New Zealand News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 24, 2025.
MIL-OSI New Zealand: More classrooms for state-integrated schools
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is ensuring more parents have choice with their child’s education, delivering a $30 million investment package to deliver roll growth classrooms across the state-integrated school network. “State-integrated schools are an important part of our education system. It’s clear they are experiencing similar growth pressures to the state network and […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Modernising heart failure treatment in Hawke’s Bay
Source: New Zealand Government A new digital model of care is transforming how heart failure is managed in Hawke’s Bay, delivering faster treatment, fewer hospital visits, and better outcomes for patients, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “This Government is focused on practical, patient-centred improvements to healthcare,” Mr Brown says. “Instead of long waits, repeated hospital […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Tāwhaki aerospace venture supported to grow
Source: New Zealand Government Tāwhaki Joint Venture’s crucial role in the Government’s drive to grow our space and advanced aviation sectors has received a $5.85 million boost, Space Minister Judith Collins announced today. “These are rapidly growing sectors, with space alone growing 53 percent in the five years to 2024, contributing $2.47 billion to the […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Property Market – Rental market softens tipping in favour of tenants – Cotality
Source: Cotality. New Zealand’s rental market has started to swing in favour of tenants, as easing migration and rising supply take the heat out of rents, according to Cotality’s July Housing Chart Pack. (ref. http://www.cotality.com/nz/resources/industry-insights/monthly-housing-chart-pack ) Data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) shows that the national median rent in the three months […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Farming and Finance – Federated Farmers release rural banking report cards
Source: Federated Farmers A Federated Farmers survey has revealed how the country’s biggest rural lenders are performing in the eyes of farmers – ranking the banks from best to worst. “A farmer’s relationship with their bank is one of the most important relationships within their business, and for many farmers interest payments will be their single-biggest […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Weather News – Calm conditions set to turn wet, windy and warm – MetService
Source: MetService Covering period of Thursday 24th – Monday 28th July – Calm conditions set to turn wet, windy and warm: Cold, settled weather holds through Saturday for most Rain and wind move in from the south late Saturday More widespread wet weather expected early next week, with possible heavy falls for the north of both […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Research – Study of ancient sea creature’s DNA links New Zealand to oceans around the world
Source: New Zealand Institute for Earth Science Limited (Earth Sciences New Zealand) A world-first study of marine life, including sea creatures found in New Zealand’s dark, cold, pressurised ocean depths, has revealed that deep-sea life is surprisingly more connected than previously thought. The research, led by Australia’s Museums Victoria Research Institute and just published in […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Removeable battery regulations revoked
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is revoking 2023 regulations requiring all vaping devices to have removeable batteries to resolve a current court challenge brought by Mason Corporation Limited. “Cabinet was advised that taking this step was the best way to resolve the case,” Associate Health Minister Casey Costello says. “This decision means the proceedings, […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Rites of fish passage
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Corbies Creek, Canterbury, showing the exclusion barrier (left) and a DOC team removing weeds to improve longjaw habitat. Photo: Sjaan Bowie/DOC. About this time last year, a group of DOC rangers and scientists set out from Twizel for a regular check of a population of threatened fish in nearby Corbies […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Law Business and Media – MinterEllisonRuddWatts advises Warner Bros. Discovery on sale of Discovery NZ to Sky
Source: MinterEllisonRuddWatts MinterEllisonRuddWatts is pleased to have advised Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. on the sale of its New Zealand subsidiary, Discovery NZ Limited, to Sky Network Television Limited (Sky). The transaction, announced this week, involves the sale of 100% of the shares in Discovery NZ to Sky, with completion expected on 1 August 2025. Discovery NZ […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Consumer NZ reveals the best and worst laundry detergents
Source: Consumer NZ Three laundry detergents have scored no better than water in Consumer NZ’s laundry detergent test. We put 46 detergents through the wringer. Two detergents ended up with an overall score of 27 out of 100 – the same score given to a wash with only water. Those two products were Shotz Laundry […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Greenpeace – World court’s climate ruling a legal warning shot for Luxon
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace Aotearoa says the world’s highest court has just delivered a wake-up call for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. In a historic climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has confirmed that governments have legal obligations to protect people – both now and in the future – from the worsening impacts of the climate […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: University Research – It’s time to rethink scare tactics in health ads – study
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Gruesome smoking warnings and frightening obesity statistics use fear to drive behaviour change. But a University of Auckland researcher says it might be time to try a different approach. Marketing lecturer Dr Saira Raza Khan, whose work focuses on consumer well-being and meaningful consumption, says gratitude can be more effective […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: International Court of Justice climate ruling a powerful tool for holding countries to account – Oxfam
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa The International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must phase out fossil fuels, rapidly reduce emissions, provide remedy to those facing climate damages, and provide climate finance to developing countries. Oxfam climate change policy lead Nafkote Dabi said: “Oxfam is proud to have supported young climate defenders from the Pacific and elsewhere […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Climate change: ICJ ruling is a landmark win for children – Save the Children
Source: Save the Children The historic climate change ruling at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today is a landmark win for child campaigners, acknowledging the adverse impacts of climate change on child rights, and offering children renewed hope, Save the Children said. The Advisory Opinion delivered by the world’s highest court finds that states’ legal […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Fire and Emergency New Zealand offers firefighters a 5.1 percent pay increase
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union have been negotiating a collective employment agreement for career firefighters since 16 July 2024. Deputy Chief Executive Service Delivery Operations/Deputy National Commander Megan Stiffler says Fire and Emergency has offered the Union a 5.1 percent pay increase over […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Track repair confirmed for Waimata Gemstone Bay
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 24 July 2025 Tracks to Gemstone and Stingray bays were damaged in the same February 2023 extreme weather events which resulted in the extended closure of walking access to Mautohe Cathedral Cove. DOC’s Coromandel Operations Manager Nick Kelly says DOC has worked hard to assess the tracks and was pleased […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Gumboot Friday supporting young people faster
Source: New Zealand Government Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey joined the Gumboot Friday team today, an initiative that is helping thousands of young people access mental health support faster. “We are turning the corner with reducing wait times and increasing the workforce. Initiatives such as Gumboot Friday are helping drive that change,” Mr Doocey says. […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Take that! Tourism campaign a hit with Aussies
Source: New Zealand Government The ‘Everyone Must Go’ campaign encouraging Australians to pick New Zealand for their next holiday has hit its results out of the park, bringing in thousands of visitors in a boost for regional economies and tourism operators. Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston says ‘Everyone Must Go’ was initially targeted at […]
MIL-Evening Report: Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters
OPEN QUESTION: By Bryan Bruce Dear Rt Hon Winston Peters, There was a time when New Zealanders stood up for what was morally right. There are memorials around our country for those who died fighting fascism, we wrote parts of the UN Charter of Human Rights, we took an anti-nuclear stance in 1984, and three […]