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ACT is campaigning to end the Waitangi Tribunal’s contemporary jurisdiction, arguing the institution has become increasingly ideological and expansive. Critics say the proposal misunderstands the Tribunal’s original purpose and would remove an important mechanism for scrutinising how government decisions affect Māori rights. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by Giles Dexter for RNZ HERE. · ACT has placed the future of the Waitangi Tribunal…

Australia’s military integration with the United States is reaching far beyond AUKUS submarines, according to reporting cited by RT. The expansion raises questions about how independently Canberra could act if a US-China confrontation erupted in the Indo-Pacific — and what that would mean for New Zealand INR Report: Based on reporting by RT, drawing on reporting by The Guardian and research from the Nautilus Institute for Security and…

As civilians in Russia's Belgorod region come under daily drone attacks, we exclusively report on how hospitals, ambulances and locals are dealing with the casualties. Russia's security service thwarts a planned Ukrainian attack on the British embassy in Moscow. Kiev had planned to use intel to take aim at the UK ambassador and pin the blame on Russia. With the BRICS summit just days away in New Delhi cooperation between India and Russia is in…

TrendCompass argues that China’s rise should no longer be viewed simply through GDP, technology or trade. Its more provocative contention is that the real competition is becoming civilizational: what are economic development, technology and political power ultimately being used to build? INR Report: Based on commentary published by TrendCompass in its Key Markets report, 10 September 2026. Read the original HERE · TrendCompass makes a…

AfD’s 43.8% win in Saxony-Anhalt rattled British and EU elites—pledging to end open borders and halt Ukraine funding. Barbara ties the revolt to Germany’s Mittelstand under China pressure, green/nuclear/energy shocks, Carney’s EU dream, and Trump-era peace moves. Barbara Boyd · A Saxony-Anhalt provincial election saw Germany’s nationalist AfD win 43.8% to the next party’s 17.2%, prompting alarm in the British press and among EU-linked elites…

Alice Weidel has used a combative Bundestag address to argue that Germany’s political and economic model has reached breaking point following the AfD’s dramatic electoral advance in Saxony-Anhalt. Her speech amounted to both an attack on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition and a declaration that the AfD now expects to translate its growing electoral support into government. INR Report: Based on Alice Weidel’s address to the German Bundestag.…

WELLINGTON — The NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party ("Freedom") is proud to announce that prominent whistleblower and transparency advocate Barry Young will stand as a candidate for the party in the 2026 General Election. · Barry Young was the database administrator who developed the "pay-per-dose" system for Health NZ. He is better known for whistleblowing when the data showed unexpectedly high post-vax deaths. He was subsequently raided by armed…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly improving the brains of robots, but building their bodies remains surprisingly old-fashioned. Hungarian robotics startup Allonic believes the answer could be to stop assembling increasingly complicated machines and start manufacturing them more like biological bodies. eLocal Report: Based on information published by Allonic and additional robotics and manufacturing reporting. · For decades, advances in…

Donald Trump has promised every adult American a US$5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans retain control of Congress in November. The proposal combines tariffs, direct payments and electoral politics — but Trump has yet to explain precisely how a programme potentially costing more than US$1 trillion would be funded or implemented. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · US President Donald Trump has put an unusually direct financial…

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says his party will not be intimidated by people holding what he calls “anti-science” views after protesters confronted health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall in Wellington. But five years after New Zealand's vaccination mandates, the political use of that label now collides with a more complicated scientific and official record than existed at the height of the pandemic. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by RNZ…