For this year’s Anzac Day commemoration, the Royal New Zealand RSA has chosen Phantom Billstickers’ frames to showcase posters of the iconic Anzac Day poppy. The RSA has long been a champion of the red poppy and its message of remembrance, and is committed to keeping its significance alive for future generations. This year, the organisation has chosen to display the red poppy in a new and impactful way, using Phantom frames to create larger-than-life street posters. Unlike other media, street posters make a public statement and deliver their message without interruption, day and night,” Phantom Billsticker’s says. Since its first appearance on Anzac Day in 1922, the red poppy has become an internationally recognised symbol of remembrance for fallen soldiers.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes an early voting for upcoming Nov. 8 general election at Union Election Commission office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. An official of the Union Election Commission counts ballots at a polling station in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The new military-appointed commission declared the 2020 election results invalid and prosecuted Suu Kyi and 15 other senior political figures for alleged fraud. In the statement, “For The Yangon” claimed Sai Kyaw Thu had been a plaintiff in the election fraud case against Suu Kyi. According to reports in Myanmar’s independent media, Sai Kyaw Thu was cross-examined as a prosecution witness in the trials against Suu Kyi last year.

Strong Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) data on Friday night pushed global rates modestly higher. Strong global PMI data on Friday reinforced market views of further policy tightening ahead for the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England, pushing global rates modestly higher. PMI data showed increasing growth momentum for services sectors across the Euro area, UK and US and deeper growth contractions for the manufacturing sector for the regions noted apart from the US. With the services sector a larger part of the economy, composite indices improved across the board, signalling overall improved growth momentum in April. The data suggest that the UK and Euro area might have skirted recession and raise a question whether the US economy will even get close to recession, despite a range of other indicators giving a clear signal of recessionary forces.

nzherald.co.nz published this video item, entitled “Focus Morning Bulletin: 24 April, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz” – below is their description. Harassment in health settings, principal 2-month work ban, Hawkes Bay tourism low, Aussie’s new NZ citizenship pathway & Barry Humprhries dies aged 89 in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Full story: https://bit.ly/xxxxxxxx Subscribe and be notified of breaking news: https://goo.gl/LP45jX Check out our playlists: https://goo.gl/Swd249 Like NZ Herald on Facebook: https://goo.gl/tUC4oq Follow NZ Herald on Instagram: https://goo.gl/oLicXe Follow NZ Herald on Twitter: https://goo.gl/Wi6mbv nzherald.co.nz YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.

All Blacks head coach Ian Foster. It’s standard practice for the All Blacks coach to pipe up at about this stage of the season to send a mix of direct and veiled messages to the professional playing base. Foster has found himself in the unprecedented position of heading to the World Cup knowing it will be his last act in the job. But what is true is that New Zealand Rugby’s decision to appoint Scott Robertson as the next All Blacks coach has liberated Foster from some of the conventional thinking which has bound his predecessors. Foster wasn’t making an idle threat when he said that some players need to lift the quality and intensity of their rugby.

MONIQUE FORD/StuffWhich New Zealand/Aotearoa city has had a "lamp saga" with all of its 17,000 street lamps deemed faulty?

Photo/ Sylvie WhinrayIt’s frills or frump, says Sinead Corcoran Dye on the fruitless search for a stylish maternity frock. Last weekend I looked over my very lovely husband’s shoulder to see him deep in concentration, googling “funky maternity dresses for the bigger lady”. In my travels and at least 40-400 hours of painful Googling I have established the following – and only the following – maternity dresses exist. The only label I have found that caters to bigger-bodied women who still want to wear nice, cool, well-made and quality fabric clothes is local brand, Ruby. But if my billion hours thrashing Google have somehow missed some chic, plus-sized, maternity gems that you know of, I beg you, please DM me.

1News published this video item, entitled “Meet the publican leading her community’s rebuild after Cyclone Gabrielle” – below is their description. Puketapu’s Mary Danielson is this week’s Good Sort. 1News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.

A woman is in Dunedin Hospital with serious injuries after a two-car crash in the city. A police spokesman said the collision at the intersection of Andersons Bay Rd and Orari St was reported to police about 4.10pm yesterday. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said emergency services helped an elderly lady get out of her vehicle before she was transported to hospital in a serious condition. An investigation into the cause of the crash was ongoing, the police spokesman said. titus.lambertlane@odt.co.nz

Blues lose All Blacks pair to injuryBlues lose All Blacks pair to injury[Photo: Stuff.co.nz]Blues fullback Stephen Perofeta faces an uphill battle to earn All Blacks selection for the Rugby World Cup after suffering another "significant" shoulder injury. Perofeta picked up the knock in the first half of their Super Rugby Pacific win over the NSW Waratahs at Eden Park. Alongside prop Nepo Laulala, the Blues will be sweating on the pair's fitness as the side push for a home playoff spot. The Blues will play the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua at 2.05pm Saturday in Lautoka. Source: Newshub

Healthcare workers would be among those who might be more tempted to leave the country, he believed. Sally-Anne Colmore left NZ to work as registered nurse lead at Mineral Resources in Australia. The pre-COVID trend of more Kiwis going to Australia than vice versa has resumed, after a reversal when the pandemic struck. Over the year to September 2022 (the latest data available) 5400 people moved from Australia to NZ, with just over 8500 Kiwis moving to Australia. “The question is how New Zealand makes it more attractive to keep Kiwis here.”

Armed police were called to Triangle Rd in the suburb of Massey late last night. Photo: NZ HeraldA man has been arrested following a shooting in West Auckland that resulted in a person being rushed to hospital in a critical condition. Police said a 26-year-old man has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Police and ambulance responded and one person was transported to Auckland Hospital in a critical condition. A local resident, Shane Russell, said he heard the police yelling “Come out, we have your house surrounded” at a property in Triangle Rd.

Stephen Perofeta’s World Cup hopes were plunged into doubt on Saturday night. Two potentially serious injuries to All Blacks World Cup contenders cast a cloud over the Blues second successive rout of lightweight Australian opposition. The classy utility played three tests at fullback for the All Blacks last year but with Chiefs playmaker Damian McKenzie’s compelling form threatening his place for the World Cup, Perofeta’s injury setback couldn’t come at a worse time. We want to do well at the World Cup so we’ll always support our national team. It’s not great for the competition but in a World Cup year you’ve got to suck it up, I guess.

ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Barry Humphries, satirist and creator of Dame Edna, dies aged 89 | ABC News” – below is their description. Australian actor and comedian Barry Humphries, who created iconic characters such as Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, has died aged 89. ABC News (Australia) YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.

Professional Firefighters must be expanded to acknowledge the danger we are under from climate change and fire seasons. So many of the problems we encountered was the shear slowness of an underfunded, under capacity public service. The report is being launched as the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) begins in the United Kingdom over the upcoming weekend. The reality is that climate change will force us to adapt whether we want it our not. The supply side shocks caused by Covid and war are not going away, and they are being compounded by catastrophic climate change.