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Week of 28 Sept – 4 Oct
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Aotearoa Today
- Upper Hutt’s cherry blossoms draw more than 30,000 visitors in standout season
- Writ signed for 2026 election as voter enrolment deadline approaches
- Carlos Cheung says Mount Roskill election sign deliberately set on fire
- India Ends Asian Games With 85 Medals After Cricket and Hockey Gold
- Education Ministry Whistleblowers Offer Evidence to Ombudsman's OIA Investigation
- Greens propose overnight Auckland–Wellington train in $4 billion passenger rail plan
- Helen White on Mount Albert, housing costs and why local representation matters
- Clay Week and four exhibitions bring a busy October to Nelson’s Suter Art Gallery
- Central Otago approves $3m Cromwell sludge disposal plan using Winton landfill
- Cromwell’s Gair and Barry avenues to get replacement trees after plane tree removal
- Claire Charters calls for constitutional reform in new book
- Winston Peters takes the airtime, but debate audience favours Qiulae Wong
- Carson returns as White Ferns name squad for Australia T20 series
- NZ-trained pilot praised after mid-air attack on Israel-bound flight
- Bernard Long on Rangitīkei, farming, tax and the promise he would make to voters
- Experimental Dance Festival Aotearoa returns after six-year break
- Malaysia’s tech exports surge as trade grows 22% in first half of 2026
- NZDF joins major disaster response exercise in Indonesia
- Tauranga engineers lead Navy ship’s six-month overhaul in Singapore
- Pharmac expands funded cancer medicine access for young people
- Tongariro fire recovery: Weed control covers 250 hectares as native plants return
- Seymour Questions Swarbrick’s Finance Ambitions as Election Economic Debate Heats Up
- David Seymour Proposes New Co-ed High School at Auckland’s Former Epsom Campus
- Air New Zealand’s Skynest wins global recognition ahead of December launch
- Jacinda Ardern’s Auckland bungalow sells for $2.15 million as former PM settles in Australia
- ARISE Church to pay $173,869 to former interns after employment investigation
- Unions to hold public webinar on cancelled care and support workers’ pay equity claim
- Victor Luca wins Eastern Bay of Plenty by-election with 3,491 votes
- Beyond the Pledge Card: What National’s Campaign Launch Reveals About the Election Ahead
- Watson Ohia appointed Chief Judge for Te Matatini 2027
- David Seymour challenges Labour’s student loan write-off plan, questioning its $1.2 billion cost
- Tararua mourns Councillor Peter Johns, a passionate voice for Woodville
- Bird flu funding welcomed, but Animal Justice Party calls for wider wildlife response
- NZ Army firefighter marks 21st birthday on US wildfire front line
- Council backs independent legal advice for Cromwell endowment land
- Rotorua seeks public feedback on future water services model
- 27 nominations celebrate women shaping New Zealand's aquaculture industry
- Invercargill Plan Change 2 to open door to more medium-density housing
- Spring weather swings from snow and frost to warmer days as school holidays begin
- Rotorua Museum Bath House awakened after major restoration milestone
- Selwyn's growing senior population takes centre stage at free lifestyle expo
Power & Politics
- New taxes? The policies behind National’s election warning
- Victor Billot on Dunedin, public ownership and the Alliance’s return
- Former MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi reflects on 12 years in Parliament, India ties and the future of Indian representation
- Luxon and Peters clash over BNZ buyback as rift emerges between coalition partners
- David Seymour Says Stop Paying People Not to Work. What Has the Government Actually Done?