Asia Pacific: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 10, 2025.
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Speech to the Law Association 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Thank you all for the invitation to speak with you this morning. I have been looking forward to this opportunity. May is a busy month for the Government, and it is always a relief to have the Budget delivered. Today, I would like to speak about what I see as my […]
MIL-Evening Report: Keith Rankin Analysis – Remembering New Zealand’s Missing Tragedy
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Keith Rankin, trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Every country has its tragedies. A few are highly remembered. Most are semi-remembered. Others are almost entirely forgotten. Sometimes the loss of memory is due to these tragedies being to […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Unsafe driver behaviour putting firefighters at risk
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Firefighters are urging the public to take more care when driving around accident scenes as near misses continue to increase. This is happening across the country, but particularly in Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Te Kei region, which encompasses Otago and Southland. Otago Group Manager Bobby Lamont says that In […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Universities – Economists urge action to prevent ‘AI poverty traps’ – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Artificial intelligence could deepen inequality and create ‘AI-poverty traps’ in developing nations, write economists Dr Asha Sundaram and Dr Dennis Wesselbaum in their paper ‘Economic development reloaded: the AI revolution in developing nations’. Sundaram, an associate professor at the University of Auckland Business School, and Wesselbaum, an associate professor at […]
MIL-OSI China: Ivankovic eyes consolation win in China’s World Cup qualifier
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News China national team head coach Branko Ivankovic said Monday that his team will fight for a win over Bahrain to thank Chinese fans, despite both teams being eliminated from World Cup contention following defeats in the last round. “We’re determined to win because, from the national […]
MIL-OSI: CORRECTION — Payden & Rygel
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) LOS ANGELES, June 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a release issued earlier today by Payden & Rygel, please note we have corrected the proper name of the Payden & Rygel municipal bond team in the headline, as well as the first and second paragraphs. The corrected release follows: Default ahead for California? […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Man charged with murder following Horeke homicide
Source: New Zealand Police A 73-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Horeke last month. Daniel Hepehi, also known as Danny Whiston, was found with critical injuries at a property in Waikerikeri Road in the early hours of May 22. Sadly, the 77-year-old died at the scene. Detective […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Local News – Bothamley Park planting a seasonal job for everyone – Porirua
Source: Porirua City Council Porirua City is hoping a special Matariki planting event at Bothamley Park will encourage people to become kaitiaki of the area. Now that the park has fully reopened to the public, locals and environmentally minded people have the chance to volunteer on an ongoing basis to help with planting the park with […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Government backing rural resilience and wellbeing
Source: New Zealand Government The government is boosting support for rural resilience and wellbeing announced by Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey and Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson. “We’re backing Rural Support Trusts by committing $3 million over the next four years, to help improve rural communities’ access to primary mental health services and specialist services,” […]
MIL-Evening Report: A 10-fold increase in rocket launches would start harming the ozone layer – new research
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Revell, Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Canterbury Han Jiajun/VCG via Getty Images The international space industry is on a growth trajectory, but new research shows a rapid increase in rocket launches would damage the ozone layer. Several hundred rockets are launched globally each year […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Zealanders on the move – Stats NZ media and information release: Work, education, transport, and population structure: 2023 Census
New Zealanders on the move – media release 10 June 2025 The New Zealand population is highly mobile, with 2.2 million people moving address within New Zealand between 2018 and 2023, according to census data released by Stats NZ today. In the 2018 Census, just under 1.8 million people had moved address within New Zealand since […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Working lives are getting longer – Stats NZ media and information release: Work, education, transport, and population structure: 2023 Census
Working lives are getting longer – media release 10 June 2025 New Zealanders are joining the workforce earlier and continuing to work later in life, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “Compared with previous censuses, teenagers were more likely to be in the workforce in 2023,” 2023 Census spokesperson Dr Rosemary Goodyear said. […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Five years of Keep It Real Online
Source: New Zealand Government Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Keep It Real Online, a website that helps New Zealand families navigate the digital world safely. “I know many parents are worried about the type of content their children might come across online and are looking for practical ways […]
MIL-OSI Global: Can Israel still claim self-defence to justify its Gaza war?
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University On October 7 2023, more than 1,000 Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel and went on a killing spree, murdering 1,200 men, women and children and abducting another 250 people to take back to Gaza. It was the […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Unexpected path to study at EIT helps T&G employee
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 1 minute ago An offer to support a friend’s studies unexpectedly set T&G’s Malandi Fourie on her own path of horticulture education through EIT. The South African-born assistant manager at T&G Global in Hawke’s Bay has completed levels 3 and 4 of the New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture Production (Fruit […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Legislation introduced to restrict farm-to-forest conversions
Source: New Zealand Government Today Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay introduced long awaited legislation that will put a stop to large-scale farm-to-forestry conversions – delivering on a key election promise to protect the future of New Zealand food production.“For too long, productive sheep and beef farms have been replaced by pine trees in the […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Students benefitting from record number of new teachers
Source: New Zealand Government The Government’s ensuring more children learn from quality teachers by delivering the largest annual increase in the teaching workforce in two decades.“We want to grow, promote and support the education workforce who every day deliver real change in the classroom. We are providing a world-leading education system with all the support […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Keynote speech: WasteMINZ conference
Source: New Zealand Government Kia ora tatou. My warmest greetings to you all.It’s a pleasure to be here with you at this year’s WasteMINZ Conference — the flagship event for New Zealand’s waste, resource recovery, and contaminated land sectors.For over 30 years, this conference has been a space for industry leaders and innovators to come […]
MIL-OSI Security: Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from Victims
Source: United States Attorneys General 7 Five men have pleaded guilty for their roles in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. According to court documents, Joseph Wong, 33, of Alhambra, California; Yicheng Zhang, 39, of China; Jose […]
MIL-OSI USA: Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from Victims
Source: US State of California Five men have pleaded guilty for their roles in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. According to court documents, Joseph Wong, 33, of Alhambra, California; Yicheng Zhang, 39, of China; Jose Somarriba, […]