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Medicines NeZ: Challenging NZ To Confront Its Medicines Access Gap

Paula Muollo: Campaigning against misinformation

PCFNZ: NZ Prostate Cancer Crisis - Diagnoses Set To Double

Ian Apperley: Southern Ward: cut and dried?

Westpac: Consumer Confidence Remains Soggy

EDS: Blueprint For Durable Oceans Reform Launched

Science Media Centre: Observations Confirm NZ Scientist’s Black Hole Theory

NZ Police: Escape. Hide. Tell - Crowded Places Strategy

Gordon Campbell: On Our Recognition Of Palestine, And Those $70 Million Concert Subsidies

Thankfully, the end is in sight for the government’s dance of the seven veils over recognising the state of Palestine, and for Labour’s rampant indecision about the wisdom of endorsing a capital gains tax. Next week, the government will finally reveal whether New Zealand is about to become the 150th country (out of 193 UN member states!) to recognise Palestine’s right to exist. Sometime before Christmas, Labour says it is also going to announce its embrace of a drastically slimmed down version of a capital gains tax

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Women Weaving Solidarity: What Are We Teaching Our Daughters About Power?

The men on stage like to claim that “council business” is separate from politics, that representation and equity are not part of their job. But when women are almost absent from decision-making tables, that is political.

Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures: NZ Communities At Risk Of ‘News Deserts’

New Zealand is on the brink of developing “news deserts” – communities with little or no local news coverage – a new paper from Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures warns.

NCWNZ: Kiwis Want Gender Equality But Survey Warns New Zealand Risks Falling Short

This survey is strongly telling us what kind of future New Zealanders want. The findings underscore an urgent need to re-engage all Kiwis – and young people in particular – in the conversation about equality. We need to ensure that their voices are heard about the country they want to live in.

Greenpeace: 'Tough On Crime' Government Lets Repeat Pesticide Offenders Off The Hook

Documents released to Greenpeace show that since 2021, four companies were caught selling food with illegally high levels of pesticide residues on multiple occasions. Yet, in the past nine years, the Government has not prosecuted a single company for pesticide residue breaches.

LGNZ: Future Local Elections Must Be Run By Electoral Commission

While New Zealand’s election services providers do a good job with the resources available, the issues we’ve seen this year reinforce the need for one centralised provider to run local elections to provide consistency for all candidates and voters, LGNZ Interim Chief Executive Scott Necklen says.

New Zealand First Party: NZ First Introduces Bill To Pilot Early Detection Prostate Cancer Screening

Over 4,000 men are diagnosed each year, and more than 700 die – we can and must do better. Too many cases are detected late, when treatment options are limited and outcomes are poorer.

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

University of Auckland: Climate News Hits Wine Prices, Study Suggests

A growing body of research shows that personal experiences influence financial decision-making, and climate news and events are no exception, says Dr Gertjan Verdickt. Events like unusually hot weather or poor air quality can alter how people invest and spend.

Stats NZ: GDP Decreases 0.9 Percent In The June 2025 Quarter

Activity decreased in the June 2025 quarter across 2 out of 3 high-level industry groups: goods-producing industries fell 2.3 percent, and primary industries fell 0.7 percent. Service industries were flat.

FSCL: Financial Ombudsman Service Warns Kiwis To Hide PINs After Cashier Steals Funds

Protecting your PIN is vital, but life isn’t always predictable, says FSCL, which investigated Clementine’s complaint about her card issuer.

Commerce Commission: Commerce Commission Welcomes Enhanced Focus On Competition

“The changes will allow us to accelerate and deepen the direction we are taking to enhance competition in the economy, and improve choice and quality for New Zealanders,” says DrJohn Small, Chair of the Commerce Commission.

Financial Markets Authority: Clients And Subscribers Of Former NZ Financial Adviser Warned To Check Bank Statements

In March 2025, the FMA filed criminal charges against Mr McEwen for breaching the Stop Order by continuing to make offers and take contributions.

Mowbray Collectables: New Zealand Rarest Stamp Up For Auction Next Weekend At $250,000

The sale is part of a two-day sale of stamps, coins, medals and banknotes over 19 and 20 September with a record catalogue value of over $2.1m and 1515 lots.

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Binoy Kampmark: Clear Conclusions - A UN Commission Finds Israel Responsible For Genocide In Gaza

The relevant acts outlined in the report include instances of killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, the deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction, and imposing measures intended to prevent births, all conducted with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian people as a group.

Keith Rankin: Nuclear Calculus

While great-power brinkmanship is far from rational, rational thinking under great pressure will be required to end a nuclear war once started. Even the most rational decision-process will involve many casualties.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Confederation Of Cascadia?

The United States has led the so-called free world into darkness the last decade (President Biden’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza made him part of the abdication of American leadership). Can the west coast states of the United States and Canada’s westernmost province lead humanity into the light?

Binoy Kampmark: After Five Decades, It Comes To This - The PNG-Australia Pukpuk Treaty

With each utterance on sovereignty from Canberra, officials in Port Moresby would do well to consider the implications of the pact. PNG may have existed as a nominally independent state for fifty years, but that independence is set to come to an end.

Keith Rankin: Geopolitical Rugby - Bad Plays Evil, For The Final World Cup

If Evil is winning and Bad refuses to 'sue for peace', then the only hope for the birds and the bees is a quick extinction of all participating humans.

Ian Powell: Health Alert - Health Minister Threatens Patient Safety

Ian Powell discusses the threat to patient safety by proposed amendments to New Zealand legislation governing health regulatory authorities.

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Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission Finds Israel Responsible For Genocide In Gaza 18/09/25
Nuclear Calculus 18/09/25 | Keith Rankin
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WORLD

Medecins Sans Frontieres: MSF Supports UN’s Finding That Israeli Authorities Are Committing Genocide Against Palestinians In Gaza Strip

For nearly two years now, MSF teams have witnessed first-hand massive levels of death, destruction and systematic attacks on the healthcare system in Gaza, which leaves Palestinians with limited or no options to access medical care.

John Divinagracia, IMI: Can We Save The World’s Largest Flowers From The Brink Of Extinction?

The 42 known species of the genus Rafflesia are under threat due to deforestation and habitat destruction.

Global Witness: At Least 146 Land And Environmental Defenders Killed Or Disappeared Globally In 2024

The annual report on land and environmental defenders, titled Roots of Resistance, showed that the total number of defenders killed or disappeared from 2012 to 2024 now comes to at least 2,253.

ChildFund New Zealand: Over 12.7m People Now Need Humanitarian Support In Ukraine

Critical infrastructure such as schools and water systems continue to be targeted by Russian bombs, increasing the humanitarian need.

Eurofins Environment Testing Network: Up To 1,300 Microplastic Particles Per Square Metre Per Day – Global Study On Microplastic Air Pollution

The PlasticDustCloud project, one of the most geographically comprehensive and methodologically harmonised investigations of its kind, analysed samples taken from 12 sites in nine different countries across three continents. Its findings highlight the pervasive presence of microplastics in the air we breathe.

PAN Asia Pacific: Climate Imperialism - How False Solutions Attack Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Imperialism is using the crises that it brought about through reckless plunder of the planet's resources to perpetuate further its inherently unsustainable, destructive, and exploitative development model built on accumulating capital, extracting super profits, and creating bigger monopolies.

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LIFESTYLE

PHARMAC: Pharmac Proposes Funding A New Brand Of ADHD Medicine

If approved, the proposal would see Methylphenidate Sandoz XR funded from 1 December 2025. This is a generic equivalent to the Concerta brand and would be available in the same strengths.

Public Trust: Smedley Station Announces 2026 Cadet Intake – A Milestone Year For Young Women In Farming

The two-year programme combines hands-on experience in sheep, cattle and deer operations with NZQA-accredited agricultural qualifications, delivered in partnership with the Eastern Institute of Technology.

NZNO: Hospitals Short 587 Nurses Every Shift Last Year, New Report Finds

With 592 hospital wards and emergency departments throughout the country, Te Whatu Ora’s own data - which they fought to keep secret - shows that almost every ward, every shift is short-staffed

Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori celebrates 50 years

Māori Language Week has kicked off, with a parade, webinar series and a time capsule planned.

Yachting New Zealand: Bilger Wins Under-23 World Crown As Kiwis Claim One-Two

The 20-year-old stunned the fleet with a tactical masterstroke in the second of two medal races, splitting from her rivals and holding her nerve in the final stages to secure gold - leading a remarkable Kiwi one-two with teammate Aimee Bright taking silver.

Tairawhiti Museum: East Coast Photograph Collection Receives National Recognition

The extensive collection of 5,000 glass plate negatives provides an exceptional record of the development of early Gisborne over four decades between 1874 and 1912.

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