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• Industrial Action Looms at Tiwai Point as Workers Challenge Rio Tinto’s Labor Practices

  Published: May 2, 2026

  Section: Companies & Industry

  Workers at New Zealand’s only aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point have voted to initiate a series of strikes starting Monday, May 4, 2026. The move follows a prolonged and unsuccessfu...

• Stewart Island Residents Launch $1M Fundraiser to Keep Seniors on Rakiura

  Published: Apr 17, 2026

  Section: Property Investment

  The Stewart Island Seniors Cottage Trust is seeking an additional $1 million to construct specialized housing for elderly residents in Oban, aiming to prevent forced relocations to...

• "Survival is Remarkable": Two Climbers Rescued Following Three-Day Fiordand Ordeal

  Published: Apr 10, 2026

  Section: AXL News

  Two climbers have been successfully extracted from a steep mountainside in Fiordand National Park after enduring three nights of severe alpine weather. The rescue, described as a f...