Sports News | Indian Veteran Gangjee Well Placed for International Series Charge After Rain-affected First Round in Jakarta

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 2 (ANI): Veteran Rahil Gangjee is the best-placed Indian player in the field on a rain-affected opening day of the Jakarta International Championship at the Damai Indah Golf PIK Course. The 47-year-old, a two-time...

What UAE travellers need to know about the US government shutdown

The US has entered a government shutdown after lawmakers failed to agree on a new budget. For most travellers, the effects of this shutdown are unlikely to be immediate, but the longer it goes on, the more likely it is to disrupt trips. Airport...

Airports back New Zealand government’s freight initiatives

The New Zealand Airports Association has welcomed Transport Minister Chris Bishop’s announcement outlining new government initiatives to strengthen New Zealand’s freight system. Chief executive, Billie Moore, said the focus on freight growth and...

Local election votes significantly up from 2022

A ballot box in the 2023 general election. Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ This article's headline originally stated votes had doubled. This has been amended. Voting numbers so far for this month's local body elections are significantly higher than...

Dargaville Racecourse sells for less than a third of government valuation

Bayleys associate director Henry Napier said there had been good interest in the auction, with three competing bidders. Antonio said the club had no idea of the purchaser’s future plans for the property. Previous efforts to develop the site...

Auckland businessman calls for King’s intervention in Lord Fulivai’s unpaid court-ordered debt

Auckland businessman Chris Brett has called on the King of Tonga to intervene in a long-standing legal dispute involving Lord Fulivai and his wife Helen Fulivai, after the couple failed to repay more than NZ$253,000 (TOP$407,777) as ordered by the...

Benjamin Mauerberger Launches Legal Action Against Journalist, Denies Criminal Allegations

Full Statement Statement by Benjamin Mauerberger Over the past two months, myself, my family, and my business partners have been victims of a relentless smear campaign orchestrated and executed by Mr. Tom Wright. Through his platforms “Project...

Serian development to align with Premier’s ‘mini New Zealand’ vision

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram Minos (seated centre) in a group photo with the community leaders, and officials and councillors from MDS. KUCHING (Oct 2): The Serian District Council (MDS) is fast-tracking tourism and...

World Associated Press 2 Vietnamese officials accused of sexual attack evade extradition to New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two Vietnamese officials accused of sexually attacking two young female servers at a restaurant in New Zealand won’t return to face criminal charges after attempts to extradite them failed, New Zealand authorities...

2 Vietnamese officials accused of sexual attack evade extradition to New Zealand

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Author of the article: Published Oct 02, 2025 • 3 minute read FILE - A sign outside the offices of the Vietnam Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, on Dec. 12, 2024. Photo by Charlotte Graham-McLay /AP Article content By...

New Zealand Closes Privacy Law Gap

New Zealand organisations must notify individuals when their personal information is collected indirectly under new privacy legislation that takes effect May 1, 2026. The Privacy Amendment Act introduces Information Privacy Principle 3A, requiring...

Constitutional monarchy can heal political turmoil

In modern political history, constitutional monarchy has served as a model of governance capable of balancing tradition with modernity, and national identity with contemporary political structures. The fundamental feature of this system is that...

Should New Zealand ban deals on junk food?

England's ban list also includes less obvious junk foods, such as breakfast cereals and flavoured yoghurts. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A nutrition expert says New Zealand should follow England and introduce a ban on deals for junk food....

Kicker: New Zealand’s Bird of the Year

Editor's note: The following text is a transcript of a podcast story. To listen to the story, click on the arrow beneath the headline above. MYRNA BROWN, HOST: The feathers really flew in New Zealand’s latest election! The annual Bird of the Year...

Focus on US mass shooters’ political beliefs undermines fight against gun violence

It’s a common feature in the response to the high-profile acts of gun violence in the US: among the first, if not the first, element in a shooter’s background to be scrutinized is their political beliefs. The recent spate of mass shootings has...

Australia And New Zealand Launch Guide To UN System

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade In the 80th year of the founding of the United Nations, Australia and New Zealand have collaborated to publish the United Nations Handbook 2025-26. First published by New Zealand in 1961, the Handbook has...

Full Report: New Zealand's Cruel Genetic Engineering Animal Field Trials Reach An End.

The GE Animal experimental field trials have ended in failure. The disastrous trials have come at the cost of years of cruelty to the animals. The trials involving hundreds of animals over two decades have been largely kept under the radar from...

Kate Bollinger (USA) On Tour in Aotearoa New Zealand This Summer

Announced today as headliner for The Slack Agency's SLACKBARN! summer festival in Hawke's Bay, USA songwriting star Kate Bollinger is making the most of her debut trip to Aotearoa, bookending the festival with shows at Tāmaki Makaurau's Double...

Composer Ludovico Einaudi returns to Australia and New Zealand in 2026

One of the world’s most popular classical music composers, Ludovico Einaudi, will tour Australia and New Zealand in January and February 2026 to perform music from his new album, The Summer Portraits along with classics from his deep repertoire....

New Zealand could have mobile driver’s licenses by end of 2025

Neighboring Australia has hogged the digital headlines of late, largely through its incoming age restrictions on social media platforms. But New Zealand has been no less busy on the digitization front, recently issuing a Biometric Processing...