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The National Party is holding a “Mainland Dinner” at Christchurch’s Town Hall next month, hosted by party president Sylvia Wood, and the invitation was accidentally posted on Facebook by National MP Maureen Pugh before being swiftly deleted. The invitation lays out the “price list for power” with remarkable clarity. For $5,000 you get a seat at the “silver” table. For $8,000, you sit with a Cabinet minister. And for $10,000 (the “platinum”…

Following global giant Kraft Heinz’s decision to close their iconic NZ Watties growing and processing operation, rival company McCain, also a food multinational with an annual turnover of NZ$17 billion, is following suit. McCain has announced the closure of their Hastings vegetable processing operation, effective at the end of the 2026 growing season. A McCain spokesperson said “the decision follows a strategic review of our Hastings operations…

The Courts of New Zealand had 6,200 followers on X. They walked away and set up on Bluesky, where they now have 113. That is a 98% drop in audience for official court information, and no one has explained why. They are not alone. A growing number of government agencies have quietly abandoned X, one of New Zealand’s most widely used platforms with approximately 716,000 users, without publishing a rationale, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, or…

Russia’s threat perception of the US is growing as a result of stalled peace talks, increasing pressure to enter into even more concessions than were already agreed to during the Anchorage Summit, and the global systemic consequences of the Third Gulf War that the US initiated. · Andrew Korybko · Last month, “Lavrov Soberly Acknowledged The Challenges Posed By Trump 2.0”, and now he’s warning about its plans for global dominance in a…

Kiev’s agents planned to send explosive devices disguised as humanitarian aid, according to the security agency · © FSB of Russia · Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a Ukrainian plot to deliver over 500 improvised explosive devices (IED) disguised as heated boot insoles to Russian military personnel, the agency announced on Tuesday. · The FSB said a foreign national was detained in Moscow after retrieving a parcel…

Girlguiding will require non-biological women to leave by September 2026 under new rules following a court ruling · ©  Andrea Domeniconi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images · Transgender members in one of Britain’s largest organizations for women and girls, Girlguiding, have been told they must leave by September 2026 under new rules introduced after a Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.   · Girlguiding, …

The US state of New Mexico ordered Facebook’s parent company to pay $375 million over profiting from exposing youngsters to online abuse · ©  Getty Images/Matt Cardy · Meta has been ordered to pay $375 million for knowingly harming children’s mental health and concealing evidence of child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms. · The New Mexico Department of Justice issued the ruling on Tuesday after a jury…

Berlin plans to use Ukraine’s experience to develop an advisory tool, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding has said · FILE PHOTO: German Lieutenant General Christian Freuding. ©  Global Look Press / IMAGO / Mike Schmidt · [RT] The German military is developing an artificial intelligence system to speed up battlefield decision-making by analyzing combat data, Lieutenant General Christian Freuding has said, adding that it…

The skeleton of the legendary musketeer, the central hero of Dumas’ famous novel, may have been discovered at his reputed death site · ©  nos.nl · [RT] Archaeologists say they may have discovered the skeletal remains of the legendary D’Artagnan, the figure immortalized by French writer Alexandre Dumas in ‘The Three Musketeers’, Dutch regional broadcaster L1 reported on Wednesday. · The remains were found in the Dutch…

Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally’s predecessor resigned amid criticism of his handling of a serial sexual abuse cover-up · Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally after her enthronement ceremony at Canterbury, UK, March 25, 2026. © Getty Images / Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool · [RT] The Church of England has enthroned Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury since the church’s establishment in…