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Embracing Māori Representation Enriches Democracy, Not Divides It
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 6:41 am | D C Harding
Māori representation brings a perspective that encompasses not only the interests of Māori communities but also a broader, holistic approach to environmental stewardship and community well-being, principles deeply embedded in Te Ao Māori (the Māori ... More >>
Communities Against The Fast-track Heartened By ‘Overwhelming’ Public Response; Disgusted By ‘Transparency’ Claims
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:37 pm | CAFT - Communities Against the Fast Track
With submissions closing today, Macassey-Pickard says groups around the country have been supporting a huge range of people to make their submissions. More >>
Renters Rights To Drastically Reduce Under Landlord Government
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:32 pm | Renters United
The Government’s announced changes around tenancy rules set renters’ rights back by nearly a decade. More >>
NZPI Submission on Fast Track Approvals Bill
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:30 pm | NZPI
Our response to the new legislation is informed by targeted conversations with practitioners working in the system and through an implementation lens. More >>
Fast Track Invite List Includes Most Destructive Industries In New Zealand
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:26 pm | Greenpeace
The new ‘Fast-track Approvals Bill’ would give just three Ministers the power to approve or deny development projects. They would avoid the usual checks and balances that are in place to protect rivers, land, the ocean, and communities. More >>
Mental Health Foundation Facing Staff Cuts From Govt Funding Squeeze
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:31 pm | Public Service Association
The Mental Health Foundation provides support and resources for those facing the loss of their job, so it’s wrong in the very week the Government adds another 1000 jobs to its tally of cuts, that this is happening. More >>
Unions Collaborate With Thousands Of Job Cuts
Friday, 19 April 2024, 1:48 pm | Socialist Equality Group
With New Zealand officially in recession, a swathe of mass sackings is currently sending shockwaves through the entire working class. More >>
“Fast-track Law To Kill Kiwi”: Students Say Fight Against Anti-democracy Legislation Is Only Just Beginning
Friday, 19 April 2024, 9:18 am | VUWSA
Student groups ‘Climate Action VUW’, Schools Strike 4 Climate and VUWSA will be on the street in Wellington today, the last day for submissions on the Fast-track Approvals Bill, with a message that the fight against the Government’s ‘War on ... More >>
Rip It Up And Start Over – Fast-Track Approvals Bill Needs To Be Scrapped
Friday, 19 April 2024, 9:00 am | Forest And Bird
“It will cause significant harm to our environment and communities. It is completely at odds with New Zealanders’ relationship with nature and our need for a low-carbon, sustainable economic future." More >>
Maori Authority Warns Government On Fast Track Legislation
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:36 am | National Maori Authority
The Chair of the National Maori Authority, Matthew Tukaki, has warned a Parliamentary Select Committee that fast-tracking legislation is a perilous practice that undermines the core tenets of democracy, transparency, and accountability. More >>
‘Character’ And Its Impact On Immigration Status
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:30 am | MBIE
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is sounding a warning to migrants, that running foul of the law may see them leaving the country prematurely. More >>
Abortions Increase 25% Since Law Change
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:41 pm | Family First
Family First says that the latest abortion statistics make grim and upsetting reading, with a 25% increase in abortions since the decriminalisation of abortion in March 2020. According to an Official Information Act request received by Right to Life ... More >>
Over Half Of New Zealanders Feel That The Country Is In Decline And That Our Society Is Broken
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:38 pm | Ipsos
Ipsos New Zealand's inaugural participation in a global study on populism reveals a pervasive sense of societal and economic decline among New Zealanders. MORE DETAILS AND FULL REPORT HERE Ipsos New Zealand's inaugural participation in a global study ... More >>
Minister Concedes Contractors Will Be Hired To Do Work Of Axed Ministry Of Education Staff
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:00 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA can’t believe that the Minister of Education is happy for her ministry to hire contractors at the same time it is dismissing 565 workers. More >>
LGNZ Welcomes Govt Earthquake-prone Buildings Decision
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 1:22 pm | LGNZ
LGNZ has advocated for this decision as part of a remit led by Manawatū District Council. More >>
Enforceable Undertaking Issued To ABC Accounting Services Limited After Continued Non-Compliance
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 12:38 pm | Department Of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has accepted an enforceable undertaking agreement from ABC Accounting Services Limited (ABC) under section 81 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT Act). More >>
