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The ACT Party has revealed at its 2026 AGM that Hon Nicole McKee has been chosen as Deputy Leader of ACT. "The ACT Caucus has placed its trust in me, and I am deeply grateful. Together, we are focused on locking Labour out so we can unlock New Zealand&

Preparations are proceeding well for the popular Thieves Alley Market / Bluff Promotions Night Market and Fire & Light Show on Saturday 11 July at the Bluff Oyster & Food Festival site. Spokesperson Frazer Murdoch says last year's crowd "exceeded expectations" and this year there is "

The brutal rollercoaster of world championship motorcycle racing continues for Cormac Buchanan. A tough spell of results has forced the Southland teen to call on every ounce of resilience, including a crash at the latest round of the Moto3 World Championship at Assen in the Netherlands. "I know what

Around 1000 litres of fuel and a number of other items were stolen from a commercial property near Tarras last weekend, and Cromwell Police want to hear from anyone who was in the area. The burglary happened at the corner of Jollys Road and Deep Creek Road sometime between 5pm

Andrew Graves of Gore has achieved much success in rallying as both a driver and co-driver but it is as a driver that he has entered the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland, Round 3 of the Brian Green Property Group NZ Rally Championship (NZRC) on Saturday 18 July. Graves has

The GoSweetSpot Mystics are the most successful team in ANZ Premiership history, and it is not particularly close anymore. They beat the Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel 56-46 in the Grand Final in Auckland on Saturday, claiming a record fourth title — one more than any other side in the competition&

ACT wants to cut New Zealand's 43 government departments down to 19 and reduce the number of ministers from 28 to 18. The party unveiled the plan at its 2026 Rally, with leader David Seymour framing it as a structural overhaul rather than the incremental trimming the current

What Makes us Really Cry at Funerals Why the tears that fall reflect the conversations we haven't had, the relationships we haven't healed, the priorities we've forgotten, and the life we're still creating. "I am more of a funeral kind of