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Rangatahi List Climate Demands To Minister Ahead Of COP29
Sunday, 10 November 2024, 5:26 am | RNZ
The Youth Climate Statement has been sent to Simon Watts and the New Zealand delegation heading to Azerbaijan for COP29. More >>
Treaty Principles Bill To Put Rookie MPs To The Test
Saturday, 9 November 2024, 6:59 pm | RNZ
Eleven MPs from across the political divide will be tasked with reading, hearing, and reporting back on submissions from the six-month-long select committee. More >>
Launching The Waka: The Māori Activists Rallying A Year Of Protest
Friday, 8 November 2024, 9:20 pm | RNZ
The early introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill hasn't deterred a planned hīkoi to Parliament in protest. Toitū te Tiriti have mobilised Māori around the country this year, but who are they? More >>
Khalistan ‘Referendum’ In Auckland Discussed At Top Diplomatic Levels
Friday, 8 November 2024, 9:05 pm | RNZ
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson confirmed that S Jaishankar, India's minister of external affairs, raised the issue during the meeting but declined to provide details of the discussion. More >>
Commission Calls For The Promise Of Te Tiriti O Waitangi To Be Honoured
Friday, 8 November 2024, 4:10 pm | Te Kahui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission
The Commission’s Rongomau Taketake Indigenous Rights Governance Partner, Dayle Takitimu, said the Government had completely ignored the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendations in its interim report Ngā Mātāpono, including for the Bill to be abandoned. More >>
The Treaty Principles Bill Has Been Released: Here's What's In It
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 5:31 pm | RNZ
The controversial bill - which only ACT supports - has officially been introduced at Parliament. Here's a first look. More >>
Treaty Principles Bill Protest Lands On David Seymour's Electoral Doorstep
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 5:25 pm | RNZ
Protesters holding signs reading Honour Te Tiriti and 'SHAME' are marching through Newmarket, starting at ACT's Epsom electorate office. More >>
Interim Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Three Months Ended 30 September 2024
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 4:49 pm | The Treasury
The September 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 >>
Commission Report Released On Domestic Contribution To The Second Nationally Determined Contribution
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 3:57 pm | Climate Change Commission
Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts today released the Commission’s report on the domestic emissions reductions that Aotearoa New Zealand could achieve as part of the country's second nationally determined contribution (NDC2). More >>
Cleaners Left In Limbo After Contract Change At Auckland Transport Sites
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 3:51 pm | E Tu
After MMS lost its contract to provide cleaning services for Auckland Transport sites to City Cleaning, cleaners’ pay and conditions should have been transferred to the new contractor under Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act. More >>
Social Housing Cutbacks Confirmed As Govt Axes Another 310 Kāinga Ora Workers
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 3:45 pm | PSA
This makes a total of 551 roles lost since April 2024, or one in six workers across the country. A third of the workforce is in Auckland. More >>
Have Your Say On The Oversight Of Oranga Tamariki System Legislation Amendment Bill
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 2:24 pm | Social Services and Community Committee
The bill seeks to enhance oversight and monitoring of the Oranga Tamariki system by making structural changes to the Independent Children’s Monitor and the Children and Young People’s Commission. More >>
Has Simon Watts Forgotten Who The Minister Is?
