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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

Health New Zealand: Get Tested For Syphilis

Athletics NZ: Hamish Kerr Is The World Champion

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

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.

Warbirds Over Wanaka: Iconic Spitfire To Attend Warbirds Over Wanaka 2026

“Marking the 90th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire at such a well-known airshow will be a great honour,” says Spitfire pilot John Romain.

Te Kāhu Pōkere: Māori Rangatahi Delegation Heads To COP30 In Brazil

This is the first iwi-mandated Māori youth delegation to attend COP. Backed by iwi across Aotearoa, Te Kāhu Pōkere will carry the voices of whānau, hapū, and iwi to the global stage.

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ASMS Union Walks Away From Patients 3:53 PM | New Zealand Government
National’s Misleading Housing Numbers Revealed 3:37 PM | New Zealand Labour Party
Reserve Bank Appointment 2:28 PM | New Zealand Government
First Fast-Track Housing Project Gets Green Light 2:19 PM | New Zealand Government
Luxon Is Taking New Zealand Backwards 12:02 PM | New Zealand Labour Party
ECan Nitrate Emergency Vote Shows Why Unelected Iwi Seats Must Go 11:40 AM | ACT New Zealand
More Than 5,300 Call For Restoration Of Māori Place Names 11:36 AM | Green Party

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

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.

Bill Bennett: Spark details back-to-core SPK-30 strategy

Spark sharpens SPK-30 strategy; 5G boosted by Tū Ātea; new API services with Aduna; Apple unveils slimmer iPhone Air; Oppo partners with All Whites and Ferns; Tuanz board update.

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COMMENT

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.

Bruce Mahalski: A Change In The Weather #166

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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On Our Recognition Of Palestine, And Those $70 Million Concert Subsidies 12:17 PM | Gordon C...
Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission Finds Israel Responsible For Genocide In Gaza 12:14 PM
Nuclear Calculus 11:16 AM | Keith Rankin
The Confederation Of Cascadia? 17/09/25 | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Suspending Courses, Washing Delicates And Baking: A University Justifies Harming... 17/09/25
Geopolitical Rugby: Bad Plays Evil, For The Final World Cup 16/09/25 | Keith Rankin
After Five Decades, It Comes To This: The PNG-Australia Pukpuk Treaty 16/09/25 | Binoy Kampm...

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WORLD

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.

Greenpeace: ‘Choose Action’ - Pacific Civil Society Calls To Deliver Strong Climate Plan And Reject North West Shelf Extension

If PM Albanese approves the North West Shelf gas project, it will be an outright assault on the Pacific’s survival, make a mockery of our global commitment to limit warming to 1.5C, lock in devastation for our islands.

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LIFESTYLE

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.

Aotearoa Athletics Trust: Tom Walsh And Hamish Kerr Launch Aotearoa Athletics Trust To Support Funding Gaps For Athletes

Immediate impact with 3 of 4 first grant recipients selected for World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

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