AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoElection Campaign: National has complained to the Electoral Commission over a campaign urging centre-right voters to split their votes between National and ACT or NZ First. Both coalition partners approved related advertising, as campaigning intensifies ahead of the November 7 election. Crime: Police seized 250kg of cocaine, worth an estimated NZ$80 million, after tracking a Brazil-origin shipment from Tauranga to Auckland. Five men have been charged. Health: Health NZ says more than 2,300 peptide-specific injecting kits have been distributed through its Needle Exchange Programme, while warning that unapproved peptides promoted online can carry serious risks. Consumer Warning: Whanganui District Council is urging property buyers to order LIM reports directly, after a third-party website charged more than five times the council’s standard fee. Technology: Hamilton’s Anglesea Hospital has installed New Zealand’s first Toumai surgical robot, with its first operation completed last month.
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