number of burglaries in the area. More >>

Visionwest To Supply Free Period Products, Thanks To A Special Partnership Between The Period Place & NFZN

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 1:22 pm | VisionWest Community Trust

Thanks to a special partnership, Visionwest, a West Auckland trust, is now able to supply free period products through their food support service, Whai Manaaki Kai. More >>

Site For NZ Readers Spotlights Local Books In Digital Formats

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 1:03 pm | Kete Books

Kete Books, the website dedicated to helping readers discover New Zealand books and authors, has been rebuilt and is now live, connecting New Zealanders to their local books in all formats at an enhanced level. More >>

First Photograph Of Elusive Mātātā Captured In Wellington Wetland

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 12:27 pm | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao

Endemic to Aotearoa, Mātātā are classed as ‘at risk – declining’ by the Department of Conservation, who say many local populations have been lost due to disappearing wetlands and predation. More >>

New Waverley Town Belt Pathway Begins

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 12:21 pm | South Taranaki District Council

The pathway, which starts at Aotea Park and extends north towards Waitangi Road, will be built in stages with the first section of stage one running from Aotea Park to Dallison Park. Work on this stage is to be completed in August. More >>

Crash Blocks Lanes On State Highway 1, Auckland - Auckland City

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Police

Emergency services are responding to a crash on the Southern Motorway (SH 1) in Grafton, Auckland. The single vehicle crash heading south was reported at 11.09am. One person is being attended to by ambulance staff. Two southbound lanes have been ... More >>

Annual Number Of Homes Consented Down 23 Percent

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 12:04 pm | Stats NZ

There were 34,851 new homes consented in the year ended May 2024, down 23 percent compared with the year ended May 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. More >>

Kāpiti Must Be Included In Wellington Amalgamation Talks

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 11:55 am | Gwynn Compton

Local government reform campaigner and former Kāpiti Coast District councillor Gwynn Compton is calling on Kāpiti to be included in talks around regional amalgamation and not shut out in the cold yet again. More >>

Northland Driver Caught Five Times Over The Limit

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 11:50 am | New Zealand Police

Northland Police have caught 55 drivers over the legal alcohol limit in the past week, including during the long Matariki weekend. More >>

Rangitīkei District Council Adopts 2024 - 2034 Long-term Plan

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 10:54 am | Rangitikei District Council

At its Council meeting held on Thursday, 27 June, Rangitīkei District Council adopted its Where’s it @ Rangitīkei Long-term Plan (LTP) for 2024 – 2035, which secures the capital works programme for the next ten years. More >>

Watercare’s Annual Infrastructure Investment Tips Over $1b Mark For First Time

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 10:41 am | Watercare

Watercare’s annual infrastructure programme has surpassed the $1billion mark for the first time, as the company delivers a record investment in Tāmaki Makaurau’s water and wastewater services. More >>

Protesters Flee Angry Mob Of Rock-Hurling Children

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 5:18 am | Animal Save Movement

Christchurch Animal Save, a chapter of the global animal rights organisation Animal Save Movement, gathered to protest the controversial North Canterbury Hunting Competition yesterday. More >>

"5/5 Stars: Empowering And Inspiring Activism Workshop For The Disability Sector Whangarei With Sue Bradford"

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 5:09 am | Crime Prevention Coalition Whangarei

The workshop covered a range of topics, from understanding power dynamics to building effective coalitions, and from crafting compelling messages to navigating the complexities of government and policy-making. More >>

$365k Golden Goodbye To Kāinga Ora Head’s Resignation, Sickening

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:45 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is labelling the reported $365,000 ‘sickening’ and is questioning how someone is entitled, apparently, to six months pay for resigning. More >>

Modelling To Support Tairawhiti’s Landuse Planning

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:38 pm | Gisborne District Council

Council’s Landslide Susceptibility and Connectivity Model will soon be applied to land use planning in Tairāwhiti. This is part of the work underway to improve forestry and farming practices across the region. More >>

Multiple People Arrested Over Weekend Of Offending In Waikato

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:36 pm | New Zealand Police

Waikato Police arrested several adults and youth offenders over the course of the holiday weekend for a series of incidents resulting in many people appearing before the court today. More >>

Did You Witness An Assault? Police Appealing For Information Following Tokoroa Robbery

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:23 pm | New Zealand Police

Tokoroa Police are appealing for information following the violent robbery of an individual in Tokoroa over Matariki weekend. At around 1pm on Friday 28 June, Police received a report of a robbery where an individual was assaulted and a piece of their ... More >>

PM To Visit Ashburton, But Not For Library Opening

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:22 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

The Prime Minister will be in Ashburton on Friday, but it won’t be for the long-awaited official opening of Te Whare Whakatere. More >>

‘Excessive’ Road Cone Use Sparks Cost Concerns

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:19 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

Mid Canterbury farmer Ray Logan has had enough of what he describes as the "over-the-top" use of road cones on our roads. More >>

Serious Crash, East Coast Road, Castor Bay - Waitematā

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:12 pm | New Zealand Police

Police are responding to a crash involving a car and a pedestrian on East Coast Road near Castor Bay Road, Castor Bay. More >>

Council Boss Apologises After Bollard Blindside At Hakatere

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:11 pm | Jonathan Leask - Local Democracy Reporter

The Ashburton District Council has apologised after making a decision based on a "misstatement". More >>

‘Wrong Time For A Pay Bump’: Whanganui Mayor On His Salary Increase

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:08 pm | Moana Ellis

The Whanganui mayor says he'd reject the mayoral pay hike set by the Remuneration Authority if he could. More >>

Invercargill Breaks Down Its Crash Data

Monday, 1 July 2024, 5:59 pm | Matthew Rosenberg - Local Democracy Reporter

Invercargill didn't have a single fatal car crash in 2023, but issues remain at the city’s intersections. More >>

Coastal Road At The Mercy Of NZTA Funding

Monday, 1 July 2024, 5:56 pm | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

The future of the only road in and out of a collection of small coastal settlements in Masterton hangs on a funding decision yet to be confirmed. More >>

Traffic Island Wreaks Havoc On Businesses

Monday, 1 July 2024, 5:55 pm | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

Two Featherston businesses have been forced to let staff go after road safety improvements caused customers numbers to drop. More >>

Top Māori Baby Names Of 2023/2024

Monday, 1 July 2024, 5:28 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs

This year, Aroha/Te Aroha was the top name for kōtiro. Ariki/Te Ariki was the most popular name for tama. More >>

Start Collecting ECE Invoices

Monday, 1 July 2024, 4:23 pm | Inland Revenue

FamilyBoost is a new childcare payment administered by Inland Revenue to help parents and caregivers with the cost of ECE. More >>

Stars Aligned As New Rotorua Rail Cruising Track Opens In Time For Matariki

Monday, 1 July 2024, 3:41 pm | Rotorua Rail Cruising

In the spirit of Matariki, Rotorua Rail Cruising celebrated new beginnings, culture and community as it opened its new Ngongotahā Rail Station on Friday, 28 June 2024. More >>

Frivolous $800,000 Towards Street Art Projects Amid Rate Hikes

Monday, 1 July 2024, 3:06 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union has called out Christchurch City Council’s use of $800,000 towards street art initiatives as a ‘frivolous use of ratepayer funds’. More >>

Private Plan Change 83 (Cove Road North Precinct) Moves To Next Phase

Monday, 1 July 2024, 2:48 pm | Kaipara District Council

The Hearing Panel found that this private plan change would create a sustainable built environment that enables the comprehensive and efficient growth of the area in a way that will provide for the social, economic and cultural wellbeing of people ... More >>