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St Andrew's Strawberry Fair Pantry
🍓 The world-famous St Andrew’s Pantry is well stocked and ready for the Strawberry Fair! Filled with firm favourites - homemade jams, chutneys, and sauces - it’s always one of the first stalls to sell out. Save the date so you don’t miss out - the Pantry opens from 9 am.🥫
👉 … View more🍓 The world-famous St Andrew’s Pantry is well stocked and ready for the Strawberry Fair! Filled with firm favourites - homemade jams, chutneys, and sauces - it’s always one of the first stalls to sell out. Save the date so you don’t miss out - the Pantry opens from 9 am.🥫
👉 Saturday 8 November
📍 St Andrew’s Church, 100 St Andrew’s Road, Epsom
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St Andrew's Strawberry Fair
Save the Date – The Strawberry Fair at St Andrew’s Church, Epsom
Everything you’d expect from a traditional fair and more!
• Children’s games, toys and a bouncy castle
• Strawberries galore - chocolate-dipped, strawberries & cream, and freshly baked scones with strawberry jam … View moreSave the Date – The Strawberry Fair at St Andrew’s Church, Epsom
Everything you’d expect from a traditional fair and more!
• Children’s games, toys and a bouncy castle
• Strawberries galore - chocolate-dipped, strawberries & cream, and freshly baked scones with strawberry jam & cream
• Second-hand books and ‘high-class junk’ treasures
• Plants and fresh produce
• Fabric and knitting
• St Andrew’s Pantry
Saturday 8 November | Opens 9 am
St Andrew’s Church, Epsom
EFTPOS available
Kiwis are still leaving New Zealand in record numbers
New Zealand’s annual net migration rate fell to 10,600 for the year to August 2025.
There was a record net migration loss of 47,900 New Zealand citizens in August 2025.
Overall migrant arrivals dropped 16% to 138,600, while departures increased 13% to 127,900.
… View moreNew Zealand’s annual net migration rate fell to 10,600 for the year to August 2025.
There was a record net migration loss of 47,900 New Zealand citizens in August 2025.
Overall migrant arrivals dropped 16% to 138,600, while departures increased 13% to 127,900.
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New Zealand’s annual net migration rate has fallen again, according to new figures from Stats NZ.
At just 10,600 for the year to August 2025, the net number of additional migrants in the country appears to be a reversal from a return to growth in the year to July.
The August 2025 year provisionally saw two annual records for New Zealand citizens, Stats NZ said today.
There were 73,900 migrant departures, exceeding the previous record of 73,300 in July 2025 year.
That led to a record net migration loss of 47,900 Kiwis, exceeding the previous record of 47,100 in the July 2025 year.
For New Zealand citizens, the net migration loss of 47,900 in August 2025 is compared with a net migration loss of 44,900 in the August 2024 year.
Compared to a year earlier, overall migrant arrivals continued to fall at 138,600, down 16%.
Migrant departures were up 13% at 127,900.
The past two years have seen a massive drop-off in net migration numbers as large numbers of New Zealand citizens have departed and fewer migrants have arrived.
Annual migrant arrivals peaked at 234,800 in the year ended October 2023.
Annual net migration also peaked in the year ended October 2023, with a gain of 135,500.
The long-term average for August years (2002 to 2019) before Covid-19 is 119,900 migrant arrivals, 91,700 migrant departures, and a net migration gain of 28,200, Stats NZ said.
On a monthly basis, migrant arrivals were down 4% in August at 10,500.
Migrant departures were flat at 8900 (down less than 1%).
Monthly net migration represented a gain of 1600 compared with a gain of 2000 in July.
New Zealand’s weak labour market had driven migrant departures higher, said ASB senior economist Jane Turner.
It was now at a level consistent with the relative outperformance by Australia’s labour market (as measured by relative unemployment rates), she said.
“Meanwhile, we continue to see a fall in migrant arrivals as employment prospects in New Zealand remain weak relative to other migration destinations.”
The sharp decline in net immigration over the past two years had been a strong headwind for retail spending and for the demand for new housing construction, Turner said.
