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New Zealand Legalizing Online Casinos to Minimize Unregulated iGaming Harms
Casino.org
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July 2, 2025
Posted on: July 2, 2025, 09:35h. Last updated on: July 2, 2025, 10:24h. New Zealand is legalizing online casinos Government officials want to curb offshore, unregulated gambling The country’s iGaming bill would allow for 15 platforms New Zealand...
Aotearoa's i-Kiribati community honours language and culture
Pacific Media Network
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Thousands of i-Kiribati people across Aotearoa New Zealand are celebrating their rich language and culture during Kiribati Language Week, which is now in its fifth year. The celebrations kicked off on Sunday in Wellington at Pataka Art and Museum,...
Damen Shipyards and New Zealand Port Partner Up for ASD Tug 2312
SeaNews
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July 3, 2025
Damen Shipyards Group is set to deliver a new state-of-the-art ASD Tug 2312 to Port Marlborough New Zealand (PMNZ). This vessel will be deployed in Picton Harbour, where it will provide towage services for the more than 3,000 500GT+ vessels to...
US$88m pollution-tracking satellite goes missing
Azzet
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July 4, 2025
An US$88 million pollution tracking satellite has gone missing in space in a major setback for climate efforts. The MathaneSat satellite has the backing of Google and billionaire Jeff Bezos and was launched only last year on a SpaceX rocket. The...
Paralyzed rats walk again, thanks to breakthrough spinal cord implants
New Atlas
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July 6, 2025
Researchers in New Zealand have demonstrated a minimally invasive technology that has effectively aided in restoring movement in paralyzed rats. This breakthrough could mean we're a big step closer to treating spinal cord injuries in humans and...
Rajkummar Rao, Patralekhaa Soak In The Beauty Of New Zealand
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Actor Rajkummar Rao, who will be next seen in the upcoming film 'Maalik', explored the beauty of New Zealand with his wife, Patralekhaa. The country, which is known as Aotearoa in Maori language. The couple...
What Is the New Zealand False Widow Spider? Invasive 'Alien Monsters' Carry Deadly Venom and Drug-Resistant Bacteria
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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July 3, 2025
Australia is now on red alert. The New Zealand false widow spider, dubbed an 'alien monster' by scientists, has established itself across New Zealand and is showing signs of advancing across the Tasman Sea. Carrying both neurotoxic venom and...
New Zealand Plans to Launch Regulated Online Casino by 2026
Top News
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July 2, 2025
New Zealand has earmarked 2026 for the debut of a fully regulated online-casino industry. Lawmakers have endorsed a 15-license structure designed to balance competition with strong guardrails, and have ring-fenced sports betting for a solitary...
Scientists Say They Can Predict How Long You'll Live From a Single MRI
Best Life - New York
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July 6, 2025
If an algorithm could help you predict your risk of chronic illness and reveal your likely lifespan, would you want to know? A team of researchers at Duke University, Harvard University, and the University of Otago in New Zealand suggests they’ve...
Name suppression continues for prominent New Zealander
Otago Daily Times
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July 2, 2025
A prominent New Zealander has been granted continued suppression orders prohibiting media from publishing his name and the charges he faces. It was revealed on Monday the prominent New Zealander was arrested last week. After being made aware of...
World News | Company's Carbon Credits Raise Questions About Unproven Ocean Technology to Fight Global Warming
Latestly
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July 3, 2025
Washington, Jul 3 (AP) The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed...
An Israeli startup says its new technology will save the planet. Scientists have doubts
Associated Press
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July 3, 2025
The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change. Formed three years ago by a...
Kinetic Opens Moving Communities Fund Across New Zealand
Scoop
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Thursday, 3 July 2025, 2:32 pm Press Release: Kinetic Kinetic has committed $150,000 in total support across New Zealand and Australia The fund launches in New Zealand for the first time, with grants of up to $10,000 available for grassroots...
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From America’s revolutionary war to resource wars: Climate change and global security
Firstpost
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July 4, 2025
As the United States marks the 249th Independence Day, US President Donald Trump is undoing the US leadership of the world. For decades, from terrorism to climate change, the United States served as the world’s leader. But, under Trump, the United...
Cloudy Bay: Raising a glass to 40 years of New Zealand’s finest
Decanter
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July 2, 2025
It was 1985 when winemakers David Hohnen and Kevin Judd founded the Cloudy Bay winery. In the four decades that have followed, Cloudy Bay has become the standard-bearer for premium New Zealand wine and has helped both Marlborough and Central Otago...
GHD’s new global chair to be based in New Zealand
NBR
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July 3, 2025
Global professional services company GHD has appointed a new chair — and he is based in New Zealand. Ian Fraser is currently chief executive for the Asia Pacific region for GHD, leading the company’s operations in Australia, New Zealand, the...
Stealing Australia and Buying New Zealand
Quillette
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July 3, 2025
A Review of Empire and the Making of Native Title: Sovereignty, Property and Native People by Bain Attwood, 458 pages, Cambridge University Press (August 2020). King Charles recently raised eyebrows by making a land acknowledgement in his opening...
From Kiwi Start-Up To Aussie Scale-up: How New Zealand Tech Firms Can Navigate Office Expansion Into Australia
Scoop
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Wellington, NZ – With New Zealand’s tech sector continuing its impressive growth, more Kiwi start-ups and scale-ups are casting their gaze across the Tasman. Australia offers a lucrative, scalable market, enhanced investor appetite, and proximity...
Proposed changes to New Zealand dawn raid laws not enough, Pacific advocates say
RNZ
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July 2, 2025
(file image) Protesters part in the Savali Ole Filemu peaceful march in Central Auckland urging politcal parties to protect overstayers. Photo: Teanau Tuiono Pacific advocates in Aotearoa say a proposed law change for out-of-hours immigration...
Auckland's 2025 local elections: Candidate nominations open
RNZ
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July 3, 2025
Photo: RNZ / Isra'a Emhail Aucklanders can now formally step up to stand in the city's 2025 local elections, with candidate nominations opening. As well as mayor, 171 council and local board positions would be up for grabs in October. But just a...