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 11:41 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Does he not realise that he is the Minister in charge of the people who perpetrated this travesty? The people who have been affected need to see action, instead of the Minister’s ‘disappointment’. More >>
More Than 18,400 Kiwis Call On Select Committee To Front Up On MPs’ Expenses
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 11:34 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“Why should MPs not be held to the same standards as Ministers? If you’re spending taxpayers’ money, the public need to see the receipts” said James Ross, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
Introduction Of The Treaty Principles Bill
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 10:05 am | Nga Iwi o Taranaki
The existence and introduction of the Bill is extremely disappointing, has created angst amongst our people and further fuels the divisiveness created by Hon David Seymour and the Act Party. More >>
Treaty Principles Bill Is Deliberately Divisive
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 7:49 pm | National Iwi Chairs Forum
We call on all fair-minded New Zealanders to join or meet with the Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti, the national protest to uphold Te Tiriti & stop the government’s attacks on Māori, & participate in the sessions that will help us learn more about Te Tiriti ... More >>
Inland Revenue's Apology For Privacy Breach Of People's Details Questioned By Taxpayers'
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 6:19 pm | RNZ
IRD discovered a breach of 268,000 people's details last month while reviewing its practice of sharing encrypted taxpayers' details with social media platforms. More >>
Parihaka: Remembering A Legacy Of Peaceful Resistance
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 6:06 pm | RNZ
This small papakāinga, now a powerful symbol of passive resistance, was the site of Aotearoa's first recorded non-violent stand against colonial violence and land confiscation. More >>
Cook Islands Leader Insists New Passports Won't Affect Ties With New Zealand
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 5:50 pm | RNZ
The Cook Islands leader says new passport proposal will not impact ties with Aotearoa, but a New Zealand Foreign Affairs spokesperson says it "would have implications". More >>
The Treaty Principles Bill Is Advanced Without Us And In Spite Of Us
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 4:12 pm | Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu
“The Bill is an attack on our rangatiratanga and the move to bring it forward is yet another tactic to distract us from the real issues facing New Zealanders. This Bill is being advanced without us and in spite of us. More >>
Unemployment Rising Shows The Need For A Plan
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 3:50 pm | NZCTU
Wages are also reflecting the softer labour market, with 37% of all workers seeing no pay rise, and 50% of workers seeing an annual pay rise less than the 3.8% increase in household costs reported yesterday. With the minimum wage rising by less than ... More >>
Unemployment Rate At 4.8 Percent
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 10:49 am | Stats NZ
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, as measured by the Household Labour Force Survey, was 4.8 percent in the September 2024 quarter, compared with 4.6 percent in the previous quarter. More >>
IRD Have Lied To New Zealanders, Heads Must Roll
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 10:45 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Only yesterday, IRD Commissioner Peter Mersi took a swipe at the Taxpayers’ Union and falsely accused us of ‘misrepresenting facts’. But just 12 hours later, we learn that in fact there as a mistake: IRD’s data leak was far worse than anyone ... More >>
Costello's Accusation Has Had 'Chilling Effect' On Democracy, Public Servants Say
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 5:19 pm | RNZ
The complaint comes after the Associate Health Minister accused health officials of undermining her efforts. More >>
IRD Data Leaking Killed By 9,000-strong Taxpayers’ Union Campaign
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 3:09 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Commissioner Mersi needs to stop burying his head in the sand, and explain to Kiwis how his department are going to clean up the mess of the data they’ve already leaked: Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross said. More >>
Govt Science Cuts Take NZ Even Further Backward
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 2:03 pm | NZCTU
The Government talks about the need to tackle our poor productivity performance, and the need for a longer-term plan to arrest our decline, but their actions continue to take us in the opposite direction More >>
Appalling Attack On Public Service Official By Minister Crosses The Line
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 10:51 am | PSA
"Publicly attacking a public servant for giving advice that you disagree with is unacceptable within our democratic system," said Kerry Davies, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
