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Caption:Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey.Photo credit:RNZ / Mark PapaliiDrug Foundation Executive Director Sarah Helm.Supplied/ NZ Drug Foundation
Executive Director of NZ Drug Foundation Sarah Helm.
NZ Drug Foundation executive director Sarah Helm
hand holds packet with white narcotic - cocaine, meth or another drug closeup
Cocaine and other drugs on a black background, close-up. A rolled up dollar bill for drug use. Prohibited drugs.
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Christopher Luxon at the China Business Summit 2026.
Christopher Luxon speaking to business leaders on Thursday morning at the China Business Summit in Auckland.
People remain on a street following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Venezuela on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering panic in Caracas, according to AFP journalists. The tremor, which was followed by several aftershocks, was also felt in Colombia. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)
Housing in Mount Victoria, Wellington.
Caulerpa at Omākiwi in June 2023
A handout image released on June 23, 2026 by the European Space Agency and taken on March 23, 2025 for a period of 26 hours by the Euclid’s optical camera VIS to wich the colours were added using observations captured in the summer of 2025 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope’s MegaCam camera (CFHT-Megacam) in Hawaii shows our Milky Way galaxy’s centre. 60 million stars, billions of visible galaxies and image quality never seen before: on June 24, 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled the centre of the Milky Way, which should enable the identification of new exoplanets. (Photo by Handout / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY” - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS