Asia Pacific: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 15, 2025.
MIL-OSI New Zealand: IPCA investigations relating to the conduct of former Deputy Commissioner McSkimming
Source: Independent Police Conduct Authority 15 May 2025 The Independent Police Conduct Authority is investigating allegations of misconduct by former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming, following a complaint from a member of the public. This comprises oversight of a Police investigation into whether there has been any criminal wrongdoing by Mr McSkimming and a review of […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Police respond to disorderly group in Beachlands
Source: Independent Police Conduct Authority 15 May 2025 The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police largely acted within their powers when dealing with a group of young men who were being disorderly in Beachlands on 11 November 2023. After attending a couple of parties, the young men were moving around the central area […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Police respond to disorderly group in Beachlands
Source: Independent Police Conduct Authority 15 May 2025 The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police largely acted within their powers when dealing with a group of young men who were being disorderly in Beachlands on 11 November 2023. After attending a couple of parties, the young men were moving around the central area […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Flat out Fabulous: Barbie puts her best foot forward over the years
Source: 15 May 2025 Author supplied. The Barbie Team (from L to R): Barbie Fashionista (#197) wears an amazing yellow platform heel with ankle straps, Barbie Fashionista (#208) has Down Syndrome and uses sneakers to accommodate her ankle foot orthoses, Barbie Fashionista (#171) wears a high heel white ankle boot and lives with Vitiligo, Barbie Paramedic […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Flat out Fabulous: Barbie puts her best foot forward over the years
Source: 15 May 2025 Author supplied. The Barbie Team (from L to R): Barbie Fashionista (#197) wears an amazing yellow platform heel with ankle straps, Barbie Fashionista (#208) has Down Syndrome and uses sneakers to accommodate her ankle foot orthoses, Barbie Fashionista (#171) wears a high heel white ankle boot and lives with Vitiligo, Barbie Paramedic […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Flat out Fabulous: Barbie puts her best foot forward over the years
Source: 15 May 2025 Author supplied. The Barbie Team (from L to R): Barbie Fashionista (#197) wears an amazing yellow platform heel with ankle straps, Barbie Fashionista (#208) has Down Syndrome and uses sneakers to accommodate her ankle foot orthoses, Barbie Fashionista (#171) wears a high heel white ankle boot and lives with Vitiligo, Barbie Paramedic […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Flat out Fabulous: Barbie puts her best foot forward over the years
Source: 15 May 2025 Author supplied. The Barbie Team (from L to R): Barbie Fashionista (#197) wears an amazing yellow platform heel with ankle straps, Barbie Fashionista (#208) has Down Syndrome and uses sneakers to accommodate her ankle foot orthoses, Barbie Fashionista (#171) wears a high heel white ankle boot and lives with Vitiligo, Barbie Paramedic […]
MIL-OSI Australia: City puts safety first with new speed reductions
Source: South Australia Police The speed limit along two busy streets in Jindalee and Butler has been reduced from 50km to 40km, in a push to increase safety. The City of Wanneroo applied to Main Roads WA for the speed reduction earlier this year, after concerns were raised by the local community about speeding and […]
MIL-OSI Australia: UPDATE: Fatal crash – Palmerston
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services Detectives from Major Crash are continuing to investigate the circumstances around the fatal crash in Palmerston yesterday morning. Police will allege that the Nissan X-trail was carrying 2 females, aged 40 and 45, and a male aged 37, when it collided with a Toyota Coupe driven by a […]
MIL-Evening Report: After an autocratic leader was toppled in Bangladesh, democratic renewal remains a work in progress
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Flinders University Last July, a powerful student-led uprising in Bangladesh toppled the authoritarian, corrupt government led for 15 years by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh now shows modest signs of democratic recovery. Months into its tenure, a transitional government has reopened political […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Dedicated decade: more than 370 children removed from harm thanks to tireless work of joint SA child protection taskforce
Source: New South Wales – News During its decade-long efforts to detect and stamp out hideous online child sexual exploitation committed by South Australian offenders, a small and dedicated taskforce of AFP and South Australia Police investigators have protected more than 370 children around the world from further abuse. The South Australian Joint Anti Child […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Consultation on Proposed Prescription Medicines List for Designated Podiatrist Prescribers: Analysis of Submissions
Source: ppta-logo-38 In May 2025 podiatrists who have undertaken appropriate training were granted designated prescribing authority under the ‘Medicines (Designated Prescriber-Podiatrist) Regulations 2025’. The Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora (the Ministry), on behalf of the Director-General of Health, working with the Podiatrists Board of New Zealand, is responsible for establishing a list of specified […]
MIL-OSI: Athene Prices $1,000,000,000 Investment Grade Senior Notes Offering
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Athene Holding Ltd. (“Athene”) today announced it has agreed to sell $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.625% senior notes due 2055. The offering is expected to close on May 19, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Athene intends to use […]
MIL-OSI Australia: eInvoicing-enabled entities
ABN Entity name 73 147 176 148 Administrative Review Tribunal 80 246 994 451 Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 50 802 255 175 Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency 92 661 124 436 Attorney-General’s Department 26 331 428 522 Australian Bureau of Statistics 34 864 955 427 Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research 54 488 464 865 Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission 97 250 687 371 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality In Health Care 55 386 169 386 Australian […]
MIL-Evening Report: Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior to return for 40th anniversary of French bombing
By Russel Norman The iconic Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will return to Aotearoa this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original campaign ship at Marsden Wharf in Auckland by French secret agents on 10 July 1985. The return to Aotearoa comes at a pivotal moment — when the fight to […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Brick by brick: Police nab Lego thief
Source: New Zealand Police Police have put the pieces together on a Lego theft spree stretching from Northland down to the Waikato in recent months. An Auckland man is facing numerous charges after being arrested on Wednesday. A case has steadily been built by the Waitematā West Enquiries Team after offending began in January. “Retailers […]
MIL-OSI: POET Technologies Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) TORONTO, May 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — POET Technologies Inc. (“POET” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: PTK; NASDAQ: POET), the designer and developer of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), light sources and optical modules for the AI and data center markets, today reported its unaudited condensed consolidated financial results for the first quarter […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: DOC ranger snaps rare footage of tuatara and takahē “having a scrap”
Source: Police investigating after shots fired at Hastings house Date: 15 May 2025 Filmed on pest-free Tiritiri Matangi Island, the video shows New Zealand’s unique nature at its quirky best and highlights the value in protecting it. It started with the takahē seemingly attacking the tuatara, says DOC Ranger Nick Fisentzidis – who quickly whipped out […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Planning underway for Hahei Beach Walk reroute
Source: Police investigating after shots fired at Hastings house Date: 15 May 2025 The track, which links Hahei to the Mautohe Cathedral Cove Track, has been closed since early 2023 due to landslide risks and land movement following severe weather events including Cyclone Gabrielle. “This track has been a priority for DOC since reopening walking access […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Serious crash, Kahikatea Drive, Hamilton
Source: New Zealand Police Emergency services are responding to a serious crash in Hamilton this morning, which is blocking the road near Waikato Hospital. The two vehicle collision has occurred around the intersection of Ohaupo and Kahikatea Drive in Melville. The road will be blocked for sometime. Indications are there are serious injuries. MIL OSI […]