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Children And Young People Will Suffer From Govt’s Sharp Cuts At Oranga Tamariki

Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 10:50 am | PSA

Tamariki, rangatahi, and whānau, will bear the brunt of the Government’s spending cuts at the agency charged with supporting children and young people at risk. Oranga Tamariki today confirmed final decisions to axe 419 specialist jobs to meet Government ... More >>

Two Arrested At Dramatic RIMPAC Protest This Morning At Defence House

Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 10:37 am | Peace Action Wellington

Peace activists today staged a dramatic action inside Defence House in Wellington, in opposition to the deployment of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) troops to the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercises. Two protesters were arrested and ... More >>

Axing Of Pay Equity Taskforce Will Entrench Inequities For Working Women

Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 9:49 am | NZCTU

The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is deeply disappointed by confirmation of the Public Service Commission that the Pay Equity Taskforce will be disestablished. More >>

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NZTA Blows $5.2 Million On Unusable App

Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 9:34 am | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal through an Official Information Act request that Waka Kotahi has spent $5,186,358 in the last two years for an app not even in a usable state for New Zealanders. More >>

Cuts At Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission A Step Backwards For Diversity & Inclusion In The NZ Public Service

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 5:42 pm | Public Service Association

Te Kawa Mataaho, Public Service Commission today released its final decisions to meet the Government’s demand to cut spending by 7.5%. The decisions see a net loss of 28 roles, including in teams working on gender and ethnic pay initiatives. More >>

How Far Can NZ Boldly Go With The US Space Force?

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 5:10 pm | RNZ

Analysis - NZ is increasingly active in the US military's Space Force, but how bold can it be when America's moves to ramp up space capabilities are encased in anti-China rhetoric? More >>

Power Play - Government's Cancer Funding Announcement A Catch-up, Clean-Up Job

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 5:02 pm | RNZ

Power Play - A boost in Pharmac funding will go a long way to rebuilding the dent in National's credibility and trust, but the damage could have been avoided in the first place. More >>

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: What you need to know

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 4:41 pm | RNZ

Explainer - The final report from the long-running inquiry has been handed to the Governor-General. RNZ reflects on key points. More >>

Commissioners Lay Challenge As Royal Commission Final Report Delivered To Governor-General

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 4:33 pm | Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry

The report is called Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light. It was named by the Inquiry's survivor advisory group of experts. More >>

Statement From Brad Gallop, Chairperson, Council Of Licensed Firearm Owners

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 4:22 pm | COLFO

Statement from Brad Gallop, Chairperson, Council of Licensed Firearm Owners, addressing comments made about the firearm law reform proposal process in a story published by Stuff today . "The Minister’s Arms Advisory Group (MAAG) assisted the Government ... More >>

Sensible Sentencing Trust Re-activate To Oppose Weaker Three Strikes Proposal

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 4:11 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust

Sensible Sentencing Trustee Louise Parsons says: “It is with sadness that we must oppose this weak and watered-down proposed Three Strikes Law. Not only does the Government plan to wipe all 13,000 former strike warnings, it will only apply to 30% of offender ... More >>

36,000 Kiwis Send Clear Message: No More Fossil Fuels

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 3:50 pm | Green Party

“Climate change is here. The Government must listen to the more than 36,000 people who have called them out on their plans to pour oil and gas on the climate crisis fire,” says the Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. More >>

Overwhelming Majority Of New Zealanders Want Easter Trading Restrictions Repealed

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 10:06 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

A new Taxpayers’ Union – Curia poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of New Zealanders think shops should be allowed to open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday if they want to do so. More >>

NZCTU Condemns Contractor Reform As Fundamental Attack On Workers’ Rights

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 9:14 am | NZCTU

Minister for Workplace Relations, Brooke van Velden, has instructed her officials to begin work on preventing workers misclassified as contractors from challenging their employment status in the courts. More >>

Government Ferry Decision A Case Of Political Steering Failure

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 8:14 am | Maritime Union of New Zealand

The Maritime Union says the Government’s U-turn on purchasing new Interislander ferries is the predictable but costly outcome of flawed decision making. The Government has said it is now looking at building new ferries again following the advice of ... More >>

“Fast Track Bill Pulls Credibility Of Crown’s Apology Into Question” - Ngāti Manuhiri

Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 5:17 am | Ngati Manuhiri

“In its current form, the Bill does not afford us the opportunity to engage on projects that will affect us, at all stages. More >>

Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman's Shoplifting Sentencing Delayed Until Thursday

Monday, 24 June 2024, 7:54 pm | RNZ

The former Green MP's lawyer asked for a discharge without conviction. More >>

Former MP Arthur Anae Slams National's Stance On Samoa Citizenship Bill

Monday, 24 June 2024, 7:52 pm | RNZ

A former National Party MP says his late party looked "like dickheads" not supporting the first reading of a bill that would restore New Zealand citizenship to a group of Samoans. More >>

Very Flawed Decision Will Have Consequences

Monday, 24 June 2024, 2:55 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective

Recently Prime Minister Luxon and Environment Minister returned from Asia where they were surprised that climate change was top of the business people and politicians they met, but I don’t think that they learned anything from it. More >>

Charities Commission Needs To Act On Manurewa Marae

Monday, 24 June 2024, 2:27 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Charities Commission to open an investigation into the new allegations relating to Te Pāti Māori’s alleged campaign use of a charity’s van, as reported by TVNZ’s Q+A yesterday. More >>

Anti-stalking Petition Handover To Minister Paul Goldsmith on 26 June

Monday, 24 June 2024, 1:50 pm | Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children

The Coalition for the Safety of Women and Children and AVA will hand over a petition, calling on the Government to urgently make stalking illegal, to Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith in person at 1 pm this coming Wednesday 26 June 2024. More >>

Submissions Open On International Treaty Examinations Relating To The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity

Monday, 24 June 2024, 1:35 pm | Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee

The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is inviting public submissions on four international treaty examinations relating to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) and the accompanying National Interest Analysis. More >>

Government Can’t Put Cancer Treatment On The Credit Card

Monday, 24 June 2024, 11:18 am | Taxpayers' Union

The Taxpayers’ Union understands that the Government is today making an announcement of additional funding for medicines and is urging them to ensure that it is funded through a reprioritisation of spending, not loaded onto the taxpayer credit card. More >>

Strong Support Across All Demographics For Māori Wards To Be Decided By Local Referenda

Monday, 24 June 2024, 11:11 am | Taxpayers' Union

58% of respondents believed local voters should be the final decision maker while just 23% believed it should be left to local mayors and councillors. The remaining 19% were unsure. More >>

Interislander Should Be Sold Off, Not Kept Afloat By Taxpayers

Monday, 24 June 2024, 10:56 am | Taxpayers' Union

Responding to repeated incidents and mismanagement with the Interislander ferry service, the Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the Government to sell off the Interislander ferry service instead of funnelling even more taxpayer money into it. More >>

Government Fails On Plastic Pollution

Monday, 24 June 2024, 10:55 am | Zero Waste Network Aotearoa

As Plastic Free July approaches, the Ministry for the Environment is indicating that the long-awaited third phase of plastics phase-outs has been put on hold. Even if the government decides to go ahead with them again, the start date has been postponed ... More >>

Need For Strong Regulation And Long-Term Certainty For Water Services

Monday, 24 June 2024, 10:27 am | Water New Zealand

Strong economic, water quality and environmental regulators are vital to ensure consumer protection and healthy water under the Government’s new Local Water Done Well policy direction. More >>

Stop The Ram Raid Bill: Petition Handover

Monday, 24 June 2024, 9:18 am | Aaron Hendry

A group of over 30 organisations is preparing to deliver a petition to political leaders on Wednesday 26 June, at 12pm at the steps of parliament. More >>

Punitive Responses To Children Won’t Build Safer Communities – Chief Children’s Commissioner

Monday, 24 June 2024, 9:07 am | Mana Mokopuna

Military-style academies and the establishment of a Young Serious Offender category for children announced yesterday are not the answer to reducing youth crime, says Chief Children’s Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad. More >>

Minister Breaks Promise - NZ Public Denied Consultation On Firearms Legislation Changes

Monday, 24 June 2024, 4:58 am | FIANZ

Making a promise to consult New Zealanders and then breaking the promise by only inviting selected organisations is simply crossing the boundary of genuine and transparent consultation. More >>

Resource Management Is Always Political – The Fast-Track Approvals Bill Is Just Honest About It

Sunday, 23 June 2024, 6:01 pm | The Conversation

Resource laws and processes have tried to keep politics out of decision making. But this technocratic approach carries its own problems. The challenge is getting the balance right. More >>

The Week In Politics: Scrutiny Week Takes Off While PM's Plane Gets Grounded

Saturday, 22 June 2024, 4:51 pm | RNZ

Analysis - The PM's plane breaks down, but Luxon tries to keep things rolling, while MPs face tough questions at home, Peter Wilson writes. More >>

Christopher Luxon Gets A 'C' On Japan Trade Trip

Saturday, 22 June 2024, 4:47 pm | RNZ

Power Play - The trade mission was overshadowed by a distraction for which the prime minister has only himself to blame. More >>

Sall Grover, ‘Tickle V Giggle’ To Tour New Zealand, 4-10 July

Saturday, 22 June 2024, 3:56 pm | Women's Rights Party

Public meetings are being held in Auckland [4 July], New Plymouth [6 July], Wellington [9 July], and Christchurch [10 July]. More >>

'Pitiful' Alcohol Levy Increase Adds Less Than Half A Cent To The Price Of A Can Of Beer

