New Zealand News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 29, 2025.
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Fatal Crash, Takapau Road, Waipukurau
Source: New Zealand Police One person has died following a serious crash early this morning in Waipukurau. Police received a report of a single vehicle crash at the intersection of Takapau Road and Racecourse Road at around 3.50am. Sadly, despite best efforts of emergency services, the sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene. […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Auditor-General turns down PSA request to investigate Health NZ, refers issues to auditor
Source: PSA The Auditor General has declined to investigate Health NZ’s decision to downsize the team of audit and fraud experts that monitors the $12 billion of health funding distributed every year. But the office has referred the PSA’s concerns to Audit NZ. This move follows the PSA writing to the Auditor-General in May urging it […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Insurers step up as recovery gets underway
Source: Insurance Council of NZ New Zealanders are now turning their attention to clean-up and recovery efforts following the easing of severe weather conditions across the country, particularly the upper regions of the North and South Islands. The Insurance Council of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Inihui o Aotearoa (ICNZ) is encouraging people to begin the […]
MIL-Evening Report: Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing ‘Melanesian Agreement’
RNZ Pacific The leaders of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have signed a deal that may bring the autonomous region’s quest for independence closer. Called “Melanesian Agreement”, the deal was developed earlier this month in 10 days of discussion at the New Zealand army base at Burnham, near Christchurch. Both governments have agreed that the […]
MIL-Evening Report: Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally glad that Iran was able to hold out against the US-Israeli attacks this month. The ceasefire, however, will only be a pause in the long-running campaign to destabilise, weaken and […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Death at Mt Eden Corrections Facility being treated as homicide
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to acting Detective Inspector Greg Brand: Police can confirm the death of a man at Mt Eden Corrections Facility is being treated as a homicide. Police were made aware at about 4pm yesterday of a man who had died at the prison following an incident. Officers continue to follow positive […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Person dies while clearing floodwaters, Wai-iti
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Senior Sergeant Martin Tunley, Acting Nelson Bays Area Commander: One person has died following an incident in Wai-iti, south-east of Wakefield, this morning. At around 9.40am, emergency services were called to a property on State Highway 6 after a person was reportedly hit by a tree while clearing flood […]
MIL-Evening Report: Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70 killed across Strip
Israeli soldiers have said that they were ordered to open fire at unarmed Palestinian civilians desperately seeking aid at designated distribution sites in Gaza, a report in the Ha’aretz newspaper has revealed. The report came as 70 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip — mostly at aid sites belonging to the widely condemned Gaza […]