The draw for the 2026 NPC season has been released!

Attached is the draw for our Hawke's Bay Magpies! 🦅

🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍

Media release HBRU:
www.sporty.co.nz/magpies/news...

Media release NZ Rugby:
www.nzrugby.co.nz/news-and-eve...

Full draw:
www.provincial.rugby/npc/fixtures...

#NPC2026 #Magpies

#NPC2026: Now that the session is over, here's our expected document release timeline:

• 3/12: all legislation (still awaiting the Environmental Code)
• 3/13: 15th FYP & Gov Work Report
• 3/14: budget & annual dev plan reports
• 3/15: NPCSC work report
• 3/16: SPC & SPP work reports

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#NPC2026: China has released the full text of two of the three laws passed on March 12.

1. Law on National Development Plans (effective immediately)

Official link: www.news.cn/politics/202...

Bill page: npcobserver.com/legislation/...

#NPC2026: We have finally posted analysis of all three laws that China is expected to pass today (Thursday, March 12):

🪡 A quick thread:

#NPC2026: The NPC Standing Committee's 2026 work report* is out, available in both Chinese and English:

🇨🇳: npcobserver.com/wp-content/u...

🇬🇧: npcobserver.com/wp-content/u...

*Subject to changes before NPC approval

NPC Observer - Covering China’s National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee An independent website offering original coverage of China's National People's Congress and its Standing Committee

#NPC2026 We have also uploaded the latest drafts of the following bills & their accompanying explanations:

• Ecological & Environmental Code
• Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity & Progress
• Law on National Development Plans

The files are available here: npcobserver.com#docs

#NPC2026: 🚨 Full text of China's DRAFT 15th Five-Year Plan. It's subject to further (minor) revisions and NPC approval next week.

The text is available in Chinese only.

npcobserver.com/wp-content/u...

NPC Observer - Covering China’s National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee An independent website offering original coverage of China's National People's Congress and its Standing Committee

#NPC2026: The Ministry of Finance's 2026 budgets report and the National Development and Reform Commission's 2026 report on development plans are now also available in both Chinese and English.

For the files, please go to our website: npcobserver.com#docs

#NPC2026: Full text of Premier Li Qiang's 2026 Government Work Report*:

🇨🇳: npcobserver.com/wp-content/u...

🇬🇧: npcobserver.com/wp-content/u...

*Non-final; subject to further revisions

NPCSC Session Watch: Social Assistance, Fire and Rescue Personnel, CPAs & NPC Preparations A preview of the regular February 2026 session of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC).

A reminder that China's NPC Standing Committee is meeting today and tomorrow. It will primarily prepare for the upcoming #NPC2026 session, but will also review three pieces of legislation.

Our preview:

npcobserver.com/2026/02/10/c...

NPC 2026: China to Enact Law on the Formulation and Implementation of Five-Year Plans The Law will codify China's existing procedural framework governing the drafting, approval, and implementation of Five-Year Plans for Economic and Social Development, including the Communist

#NPC2026: In a few weeks, China's National People's Congress will enact a new law to codify existing procedures for drafting, approving, and implementing Five-Year Plans, incl. explicit recognition of the Communist Party's role throughout the process.

Our overview: npcobserver.com/2026/02/24/c...

NPCSC Session Watch: Environmental Code, Antarctic Policy, Ethnicity & Language, State Assets, Childcare, Banking Regulation & Trademarks A preview of the December 2025 session of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC).

NEW: China's national legislature will next meet on December 22–27 with a packed agenda, including 14 legislative bills and almost two dozen reports.

Among other news, it seems that THREE bills are heading to #NPC2026 in the spring.

npcobserver.com/2025/12/16/c...

The Chiefs announced today that Tyrone Thompson is returning to the franchise for the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season.

Awesome news, of course, but what Magpies fans really want to know is whether he'll return to the Bay for the 2026 NPC season as well!

#NPC2026