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This article was originally published in French According to a coalition of NGOs, the European Union’s national delegations brought more than a hundred fossil fuel representatives with them to Baku for the UN climate conference. ADVERTISEMENTRepresentatives of the fossil fuel sector have a strong presence at COP29. According to a report by the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition, a body of 450 NGOs, up to 1,773 lobbyists travelled to Baku for the United Nations climate conference.What’s even more head-scratching is that 113 of them were accompanying various European national government delegations. “Greece led the way with 24, while Italy had 22,”…

Te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti begins its final leg this morning as tens of thousands of participants march to Parliament. 1News breaks down what you need to know.Up to 30,000 people are expected to join the national hīkoi in Wellington today, nine days after it began in the Far North.A convoy of people will be making their way from Takapūwāhia Marae in Porirua as well as Petone early this morning, however official proceedings are due to kick off from 9am at Waitangi Park in Wellington.TVNZ+ will have video from the event throughout the day, while 1News will have live updates…

President-elect Trump, who takes office in about two months, has raised uncertainty about whether his administration would continue vital military support to Ukraine. He has also vowed to quickly end the war but hasn’t provided any details as to how. ADVERTISEMENTSlovakian and Hungarian politicians on Monday strongly condemned a decision by US president Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with American-supplied longer-range missiles. Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said the decision was made “with the clear aim to completely thwart or delay peace talks.” “This is an unprecedented escalation of tensions,” he said. “It is a decision…

A rocket-powered New Zealand-built aircraft has hit supersonic speed for the first time, making a top speed of 1358.28km/h in its first flight.Multinational company Dawn Aerospace achieved the milestone flying out of Glentanner Aerodome, near the base of Aoraki/Mount Cook.The Mk-II Aurora is one of the fastest privately-developed aircraft on the planet, according to Dawn Aerospace.On November 12, the company, operating as Dawn Hypersonics, flew the Aurora faster than the speed of sound for the first time. It reached a speed of Mach 1.1 (or 1358.28 km/h) and climbed to an altitude of 25.146km (82,500ft) — the first time a…

November 19th marks the 1,000th day since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. To honour the grim milestone, Ukraine’s colours shine bright on the buildings of Brussels’ EU institutions. ADVERTISEMENTWith Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine reaching its 1,000th day on Tuesday, Brussels has begun a commemoration in support of Ukraine.Large displays of the Ukrainian flag were seen around EU institutions on Monday night ahead of reaching this milestone of Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two.As of August this year, almost 12,000 civilians were reported as killed in Ukraine, according to UN figures. UNICEF says that at least 2,406 were children.In…

An 11-year-old from Tauranga has become the youngest-ever winner of the Hole in One Challenge at Lake Taupō, and is putting his $10,000 cash prize money towards a family vacation.Elijah Ellis told First Up he was shocked when it went in, while everyone around him started jumping up and down in excitement.It all started off as a pretty normal morning, with Elijah sharing a bucket of 50 balls with his dad, while his sister and mum watched on.”About halfway through the bucket, I hit one, it was like a lowish type of fade in there and it just slam dunked!…

After several rounds of exploratory talks, Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced the preliminary decision to form a coalition between three parties – ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS. ADVERTISEMENTA preliminary decision was made on Monday for a governing coalition in Austria on Monday — one that will exclude the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ).Although the FPÖ won the national election in September with around 29% of the vote, Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen gave the runner-up, Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP), the mandate to form a government as no party was willing to work together with the FPÖ…

Wānaka-based safety equipment management system Scannable has secured $US3million ($NZ5.1m) seed funding to aid its global expansion. In a statement yesterday, Scannable said the round was led by Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm DCM and the funding would enable the company to double its team and serve increasing demand from the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. Chief executive Rob Stirling, who has spent his career in design and manufacturing, launched Scannable in 2020; the cloud-based equipment traceability platform built to connect the ecosystem of equipment production, supply and asset management software. It was a solution for the work at…

For more than three years Olivia Podmore’s family have been trying to piece together the jigsaw of her life. To understand what led to the events of 9 August, 2021 – the day after the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics – when the elite sprint cyclist, 24, died by suspected suicide.Over the next three weeks in courtroom seven of the Hamilton District Court, they will get the closest thing they can to answers.On Monday, coroner Luella Dunn will open an inquest into the death of the Rio Olympian. More than 25 witnesses are expected to be called during the…

Blis Technologies says a new partnership with an omni-channel distributor for imported consumer goods in China will position the company to capture “significant market growth” in the Asia-Pacific region. Orange Daylily would distribute Blis’ branded finished goods, including its probiotics line, across e-commerce and retail platforms in China, the Dunedin-based company said in a statement. The Asia-Pacific region represented nearly $4billion in probiotic supplementation and China contributed 50% of that market, it said. China’s probiotic market was also expanding at a robust annual growth rate of 11%-12%, making it one of the fastest-growing global markets for probiotics. According to industry…