To get ready for the new season of TV show House of the Dragon all must choose a side in the looming civil war – especially New Zealand’s 25 million sheep. As a dragon’s favourite snack, the sheep are in a precarious position, but DDB Aotearoa have come to the rescue, creating Baattlewear to keep them safe. Each suit of armour pays homage to both the characteristics of the factions in House of the Dragon, and the two breeds. Animal safety experts and handlers were engaged alongside two well trained sheep – a Romneycalled Kerry and a Merino named Sugar. “Kerry and Sugar in Westerosi-styled armour are recognisably Kiwi, while also being true to the style of House of the Dragon.

The housing market appears likely to remain firmly in buyers' favour this winter, with more people wanting to sell properties than there are people who are willing and able to buy them. The huge overhang of unsold properties on the market that has built up over the last nine months is at least as big an influence on the housing market at the moment as the prevailing high interest rates. First home buyers will also likely be cheering recent comments by Housing Minister Chris Bishop, who said he regarded house prices as being too high. •You can have articles like this delivered directly to your inbox via our free Property Newsletter. To start receiving them, register here (it's free) and when approved you can select any of our free email newsletters.

Today the coalition government has announced that a select committee inquiry into banking competition will be led by the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. New Zealand First campaigned to take on foreign owned banks, and we committed to that in our coalition agreement by ensuring the inquiry has a broad

Former Highlanders utility back Connor Garden-Bachop passes away at 25-years-oldFormer Highlanders utility back Connor Garden-Bachop passes away at 25-years-oldMaori All Blacks utility back and former Highlanders player Connor Garden-Bachop has passed away. [Image: stuff.co.nz]Maori All Blacks utility back and former Highlanders player Connor Garden-Bachop has passed away at the age of 25. The outside back had spent four seasons with the Super Rugby club and represented the Maori All Blacks in 2022. His brother, Jackson Garden-Bachop, spent six years with the Hurricanes and currently plays in France. Garden-Bachop passed away yesterday following a medical event.

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Open Extended ReactionsHighlanders and Maori All Blacks back Connor Garden-Bachop has died after suffering a medical event on Monday, New Zealand Rugby has announced. Garden-Bachop, the son of former All Blacks back Stephen Bachop and late Black Ferns player Sue Garden-Bachop, was 25. "Connor passed away on Monday following a medical event, and rugby's collective focus at this time is on supporting his family. All of rugby walks alongside the Garden-Bachop family at this time and we are collectively united in our grief. According to stuff.co.nz, Garden-Bachop died after suffering a medical event at a relative's home in Christchurch on Monday.

This is all despite more property market stimulus from the government, which clearly hasn't turned the market yet. In Australia, stories are swirling that NSW is about to raise its land tax rate. The Kiwi dollar starts today little-changed at just under 61.3 USc. That all means our TWI-5 starts today down -20 bps at just on 70.9. The bitcoin price starts today at US$66,351 and down a very minor -0.2% from this time yesterday.

A new free community newspaper for Waikato is aiming to extend Stuff’s reach across the region, bringing stories about local people right to the door. With the first publication coming up on July 3, the community paper, The Waikato Local Te Pūtahi, will be focused on locally relevant news to complement the daily Waikato Times masthead. Since the launch of the Waikato Times digital masthead in March 2023, the title’s reach has more than doubled with new subscribers choosing either a digital-only daily read, or a print and digital bundle. The Waikato Local free community title will build on that reach, ensuring Stuff continues to have the biggest print and digital footprint of any media company in the Waikato. “The way people consume local news is also changing, as we have seen with the hugely successful launch of our digital subscriptions for The Post, The Press, The Waikato Times and our regional dailynewspapers.”Stuff Brand Connections Managing Director Matt Headland says while readers can expect excellent local coverage in their area, advertisers will have a bumper bundled offering through the daily Waikato Times and the weekly The Waikato Local.

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Queenstown Airport said the Virgin Australia flight VA148 departed Queenstown at 5.50pm yesterday, bound for Melbourne when it experienced an issue just after take-off. It was then diverted to Invercargill Airport, where it landed safely. "The aircraft has been met by emergency services at Invercargill Airport. Passengers waking in Invercargill this morning will be bussed to Queenstown, Virgin told 9News. "The engine has been shut down so it's not an issue, and we have got crews on the ground at Invercargill Airport as a precaution only."

Source: US State of ConnecticutFor the first time, researchers have assembled a complete “end-to-end” reference genome for the sex chromosomes of five great ape species and one lesser ape species. Then in August 2023, the consortium announced it had fully sequenced the human Y chromosome as well. Like the human X and Y, the great ape Y chromosomes have far fewer genes compared to the X chromosomes. Researchers found that over 90% of the ape X chromosome sequences aligned to the human X chromosome, showing that the X chromosomes have remained relatively unchanged over millions of years of evolution. However, only 14% to 27% of the ape Y chromosome sequences aligned to the human Y chromosome.

Photo: Ricky Wilson/StuffSouth Aucklanders are being urged to have their say on the Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP), which will shape Auckland's transport network in the next 10 years. The RLTP details the areas that Auckland Transport, New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and KiwiRail will focus on to respond to the region's transport challenges. 'We pay rates too'Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board chair Apulu Reece Autagavaia said residents still had time to have their say. He said with the limited pool of funding from the government, the Airport to Botany project had been put on hold indefinitely. The last stage and Botany interchange would wait until the Airport to Botany project was better understood.

The discussion explored the personal journeys of these innovators, highlighting how they navigated challenges, embraced creativity, and transcended boundaries to bring their ideas to life. From breaking gender norms to overcoming societal barriers, the panelists shared insights and experiences, inspiring others to pursue their passions and make a lasting impact. Through captivating storytelling techniques blending animation and live-action, skillfully narrated by Raj Kumar Rao, the impactful journeys of these change-makers are being presented. She emphasized that innovation is not just the development of something new, but it should also be sustainable. * * *PIB Team MIFF | Gautam/ Swadhin/ Darshana | 17Follow us on social media: @PIBMumbai /PIBMumbai /pibmumbai pibmumbai[at]gmail[dot]com /PIBMumbai /pibmumbai(Release ID: 2025740) Visitor Counter : 55MIL OSI Asia Pacific News –

Activity in New Zealand's services sector - which accounts for about two-thirds of the country's GDP - has plummeted, according to a long running survey. The BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI), which has been going since 2007, recorded the lowest level of activity for a non-COVID lockdown month since the survey began. An index level below 50 shows a contracting services sector, above 50 shows it is expanding. "This tells of a services sector in reverse, at pace," Steel said. That is a massive 13.6 index points below its long-term norm, a comparison only surpassed by the new orders/business indicator that slumped to 42.6 and some 14.5 index points below normal.

Restoring the organised working-class as one of the great “estates” of the realm has similarly been dismissed as impossible by the neoliberal clerisy. By making it possible for employers to keep wages low, investment in more efficient plant and machinery, and the uplifting of employee skill levels, could be more-or-less permanently deferred. The consequences of making it possible for businesses to ‘live’ with low productivity are clearly illustrated in the widening gulf between wage levels in New Zealand and Australia. In 1888, all these factors contributed to defining the realm of the possible in New Zealand. Where real change was possible?