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NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is reviewing the automatic speed limit reversal in Rakaia after facing a community backlash in the Mid Canterbury town.The transport agency confirmed it was considering options for consultation with the community, and the locals want to ensure it will be “face-to-face”.It comes after Transport Minister Chris Bishop back-pedalled on some automatic speed limit reversals, including two sections of State highway 6 in the Nelson area where consultation will now be held.Under new Government transport rules, urban connector roads like State Highway 1 through Rakaia were set to automatically revert to higher speed limits. In Rakaia,…
The organiser of puppy yoga sessions in Auckland has been forced to change the name of the event after yoga practitioners and animal lovers raised concerns about the young dogs’ well-being.The event, originally advertised as “ethical puppy yoga”, was scheduled to take place at the Ponsonby Community Centre on multiple days in March.However, an Instagram post by Urban List NZ promoting the event has ignited a heated debate, with many questioning the welfare of the animals involved.Puppy yoga typically involves young dogs roaming free during a yoga class, sometimes being incorporated into poses or followed by playtime.However, some in the…
The US Secretary of Defence sought to clarify that his country was invested in peace after Trump explosively announced talks were to begin after speaking with Putin. ADVERTISEMENTUS Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth on Thursday insisted that President Donald Trump’s rapid push for peace talks over Russia’s war in Ukraine was “not a betrayal” of Kyiv by one of its most important allies.”There is a recognition that the whole world and the US is invested in peace, in a negotiated peace,” Hegseth said ahead of a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels. His comments come after he declared on…
There will be pies and Pita Pit on the menu for schools receiving meals from the free lunch programme Ka Ora, Ka Ako tomorrow, allowing the provider to “get on top of our food production”. In a statement provided to 1News on behalf of Compass that was also sent to schools, the provider said the School Lunch Collective had reached the end of its three-week menu and there will be a “departure from our standard menu”, with pies and cold Pita Pit being delivered.Special meals will be delivered as normal.The group running the programme said the change will enable them…
The alleged victim in what a military prosecutor says was a violent attack by two soldiers on a junior colleague can now be identified as a man who drowned in an unrelated incident last year.Gunner Nikau Minhinnick Gill died when trying to rescue his dog from the Manawatū River in Palmerston North in November. He was 21.His name was suppressed, but Judge Mina Wharepouri on Thursday removed the interim order in place at a Court Martial at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North.A military panel was now deciding the fate of two soldiers accused of assaulting Gill, their junior colleague,…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump decided to suspend certain USAID programs worldwide, sparking a significant debate. ADVERTISEMENTThe European Commission can’t make up the shortfall left by Donald Trump’s recent decision to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and suspend its funding, according to an EU Commission official talking with Euronews.That’s what we’re focusing on in today’s Radio Schuman. How are European NGOs reacting? What measures can the EU take? we ask Euronews’ Marta Iraola Irribarren who broke the scoop and gives us some insights.USAID allocates billions of dollars annually to provide aid and medical supplies to millions…
By Nona Pelletier of RNZ The government says it will pull out all the stops to increase grocery competition but Monopoly Watch says it will probably require a break-up of the existing duopoly. The government said international supermarket chains and investors were interested in setting up shop in New Zealand and it was committing to helping them do it. Minister for Economic Growth Nicola Willis said the government was “dialling up the pressure” on New Zealand’s grocery duopoly and would make it easier for others to set-up and compete. Willis said consumers were paying among the highest prices in the…
The coalition negotiations have dragged on for four months after Austrians voted in September — the longest in the country’s history. ADVERTISEMENTThe leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), Herbert Kickl, has called for “quick new elections” after coalition talks with his party and the centre-right People’s Party (ÖVP) collapsed on Wednesday. Kickl came first in elections held in September with 28% of the vote, however Austria’s other parties banded together in order to keep him and his party out of power. When those talks failed, Kickl was invited to hold coalition talks with the ÖVP.Yet negotiations between the pair…
MPs have gone head to head on health in a special debate about the recent resignation of Health New Zealand’s top boss.Margie Apa resigned as chief executive last Friday, shortly before Dr Nicholas Jones confirmed he would also step down as Director of Public Health.It followed Health Commissioner Lester Levy telling The Post newspaper he wanted a chief executive that did stuff, instead of writing about it.The Labour Party asked for an urgent debate on the developments on Tuesday, using it to take aim at the coalition’s handling of the health system.”What we know is that this government has continued…
Top economists have called for action on the pension age at a University of Waikato economics forum. ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner, ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley and Infometrics principal economist Brad Olsen spoke as a panel on Thursday morning. Panel host Steven Joyce asked whether New Zealand’s current settings were right and whether the country was “in a box too much” with its thinking. Zollner said a place to start “unconstrained thinking” was the age at which people become eligible for the pension and capital gains tax. “If we are going to be different from almost the rest of…