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Tennis NZ: Second US Open Triumph For Erin Routliffe

ASMS: Minister's Intervention In ASMS' Bargaining Unlawful

Diane Calvert: Credibility of Golden Mile project has collapsed

Fire & Emergency NZ: 44 FENZ Personnel Recognised With International Award

Government: Restoring Democracy To Auckland’s Transport

WCC: Pioneering Rainbow Action Plan Adopted In Wellington

LGNZ: Households Paying 10 Times As Much Tax As Rates

Law Commission: Law Commission Recommends Human Rights Act Reform

Gordon Campbell: On Why Data Centres Are Not Your (Or The Planet’s) Friend

It sounds too good to be true. A giant multinational mothership – Amazon Web Services aka AWS – it supposedly intent on spending $7.5 billion here in building and operating a cluster of state-of-the-art data centres likely to create 1,000 fulltime jobs and train 100,000 locals. All while, supposedly, doing little or no harm to the environment or to our electricity grid, thanks to a supply agreement for renewable energy that AWS has signed with Mercury. Is this all too good to be true? Yes it is.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Choose Clean Water: NZ’s Iconic Rivers, Including Te Waikoropupū Springs, To Be Polluted If Coalition Govt Gives Federated Farmers Its Way

Choose Clean Water spokesperson, Tom Kay, says the requests show the disdain Federated Farmers have for the protection of the iconic waterways that New Zealanders care deeply about and a complete lack of regard for the needs and wants of other New Zealanders, including other people and families in rural communities.

NZLabour Party: Nelson Fish Factory Faces Closure

“Christopher Luxon promised to make life better for New Zealanders, instead he is making it harder to get a job and support your family,” Local Nelson MP Rachel Boyack said.

March for Humanity: Major Unions, NGOs Endorse March For Humanity, Demand Sanctions On Israel

The March for Humanity is expected to be the largest Palestine protest in New Zealand history, with many groups planning to travel to the march from outside of Auckland.

Belong Aotearoa: Call For Collective Action And Systemic Change For Aotearoa’s Migrant And Former Refugee Communities

Leaders across government, business, and civil society must come together to support our diverse communities, ensuring that everyone who calls this country home can fully participate in and feel part of the vibrant mosaic that is Aotearoa.

WorkSafe NZ: Collapsed Scaffolding Had Basic Safety Flaws

Kylin Scaffolding Limited did not carry out a risk assessment for the scaffolding along the roadside, nor for installing the scaffolding without rakers. The company has now been sentenced, after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Taxpayers' Union: End The Ministerial Maze - Time To Cut Cabinet Down To Size

If the Government is serious about delivering for New Zealanders, it must take this report as a blueprint: set a clear target to cut Cabinet down to size, publish a timeline, and start the job of rebuilding accountability, Taxpayers’ Union spokesperson Tory Relf said.

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New Online Gambling Laws Could Deal A Bad Hand To NZ's Grassroots Sports Clubs 06/09/25
NZ First AGM: Winston Peters Predicts 'Massive Political Victory' Next Year 06/09/25 | RNZ
Former National Party MP Harete Hipango Joins New Zealand First 06/09/25 | RNZ
Stanford Says Deportation Changes A Response To Mama Hooch Rapists 06/09/25 | RNZ
Christopher Luxon 'Quite Relaxed' About $8.5b Hole Forecast In Funding 06/09/25 | RNZ
Judith Collins questions presence of ex-PMs at Chinese military parade 06/09/25 | RNZ

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Bill Bennett: TCF report highlights industry value, cybercrime challenge

Fibre dominates as FWB and satellite uptake also surge, AWS launch stumbles, ministers review telecoms regulation, IDC predicts phone sales growth, HMD returns to NZ and Samsung adds Galaxy A models.

E tū: Sealord Proposal To Close Nelson Factory A Massive Blow

The proposal follows the recent closure of the Eves Valley plant, and comes alongside a separate push by Sealord management to reduce basic entitlements for other staff across the Nelson site.

Motor Industry Association: August New Vehicle Sales Continue Improved Trend

Association CEO Aimee Wiley says with three consecutive months of improved sales, there is growing cause for optimism that a corner has been turned.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa: 2025 Tourism Awards Finalists Recognises Top Tourism Experiences

The Awards provide an opportunity for tourism businesses, both large and small, to showcase achievements across 12 categories, with the finalists providing a benchmark of excellence and inspiration to the wider tourism industry.

University of Auckland: The Corporate Effects Of Protecting Biodiversity

A new study, co-authored by University of Auckland researcher Dr Marty Pham, shows that while companies near protected areas slash their toxic emissions, they do so by cutting jobs and production rather than cleaning up their act through investing in pollution reduction.

Earth Sciences New Zealand: NZ Waters Teeming With Undiscovered Seaweed Species, Scientist Says

Seaweed provides essential habitat for fisheries and plays a vital role in carbon capture - assisting the oceans to produce about 50% of the Earth’s oxygen.

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Ian Powell: ‘For The Love Of God’; Why Say So Much When Saying So Little?