PM Christopher Luxon Admits He Needs To 'Work Harder On Corporate Speak' After 'Customers' Reference
Monday, 4 November 2024, 8:58 pm | RNZ
Espiner queried Luxon's apparent reference to the voting public as "customers," asking if it was time to ditch the corporate speak. More >>
New Zealand Loyal Political Party Is Under New Management
Monday, 4 November 2024, 7:17 pm | New Zealand Loyal Political Party
The AGM will allow its members, for the very first time, to democratically elect a Board to take the New Zealand Loyal Political Party through to the 2026 General Election. More >>
OIA Documents Reveal Minister Is Considering Changing Long-term Child Poverty Reduction Targets (CPAG)
Monday, 4 November 2024, 4:49 pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CPAG Chairperson Sally Ward also encourages the New Zealand public to call on all politicians in parliament to hold each other to account on this issue of national significance. More >>
Equity, Not Just Fairness, Required For Survivors Of Abuse In State Care
Monday, 4 November 2024, 3:59 pm | Cooper Legal
Cooper Legal’s Principal Partner, Sonja Cooper says that while the Government might say that paying Lake Alice survivors’ legal fees is the fair thing to do, the State is still not treating all survivors equitably. More >>
CAPHRA Warns Against Rushed Vaping Legislation In New Zealand
Monday, 4 November 2024, 2:17 pm | CAPHRA
"We urge New Zealand MPs to pause and reconsider," Loucas added. "Rushing this bill through Parliament before proper scrutiny risks undermining years of progress in reducing smoking rates." More >>
REVEALED: Ministry For The Environment Blows More Than $2 Million On Internal ‘Events’
Monday, 4 November 2024, 1:49 pm | Taxpayers' Union
“With the money they decided to fork out on events, they could have instead planted more than 2000 hectares of trees. At least that would have been an attempt to do their actual job of helping the environment rather than playing around in workshops, ... More >>
CID & Members’ Call For Action Against UNRWA Ban In Israel And Occupied Palestinian Territories
Monday, 4 November 2024, 1:28 pm | Council for International Development
We urge you to stand against the decision of the Israeli Knesset to ban UNWRA given that decision will mean an increase in the deaths of Palestinians already in the grip of extreme suffering. More >>
Genetic Engineering Reforms Risk Making NZ An Outlier
Monday, 4 November 2024, 12:15 pm | Organics Aotearoa New Zealand
Of particular concern is the fact that no economic assessment of the potential impacts of these regulatory changes has been conducted, and that it appears that no intention exists on the part of government to conduct such an assessment, says Brendan Hoare, ... More >>
Police Withdraw Charges After Arrest For Engaging In Debate, A Huge Victory For Free Speech
Monday, 4 November 2024, 11:46 am | Free Speech Union
Burns was arrested, taken to Police cells, and charged under section 1(4)(b) of the Summary Offences Act for 'offensive language'. More >>
Parliament Blocks Submissions Calling For Transparency On Parliament’s Expenses
Monday, 4 November 2024, 11:20 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Blocking Kiwis from contacting their MPs to demand transparency is nothing short of arrogant self entitlement” says Jordan Williams, a spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union. More >>
NZ Staunchest Western Supporter Of Israel – Silence On Israel’s Attacks On The United Nations
Monday, 4 November 2024, 10:03 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
The New Zealand government blames Hamas for all the killing and destruction committed by Israel, though it also finds space to condemn Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran. More >>
Parliament Library Became Haunted House For Halloween
Sunday, 3 November 2024, 9:17 pm | RNZ
Most people might not call Parliament a normal place, but some call it a paranormal place. More >>
New Campaign: No More Hiding For MPs’ Expenses
Sunday, 3 November 2024, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
This campaign is to force MPs to justify why their spending should be a state secret when almost every other area of public spending is subject to public scrutiny. More >>
Gulf Nations Trade Deal Struck After Almost Two Decades
Saturday, 2 November 2024, 5:47 pm | RNZ
Fifty-one percent of New Zealand's exports to the Middle East region will now be tariff free on signing. More >>
Christopher Luxon Accuses Labour Of Playing Politics With Mental Health
Saturday, 2 November 2024, 5:35 pm | RNZ
The Prime Minister says he does not agree with Mike King's controversial comments, but stands by his work. More >>
Big Job Losses Coming As Govt Guts Te Arawhiti - Office For Māori Crown Relations
Friday, 1 November 2024, 1:15 pm | PSA
Te Arawhiti - the Office for Māori Crown Relations will focus on its legislative functions to progress settlements under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act. Te Puni Kōkiri will take over the post Treaty settlement ... More >>
Trump And Musk Are A Match Leading Us To Hell
Friday, 1 November 2024, 7:08 am | Independent Media Institute