Friday, 21 June 2024, 3:54 pm | RNZ

The levy has been raised but by less than half the amount that would even cover inflation. More >>

Inside The Defence Force's 757 Planes: Breaking Down The Details

Friday, 21 June 2024, 3:43 pm | RNZ

With the NZDF's 757s past their best-before date, RNZ's Anneke Smith and Nate McKinnon reveal what they're like inside and the case for buying new ones. More >>

Northland Power Outages Could Be Mitigated With Increased Battery Storage. Government Must Prioritise Energy Resilience

Friday, 21 June 2024, 2:04 pm | SEANZ

Extreme weather events, increased peak demand, and failures of supply are costing New Zealanders millions of dollars in lost revenue. More >>

High Levels Of Trust And Confidence In Firearms Regulation Undermine McKee’s Justification For Changes

Friday, 21 June 2024, 1:45 pm | Gun Control NZ

New data from Police shows a big shift in trust and confidence in its work from the firearms community. More >>

Watchdog Protests Minister Jones Visit

Friday, 21 June 2024, 11:33 am | Coromandel Watchdog

Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki will be protesting the visit from Minister Shane Jones to Kopu, near Thames on Friday June between 11am and 12 Noon. More >>

Invercargill Mayor’s Behaviour Demonstrates Need For Recall Elections

Friday, 21 June 2024, 10:49 am | Taxpayers' Union

Following allegations of inappropriate behaviour from the Invercargill mayor, Nobby Clark, the Taxpayers’ Union is renewing calls for the Government to implement a recall option in local government to allow residents to remove embarrassing, inappropriate or incompetent representatives quickly. More >>

Local Government Minister Right To Put Wellington Regional Council On The Naughty Step

Friday, 21 June 2024, 10:44 am | Taxpayers' Union

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has rebuked Wellington Regional Council after discussions were held around purchasing Wellington Airport shares from the City Council. Commenting in support of the Minister, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs ... More >>

PSA Takes Ministry Of Education To Employment Relations Authority Today

Friday, 21 June 2024, 9:20 am | PSA

The PSA action against the Ministry of Education in relation to job cuts begins this morning at 9.30am at the Employment Relations Authority. More >>

Student Nurses Angered By Recruitment Restrictions

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 5:42 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) have voiced concerns about Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora restricting the employment of graduate nurses into their workforce due to budget constraints. More >>

NZCTU Slams Govt Cutting Disabled Workers Wages As Disgraceful

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 5:38 pm | NZCTU

The NZCTU is slamming a decision by the Government in Budget 2024 to cut a programme which ensured that disabled workers are paid the minimum wage. More >>

EDS Applauds Select Committee Report Confirming Hauraki Gulf Marine Protection

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 4:41 pm | Environmental Defence Society

The Committee has recommended that the Bill be passed with minor amendments. The bill will create 12 new high protection areas, 5 new seafloor protection areas and 2 extensions to existing marine reserves. More >>

Nicola Willis Challenged Over Climate Change, Cancer Drugs

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 4:06 pm | RNZ

She's revealed new details about the timeline for cancer drug funding, and faced a barrage of questions over climate from MPs. More >>

Marine Protection Bill Encouraging, But More Work Required

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 3:44 pm | Green Party

“The Green Party campaigned on protecting 30 percent of our oceans. We will continue to fight for our marine environment so it can be enjoyed across future generations,” says Marama Davidson. More >>

Responses To Our Recommendations About Improving Crown Entity Monitoring

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 3:04 pm | Office of the Auditor-General

We asked public organisations for an update on their response to the recommendations in our 2022 report Improving value through better Crown entity monitoring. More >>

Kiwis Keep Getting Poorer Because Government Won’t Take Action

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

The economy keeps limping along, and people keep getting poorer. GDP per capita has fallen yet again, and it's now been in freefall for well over a year. More >>

Restoring Citizenship Removed By Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill Hearings Begin June 24

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 2:56 pm | Governance and Administration Committee

Public submissions on the Restoring Citizenship Removed By Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act Bill closed on 31 May 2024. More >>

PSNA Issues Notice To The Government For Complicity In Israel’s Genocidal War In Gaza

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 1:08 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has issued the government a "letter of demand" for complicity with Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. More >>

Govt Cuts Teams Digitising Public Services & Safeguarding Privacy

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 1:00 pm | Public Service Association

Cuts come as technology companies call for Govt to provide leadership More >>

New Human Rights Data Show Ongoing Harm To Māori

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 12:24 pm | Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand

Criminal justice advocacy group JustSpeak and human rights movement Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand are raising alarm bells about the social justice issues highlighted in this year’s data. More >>

Ambulance Officers Query NZ First’s Broken Promise Of Better Funding For St John

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 11:23 am | FIRST Union

FIRST Union members at St John have voted to take further strike action that commences today, with the aim of seeking public support for a fully functioning ambulance service before industrial action intensifies to the point of withdrawing labour. More >>