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New Zealand's only aircraft manufacturer is looking overseas again. NZAero has already begun building five new CT-4 Airtrainers as growing demand for pilots across Southeast Asia creates a potentially significant opportunity for New Zealand's advanced manufacturing sector. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by John Weekes, Senior Business Reporter for NZ Herald, published 21 August 2026. · Read the original NZ Herald report HERE · New…

Ukraine’s latest corruption investigation is widening beyond the original Energoatom scandal, with investigators examining an alleged scheme to disguise criminal proceeds and use them to fund bail for former minister Herman Galushchenko. Secretly recorded conversations have also raised questions about senior figures inside President Vladimir Zelensky’s administration INR Report: Based on an opinion column by historian Tarik Cyril Amar for RT…

Ukrainian pop star Olya Polyakova has broken with the country's wartime political consensus, asking whether Ukrainians are living in a “concentration camp” and condemning forcible mobilisation from the streets. Her comments have prompted both fierce criticism and public support, while reopening questions about civil liberties, conscription and dissent during wartime. INR Report: Based on an opinion column by historian Tarik Cyril Amar for RT…

Weeks-long protests in Kiev demanding changes to Ukraine’s military leadership end without result, as Western media turn on the former defence minister after he calls for elections. Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency releases recordings allegedly showing Zelensky’s inner circle discussing money laundering and control of corruption investigations. Meanwhile, tensions grow between Turkey and Israel, with reports suggesting Turkish troops would not…

European political polling is pointing towards a potentially significant shift away from the traditional centre-right and centre-left establishment. But labelling dissatisfied voters “pro-Russian” risks overlooking a much simpler explanation: they may be rejecting policies they believe are no longer serving them. INR Report: Based on an opinion column by Rachel Marsden for RT HERE · Europe's political establishment may be facing a growing…

AI-powered surveillance cameras designed to help police identify vehicles and track suspects have spread rapidly across the United States. Supporters point to their use in solving serious crimes, while critics are increasingly questioning how far the technology reaches, who can access the information it collects, and what safeguards exist against misuse. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE · A rapidly expanding network of AI-powered…

Guy Hatchard argues that New Zealand’s latest mortality figures should be treated as a warning sign, with deaths rising in the year to June 2026 while birth and fertility rates continue to fall. Pointing to excess mortality, cardiac and cancer concerns and unprecedented pressure from winter illness, he calls for Health NZ to investigate health outcomes by age, vaccination status and disease type, and make the findings public. The year ended…

Freedom (NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party) has announced Alistair Wait as its Northland electorate and list candidate. A researcher and teacher of constitutional history, common law, equity and tikanga Māori, Wait says his decision to enter electoral politics reflects an opportunity to campaign for direct democracy, meaningful constitutional change and greater political authority for New Zealanders. 21st August, 2026. · Freedom (NZ Outdoors &…

New Zealand's health system is under significant pressure as the country's winter influenza outbreak drives Auckland flu hospitalisations to their highest level in a decade. Health NZ says additional staff, beds and national coordination measures are now being deployed, although frontline workers report capacity remains extremely tight. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by RNZ HERE · New Zealand's winter flu outbreak is placing pressure across…

New Zealand has virtually everything we associate with a functioning democracy: free elections, universal suffrage, MMP, parliamentary debate, select committees, public submissions and even the ability of citizens to force a referendum. Yet a landmark peer-reviewed study of American policymaking raises an uncomfortable question for New Zealand. Having all the machinery of democracy does not necessarily mean ordinary citizens determine what that…