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Displacement, Drift, Layering And Conversion: The Changing Parliament

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:47 pm | RNZ

The thesis offers a vast array of possible topics to discuss and dissect, but this article will focus briefly on three things: the central idea of the thesis, what it highlighted about how our parliament operates, and our history of relentless change. More >>

Government May Consider Using PPPs To Build Defence Force Infrastructure

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:40 pm | RNZ

Using private sector financing would be contingent on companies meeting "rigorous security requirements", associate defence minister says. More >>

Conflicted ‘Reviewer’ Of Stats NZ Handling Of Census Data And John Tamihere Allegations Unacceptable

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:21 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The investigation came as a result of allegations that census data was misused and abused for political purposes. More >>

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Handouts For Ruapehu Ski Fields Must Be Halted

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:17 pm | Taxpayers' Union

If the issue is really about concerns with the trademark over the Tūroa family name, then the simple solution is to change the name: Connor Molloy More >>

Darleen Tana Report Must Be Made Publicly Available

Monday, 8 July 2024, 2:07 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers have also been on the hook for Tana's salary to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars as this investigation dragged on for month after month. More >>

Science Under Threat - New Report Reveals Damaging Impact Of Govt’s Deep Cuts

Monday, 8 July 2024, 1:54 pm | Save Science

The Coalition today released Science under threat, a report which provides for the first time a full picture of the Government’s spending cuts, and the perspectives of the science community about the damage to the New Zealand’s science and research ... More >>

Taxpayers’ Union Launches Nationwide Search And Rescue

Monday, 8 July 2024, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is today launching a nationwide search and rescue effort for Green Party MP Darlene Tana following reporting that the MP has been missing in action for more than half of the current Parliamentary term. Taxpayers’ Union ... More >>

Over 5,500 Kiwis Tell Minister To Scrap Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill

Monday, 8 July 2024, 11:00 am | Taxpayers' Union

On Saturday, the Taxpayers’ Union launched a tool allowing people to write to Ministers Paul Goldsmith, Winston Peters and the Prime Minister. Over 5,500 New Zealanders have since sent letters calling for the Bill to be scrapped. More >>

New Zealand’s Commitment To Indigenous Rights Under International Spotlight

Monday, 8 July 2024, 10:48 am | Human Rights Commission

Tatau Urutahi shared leader, Julia Whaipooti will express concerns to the UN body that New Zealand is backsliding on its Te Tiriti and international human rights obligations regarding Indigenous peoples. More >>

Chair Appointed For Review Into Northland Power Outage

Monday, 8 July 2024, 10:15 am | Electricity Authority

The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko has appointed Sarah Sinclair as independent chair of its review into the Northland power outage after a transmission tower fell on 20 June. More >>

Increasing Speed Limits Defies The Science - More Deaths And Pollution Predicted

Monday, 8 July 2024, 8:35 am | Public Health Communication Centre

The government’s proposal to increase speed limits will lead to more deaths and serious injuries on our roads, according to experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre the University of Canterbury’s Professor ... More >>

Poverty And Unemployment Seen As Root Cause Of Crime By The Majority Of New Zealanders

Monday, 8 July 2024, 8:19 am | Ipsos

Ipsos, one of the world's leading market research companies, releases the 2024 Crime & Law Enforcement Monitor, a 31-country survey which tracks peoples’ perception of crime in their country and local area. More >>

Disproportional representation: what the UK election landslide would look like under NZ’s MMP system

Sunday, 7 July 2024, 4:13 pm | The Conversation

Arguments for electoral reform in the UK just got stronger with a low Labour vote delivering a massively disproportionate number of seats. More >>

NZ To Send Civil Servants To Boost Niue's Public Sector

Saturday, 6 July 2024, 2:37 pm | RNZ

The announcement was made during a visit to Niue by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters. More >>

Housing Reforms Mean A Free Market And 'Extremely Ugly Buildings', Developer Says

Saturday, 6 July 2024, 2:22 pm | RNZ

There's no chance Kiwis will be offered the lovely tiny apartments seen in the likes of Paris and Rome, a developer says. More >>

The Week In Politics: Is It 'Mission Accomplished' For Chris Bishop?

