“This executive order flies in the face of NOAA’s mission. NOAA is charged with protecting, not imperiling, the ocean and its economic benefits, including fishing and tourism; and scientists agree ...

Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” on April 2, 2025, marked the formal launch of sweeping global tariffs, capping months of escalatory announcements since returning to office. Amplifying the economic ...

Fire crews are today back working at the large fire which started at a recycling plant on Hillside Road, Wairau Valley, ...

New York, 24 April 2025 – Economic insecurity, staggering levels of inequality, declining social trust and social fragmentation are destabilising societies worldwide. The World Social Report 2025, ...

One person has died after a crash on Papakura-Clevedon Road last night, where a vehicle left the road and entered a creek.

However, the issue now runs more deeply than that. Te Pati Māori’s ill-informed dismissal of what it calls Parliament’s “silly little rules” about Privilege, potentially poses an even greater ...

According to the UN migration agency, IOM, recent weeks have seen an increase in the deportation of women, including those who are pregnant or breastfeeding, as well as children and newborn babies.

A new report from the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) and Fundación Solón explains what is known so far about the TFFF and highlights many questions that are cause for alarm. These include whether ...

Volunteering and having friendly conversations are good things in themselves, but they don’t come anywhere near meeting the multi-faceted crisis we face as individuals, societies and a species. A ...

As an independent organisation, the Freedom Archives is largely funded through grassroots efforts. “We’re not vulnerable to: ‘Oh, we didn’t get that big grant through the Department of Education,’ ...

GENEVA (24 April 2025) – The recent harsh and lengthy prison sentences against 37 individuals in Tunisia in the “conspiracy case” are a setback to justice and rule of law, UN Human Rights Chief Volker ...

Close to 60 per cent of people surveyed on life satisfaction reported that they were “struggling” with a further 12 per cent describing themselves as “suffering”, the report notes. According to the ...