“We expect this trend will be slow to turn around and any lift in net immigration may be fairly limited by historical standards,” she said.
Citizens of India, China, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka drove net migration gains in the August 2025 year.
For migrant arrivals the largest groups were citizens from New Zealand at 26,000, followed by India (18,900), China (18,400), the Philippines (10,700) and Sri Lanka (6100).
For migrant departures the largest groups were citizens of New Zealand at 73,900, China: (7600), India (5500) and the UK (5100).
More citizens of the UK left the country than arrived in the year to 2025.
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Appeal for sightings of missing Auckland teenager
Police are appealing for information about an Auckland teenager who is missing from her Mt Roskill home.
Dannii is 16-years-old and described as 163cm tall, with brown eyes and dark curly hair. She is also known to be quiet by nature and keeps to herself.
Police and Dannii’s family have … View morePolice are appealing for information about an Auckland teenager who is missing from her Mt Roskill home.
Dannii is 16-years-old and described as 163cm tall, with brown eyes and dark curly hair. She is also known to be quiet by nature and keeps to herself.
Police and Dannii’s family have concerns for her welfare and would like to find her as soon as possible.
If you have seen Dannii or have any information that could help us find her please contact Police immediately on 111 and quote file number 251009/5045.
Why Inland Revenue is taking money from bank accounts
Thousands of people have had money deducted from their bank accounts in recent months as Inland Revenue steps up its efforts to collect the tax it is owed.
IR spokesperson Rowan McArthur said it had sent out 16,500 notices about planned bank deductions since mid-June, 25% more than for the whole … View moreThousands of people have had money deducted from their bank accounts in recent months as Inland Revenue steps up its efforts to collect the tax it is owed.
IR spokesperson Rowan McArthur said it had sent out 16,500 notices about planned bank deductions since mid-June, 25% more than for the whole of last year.
"We are targeting customers who have repeatedly not engaged with IR; and those where information we have indicates there may be funds in their bank account(s) that could be deducted from to pay off existing tax debt."
He said IR was also working to get instalment payment plans in place.
"As with all tax debt, we welcome customers contacting us so we can work with them to resolve their debt situation."
Between mid-June and September 30, there had been 8181 deductions completed, which had recovered $17 million. There were another 6026 deductions in progress, which had collected $5.5m.
John Cuthbertson, Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand tax leader, said tax debt had ballooned in recent years and the "softly, softly" approach taken over the Covid years meant many people were given significant leeway with their tax bills.
"Tax debt as of March was $9.3 billion. When you think about it that's a significant amount of money. If you look at Budget 2024 and 2025, funding was allocated specifically for IRD to be more aggressive in terms of audit activity… debt is the focus and they certainly don't want to let it get any larger."
He said some of the debt was quite old and some IRD was trying to collect quickly before it became non-collectible.
IRD also had the power to apply to have money taken from people's wages if they were employed, he said.
"It's in people's best interest to get on top of their debt as early as they can and communicate. But we've had situations where employers or companies have used Inland Revenue as a bank by not paying some of these core taxes like GST and their PAYE - that's held on trust for the Crown. That means they've been living beyond their means, really."
Some accountants told RNZ it seemed people were only given a week's notice before money was taken, and it was tough for some businesses that were struggling.
Deloitte tax partner Robyn Walker pointed to Inland Revenue guidance that said people would typically have received advice about the amount that was past due and a warning letter.
That noted that, since its system upgrade, Inland Revenue had more information from a wider variety of sources, which allowed it to be more proactive.
"Inland Revenue also did a systems upgrade [recently] so that the MyIR system more prominently shows any tax debt when people log in. I've heard some feedback that some people think it feels aggressive," she said.
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The Village Square Trust's Annual Stakeholder Meeting
The Village Square Trust's Annual Stakeholder Meeting will be held at Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland at 6pm on Tuesday 21 October, 2025.
Members of our wider community are welcome to join the meeting and afterwards for tea and biscuits.
If you would like to… View moreThe Village Square Trust's Annual Stakeholder Meeting will be held at Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland at 6pm on Tuesday 21 October, 2025.