REVEALED: RNZ’s Hypocrisy Over Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 12:11 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that Radio New Zealand (RNZ) spent $71,842.53 on Facebook advertising over the past 12 months, despite earlier this year coming out in support of the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill , which would force the likes ... More >>
New Zealand’s Annual Emissions Fell In 2022, For Third Successive Year
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 9:21 am | Ministry for the Environment
This is the third successive decrease year-on-year. New Zealand’s gross emissions for 2022 were 78.4 Mt CO2-e. More >>
Care Workers Call For Fairness On Pay Equity Anniversary
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 8:37 am | E Tu
“The Government has an opportunity here to really correct the course for the care and support workforce, and the people they look after. This cannot be just another area left in the cold, we need real leadership to ensure the proper quality of care ... More >>
Corrections Accepts Recommendations Following Auckland Prison Inspection
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 6:54 am | Department Of Corrections
The Inspectorate made three overarching recommendations following the inspection, all of which have been accepted in full by Corrections. More >>
How Fast-track Consenting Might Impact The Environment – Expert Reaction
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 4:32 pm | Science Media Centre
Submissions on the Fast-track Approvals Bill close at the end of Friday. The law would allow major infrastructure projects to bypass lengthy resource consenting processes – being assessed instead by an expert panel , with Ministers ultimately having ... More >>
NZDSN Opinion: Organisations Must Do Better For Disabled New Zealanders
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 3:58 pm | NZ Disability Support Network
We at New Zealand Disability Support Network applaud the Commerce Commission for filing proceedings against One NZ for their latest failure on 111 Contact Code. It doesn’t take much to think of harmful or fatal scenarios for people with disabilities ... More >>
Caviar Before Children
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 3:53 pm | Tai Tokerau Principals' Association
"Caviar before children is what has happened today!” says Pat Newman spokesperson for Te Tai Tokerau Principals Association "The cuts to day to both the Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki, point to a government hell bent on delivering tax ... More >>
Inspectorate Report Shows Prisoners Denied Entitlement To Daily Time Out Of Cells
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 3:04 pm | Office of the Inspectorate
A report from the Office of the Inspectorate shows that prisoners in three units at Auckland Prison were not able to leave their cells every day for many months. For up to nine months (until mid-July 2023), prisoners in three units were denied ... More >>
Brutal Day Of Govt Cuts, Axing Support For Children And Young People
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:53 pm | Public Service Association
Oranga Tamariki and Ministry of Education propose scrapping 1012 jobs More >>
Large Scale Cuts At Education Ministry Will Have Negative Impacts On Schools And Children
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:35 pm | NZEI Te Riu Roa
The cuts will affect both the daily running of schools and early childhood education services, and will make support for students even more difficult to access. More >>
NEW POLL: Strong Support For Inflation Adjustment Of Tax Brackets To End The Stealth Tax
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:16 pm | Taxpayers' Union
A new Taxpayers’ Union — Curia poll has revealed that New Zealanders – at a ratio of five to one – support inflation adjustment of income tax brackets. 67% of respondents supported inflation adjustments while just 13% were opposed. More >>
Time For Associate Minister Of Education To Reveal His School Lunches Magic Trick
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:15 pm | Health Coalition Aotearoa
It’s time for him to explain how he will do this, what the consequences will be and what evidence he has that these changes will achieve the same results. More >>
Letter From Te Hunga Roia Maori o Aotearoa / NZ Maori Law Society Re Cabinet Breach
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:06 pm | Te Hunga Roia Maori o Aotearoa Maori Law Society
Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa | the New Zealand Māori Law Society are concerned about recent comments made by Minister Shane Jones in respect of the Waitangi Tribunal. We consider that his comments breach the principle of the separation of powers More >>
Tolerate Online Abuse Or Resign: How The Law Fails Women MPs
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:26 pm | University of Canterbury
As women MPs face social media vitriol, where are the plans to combat it? Human rights law expert Dr Cassandra Mudgway explores the global issue in a free talk. More >>
Inflation Data Shows Need For A Plan On Climate And Population
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Data today shows headline CPI inflation at 4%, continuing the fall begun in March 2023. Rises are concentrated in particular sectors – especially services. This data also shows that that the minimum wage increase will be half the rate of inflation ... More >>
