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Prime Minister John Key has written to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the New Zealand government to mark her 90th birthday.

Christchurch Police were this evening called to a residential address at Wainoni Road following the sudden death of a two-year-old infant.

Police are investigating the scene of a single vehicle fatal crash on Great South Road, Horotiu, Waikato that had occurred at approximately 01:15 hours.

Happy Birthday to the Queen of New Zealand – Ngā Mihi Nui Me Te Aroha Nui

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae has conveyed best birthday wishes of all New Zealanders to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as she celebrates her 90th birthday today.

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April 21 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street advanced, pushing the S&P 500 to a five-month high, as better-than-expected corporate earnings including from Discover Financial Services and a rebound in the price of oil underpinned sentiment.

This is a Guest Post by David Shearer MP.

NB we welcome guest posts from anyone, all are judged on their individual merits and relevance. It is always good to hear what politicians of all flavours would like to see happen in our cities, especially when they are neither campaigning nor just complaining.

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Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force Around 300 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel returned this afternoon from a seven-week humanitarian aid operation in Fiji, where they helped deliver hundreds of tonnes of life-saving aid supplies to remote communities devastated by Cyclone … Media release 21 April 2016 NZDF Personnel Return From Fiji Humanitarian […]

Press Release – University of Otago A world-first study into the health and wellbeing of more than 154 million Indigenous and tribal peoples globally was launched today simultaneously in Melbourne and London, by Australias Lowitja Institute and the Lancet journal.NZ contributes to global report on Indigenous and tribal peoples A world-first study into the health […]

Press Release – MetService The ridge of high pressure that has brought sunny skies to many parts of the country over the past couple of days is beginning to slip away, as we head towards the weekend. Strong northwesterlies are expected to develop for eastern parts of the South Island …MetService News Release Thursday 21 […]

Press Release – Statistics New Zealand Visitor arrivals numbered 344,400 in March 2016, with an earlier Easter break helping to produce a new March record, Statistics New Zealand said today. Visitor arrivals were up 52,600 (18 percent) from March 2015, with holidaymakers driving the increase.Early Easter helps break international travel records – Media release 21 […]

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force Personnel from the 16th Field Regiment of the Royal New Zealand Artillery will mark the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, with a 21-gun salute at midday today at Point Jerningham in Wellington. Point Jerningham is New Zealand’s only permanent saluting battery and is made up […]

Column – Gordon Campbell Reportedly, an extradition treaty with China is now on the table , although thankfully – Prime Minister John Key has also indicated that a lot of detailed work would be required before any such arrangement took final shape, much less came into … Gordon Campbell on having an extradition treaty with […]

The NZ Initiative has released a report called “The Health of the State”. Main points are: Lifestyle regulations assume people do not always act in their best interests and must be protected from themselves. Some public health policies (current and potential) lack strong evidence. The report provides an economic toolkit to test the reliability of […]

PARIS (Reporters Without Borders/Pacific Media Watch): The media freedom situation has worsened significantly or stagnated in most of the Asia-Pacific region, reports the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders. Most of the movement in the 2016 World Press Freedom Index unveiled today by RSF/RWB  is indicative of a "climate of fear and tension" combined with increasing control over newsrooms by governments and private-sector interests.

Associate Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration, Nicky Wagner congratulates CERA, the Christchurch City Council and the Matapopore Charitable Trust who jointly won the Strategic Planning and Guidance best practice award from the New Zealand ...

Sport and Recreation Minister Jonathan Coleman has congratulated the recipients of this year’s Prime Minister’s Sport Scholarships.

Wellington.Scoop The deputy mayor and a council employee are at loggerheads over plans to sell Jack Ilott Green. Justin Lester today came up with a proposal which he says is a better way of raising cash than selling the small green park. But Ian Pike, the manager of a council department named City Shaper, said […]

April 20 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 Index hit another record , led by Trade Me Group, Contact Energy and Vector while Spark New Zealand fell from a nine-year high.

WELLINGTON (Radio NZ International/Dateline Pacific/Pacific Media Watch): One of the few dissident voices in the Fiji news media, Professor Wadan Narsey, has ended his campaign of political dissent in The Fiji Times, Radio NZ International reports.

The conviction and $30,000 fine today in the Tauranga District Court for the horrific injury of a worker caught by a meat hook and left angling for nearly an hour at AFFCO Talley’s Rangiuru plant in 2014 is not a sufficient deterrent, says the Meat Workers ...

LawFuel.com - Law Firm Marketing and Tips - New Zealand lawyers like most others in other jurisdictioins are facing constant change in the law, but also in the way in which they market themselves.

Upper Hutt will commemorate the centenary of Anzac Day with a dawn parade and service at the Upper Hutt Civic Centre.

Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee leaves today for Turkey, where he will be New Zealand’s official representative at Gallipoli for this year’s Anzac Day commemorations.