New Zealand News: 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 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-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 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 New Zealand: Police release images in Papakura wounding incident
Source: New Zealand Police Police need your help in investigating a cowardly attack on a Papakura man last month. Still images are being released of a person that Police is still working to identify, and we need to hear from you today. The wounding occurred on Friday 16 May at about 11.40am on Settlement Road […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Fatal crash: SH8, Roxburgh
Source: New Zealand Police A person has died after being hit by a car on State Highway 8 in Roxburgh last night. Emergency services were called to the crash, between Tamblyn Road and Selkirk Place, about 7.20pm. The person was a pedestrian and died at the scene. Police are providing support to their next of […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Road closed following crash, Roxburgh
Source: New Zealand Police Police are attending a crash on State Highway 8, Fruitlands – Roxburgh Road, near Roxburgh. The crash involved a vehicle and a pedestrian and was reported just after 7.20pm. The pedestrian has been seriously injured. The road is currently closed, there are diversions in place from Roxburgh to Roxburgh Dam. Motorists […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Keeping the grass growing and the Fieldays traffic flowing
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Here’s what road users need to know: State Highway 21 (SH21) Airport Road, State Highway 1 (SH1) and State Highway 1C (SH1C) interchange at Tamahere are likely to be severely congested from tomorrow, Tuesday 10 through to Sunday 15 June, and motorists should plan ahead. Long queues and delays can […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Recording the roots: Oral history brings Kirks Bush to life
Source: Auckland Council Kirks Bush in Papakura has been transformed from a neglected area into a cherished native forest, thanks to dedicated local volunteers. A new oral history project, led by historian Janine Irvine and funded by Papakura Local Board, is preserving the stories behind this community effort. The project honours the environmental, emotional, and […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Man arrested following building site burglaries
Source: New Zealand Police A 42-year-old man has been arrested and charged following an investigation into a series of burglaries across North Canterbury and Selwyn. On Monday 9 June, three search warrants were executed, two at residential addresses and one at a storage unit. CCTV supplied by the public and from building sites helped identify […]