Members of our wider community are welcome to join the meeting and afterwards for tea and biscuits.
If you would like to attend, please email your RSVP to danielle@villagesquare.org.nz
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown outlines goals before Christmas break, focusing on Auckland Transport and tech
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has a list he wants to tick off before Christmas, including getting back on the tennis court after hurting an ankle.
“That’s really important to me,” said the mayor, who was back sweeping up the crumbs yesterday at the West End Tennis Club, where he plays tennis … View moreAuckland Mayor Wayne Brown has a list he wants to tick off before Christmas, including getting back on the tennis court after hurting an ankle.
“That’s really important to me,” said the mayor, who was back sweeping up the crumbs yesterday at the West End Tennis Club, where he plays tennis and where he hosted a party to celebrate a second term.
Speaking to the Herald from his office at council headquarters yesterday, Brown reflected on the new makeup of the council, which includes five fresh faces, laid out his priorities in the run-up to Christmas, and sketched where he wants to take the city before stepping down in 2028.
On Saturday, the often blunt and combative engineer stormed home to win a second term, comfortably beating his main challenger, Kerrin Leoni, by about 90,000 votes.
Brown said that apart from Victoria Short, who stood on his Fix Auckland ticket, and John Gillon (North Shore), he barely knew the three other new faces, Matt Winiata (Manurewa-Papakura), Bo Burns (Howick), and Sarah Paterson-Hamlin (Whau).
He plans to meet each one of them over the coming days and thinks the new council is a “little bit better” than last term.
By this, he meant he was pleased to see Short unseat one of the long-standing “Albanians”, Wayne Walker, and welcomed the defeat of two-time mayoral candidate and “keyboard warrior” Craig Lord, who lost to Paterson-Hamlin in Whau. As for Gillon, he said he plans to work with him, despite finding him “a bit negative”.
“The public voted for me because, unlike governments, they know where they are going,” Brown said.
There would not be any surprises, said Brown, whose focus over the coming months would be on trying to understand what Auckland Transport actually does, “so I can fix it”.
“It’s like a black box. Answers come out of AT all wrong, and no one in there can tell me how they got to those answers. I will continue asking questions and getting stupid answers until I get good answers.”
Another early focus for Brown is pressing ahead with the Tech Alliance, bringing together the public and private sectors to attract capital and boost productivity, which Brown said could bypass lengthy council delays.
“I want to plan for really good offshore trips next year, so the tier two and three firms of Auckland can really benefit. You have to give them a bit of time to prepare. You can’t just say we’re going to China next month.
“The Government tends to do things like that. We will all rush off, and it’s all about the Prime Minister. This isn’t all about me when we go over there. It’s about Auckland businesses making use of me,” he said.
There’s also what Brown called a coronation later this month, when councillors get sworn in at the Auckland Town Hall, and the “bollocks of setting up committees”, giving little away on that front other than “Richard Hills will still run planning because he does such a good job”.
Brown also plans to hand over plans for a bed levy to fund events to the Deputy Mayor, Desley Simpson, who, he said, is keen to take it up and has close connections to the National-led Government.
Asked what he hoped to achieve by the end of his second term, Brown said his priorities included embedding a businesslike approach to council spending, fostering a culture of efficient service, and encouraging Aucklanders to focus more on the city’s future rather than daily frustrations with Auckland Transport.
“And we will be more of an international trading city than we are.
“I know the council will go on forever and there will be more mayors and more councillors, but this is a three-year project. This is my project.”
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Whether you're new to netball or just looking for a gentler way to play, Walking Netball is the perfect way to stay active and social … View moreDid you know Walking Netball is part of our Summer League? 🏐👯
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Poll: What would bring you back to the city centre?
Our CBDs have been making headlines lately – they’re not quite the bustling hearts of our cities they once were, with more people flocking to malls instead. The big question is, what do you think should be the focus of a revitalised city centre?
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25.7% Delicious eats: cafés, restaurants, and foodie hotspots
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30.6% Retail therapy: clothing, shops, and unique finds
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25.5% Things to do: cinemas, arcades, entertainment
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18.2% Services & businesses: the practical stuff
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