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Labour's Greg O'Connor plans to stick around even if his Ohariu seat is carved up
Under proposals released by the Representation Commission, the electorates of Ohariu, Mana, and Otaki will be scrapped, and replaced by two new seats: Kenepuru, and Kapiti.

Will RMA change mean cheaper houses?
Planned changes to the Resource Management Act should reduce house prices and improve supply - provided they are able to be enacted.

Wellington’s lost MP and the very large Maori electorates, explained
Wellington will lose one MP. Other electorates will change their names. And the Maori electorates are looking to be very large. So, what’s going on?

Can't keep building stop-banks forever - scientists
Researchers say we must change the way we manage river flooding risks, and communities cannot continue to build ever bigger stop-banks.

Whangarei's bid to halt water fluoridation rejected
Whangarei District Council has lost its bid for an injunction that would have allowed it to stop adding fluoride to the city's water supply.

'A win for all Indigenous languages': Te reo Maori enters the Ivy League
In what's being hailed 'a win for all Indigenous languages', Yale is offering a course in te reo Maori - a first for any Ivy League university.

UK draws up new disease-threat watch list
Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - others infectious illnesses with no treatments.

Archaeologists find 'unprecedented' Iron Age hoard
Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.

The small-town mayor accused of trafficking and spying for China
Alice Guo's star was on the rise in the Philippines - until alleged links to a scam operation led to her downfall.

Pizza Hut workers accuse franchisee of docking wages
The Glenshire Group altered old timesheets and stopped petrol money, a grievance seen exclusively by the BBC claims.

Doctors and charities call for gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out
The JCVI recommended the use of the MenB vaccine in November 2023 but has not been used in NHS clinics

'I could lose Ł100K despite Woodford redress scheme'
People who lost savings from a collapsed investment fund say a redress scheme has let them down.

Primary health organisations taking up too much health spending at GPs' expense - report
Top-heavy PHOs are siphoning off too much funding before it gets to frontline GPs, according to an independent report.

‘Significant operation’: Jail for meth cook
Joseph McLaughlan says he was blindfolded when he was driven to a storage unit in Palmerston North to cook batches of methamphetamine.

Exclusive: Pulseway discusses drive for simplicity and efficiency in IT management
Pulseway is on a mission to simplify IT management, enhancing efficiency and user experience through innovative solutions and customer-centric development.

Oranga Tamariki 'always intended to publish' scathing review
Oranga Tamariki says it always intended to publish a punishing review that found grievous privacy breaches which caused people physical harm.

'We will get there' - who were winners & losers for Tuchel's England?
BBC Sport looks at which players impressed in Thomas Tuchel's first two games - and who did not.

'England show Tuchel's search for thrills will be no quick fix'
England's dull victory over Latvia shows new head coach Thomas Tuchel's search for thrills is no easy task, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

The Papers: 'Putin's brutal peace' and 'growing pains for Chancellor'
Civilian casualties from Russian air strikes in Ukraine and the UK's economic difficulties lead the papers.

Teaching was too stressful so I left to become a lorry driver
Stuart Youens changed careers two years ago and says he's a lot happier in his new job.

Glowing spiral in UK sky believed to be caused by SpaceX launch
The shape is thought to be the result of leftover fuel released into space as the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth.