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The Poore Report (2018) from Oxford University shows that a plant-based diet could cut individual food-related carbon ...
Walker reflects on last year’s awards, noting the ‘winners’ received awards across a wide range of issues, like shrinkflation ...
Ongoing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is uprooting families, crippling essential services, and placing civilians at growing risk, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) ...
Police acknowledge the sentencing handed down in the Christchurch District Court this week in relation to the supply of drugs on the West Coast. Leo Smith, aged 22, was on Tuesday (29 April) sentenced ...
Based on Taupō District Council's current financial stability and the strength of its water services team, the proposed preferred option is to keep its water services for now and review in 2027. While ...
2. Over 40 years of flying direct to LA (1984) Air New Zealand pioneered non-stop travel between Auckland and Los Angeles on a Boeing 747 in 1984. Prior to 1984 a flight to Los Angeles meant a ...
The Government has agreed to reinstate a total ban on prisoner voting, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Cabinet’s decision will reverse the changes made by the previous government in 2020, which ...
UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern over the excessive and harmful impacts of Pakistan’s counter-terrorism measures in Balochistan and called for full respect for international ...
This May Day 2025, the global trade union movement is taking this message to the streets: There is an alternative to the billionaire vision of the world.
According to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), over 250,000 Afghans returned in April alone – among them, 96,000 who were forcibly deported. The agency voiced particular alarm over the fate of women and ...
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today urged the world to act to prevent the total collapse of critical life-saving support in Gaza, where Israeli strikes continue to kill civilians, including in ...
Westpac NZ is piloting a community banking service van that will travel between towns to improve banking access in New Zealand’s regions. The new Westpac community banking van will take to the roads ...