The National Party are little more than a front for Chinese Business interests! There was also the wee issue of a Chinese Spy inside the National Party as an MP. Big scale dairy farming a main trend in ChinaChina’s dairy farming industry has transformed over the last 2 decades and today the main trend is big scale farming. …they will overtake us and undermine us and National with their Corporate Dairy mates have set us up on a conclusion course for geopolitical tensions! Those with property will love this because it will push up their house prices as National sell the country to their rich foreign millionaire mates.

Emotions ran high in the Christchurch high court as Lauren Dickason was convicted of murdering her three daughters. Key TakeawayLauren Dickason has been convicted of murdering her three daughters in New Zealand. Facts about the keyword of the news article:Lauren Dickason: Convicted of murdering her three daughters in New Zealand. Mental Health: Dickason’s mental health will be evaluated before sentencing. Possibility of Appeal : Dickason’s lawyers may appeal the verdict or the sentencing.

Two of the three big reforms to the Resource Management Act (RMA) have passed their third readings in Parliament. They are the Spatial Planning Act and the Natural and Built Environment Act. The Spatial Planning Act and the Natural and Built Environment Act were passed but the third leg of the reforms, the Climate Adaptation Act, will have to wait until after the election. Court also says the Government has also adds "more divisive co-Governance" to the planning system. "The Spatial Planning Bill .... lets Regional Planning Committees allow unelected officials to colour in maps showing where you can and can’t build," Court asks.

Some good news from Auckland Transport yesterday that the bus driver shortage is officially over. Auckland now has three more bus drivers than the required 2,306 to operate Auckland’s buses. Richard Harrison, AT’s Metro Optimisation Manager says that for passengers, this means more buses and more reliability across Auckland’s bus network. “We are extremely grateful for the patience of Aucklanders while we have worked hard to get our buses back to where they should be. In July, all previously suspended buses were added back into timetablesBus driver shortfall is now resolved, with three more drivers in the workforce than the full requirement.

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The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to keep its base interest rate unchanged—at 5.50%—during its August meeting. However, projections released alongside this decision, in the August Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), showed the likelihood of another 25 basis point lift was increasing. Stephen Toplis, head of research at BNZ, said this persistent inflationary pressure could be behind the increase in the OCR track. “Ten basis points is absolutely lost in the wash of the uncertainties you deal with in these monetary policy projections,” he said. However, ANZ’s Zollner said the Committee had signed off on a higher OCR track which suggests a bias towards lifting the rate.

What is the name of the iconic indoor waterfall located in Singapore Changi Airport's Jewel complex? Photo / 123RFWhat is the name of the iconic indoor waterfall located in Singapore Changi Airport's Jewel complex? These questions were prepared with the help of the artificial intelligence chatbot, Chat GPT. Test your brains with the Herald’s afternoon quiz. Be sure to check back on nzherald.co.nz for the morning quiz tomorrow.

According to the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), 14,238 people arrived on work visas in July, down from 16,878 in June and 17,319 in May. That may signal the rapid growth in the number of overseas workers coming to NZ that occurred since pandemic border restrictions were eased, is starting to slow. The MBIE figures show there were a total of 149,220 people in NZ on work visas at the end of July this year. There was also a sharp jump in the number of overseas students coming to NZ, with 12,438 arrivals on student visas in July. That suggests overseas student arrivals are returning to the seasonal pattern evident pre-pandemic, when January, February and July were the main months for student visa arrivals.

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Photo: NZ HeraldThe government has unveiled a $20b transport budget for the next three years, boosting road maintenance, public transport and cycleway investment. Public transport subsidies will be increased by 50% on the last budget (2021-2024), and walking and cycling improvements will be increased by 79%, although from the relatively low base. He said National had "flatlined" road maintenance spending when it was last in office in order to focus on building new state highways. Photo: RNZ / Samuel RillstoneCouncils co-fund things like public transport and the building and maintenance of local roads with Waka Kotahi. This is on top of the $2b loan the Government gave Waka Kotahi for its last transport plan.

Lauren Dickason now faces a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering her three daughters in 2021. The jury deliberated for over 13 hours, before reaching a decision by a majority verdict. The Herald's Anna Leask has been in court for the entire trial, and she says it was an intense few minutes while the verdicts were read. "Lauren Dickason herself was very calm, very quiet. Her parents were in the back of the court and it was a lot for them- her mother, at least, had been crying since we reassembled to hear that verdict."

A mother in New Zealand has been found guilty of murdering her three young daughters, despite her claim of being mentally ill at the time. While she pleaded not guilty to murder, citing severe depression stemming from postpartum depression, the jury rejected her defense. Fearing for her own life, Dickason initially attempted to kill her children using zip ties before resorting to suffocating them with pillows. The 11-1 guilty verdict was delivered by the jury after three days of deliberation. During the reading of the verdict, Dickason remained motionless, later crying as she left the courtroom.

George Heard / Pool Lauren Dickason faces a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering her three young daughters. Supplied Lauren Dickason has been found guilty of murdering her three children, Liane, 6, Maya, 2, and Karla, 2, in Timaru. george heard / pool Lauren Dickason’s lawyer Anne Toohey breaks down in court after guilty murder verdicts are handed down. “On a personal level, can I also extend my sincere gratitude to you... you may retire.”George Heard / Pool Lauren Dickason in the High Court in Christchurch on the first day of her trial. Timaru mayor Nigel Bowen said the guilty verdicts put the full stop in the story of a "very dark time'' for the town.

Emotions ran high in the Christchurch high court as Lauren Dickason was convicted of murdering her three daughters. After the verdict was read, Dickason was taken to the court's holding cells as the judge thanked and dismissed the jury. You may go," Judge Mander said. READ MORE | Why did Lauren Dickason kill her three daughters? Mehigan thinks she'll get a life sentence – an effective 25 years imprisonment.

A New Zealand jury on Wednesday found a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters after rejecting her defense that she was so mentally ill at the time she couldn't be held responsible. She had pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing she was suffering severe depression that could be traced back to postpartum depression, reports the AP . Lauren Dickason at first tried to kill her children using zip ties and then suffocated them with pillows. Radio New Zealand reported that Dickason was motionless in the dock as the verdict was read out in Christchurch High Court, then cried quietly as she left. (Read more postpartum depression stories.)