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Pollution, Melting Microbes, Undamming Rivers, Risks For Elders: 4 Key Climate Issues
The Frontiers Report 2025, released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), highlights four critical areas where environmental degradation intersects with human vulnerability: legacy pollution, ...
Winter A ‘Golden Opportunity’ For Savvy Home Buyers And Sellers
“Forget waiting for spring. If you’re a seller with a great home, you have a captive audience of serious buyers in winter. If you’re a buyer, you have less competition and the perfect conditions to ...
Join ‘The Great Matuku-hūrepo Muster’- Help Save A Species
The Great Matuku Muster, the first nationwide synchronised count of Bittern | Matuku-hūrepo (Australasian bittern, Botaurus ...
Study Uncovers Technologically Appealing Trick Used By Microalgae To Manipulate Light
The distinctive feature of diatoms is a rigid cell wall made of a glassy substance and perforated with intricate hole ...
Zeltwanger Poised For Title – But All To Play For In Double Points Finale
Harry Townshend had a spin after contact with Elmiger at the final chicane which dropped him to fifth at the flag, while ...
Tactix Claim Maiden ANZ Premiership Title
Making ANZ Premiership history, the VIP Frames and Trusses Tactix have won a maiden title with a performance few were backing them to deliver. With their motto of ‘find a way’ entrenched firmly in ...
Cook Islands: On-the-Ground Works Underway Across Rarotonga: Strong Community Momentum Drives Shelter Programme Forward
RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS, 25 July 2025. The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) together with Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) confirms that four community halls have now been approved for ...
Vegetation Fire At Sheffield Now Contained
Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have contained a vegetation fire in Sheffield, Canterbury. Crews were first alerted to the fire at the Waimakariri riverbed, near the Waimakariri Gorge Bridge, ...
Fiji: Concerns Over Suspected Price Manipulation Ahead Of VAT Reduction
Through 530 market surveillances conducted before and after the National Budget announcement, the Council identified a troubling trend: certain food establishments have deliberately inflated prices in ...
Türk Hails Landmark ICJ Ruling Affirming States’ Human Rights Obligations With Respect To Climate Change
GENEVA (24 July 2025) – The Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States’ obligations regarding climate change is a sweeping victory for all those who are fighting to ...
Political cosyism behind 3rd medical school decision-making
He was referring to the work of Auckland University Professor of Economics Robert MacCulloch who was calling out “soft corruption” by political and business elites in Aotearoa New Zealand. His focus ...
Enter The $10,000 Peter Porter Poetry Prize
NOW OPEN! Prize money: $10,000 Closing: 13 October 2025 Judges: Judith Bishop, Felicity Plunkett, and Anders Villani ...