AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoCommonwealth Games: The Silver Ferns are through to the gold medal match after beating England 61-54, setting up a final against Jamaica after the Jamaicans edged Australia 46-45; it’s New Zealand’s first CWG gold-medal match since 2014. Politics & policy: New Zealand First says it will campaign on a “Kiwi Kids Grant” paying parents $5,000 a year tax-free for the first three years for each of their first three children, and confirmed former Defence Minister Ron Mark will stand again in Wairarapa. Education: ACT is pushing a plan to let teachers direct “seriously or persistently disruptive” students out of class, with legal protection for “reasonable force.” Biosecurity: MPs were told New Zealand will likely have to “learn to live with” bird flu as H5N1 spreads, with focus on surveillance and protecting poultry and native species. Local impacts: Awakino Gorge on SH3 will close again for four days from Aug 22-25, hitting Mōkau businesses that rely on passing traffic. Sports shock: Australia’s Diamonds crashed out of the CWG netball semis, losing 46-45 to Jamaica after a last-second miss by debutant Sophie Dwyer.
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