The two dangerous demagogues are openly colluding with one another to seize political power so they can milk taxpayers and dismantle government regulations that protect the public. More >>
Commonwealth Summit Dominated By Tensions Over Climate Crisis And War Preparations Against China
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 8:01 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The association of 56 members of the former British Empire, covering 2.7 billion people, once regarded as an imperial relic, has assumed more significance in recent years amid escalating global tensions, wars in Europe and the Middle East and the ... More >>
US Tribal Leaders Meet With Māori At Indigenous Symposium
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 7:18 pm | RNZ
Sharing experiences of colonisation has been a chance for both groups to learn from each others' experiences. More >>
Auditor-General To Inquire Into Possible Conflicts Of Interest By Ministers Over Fast-Track Projects
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 7:00 pm | RNZ
John Ryan says he will investigate whether "appropriate systems and processes" were in place for ministers. More >>
Nelson Tenths case: Iwi entitled to thousands of hectares of land and millions in compensation
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 4:20 pm | RNZ
The compensation is for a land deal struck in the 1830s which the government did not honour. More >>
Narrow And Prescriptive New Curricula Was Never Consulted On Properly, Says Union
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 4:16 pm | NZEI
Professionals are alarmed at the outright removal and erasure of Te Tiriti o Waitangi from the curriculum framework, Te Mātaiaho. More >>
17 Senior Staff Fat Trim A Drop In The Ocean
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 1:31 pm | Taxpayers' Union
While there may be cries from the DIA that they have been hard done by, the 17 bureaucrats that were canned were bringing home exuberant salaries. More >>
Psychological Bias Could Play Role In Civilian Casualties
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 6:23 am | University of Canterbury
Warzone bystanders are often mistaken for enemies and ‘acceptable collateral damage’, which could explain the high rate of civilian casualties according to new international research. More >>
2023 Election Study: What Voters Really Wanted, And Why The Coalition’s Mandate Could Be Fragile
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:16 pm | The Conversation
The National-led coalition has a challenging mandate to govern, given voter expectations and surprisingly high levels of satisfaction with the outgoing Labour Party. More >>
Labour 'Cautiously' Supports Tradies Signing Off Their Own Work
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:04 pm | RNZ
It wants the government to proceed carefully to avoid another 'leaky homes' disaster. More >>
Fossil Fuel Jobs Unit Closed Because It Didn't Align With Government Priorities
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:02 pm | RNZ
The Just Transitions Unit at the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment was closed by the coalition government in May after ACT Party leader David Seymour called it a "talk-fest". More >>
Migrants Promised Fake Job No Longer Eligible For Exploitation Protection Visa
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 8:54 pm | RNZ
A newly-released Cabinet document shows migrants who have been defrauded with a fake job offer will no longer be eligible for a Migrant Exploitation Protection Visa. More >>
Global Privacy Authorities Issue Follow-up Joint Statement On Data Scraping After Industry Engagement
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 5:29 pm | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The discussions between industry representatives and data protection authorities enabled all parties to further examine issues related to data scraping. More >>
FACT Aotearoa Says New Zealand Should Deny Holocaust Denier Candace Owens A Visa
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 4:09 pm | FACT Aotearoa
Candace Owens has advanced dangerous conspiracy theories and antisemitic rhetoric including Holocaust denial, minimising Nazi medical experiments in concentration camps, and false claims about Muslims. More >>
Industrial Action Escalates As NZDF Refuses To Budge On Zero Pay Rise
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 3:10 pm | PSA
This stubborn refusal to increase the zero-pay rise offer shows how little NZDF respects and values its civilian workers who like many are doing it tough in a cost-of-living crisis. More >>
Five Eyes Alliance Gives Security Guidance For Tech Start-ups
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 10:28 pm | RNZ
SIS Director-General Andrew Hampton said "a small number of foreign states" were actively trying to steal emerging technologies. More >>
New Zealand Young Labour Calls For Ban On Candace Owens
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 9:28 pm | Young Labour
Young Labour draws parallels between Owens and previous far-right visitors, such as Lauren Southern and Posie Parker, whose presence in New Zealand led to increased tensions and the normalization of hate speech. More >>
