First up today, the overnight dairy auction was a terrible one. Prices fell -7.4% in USD terms and -4.8% in NZD terms, principally on an almost -11% dive in the dominant WMP price (-8.5% in NZD terms). Remember these falls are from the prior auction two weeks ago which was also quite weak, so the declines are compounding. The WMP price is down -8.2% from just last week at the GDP Pulse event. The WMP price is back to levels we last had in August 2016.

A 52-year-old man has been charged with Yanfei Bao's murder. Photo: NZ HeraldA man charged with allegedly kidnapping Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao has now been charged with murder. A 52-year-old Bryndwr man was charged with kidnapping Bao. The New Zealand Herald earlier revealed the man had only been living in New Zealand for several months. Anyone who had seen Yanfei Bao, or had any information about where she could be, is urged to call 111 immediately and quote event number P055385539.

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A man who was previously charged with kidnapping missing real estate agent in New Zealand will also face a murder charge today. Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves said the man, who has name suppression, will now face an additional charge of murder, Stuff reported. Yanfei Bao's alleged murderer will appear in court today as police appeal for help to find key items. NZ Police appeal for public help to find key items including a spade. A car belonging to the 52-year-old man charged with kidnapping Bao was seen further down the street by two residents on the same day.

Auckland’s Fifa Women’s World Cup swansong has arrived – Eden Park hosting the 29th and final New Zealand game tonight. Spain and Sweden will battle it out for a spot in the final, promising one of the most competitive matches of the tournament. For those heading to the game, here’s everything you need to know. The stadium is hosting a number of matches for the FIFA 2023 women's world cup including the opening match between New Zealand and Norway. Sky is showing the match live on Sky Sport 1.

The Queensland Reds have secured not one but two All Black props for next season one two-year deals. ADVERTISEMENTFormer Blues prop Alex Hodgman, 27, and ex-Hurricane Jeff Toomaga-Allen, 32, will head to Ballymore in 2024 and for Hodgman the possibility exists of wearing green and gold in the very near future. Hodgman’s father was born in Australia, making him eligible, and he will become an Australian-based player once he joins the Reds. The prospect of wearing the Wallabies jersey is one Hodgman said he’d ‘love to take’ if the opportunity arose. “In addition, having a player of Alex’s ability qualifying for Wallaby selection in 2024 is great for Australian Rugby.”

Comrades we are 2 months out from the 2023 election, here is the current Election Battlefield 2023 as TDB sees it. LABOUR: 33% on election nightThey had one chance to take the election back by using the leak to surprise everyone. There was also the wee issue of a Chinese Spy inside the National Party as an MP. Pakeha have every reason to vote for Māori Party Tax Policy this election. PREDICTION:Never underestimate the ball-less, gutless, spineless Labour Party to ineffectively pursue incrementalism and blunt any true progress from ever happening.

Photo / 123rfNew Zealanders shouldn’t expect any meaningful rebound from recession this year, according to a gloomy prognosis by international research agency BMI. “After falling into technical recession in [the first quarter], real GDP growth is unlikely to have rebounded in [the second quarter],” said economists at BMI, a unit of Fitch Group. BMI has retained its view that real GDP growth will decelerate sharply in 2023, coming in at just 1 per cent. The report noted the impact of higher interest rates and recessionary conditions in the private sector. “Both the services and the manufacturing PMIs eased in June, combining to pull the headline index down, with the manufacturing PMI falling further below 50 (47.4) and the services PMI hovering just above 50 (50.1).”The manufacturing PMI fell further in July, to 46.3.

New Zealand's secret service has published a report calling Chinese spying and influence operations a "complex intelligence concern," prompting calls for new laws to protect the country's democracy against foreign interference. The report comes as governments around the world face growing concerns over Chinese infiltration and influence operations on foreign soil, including “long-arm” law enforcement. "Most notable is the continued targeting of New Zealand’s diverse ethnic Chinese communities," it said. The Chinese Embassy said it "strongly deplored and firmly rejected" the report, saying China doesn't interfere in other countries' internal affairs. According to The Post newspaper: "The Government has been quietly considering creating new foreign interference crimes to better prosecute foreign agents, and a foreign agent register to increase transparency of state-backed activity."

Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Ethiopian police nab hundreds under state of emergency, say witnesses” – below is their description. In Ethiopia, lawyers and witnesses say authorities have arrested hundreds of people in Addis Ababa. Authorities declared a state of emergency in the Amhara region earlier this month, after fighting between the army and rebels known as Fano. Rights groups say ethnic Amharas are being targeted in the mass arrests. Samuel Getachaw is a Freelance Journalist who joins us live on Skype from Addis Ababa to discuss the latest updates.

In This Story: COVID-19Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020. Symptoms of coronavirusThe main symptoms of coronavirus are:a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)Latest News about Covid-19Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top. 5 Recent Items: COVID-19

John Mawson and his colleagues are building an orchard which will bear fruit of a very different kind. In fact, it is a digital apple orchard. The project is part of the work New Zealand scientists from Plant & Food Research are pushing ahead. Mawson is leader of the Plant & Food Research Growing Futures Direction Digital Horticultural Systems. They are using a technique known as “digital twinning” to replicate a real orchard.

David and Judi Grey grow avocados on their 13-hectare orchard in Waerenga-a-Hika, near Gisborne; they produce close to 24 tons of avocados each year. However, there has been an extra ton of avocados grown recently, consisting of the ‘GreyStar’, ‘Eclipse’ and ‘Titan’ varieties. This green-skinned trio is attracting a great deal of interest across the country and overseas. Out of a slew of new seedlings, the first to be earmarked for continuation was ‘GreyStar’, “because it was very precocious”. Also, they are mature at different times, with ‘Titan’ first in November, ‘GreyStar’ from December on, and ‘Eclipse’ very late from March onwards through the winter months.

A reminder the trial of triple murder-accused Lauren Dickason case is decided by a jury, not the experts. She doesn’t deny killing her three daughters in Timaru in 2021, but is mounting a defence of infanticide and insanity. The jury retired for deliberations just before 2pm - returning to again watch the police interviews with the accused, and her husband. The Herald's Anna Leask says Justice Cameron Mander told them to weigh up the evidence they've heard. "Don't get bogged down on what these leading experts and police and all sorts have told them- take the evidence into account that they think is right and go from there."

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