New Zealand News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 3, 2025.
MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Beat team for Rotorua and one year anniversary of Community Beat Teams
Source: New Zealand Police Rotorua has a team of six Police starting on the beat across the CBD. “Rotorua is launching their first beat team and later in the quarter we will see other beat teams operating across the Bay of Plenty and other districts,” says Police Commissioner Richard Chambers. The city becomes the fifth […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: SH2 Waikare Bailey bridge to be replaced with wider, stronger, quieter bridge
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Work begins later this month (from Monday 28 July) preparing to replace the temporary Bailey bridge on State Highway 2 at Waikare Gorge, with a wider, stronger temporary bridge. SH2, between Pūtōrino and the northern side of Waikare Gorge, will close for a 24-hour period from 10am Saturday 30 August […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Getting from A to B in Piarere
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency People travelling between the Bay of Plenty and the Waikato will be able to get where they’re going sooner, with the speed limit lifting this morning at the new roundabout at the intersection of State Highways 1 and 29. After 17 months of construction, the bulk of the work on […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Wandering animals posing hazards on the roads
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A spate of incidents of animals found wandering on southern highways recently has the New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) urging people to be vigilant about supervision and containment of livestock or pets. Sometimes it is wild animals such as deer also creating hazards on the highways, says NZTA […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Weather News – Filled to the Brim with Heavy Rain – MetService
Source: MetService Covering period of Thursday 3rd – Tuesday 8th July – We’re in the thick of it again today (Thursday), with a slew of Heavy Rain Warnings and Watches, Severe Thunderstorm Watches, Strong Wind Watches, and a Heavy Snow Watch. The hits just keep coming with these quick moving systems, it’s giving us weather […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Real Estate – Oops, I bought a house! Survey reveals nearly 1 in 4 Kiwis purchase homes by happy accident
Source: Brainchild for Realestate.co.nz 3 July 2025 – A surprising trend has been uncovered in a recent survey of New Zealand’s real estate landscape: a significant slice of Kiwis are making spontaneous home purchases. According to a realestate.co.nz study, 24% of participants have found themselves as property owners at some stage, having made the leap […]
MIL-Evening Report: Fallout: Spies on Norfolk Island – SBS podcast
Pacific Media Watch In July 1985, Australia’s Pacific territory of Norfolk Island (pop. 2188) became the centre of a real life international spy thriller. Four French agents sailed there on board the Ouvéa, a yacht from Kanaky New Caledonia, after bombing the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland, killing Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira. The Rainbow Warrior was […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Legal Cases – Greenpeace International begins groundbreaking Anti-SLAPP case to protect freedom of speech
Source: Greenpeace In a landmark test case of the European Union’s new legislation to protect freedom of expression and stop abusive lawsuits, Greenpeace International has overnight challenged the US oil pipeline company, Energy Transfer, in court in the Netherlands.[1] The multi-billion-dollar company brought two back-to-back SLAPP suits against Greenpeace International and Greenpeace in the US, after Greenpeace showed […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: PSA welcomes settlement of Te Roopu Taurima industrial dispute
Source: PSA PSA members at disability support provider Te Roopu Taurima have voted to ratify a new Collective Agreement. The settlement follows an 8-month dispute. The employer banned Kaitaataki and Poutaaki (residential whare leaders) from working additional hours before Christmas and threatened a six-week suspension in response to low level strike action. “These workers stuck together […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Universities and Security – Counterterrorism watchdog needed – legal expert – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) An independent watchdog would shine a light into the shadowy world of security and counterterrorism, says Associate Professor John Ip in a research paper. Since the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks, New Zealand has introduced several counterterrorism laws, significantly expanding state power. Now, a legal expert says it’s time to follow […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Appointments – Anna Scott appointed CEO of Mercer New Zealand
Source: Mercer New Zealand AUCKLAND, 3 July, 2025 — Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) and a global leader in helping clients realise their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people, today announced the appointment of Anna Scott as Mercer’s New Zealand CEO. In […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Police appeal for information after baby suffers serious injuries
Source: New Zealand Police To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Wescott: Police investigating injuries suffered by a young baby in the Hutt Valley are appealing to anyone who may have information to come forward. On 14 June, Police were notified that a three-month old baby had been brought into hospital by her family. […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Pain inflicted on lives of public service workers exposed in housing report – PSA
Source: PSA The Government’s deep and wide cuts to public service jobs have taken its toll on the housing market over the past year, as well as the lives of public service workers and public services. Cotality NZ (formerly CoreLogic) latest home value index showed Wellington remaining the outlier, the only major metropolitan region experiencing big […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Universities – Hotspots for conservation of threatened native tree identified in Wellington – Vic
Source: Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Hotspots for the conservation of maire tawake or swamp maire in the Wellington region have been identified by researchers hoping to save this threatened native tree from the deadly myrtle rust disease. Swamp maire is thought to have been common in the wetlands that once covered the Wellington […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Preparing for a new generation of ‘underbirds’ on Rakiura
Source: NZ Department of Conservation This winter, with introduced predators hungry and lurking, critical action is being taken to help one of the world’s most endangered birds produce a new generation of chicks on Rakiura/Stewart Island. Pukunui/Southern New Zealand dotterel are critically threatened shore birds that nests on mountain tops. Photo by Bradley Shields. You […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Fatal crash, Wairoa Gorge Road, Wairoa Valley (Tasman District)
Source: New Zealand Police One person has died following a truck crash in Wairoa Valley, Tasman District, this morning. Police were notified at 9.40am that a logging truck had crashed on Wairoa Gorge Road. The driver was unresponsive when emergency services arrived and sadly was unable to be revived. The road is closed while the […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Fossicking rules broken as gold fever strikes
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 03 July 2025 At the fossicking site at Slab Hut Creek Campsite, south of Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island, there have been problems with fossickers mining into the creek bank. DOC staff say if left unaddressed, the fossicking will ultimately result in the creek eroding into […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Economy – Interim Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the eleven months ended 31 May 2025
Source: The Treasury The Interim Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the eleven months ended 31 May 2025 were released by the Treasury today. The May results are reported against forecasts based on the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2025 (BEFU 2025), published on 22 May 2025, and the results for the […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Economic snapshot: March 2025 quarter – Stats NZ media release
Economic snapshot: March 2025 quarter – media release 3 July 2025 Our economic snapshot summarises important economic statistics for the March 2025 quarter. It uses statistics drawn from key Stats NZ datasets to provide insights into New Zealand’s overall economic performance. The economy grew in the March 2025 quarter, but contracted over the year. New Zealand’s […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Household saving decreases in the March 2025 quarter – Stats NZ media and information release: National accounts (income, saving, assets, and liabilities): March 2025 quarter
Household saving decreases in the March 2025 quarter – media release 3 July 2025 New Zealand household saving dropped $392 million to -$1.6 billion in the March 2025 quarter, as household spending increased more than disposable income, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. Negative saving means households spent more than their disposable income. […]