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Flooding will cause greater damage to road networks in future. Pictured is the Tyntesfield bridge, in Marlborough’s Waihopai Valley, destroyed this week by a flooded river.Gavin Hadfield Canterbury could face New Zealand’s biggest annual flood-damage bill for infrastructure by 2075, with power, water and road networks carrying most of the projected cost.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has plenty on her mind.SAM SCANNELL / Taranaki Daily News ANALYSIS: Time to take their foot off the gas. That was the way Nicola Willis described the first rate rise from the Reserve Bank in three years on Wednesday afternoon, as Anna Breman and co “essentially easing their foot a little bit off the accelerator that has been in place in the New Zealand economy in recent months”.

French atmospheric nuclear testing in the South Pacific was a long standing source of annoyance to the New Zealand Government. Photo: Supplied ANALYSIS: The ripple effects of a Chinese ballistic missile splashing into waters near Tuvalu on Monday are being felt across the globe, with serious implications for the nuclear-free Pacific. Pacific nations - including New Zealand - have for decades fought to ban nuclear weapons and testing from their vast and mostly unpopulated waters.

The Government’s energy conservation authority says a $3.8 million campaign to educate Kiwis on fuel use is estimated to have delivered more than $21m in savings. In response to high fuel prices due to the Iran conflict it was announced in March that the Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA) would release an ad campaign to give New Zealanders advice on how to save fuel.

Kāinga Ora is selling properties on Eliot and Lemon streets they bought for more than $3m three years ago.VANESSA LAURIE / TARANAKI DAILY NEWS A multimillion-dollar plot of land in central New Plymouth is back on the market after the Government abandoned plans to build social housing on the site. Kāinga Ora confirmed it was selling three neighbouring inner city properties, 86 Lemon St and 70-74 Eliot St, bought for $3,175,250 in 2023.

This screenshot of the Interpol webpage shows a Red Notice for Anastasiia Berezovska, a suspect in the Monaco bombing that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia.Interpol via AP Ukraine A Europe-wide hunt for the woman suspected of a bombing that targeted a Ukrainian tycoon in Monaco came to an abrupt end yesterday when officials in Kyiv said she had been shot dead by her alleged accomplices, who include a serving Ukrainian intelligence agent.

Power bills have risen 20% in the last two years.VANESSA LAURIE Megan Woods is Labour spokesperson for Energy and Resources. OPINION: One of the things I hear most often from New Zealanders is that power bills feel out of control. People are working hard, doing the right thing, but every month another power bill arrives and it's higher than the last. Power bills have gone up 20% in just the last two years.

AP sports reporters|AP July 8, 2026 • 12:00pm A man walks past a fence with Olympic Rings in front of the Russian National Olympic Committee building in Moscow. Photo: Pavel Bednyakov/AP Russia has moved closer toward having a full team with its national flag and anthem at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Peter Rutzler of The Times|Times Newspapers July 8, 2026 • 12:00pm Belgium's Romelu Lukaku celebrates his goal in their World Cup round of 16 match against the United States in Seattle.

Julie Villard gives advice as part of the Eco Design Adviser service supported by five councils nationally.JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON | The Press Apparently, I’ve been showering wrong for years. I’ve also been expecting too much of the heat pump in my home, and sometimes I’ve even committed the crime of drying clothes inside.