New Zealand is sending a Defence Force C-130J Hercules to the Middle East to assist in evacuating citizens stranded in Iran or Israel as tensions soar following US air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
A C-130J Hercules is set to leave Auckland on Monday, though airspace over the region remains restricted.
On Saturday, 21 June, Destiny Church followers held their protest dubbed “in defence of faith, flag and family.”
Church leader Brian Tamaki’s supporters marched down Queen St chanting “no immigration without assimilation” and declaring Christianity the country’s “official religion.”
Newly released documents show New Zealand diplomats privately warned that China’s long-range missile launch over the Pacific in 2024 was anything but routine despite Beijing’s public reassurances at the time.
The Inter Continental Ballistic Missile test (ICBM) took place near French Polynesia.
eft-leaning commentator Max Rashbrooke frames the Green Party’s proposal to triple the government debt threshold to 60 percent of GDP as “carefully calibrated radicalism.”
Rashbrooke notes Chlöe Swarbrick’s tax-and-borrow rebrand to fund infrastructure and climate resilience is pitched as “real economic responsibility.”
New Zealand’s economy grew 0.8 percent in the March quarter, twice the pace forecast by the Reserve Bank, prompting speculation that interest rate cuts could pause as early as July.
The result ends an extended downturn, but economists warn the recovery remains fragile and uneven.
New Zealand has once again been named the best country in the world for work-life balance, topping Remote’s Global Work-Life Balance Index for the third year in a row.
The index evaluates 60 countries by GDP across a range of quality-of-life indicators, including paid leave, public safety, happiness, inclusivity, and average working hours.
