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The Government has unveiled an ambitious plan to double the economic contribution of New Zealand’s international education sector to $7.2 billion by 2034, up from $3.6 billion last year.Erica Stanford, both Minister of Education and of Immigration, said international education was not only a significant export earner but was a key driver for research, trade, and innovation.”On average in 2024, an international student spent $45,000 across the year. That means more visits to our cafes and restaurants, more people visiting our iconic attractions and ultimately more jobs being created.”She said the Government wanted to “supercharge” already increasing enrolments and make…

He started as an intern. Now Tom Offen has been promoted to partner/director of Moore Markhams after nearly a decade working in the Dunedin office of the audit, accounting, tax and business advisory services firm. Mr Offen, who is in his 30s, was brought up in Dunedin but, throughout his secondary school years was uncertain what he wanted to do as a career. He dabbled in the trades, completing a carpentry pre-trades course, and worked for a few builders, but realised that a construction career was not for him. However, the foray did give him valuable insight into the trades.…

A family-owned supermarket in Pukekohe, south of Auckland, has been hit by two burglaries in as many nights, with police arresting five people following the second break-in early this morning.The IndoKiwi Supermarket on Hall St was targeted twice by burglars on Friday and Saturday.Co-owner Arshdeep Singh said the first burglary took place at around 4am on Friday morning.”Three people smashed through the main glass door and broke in to steal whatever they could grab — chocolate, lollies, toffees,” he told 1News.Police were notified around 7.50am on Saturday after staff discovered the aftermath of the burglary.However, less than 24 hours later,…

Two prominent doctors have issued a warning that increasing reliance on private healthcare providers for elective surgeries will undermine patient outcomes and move New Zealand towards a American-style system.Founders of the Canterbury Charity Hospital, Dame Sue Bagshaw and Dr Phil Bagshaw, are opposed to moves to shift more operations to private providers. Dame Sue, who was knighted for services to youth health, said such a short-term approach was acceptable but long-term implications were concerning.Phil Bagshaw said: “It will mean there’ll be less money for the public sector. It means that the doctors will gravitate into the private sector. “There will…

Supermarket customers have been urged to change their passwords after a cybersecurity attack on New World’s loyalty programme meant some accounts may have been accessed by scammers.Members of the New World Clubcard programme received an email late on Friday warning that scammers had attempted to gain access to accounts by trying commonly used passwords.”Our technology team has identified suspicious external activity where scammers have attempted to gain access to accounts by trying commonly used passwords across many usernames,” the supermarket said.”Based on our investigation, it appears that some New World Clubcard accounts with weaker or reused passwords may have been…

Published on 13/07/2025 – 14:59 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Russia for intensifying what he called a terror campaign designed to intimidate Ukrainian civilians. Zelenskyy made the remarks in a post on X, where he detailed the Kremlin’s increased attacks on Ukraine over the past seven days.The Ukrainian leader says Russia fired over 1,800 drones, more than 1,200 guided aerial bombs and 83 missiles of various types in the space of one week. Earlier in the week, Kyiv said Russia launched a barrage which included highly lethal aeroballistic and cruise missiles.Russia’s defence ministry have claimed major territorial gains amid their…

A key Nelson state highway is expected to remain closed due to slips until further notice and hundreds of homes in the Tasman region remain without power as the major clean-up continues across the top of the South Island.The Nelson Tasman region remains under a state of emergency after up to 200mm of rain fell in some areas over Friday night into Saturday morning. About 100 homes were evacuated.NZTA regional manager Mark Owen said the situation with State Highway 6 at Rocks Rd was “serious”.”We have had crews up assessing the site, removing the material, and monitoring earth movement over…

Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Ruthe has broken two New Zealand records for the 1500m race with a fifth-place finish at an event in Los Angeles.The 16-year-old lowered his own national under-17 and under-18 1500m records with the performance during the Sound Running Sunset Tour at Occidental College’s Jack Kemp Stadium.He came within 0.4 seconds of Sam Tanner’s under-19 and under-20 New Zealand records and his time of 3:39.17s marked his first sub 3:40 performance.Competing in the top section of the race, Ruthe remained in contention from the start. “I went out pretty hard,” he said. “With one lap to…

ADVERTISEMENTPoland’s foreign minister has condemned racism and anti-Semitism on Saturday, saying they harm Poland.”Anti-immigrant hysteria harms Poland, it awakens the worst demons, and Holocaust denial excludes us from civilised nations”, – Sikorski said in a recording published on the X platform.His statement followed a series of incidents in the country, including a statement by far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun in which he proclaimed that “the gas chambers at Auschwitz were fake”.”Pilecki did not volunteer for Auschwitz so that now some scoundrel undermines his report for political gain,” Sikorski replied. Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer and intelligence agent, let himself get arrested…

ACT has unveiled its pitch to lure a new supermarket player into New Zealand through a new fast-track approval process.It’s part of the party’s bid to focus on “problem solving” rather than “finger-pointing” as it looks toward the next election, to “keep the government” and make it “better”.Leader David Seymour made the announcement at the party’s annual rally on Sunday, in Auckland, where it considered its half-time “report card” of its performance in government.Seymour outlined the party’s wins through the past year and a half — including in efforts on law and order and reducing co-governance — while signalling to…