Flaxxies Drop Australasian Tour Dates + New Single 'Sure Thing Dude!'
After a very successful run of sold-out summer shows and electric festivals across the motu, Flaxxies are ready to hit the Australian road for the first time, with fellow Kiwi indie-psych rockers ...
Don't Abandon Ukrainian Children Now
"While the politicians talk, Ukrainian children enter their fourth year of no school and no normal childhood - longer if you include the interruptions of Covid," says Josie Pagani CEO of ChildFund.
Agriculture Export Growth Narrows Goods Trade Deficit
Total exports were valued at $6.2 billion in January 2025, an increase of $1.4 billion when compared with January 2024. Imports were valued at $6.7 billion, an increase of $787 million over the same ...
Lewis Family Benefit
Husband and wife Jake and Avalon Lewis dominated the opening two rounds of the series this month – at Invercargill and Timaru ...
Solving Teacher Shortage Is About Valuing Teachers And Decent Pay, Says Union
Education union for primary teachers and support staff, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says the best way to solve a teacher workforce shortage is to value those in the profession more and to make it more attractive ...
Gaming Machine Association To Work With With Local Councils To Develop Relocation Policies In Light Of Court Decision
The Gaming Machine Association of New Zealand acknowledges the court's recent decision regarding the Waikiwi relocation rule and is disappointed that this long-standing procedure, which was both ...
Experts Gather To Discuss Emerging Threats To Aotearoa New Zealand Drinking Water
Ensuring access to safe and healthy drinking water for all New Zealanders is fundamental to public health. However, drinking ...
Hotel Council Aotearoa Releases Energy Use Survey Results
Hotel Council Aotearoa (HCA) has today released results from the first ever comprehensive survey of hotel sector power usage in New Zealand.
Bluegreens Forum To Take Place In Methven This Weekend
"This weekend is an opportunity to engage with and hear from a wide range of experts discussing a Bluegreens vision for New ...
Dunne's Weekly: It's Now Lowest Common Denominator Politics Instead Of Informed Political Debate
Over fifty years ago, the satirical television show Monty Python’s Flying Circus attacked the then emerging lowest-common-denominator approach to resolving complex issues in a skit where the existence ...
Rain Reduces Consent Holder Water Restrictions In Tasman
A bumper 36 hour period of rainfall has seen a number of water shortage direction orders lifted in Tasman. The previous restrictions for Motupiko and Rainy consent holders have been removed with ...
Industrial Hemp Regulations To Be Reviewed
Industrial hemp is currently classified as a Class C controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act, despite containing ...