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Communities honour Auckland City District Commander Sundip Patel
Indian Newslink
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June 29, 2025
We are for Safer Communities, Together: District Commander Superintendent Sundeep (Sunny) Patel speaking at this felicitation ceremony at Mahatma Gandhi Centre on June 18, 2025 (Photo supplied by National Partnerships Manager Ethnic Superintendent...
Large 999 response in Bishop Auckland after bouncer hurt in incident outside bar
The Northern Echo
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Newgate Street was taped off last night and remains taped off today (June 29) following a reported incident between two members of the public and a member of staff from the Tap and Tun pub at around 9.30pm. In a statement issued on social media,...
Documentary portrayal of a Sāmoan author becomes deeper story about mental health
Pacific Media Network
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Director Kimberlee Bassford set out to make a film about a respected Sāmoan writer, but instead found herself confronting deep-rooted taboos around mental illness in Pacific communities. The highly anticipated documentary Before the Moon Falls, an...
Wesfarmers Health operative returns to private equity
Financial Review
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June 29, 2025
Anchorage Capital Partners, the buyout firm behind department store giant David Jones and New Zealand’s second-largest in-home care provider Access Community Health, is beefing up its investment ranks with a Wesfarmers Health finance lead....
Social Security and Medicare’s trustees have spoken. Will pols listen before the cuts hit?
Orange County Register - California
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June 29, 2025
Considering recent news, you may have missed that the 2025 trustees reports for Social Security and Medicare are out. Once again, they confirm what we’ve known for decades: Both programs are barreling straight toward insolvency. The Social...
Geelong hospital certified
Geelong Independent
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June 29, 2025
University Hospital Geelong is being recognised for its efforts in providing care for stroke patients with stroke unit certification by the Australian Stroke Coalition (ASC). The Barwon Health facility was among 25 hospitals nationwide to be...
Two people in critical condition after central Auckland crash
RNZ
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June 28, 2025
Enquiries into the cause of the crash were ongoing. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER Three people have been injured in a serious car crash in central Auckland. Police were called to the intersection of Anzac Avenue and Parliament Street at 1:55am on...
New Zealand woman injured after 6m fall at Kanching Waterfall
Malay Mail
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June 28, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — A 52-year-old New Zealand woman was injured after falling from a height of about six metres at Kanching Waterfall in Rawang today. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said...
Equestrian Sports New Zealand Hall Of Fame Awards Winners Announced For 2025
Scoop
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27 June Equestrian Sports New Zealand’s 75th Anniversary Dinner played host to the sports organisation’s Hall of Fame Awards held in the Banquet Hall at Parliament Buildings tonight. Approximately 260 guests celebrated 75 years of equestrian...
New Zealand government refuses to condemn illegal US bombing of Iran
World Socialist Web Site
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June 28, 2025
New Zealand’s right-wing coalition government is refusing to condemn the illegal US bombing of nuclear facilities in Iran and the continuing war being waged by Israel in collaboration with US imperialism. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher...
Ryan Fox, Auckland MPs support proposal to retain Takapuna Golf Club while resolving flood vulnerability
Newstalk ZB
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June 28, 2025
Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox has thrown his support behind saving Auckland’s Takapuna Golf Club, saying the facility provides great service to the sport in New Zealand. The two-time PGA Tour winner says the club provides affordable access to the game for...
Cough In Idiopathic Pulmonary Pipeline 2025: Therapies, MOA Insights, And Key Clinical Trial Updates By Delveinsight Algernon Pharma, Seyltx, Melius Pharma, Nerre Therapeutics, Trevi Therapeutics
MENAFN
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June 28, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) (Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) As per DelveInsight's assessment, globally, Cough in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis pipeline constitutes 5+ key companies continuously working towards developing 5+ Cough in Idiopathic Pulmonary...
New Zealand approved psychedelic therapy. Only one doctor can do it.
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Dr. Cameron Lacey has spent years studying how psychedelics might help treat depression and other mood disorders. Last week, he became the first and only psychiatrist in New Zealand allowed to prescribe psilocybin, the hallucinogenic found in...
After four ‘heartbreaking’ rounds of IVF at a private clinic, Cassie put her hopes in the hands of Victoria’s public fertility service
The Guardian
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June 28, 2025
Cassie Van Swol and her husband, Steven, spent $40,000 and took out a second mortgage chasing the promise of parenthood. “The whole time they kept telling me, ‘We’ll just get you pregnant,’” she says of their private IVF provider. “But the thing...
China-New Zealand ties built on healthy engagement
Global Times
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Illustration: Xia Qing/GT New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's visit to China demonstrates that China and New Zealand could be reliable partners in an increasingly uncertain world. New Zealand's China policy has long been characterized...
Black Caps: Kyle Jamieson moves on from injury woes, anticipates huge New Zealand summer
The New Zealand Herald
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June 28, 2025
Sadly, injuries to fast bowlers are nothing new. But in Jamieson’s case, the now-30-year-old would be within his rights to be frustrated at seeing his career stop and start so frequently. “It’s been challenging, without a doubt,” he told the...
Beautiful, isolated and expensive: US expats on life in New Zealand
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
Californian Larry Keim has learned a thing or two in his 20 years living in New Zealand: good dill pickles are hard to come by, understanding kiwi slang will get you far, and if you think you’re going to get rich, forget it, “that ain’t gonna...
New Zealand citizenship ‘by right, not privilege’, says Cook Islands PM Brown
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS NEWS)—Cook Islanders are New Zealand citizens “not by privilege, but by right”, said Prime Minister Mark Brown in response to a recent poll conducted in New Zealand on citizenship rights. The nationwide poll, commissioned...
Zero-dose children in India declined in 2024: Union Health Ministry
Awaz The Voice
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June 28, 2025
New Delhi The percentage of zero-dose children (Those who have not received a single vaccine) in India has declined from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The ministry attributed the...
U.S. visa hurdles push Indian students toward Germany, Taiwan, and New Zealand
The Hindu
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June 27, 2025
Many Indian students who aspire to study abroad are at a crossroads after the Trump administration increased the scrutiny for issuing student visas. The U.S. is currently taking measures to collect more information from the social media accounts...