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Dec 30, 2024 · Press Release – SKYCITY Auckland SkyCity Auckland is inviting all New Zealanders to ring in 2025 with an unforgettable fireworks celebration, offering an iconic Kiwi experience for everyone. Whether watching from the beach, a local maunga, or via a livestream from the comfort of your home, the dazzling fireworks launched from the Sky Tower are the perfect way to welcome the new year. This ...

Dec 5, 2024 · Press Release – New Zealand Government Hon David Seymour Associate Minister of Education Associate Education Minister David Seymour has today announced that Christchurch North College, The BUSY School, Te Rito, Te Kura Taiao, Ecole Francaise Internationale Auckland and North West Creative Arts College will open in term one 2025 as charter schools. “This announcement is another significant ...

Nov 25, 2024 · Press Release – Auckland Arts Festival AUCKLAND, NZ: Following an enthusiastic response to previous announcements A Streetcar Named Desire and SIX The Musical, the 2025 Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival programme has been revealed. Each March, the Festival celebrates the city through a series of curious, energetic, world leading and groundbreaking arts experiences. The eighteen ...

Dec 18, 2024 · Press Release – Tataki Auckland Unlimited Get ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Snake when the BNZ Auckland Lantern Festival opens from 13-16 February at the Manukau Sports Bowl. The upcoming BNZ Auckland Lantern Festival is introducing free ticketing and free public transport for the first time. The move to a free ticketing system will help manage crowd flow ...

Jan 17, 2025 · A widely available drug could stave off the effects of osteoporosis when given preventively, a new study finds. A drug that is widely used to slow down bone-loss in older women and prevent related fractures could in future be used only once or twice in younger women in their 50s and 60s to prevent ...

Jan 3, 2025 · Press Release – New Zealand Customs Service An estimated 20.44 kilograms of methamphetamine was found concealed in a suitcase. (Photo/Supplied) Customs has arrested three alleged drug couriers at Auckland International Airport, in separate smuggling attempts this week, seizing a total of an estimated 27 kilograms of methamphetamine worth NZ$10.23 million. The two incidents are not believed ...

Nov 30, 2024 · Press Release – Cheree Ridder Rising Irish star Susan O’Neill today announces her debut tour of New Zealand for February 2025, taking in 6 Headline tour dates between February 9th and 16th next year. The New Zealand tour will nestle between an extended Australian tour that Susan will embark on from late December. With an incredible string of headline shows and festivals lined up, including ...

Nov 22, 2024 · Press Release – New Zealand Television Awards (Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau – November 22, 2024) Aotearoa’s television industry came together to celebrate its brightest achievements at the 2024 New Zealand Television Awards | Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa. The highly anticipated awards ceremony took place tonight at Aotea Centre’s Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in Auckland, where the best in ...

Nov 11, 2024 · Press Release – NZ Opera Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Ōtautahi, Christchurch – NZ Opera reflects on the past to shape the future as it celebrates 25 years of presenting opera in Aotearoa. The national opera company was formed in the year 2000 through a merger of the Auckland and Wellington opera companies, with Christchurch joining in 2012. Building on ...