Saturday, 6 July 2024, 2:13 pm | RNZ

Analysis - The minister sets out his plan to solve the housing crisis and a survey shows business confidence crashing as more companies go into liquidation, Peter Wilson writes. More >>

PM On Defensive After Minister Admits Not Reading Interim Abuse Report

Saturday, 6 July 2024, 1:12 pm | RNZ

Matt Doocey was personally sent the Royal Commission's interim report into abuse last November - turns out he hasn't read it. More >>

Amendments To Gang Insignia Bill Step In Right Direction, But Flaws Remain

Friday, 5 July 2024, 2:26 pm | Free Speech Union

The Free Speech Union welcomes proposed amendments to the Gang Insignia Bill by the Justice Select Committee, which go some way to addressing the weaknesses of this draft legislation, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. More >>

National Road Carriers Responds To Minister Brown's Announcement Work Is To Begin On The RONs

Friday, 5 July 2024, 1:31 pm | National Road Carriers

The appointment of a project team to accelerate consenting, property acquisition, and design, in combination with the engagement of construction partners for the first seven roads shows this Government is serious about investing in infrastructure. More >>

Doomed To Fail - ‘Tough On Crime’ Govt Cuts Teams Speeding Up Justice System

Friday, 5 July 2024, 9:13 am | Public Service Association

New Zealand has a huge problem with court delays, given 43% of prisoners are unsentenced and awaiting court processes. This is a complete anomaly internationally and the team established to respond to this is now being cut. More >>

Thousands Sign Public Letter In 24 Hours, Calling On Government To Restore Academic Freedom

Friday, 5 July 2024, 8:13 am | Free Speech Union

“It’s clear to Kiwis that academic freedom in New Zealand is under threat. In recent years, both in New Zealand and abroad, we’ve seen the consistent pattern of universities stifling opinions, and individuals feeling unable to speak freely. More >>

AI for school tutoring, instant medical analysis part of NZ's future - Judith Collins

Thursday, 4 July 2024, 1:22 pm | RNZ

Artificial Intelligence has a big future with tasks from helping kids learn to assessing medical results, says Judith Collins says. More >>

Interim Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Eleven Months Ended 31 May 2024

Thursday, 4 July 2024, 11:36 am | The Treasury

The May results are reported against forecasts based on the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2024 (BEFU 2024), published on 30 May 2024, and the results for the same period for the previous year. More >>

“I Know How Devastating This Will Be” - Opposition Over Repeal Of Treaty Obligations From Oranga Tamariki Act Grows

Thursday, 4 July 2024, 9:58 am | VOYCE Whakarongo Mai

Children’s Minister Karen Chhour introduced her bill to repeal the section in May, which requires the ministry to consider whakapapa and the Treaty of Waitangi when making decisions about children and young people in state care. More >>

Cuts To Southern Budgeting Services Will Leave A Major Hole In Communities

Thursday, 4 July 2024, 9:26 am | FIRST Union

"It’s tempting to think that the Government has cut funding for the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, but the truth is that budgeting services can stop people falling over the edge in the first place," said Mr Watson. More >>

Fewer Term-time Holidays As Parents Heed Warning In Truancy Crackdown

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 4:04 pm | RNZ

Parents of school-aged children are choosing not to take their children out of school to travel, new data shows. More >>

Was The ‘Team Of Five Million’ A Myth?

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 2:14 pm | Victoria University of Wellington

A new book dissecting New Zealand’s 2020 general election concludes the “Team of Five Million” catchphrase may have helped mask existing social divisions but these divisions still very much influenced how we voted. More >>

Coastwatchers Finally Honoured At Poignant Government House Ceremony

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Defence Force

Thirty civilian coastwatchers who provided invaluable - and until now unrecognised - service during the Second World War as the eyes and ears for the Allied effort in the Pacific, have received a long-awaited act of recognition at Government House ... More >>

AJP Advocates For Pound Transparency: Pawsitive Change Campaign Honours Benny

Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 10:14 am | Animal Justice Party

Heartbreaking Story Sparks the Pawsitive Campaign: A Call for Urgent Reform in Dog Welfare More >>

The Government Is Systematically Destroying Rail

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:36 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective

TRAC believes that the Government’s decisions regarding non-rail enabled ferries is a direct attack on the New Zealand railway system and is similar to the previous attack on the Gisborne and Taranaki regions. More >>

The Making Of New Zealand's Newest Government Organisation

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:32 pm | RNZ

A new Sports Integrity Commission has launched after six years of damning reviews. More >>

Urgency Needed In Replacing RMA

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:28 pm | Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers strongly believes replacing the RMA is the most meaningful long-term economic reform this Government could deliver. More >>

