A super security and intelligence agency recommended four years ago and said to be “not too far away” last August, is under “active consideration” by Cabinet....
A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Auckland after an elderly woman was viciously knocked to the ground in an unprovoked attack in broad daylight on Sunday....
Wellington City Council have put plans to build a permanent cycleway in Brooklyn on hold after losing over half of its funding. Waka Kotahi was expected to fund 51 percent through the Transport Choices fund, however Transport Minister Simeon Brown confirmed there would be no funding for the project in December....
Jamie Arbuckle, the Marlborough councillor who became an MP, says he has settled into having two roles so comfortably he’s going to keep both salaries after all....
International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers....
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
Analysis: Burning less coal to make electricity helped New Zealand achieve its biggest official annual drop in planet-heating gases since records started in 1990....
A Māori mum misidentified as a trespassed “thief” at a Rotorua supermarket trialling facial recognition technology says she felt “racially discriminated” against and embarrassed during the “horrible” birthday incident....
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 13/5/2024
Last weeks thread here...
A Northland island has a very unusual problem...too many kiwi (www.rnz.co.nz)
The residents of an island in Northland are grappling with an unusual problem - they have too many kiwi....
Woolworths tells 79,000 they won a prize, then rescinds it (www.rnz.co.nz)
Woolworths has apologised to thousands of customers after mistakenly telling about 79,000 people they had won a competition....
Transpower warns of possible power shortages on Friday (www.rnz.co.nz)
The national electricity grid operator is warning of possible insufficient power generation to meet households’ demand on Friday....
Cabinet mulls creation of mega spy agency as FIANZ seeks 'serious rethink' (www.rnz.co.nz)
A super security and intelligence agency recommended four years ago and said to be “not too far away” last August, is under “active consideration” by Cabinet....
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 7/5/2024
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Update on federation issues with Lemmy.world
A while back I made a post about Lemmy.world federation and a lot has changed since then so I thought I’d do an update post....
Watch: Elderly woman knocked to the ground in unprovoked attack (www.rnz.co.nz)
A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Auckland after an elderly woman was viciously knocked to the ground in an unprovoked attack in broad daylight on Sunday....
Plans for permanent cycleway in Wellington suburb on hold (www.rnz.co.nz)
Wellington City Council have put plans to build a permanent cycleway in Brooklyn on hold after losing over half of its funding. Waka Kotahi was expected to fund 51 percent through the Transport Choices fund, however Transport Minister Simeon Brown confirmed there would be no funding for the project in December....
MP Jamie Arbuckle to keep two jobs - and two salaries (www.rnz.co.nz)
Jamie Arbuckle, the Marlborough councillor who became an MP, says he has settled into having two roles so comfortably he’s going to keep both salaries after all....
Fix & Fogg nut butter launched into space (www.rnz.co.nz)
One Wellington peanut butter company has gone where no Kiwi food company has gone before....
How bad at reading are New Zealand children? [not that bad] (www.rnz.co.nz)
International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers....
Over $300K spent on slushy syrup and maintaining machines for prison staff (www.rnz.co.nz)
Corrections has spent over $305,000 on slushy syrup and maintaining frozen ice machines in the past six years....
Kiwi cheerleading team win gold at world competition [International Open 5 division] (www.rnz.co.nz)
A New Zealand team has taken home gold at the Cheerleading World Championships in the US....
Kiwi turns up in suburban back yard - I didn't expect it to be that large' (www.rnz.co.nz)
When Eugene Dementyev heard a tap at his back door, he thought it was a cat - and was shocked to discover it was a kiwi....
Man fights cancellation of 24-hour gym membership for ‘loitering’ after he stayed the night (www.rnz.co.nz)
How long is too long to spend in a 24-hour gym? Can you do too much squatting?...
Stratford-revered glockenspiel stops working (www.rnz.co.nz)
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 29/4/2024
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Is NZ bringing in 'Indonesian coal every month to keep the lights on'? (www.rnz.co.nz)
Analysis: Burning less coal to make electricity helped New Zealand achieve its biggest official annual drop in planet-heating gases since records started in 1990....
Selwyn residents fighting for homes after being told they need to leave them by 2039 (www.rnz.co.nz)
Residents of a small Selwyn community say they will keep fighting to save their homes after being told they must vacate them by 2039....
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 19/4/2024
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Police confirm ram was in paddock where two found dead in rural Waitākere (www.rnz.co.nz)
A man and woman were found dead at the Anzac Valley Road address in Waitākere before 7.30am....
Supermarket facial recognition trial: Rotorua mother’s ‘discrimination’ ordeal (www.rnz.co.nz)
A Māori mum misidentified as a trespassed “thief” at a Rotorua supermarket trialling facial recognition technology says she felt “racially discriminated” against and embarrassed during the “horrible” birthday incident....
Napier's 162yo prison to close to tourists (www.rnz.co.nz)
Napier’s former prison is closing due to safety concerns, leaving the man who runs tours through the site unhappy he will be locked out....
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 11/4/2024
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