21 September 2026
Hanson slams migrant worker reliance while touring Wagga business The Daily Advertiser
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21 September 2026
Employment confidence has bounced off June's lows, but New Zealanders remain gloomy about the job market, with most still saying jobs are hard to find and pay rises are unlikely.
21 September 2026
The Utilities Dispute commissioner says it's getting a surge of complaints about apps, sorting out disputed bills and delays in getting through to call centres.
21 September 2026
Prime ministers of Australia and Iceland discuss effects on their countries even as some shy away in face of war and inflation World political leaders are descending on New York for the UN general assembly and some of them are putting the climate crisis on the agenda as they spoke on Monday at the start of the city’s annual Climate Week. This year’s Climate Week – which runs alongside UNGA – comes after months of extreme heat in large parts of the world including Europe and the US, wildfires in Africa, flash flooding in Asia and a record-breaking El Niño .
21 September 2026
Accra Reset’s report states countries in the region and global south should take greater control of their health development after USAID debacle The United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs has put has put healthcare in Africa and the Global South “under growing strain” a new report warns. The report says the Trump administration’s cuts to programs such as US Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as the Covid-19 pandemic and rising costs of living globally have brought “new urgency” for the need to reform healthcare in the region.
21 September 2026
A steam train operator's staff and volunteers are "shocked and devastated" following the death of a person at a railway station in Waikato on Sunday night.
21 September 2026
But NZTA refused to release the report on the grounds doing so might put people off contributing their "free and frank" views in future.
21 September 2026
One of Fiji's most prominent traditional and political figures is calling for closer scrutiny of two major bilateral agreements with Australia.