Ian Powell critiques the NZ Medical Journal editorial by the Chair of Health New Zealand on the precarious state of our health system

Ramzy Baroud: A Global Awakening: How People Power Is Reshaping Western Policy On Palestine

While the West has not yet fully turned against Israel, it may only be a matter of time. The precious blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent Palestinians in Gaza deserves for history to be finally altered. The children of Palestine deserve this global awakening of conscience.

Peter Dunne: Dunne's Weekly - Deportations And Hypocrisy

Strengthening New Zealand’s immigration laws is making it easier for the government to deport non-New Zealand criminals, which will play well as part of the government’s tough law and order agenda.

Binoy Kampmark: Nuclear Snobbery And Atomic Anniversaries

The aristocrats and landed gentry of the nuclear club continue to retain their prized assets, seeking to modernise and refurbish them. Like prized livestock, these creatures need feeding and watering, not forced retirement.

Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Three Experiences Of General Anesthesia

Though I had no experience of floating above the body in the operating room, as some people report with detail, I’m sure that awareness precedes birth and persists after the body expires and the brain flickers out.

Bruce Mahalski: A Change In The Weather #164

The latest episode of Bruce Mahalski's long-running cartoon strip A Change in the Weather, originally published in the Otago Daily Times magazine The Weekend Mix.

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‘For The Love Of God’; Why Say So Much When Saying So Little? 06/09/25 | Ian Powell
The Coalition Of Sanctimony And Hypocrisy 05/09/25 | Keith Rankin
Ending The Infinite Regress Of The Observer 05/09/25 | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Blunting Justice: Trump And The International Criminal Court 05/09/25 | Binoy Kampmark
A Global Awakening: How People Power Is Reshaping Western Policy On Palestine 05/09/25
Dunne's Weekly: Deportations And Hypocrisy 05/09/25 | Peter Dunne
On Why Data Centres Are Not Your (Or The Planet’s) Friend 04/09/25 | Gordon Campbell

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WORLD

Médecins Sans Frontières: Risk Of Ethnic Cleansing In The West Bank - Israeli Forces & Settlers Forcing Palestinians From Their Land & Livelihoods

More than at any point in its 36-year history of providing medical and psychological care in Palestine, MSF sees how the suffering wrought by the Israeli occupation has become normalized.

ChildFund New Zealand: Solomon Islands - First Pacific Country To Scrap Tax On Period Products

ChildFund New Zealand applauds this movement and commends those advocating for it, and the Solomon Islands Government, for taking decisive action.

New Zealand Defence Force: NZDF Supports PNG’s Independence Celebrations

The NZDF’s Papua New Guinea Defence Advisor Lieutenant Colonel Haden Dempsey said it was impressive to see the NZDF and other militaries taking part in the celebrations and working together flying equipment and aid to remote areas of the country.

Dunedin for Justice in Palestine: Dunedin For Justice In Palestine Is Joining The International Day Of Action For Palestine

This solidarity movement extends into houses of worship, trade unions, universities and all throughout civil society. We will be in the streets again, and again, and again, with ordinary people all over the world, until Israel is restrained and Palestinians can build their own future - free from violent military occupation.

Ocean Conservancy: Deep Sea Mining Is A Tragic Misuse Of NOAA Resources And Expertise

Deep sea mining will, without a doubt, inflict irreparable damage on ocean life, the global fishing industry and the climate--at a huge financial cost and for minimal returns.

Save The Children: AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE - Rescue Teams Racing To Site With Hundreds Dead & Thousands Of Children Potentially Impacted

Save the Children works in the affected provinces and is sending health teams immediately to the most heavily impacted districts in Kunar province as aftershocks continue and rescue operations are hampered by blocked roads.

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LIFESTYLE

Ding Dong Lounge: Ding Dong Lounge Announces 2025 Band Competition – Oct/Nov In Auckland

Previous winners include Grapehouse (2024), Blindr (2023), and Lost Vessels (2022). All participants receive discounted gear servicing and mentoring opportunities. Entry fee is $35 per band.

Tertiary Education Union: Tokoroa And Taupō U-Turn A Win For Union Power

The win follows collective campaigning and sustained pressure on decision makers and Members of Parliament led by the Toi Ohomai (Rotorua) branch of the TEU.

Malaghan Institute: Funding Boost To Improve Lung Cancer Treatment Outcomes In Aotearoa New Zealand

“This work represents decades of combined experience in creating immunotherapies and targeting therapeutics selectively to tumours,” says Professor Ian Hermans.

SOUNZ: 2025 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha Finalists

Four finalists have been selected this year - an increase from the usual three - highlighting the exceptional quality and depth of submissions received for the award.

Frank Sargeson Trust: Calling All Writers! Applications Are Now Open For The 2026 Ireland Wilson Sargeson Fellowships

These prestigious Fellowships, named in memory of New Zealand writers Frank Sargeson, Kevin Ireland and Phillip Wilson, are offering in 2026 an increased stipend of $30,000, shared between two fellows, for the recipients to write fulltime on book projects.

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: NZSO Unveils A Thrilling Operatic Experience This October

Rossini’s dramatic hour-long choral work was inspired by the 13th-century ‘Stabat Mater’ liturgy, a creative source for numerous composers. As an exciting addition, the NZSO concerts also feature a new 21st-century Stabat Mater by acclaimed New Zealand composer and musician Victoria Kelly.

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