Digital News Bill Backing A Big Shift By Government

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:20 pm | RNZ

There will be amendments to the Bill introduced by Labour last year, which based on a similar move which has created significant revenue for some media companies in Australia. More >>

Samoa Citizenship Bill: 'Hell' Easier To Reach Than NZ, Says Ex-Samoan PM At Public Hearing

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:10 pm | RNZ

Samoa's former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi says it is easier for his people to get to "hell" than to come to New Zealand. More >>

Why Golriz Ghahraman Failed To Escape Conviction

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 1:54 pm | RNZ

A judge has released the reasons why the former Green MP was handed a shoplifting conviction. More >>

Appeal Dismissed In Fraud Conviction For Charity Boss

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 12:16 pm | Serious Fraud Office

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has welcomed a decision by the High Court to dismiss an appeal by the former head of a government funded charity found guilty of stealing funds from the charity she helped establish. More >>

Polling Highlights Govt Swimming Against Current Of Public Opinion On Fresh Water

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 11:42 am | Greenpeace

Greenpeace Aotearoa is challenging the Government’s mandate to remove freshwater protections, as independent polling reveals the vast majority of National Party voters are concerned about freshwater quality. More >>

Second Sentencing For Involvement In Brazilian Migrant Sex Scheme

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 10:46 am | New Zealand Immigration

Maristela De Souza, a Brazilian woman, has been sentenced to 10 months home detention after being charged, along with co-defendant Michael James Sloan, with aiding and abetting individuals to breach conditions of their visas. More >>

New Government Locks In Labour’s Digital Shakedown

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 10:03 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“If mainstream media can’t stand on it’s own two feet, it is because they are out of touch with New Zealanders. Study after study shows people just don’t trust them anymore, and the answer to that isn’t bailing out the same old tired outfits. More >>

New Zealand Struggles With Human Trafficking: 2024 Report Keeps Country At Tier 2 For Fourth Year

Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 9:11 am | ECPAT

Aotearoa New Zealand has just been ranked at Tier 2 in the 2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report by the U.S. Department of State, marking the fourth consecutive year the country has not fully met the minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking. More >>

Government Transport Policy Reveals NZ Has No Operative Emissions Reduction Plan

Monday, 1 July 2024, 9:02 pm | Lawyers for Climate Action

“We strongly encourage the Government to revisit the GPS in light of the first emissions reduction plan. If it wants to change the approach, then it has to follow the right process - not just ignore the requirements laid out under the Climate Change ... More >>

Government’s Q3 Action Plan Making Big Promises

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:47 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“The coalition is talking big on delivering its election-time promises to get New Zealand moving again. Kiwis look forward to seeing them putting those words into action.” More >>

"A Demand For Justice" - Hundreds Rally For Pay Equity For Care And Support Workers

Monday, 1 July 2024, 6:16 pm | Public Service Association

Hundreds of people came together across the country today (Monday 1 July) at rallies calling on the Government to fully fund a pay equity settlement for care and support workers. More >>

Bill Fixes Flaws In Regulation

Monday, 1 July 2024, 2:46 pm | Straterra

A clumsy attempt to stop coal mining in the face of continuing demand should be eliminated in the Government’s first bill to fix the Resource Management Act (RMA), says Straterra chief executive, Josie Vidal. More >>

Grey Power Says Urgent Action Needed To Deliver Pay Equity For Care And Support Workers

Monday, 1 July 2024, 1:26 pm | Grey Power New Zealand

Grey Power President Gayle Chambers said care and support workers provided many older New Zealanders with the support they need to live in dignity and to enjoy a rewarding, safe and sustainable quality of life. More >>

Can The Courts Measure Mana? How Māori Tikanga Is Challenging The Justice System

Monday, 1 July 2024, 12:51 pm | The Conversation

In overturning the convictions of Peter Ellis, the Supreme Court showed Māori tikanga has a place in New Zealand’s common law. The lower courts and the law schools now need to make it work. More >>

Ministry Of Justice Must Sack Officials Who Threw Slurs At Researcher

Monday, 1 July 2024, 12:12 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“Democracy requires transparency, and officials cannot be allowed to get away with sneering down their nose at members of the public. The Ministry of Justice needs to confirm those involved have been sacked." More >>

Open Letter To The Government And The Ministry Of Social Development From Financial Mentors

Monday, 1 July 2024, 11:59 am | Debtfix

Dear Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Minister for Social Development, Employment & Child Poverty Reduction, Community and Voluntary Sector Louise Upston, Minister for Finance, Public Service, and Social Investment Nicola Willis, Minister ... More >>