Government Spending Still Driving Cost Of Living Skyward
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 11:00 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to today’s release of the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said: “Domestic inflation is still punishing Kiwis, with non-tradeable inflation – the aspect most ... More >>
Annual Inflation At 4.0 Percent
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand's consumers price index increased 4.0 percent in the 12 months to the March 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The 4.0 percent increase follows a 4.7 percent increase in the 12 months to the December 2023 quarter. ... More >>
Women MPs Acknowledge Report Highlighting Increased Harassment Of MPs
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 9:26 am | Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians NZ Group
“The research reflects the real experiences of women in politics, and I would like to acknowledge the mahi by the researchers in highlighting this,” Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel said. More >>
Expanding Coal Mining In 21st Century An “absurd, Selfish Decision” Says WWF
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 1:52 pm | WWF-New Zealand
Resources Minister Shane Jones announced today that the Government will ease the consenting process for setting up new coal mines or expanding existing ones. More >>
Labour Productivity Falls 0.9 Percent
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
Labour productivity fell 0.9 percent in the year ended March 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The 0.9 percent fall in labour productivity was the largest fall since 2009. It follows a rise of 1.0 percent in the year ended March ... More >>
Shane Jones Throws A Lump Of Coal To The Mining Lobbyists
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 10:31 am | Coal Action Network
Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA), the national organisation campaigning for an end to coal mining and coal use, says Resources Minister Shane Jones needs to understand the world has moved on from the industrial revolution, and coal - and siding with ... More >>
More WorkSafe Cuts Will Put Workers’ Health And Safety At Risk
Monday, 15 April 2024, 3:03 pm | Public Service Association
Moves by WorkSafe to start planning for further job cuts risks making New Zealand workplaces less safe, and New Zealand’s already poor worker safety record even worse, the PSA says. In November 2023 WorkSafe disestablished 113 roles , putting ... More >>
New Paper On A Framework For Assessing The Economic And Fiscal Impacts Of Climate Change
Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:46 pm | The Treasury
More fully understanding the impacts of climate change to New Zealand is a critical step in evaluating the potential threats or opportunities posed to New Zealanders’ living standards. More >>
Pet Refuge Charitable Trust Welcoming Introduction Of Pet Bonds
Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:21 pm | Pet Refuge
Pet Refuge hopes the introduction of Pet Bonds will lead to more families finding safe homes for themselves and their pets after fleeing family violence. The government has today announced it will make changes to the Residential Tenancies Act to make ... More >>
Charges Laid Against Fraudulent Immigration Agent In Thailand
Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Immigration
Charges have been laid against two visa agents in Thailand after Immigration New Zealand identified they were providing fake documents for visitor visa applicants. More >>
Finding Neutral: Estimates Of New Zealand’s Nominal Neutral Interest Rate
Monday, 15 April 2024, 12:00 pm | The Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Due to New Zealanders’ high inflation expectations, the Official Cash Rate (OCR) would currently need to be about 3.9 percent to neither tap the brakes nor push on the accelerator of the economy, the Reserve Bank’s new Bulletin article shows. More >>
International Migration: February 2024
Monday, 15 April 2024, 11:41 am | Statistics New Zealand
International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand. Key facts Annual migration Provisional estimates for the February 2024 year compared with the February ... More >>
Owner Of Liquidated Auckland Restaurant Ordered To Pay Former Chef Almost $100,000
Monday, 15 April 2024, 10:56 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The former owner of an Auckland restaurant business has been heavily sanctioned by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) for multiple breaches of minimum employment standards even though the business is no longer trading and was liquidated in 2022. ... More >>
Disability Support Zero For Three In Government Priority Lists
Monday, 15 April 2024, 10:33 am | Disability Support Network
Support for disabled New Zealanders is yet to appear on a government action point list, missing from November’s 100 day plan, the 2 April 36 point plan or the nine government 2030 targets released on 8 April. “The government has set out its priorities ... More >>
New Zealand Strengthens Military Alliance With US
