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A Follow-Up to elocal’s Op-Ed: “New Zealand’s Supermarket Illusion: Why Prices Aren’t Falling and Why They’re About to Get Worse” · The response to today’s op-ed has been immediate and telling. · Across the country, readers are recognising the same pattern: Prices remain high, relief isn’t flowing through, and the system feels increasingly out of balance. · The frustration is real. · But so is something else. · A growing conversation around…

Overview · New Zealand’s economy is showing signs of recovery — but the improvement remains slow, uneven, and highly exposed to external shocks. · After a prolonged downturn through 2024–2025, recent data suggests the country has moved off the bottom. However, the recovery is still in its early stages, with multiple structural and global pressures limiting momentum. · Growth: Modest and Below Potential · Economic activity has lifted slightly,…

Overview · New Zealand’s fuel shipping schedule is entering another quiet phase, with multiple ports now showing extended gaps between tanker arrivals. · While not yet critical, the pattern is becoming familiar — and it continues to highlight the country’s reliance on tightly timed import logistics. · Current Situation · Marsden Point remains relatively quiet, with only limited confirmed activity: · STI Opera scheduled for May 1 No confirmed…

There’s a growing anger across New Zealand and it’s not hard to see why. · Scroll through any community page, any comment thread, any local discussion group, and the pattern is unmistakable: people are fed up with food prices. They’re not just frustrated they’re angry. · And the assumption driving that anger seems logical on the surface. · Fuel prices have come down. So why haven’t food prices followed? · But here’s the uncomfortable reality:…

“They can, if they wish, contact and visit the young girl whenever they want,” the girls lawyer warned. “Therefore, there is total incomprehension, not to mention anger, on the part of the family.” · By Remix News Staff · Two young men, both adults, suspected of gang rape in an Airbnb in the France’s Décines-Charpieu (Rhône), have been released from custody, shocking the family of one of the victims. · The victim’s lawyer, David Metaxas,…

An eventual peace deal with Russia will require concessions by Kiev, the German chancellor has suggested · Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz at an event at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium, Marsberg, Germany, April 27, 2026. © Getty Images / Federico Gambarini/picture alliance · Ukraine may have to accept territorial losses in a future peace deal with Russia to keep its EU membership hopes alive, German Chancellor Friedrich…

Ukraine’s power appears to be shifting behind the scenes · By Vitaly Ryumshin, journalist and political analyst - RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Antonio Masiello;Maxym Marusenko;Grafissimo · Almost six months have passed since ‘Mindichgate’ erupted in Ukraine. The corruption scandal, which allegedly implicated large parts of the ruling elite, became the most serious political test of Vladimir Zelensky’s presidency and,…

Cole Allen allegedly breached security at a presidential press event on Saturday while armed with a shotgun and pistol · ©  US President Trump via Truth Social/Anadolu via Getty Images · The armed suspect who allegedly tried to storm past security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday has been charged with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump. · Cole Allen, 31, a teacher from…

The right-wing party would win if an election were held this Sunday, according to a new survey · People take part in an AfD campaign event in Brandenburg, Germany, March 19, 2026. © Getty Images / Frank Hammerschmidt/picture alliance · The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has hit a new popularity record and would win a hypothetical election with 28% of the vote, according to a Bild/INSA poll published on…

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have combined their parties ahead of elections planned for later this year · Former Israeli Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid ©  Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images · Former Israeli Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have formed a unified party in a bid to oust Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in elections later this year. · Right-wing Bennett and…