Sunday, 14 April 2024, 2:09 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins visited the United States this week for talks to further integrate New Zealand into the expanding US-led military alliance in the Indo-Pacific region. More >>
NEW POLL: Kiwis want Nicola Willis to hold firm on tax relief
Friday, 12 April 2024, 7:44 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new Taxpayers’ Union – Curia poll has revealed that 53% of New Zealanders believe that the Government should continue to deliver the tax relief that was promised by the National Party during the election campaign. 29% of respondents thought that ... More >>
Government Spending Cuts Force DIA To Contract Out Critical Legal Work
Friday, 12 April 2024, 4:00 pm | PSA
Commercial work undertaken by a Department of Internal Affairs’ legal team will be fully outsourced to private law firms under proposed job cuts to meet the Government’s drive for spending cuts. "How does fattening the profits of law firms make sense ... More >>
Public Submissions Open On Te Korowai O Wainuiārua Claims Settlement Bill
Friday, 12 April 2024, 2:52 pm | Maori Affairs Committee
This bill seeks to give effect to certain matters contained in the deed of settlement signed on 29 July 2023 by the Crown and Te Korowai o Wainuiārua. More >>
EDS Calls For Fast-track Approvals Bill To Be Abandoned In Submission To Select Committee
Friday, 12 April 2024, 1:44 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has filed its final substantive submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill. More >>
Manawatū Tenants Union Condemns Proposed Residential Tenancies Act Amendments
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:40 am | Manawatu Tenants' Union
The Manawatū Tenants Union has expressed deep concern over the proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act put forward by Housing Minister Chris Bishop. The changes, aimed at revitalising the rental property market, have raised significant ... More >>
Annual Food Price Inflation Slows To 0.7 Percent
Friday, 12 April 2024, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.7 percent in the 12 months to March 2024, the smallest increase since April 2021, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The 0.7 percent increase followed a 2.1 percent increase in the 12 months to February 2024, and is ... More >>
Public Submissions Open On The Te Pire Whakatupua Mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill
Friday, 12 April 2024, 10:47 am | Maori Affairs Committee
The Māori Affairs Committee is calling for public submissions on the Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill. This bill would give effect to certain matters contained in Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo/the Taranaki Maunga ... More >>
Master Plumbers Support Government Plans To Cut Red Tape
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 4:05 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers was pleased to hear how the Government is focused on making it quicker and easier to build. Speaking at the NZ Plumbing Conference in Wellington today, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk said the Government wants to remove ... More >>
Women Bearing Brunt Of Job Cuts At Tertiary Education Commission
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 3:01 pm | Public Service Association
Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) staff were told yesterday (April 10) by their Chief Executive that the organisation is cutting 28 roles including administration and clerical roles like Executive Assistants, Administrators, Executive Officers ... More >>
NEW POLL: New Zealanders Oppose Taxpayer-funded Bailouts For Private Media Companies
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:27 pm | Connor Molloy
Labour voters were the only demographic in support of media bailouts (+7% net support), while those aged under 40 were split evenly. A majority or plurality in every other demographic opposed taxpayer-funded media bailouts. More >>
Minister Of Finance Admits To New Borrowing Need
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:00 pm | Jack McDonald
At Finance and Expenditure Committee today the Minister of Finance admitted that the Government will have to borrow to make ends meet in the forthcoming Budget. More >>
Hidden Long COVID Crisis Deepens In New Zealand
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 1:47 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Initially, with strict border controls and lockdowns imposed by the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour Party government, New Zealand was largely successful keeping the pandemic at bay. More >>
Improved Privacy, Security In Wellington Service Centre Upgrade
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 1:40 pm | Ministry of Social Development
The Ministry of Social Development’s Work and Income Service Centre at Wellington will close for renovations for four weeks from 5pm Thursday 2 May 2024. MSD Regional Commissioner Gagau Annandale-Stone says plans are in place to ensure clients are ... More >>
Prominent American Journalist And Author To Tour New Zealand Universities With Free Speech Union
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:56 pm | Free Speech Union
Prominent American journalist and author Jonathan Rauch will visit New Zealand with the Free Speech Union next month to discuss the importance of academic freedom, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. More >>
