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Government Policies Failing Our Environment
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 3:10 pm | Environmental Defence Society
A key theme that emerged from the discourse was that we shouldn’t silo our climate and biodiversity responses: we need to address them together and transition our energy systems without causing environmental harm. More >>
Previous Govt To Blame For ETS Auction Failure
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 12:26 pm | Climate Forestry Association
The blame for the failure of today’s Emission Trading Scheme auction can be laid squarely at the feet of the Climate Change Commission along with the previous Labour Green Government, reflecting a series of manufactured crises rather than a fundamental ... More >>
Conservation Minister Slammed For Branding Marine Protection Commitments “An Aspiration, Not An Obligation”
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 7:12 pm | WWF-New Zealand
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) New Zealand has hit back at Conservation Minister Tama Potaka’s outrageous claim that protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 is purely “an aspiration”. More >>
The Truth About The Shadowy ‘Migration 5’
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 5:49 pm | RNZ
Gill Bonnett , Reporter 17 June 2024 What started as a scheme to check the identities of a few thousand asylum seekers has spiraled into a vast network of data about everyone who comes and goes from the ‘Five Eyes’ nations. On the third floor of a central ... More >>
Granny Flats: Do They Pay Off? Investors Run The Numbers
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 5:41 pm | RNZ
It is set to get easier to put in a granny flat, but does it pay off? More >>
Bonuses For Public Sector Mediocrity Need To Be Taken Off The Table
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 1:53 pm | Taxpayers' Union
KPIs might force public servants to pull their thumbs out, but performance bonuses should only be for Chief Execs delivering exceptional value for taxpayers’ money. More >>
Wellington Chief Exec Crosses A Line, Must Be Sacked After Latest Power Grab
Monday, 17 June 2024, 2:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union
For the second year in a row, and despite being a major political debate, Wellington City Council Chief Executive Barbara McKerrow has denied elected councillors access to ratepayer-funded legal advice surrounding the sale of the airport shares. More >>
Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson Announces Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Monday, 17 June 2024, 1:31 pm | RNZ
Green MP Marama Davidson says she will stay on as co-leader once her treatment is complete and "will be returning with fierce determination" More >>
Pākiri Community, Sand Mining Company At Odds At Fast-track Approval Hearings
Monday, 17 June 2024, 1:08 pm | RNZ
A battle over sand mining at a north Auckland beach has found a new arena at select committee hearings into the government's proposed law. More >>
National Promised A 'Strong And Stable' Carbon Market - Then It Crashed
Monday, 17 June 2024, 12:36 pm | RNZ
National promised a 'strong and stable' carbon market - but that's not how it's worked out. More >>
Disabled New Zealanders Must Have A Seat At The Cabinet Table
Monday, 17 June 2024, 11:06 am | NZDSN
Politicians and parties were challenged to give disabled New Zealanders winnable positions on party lists, and seats at the cabinet table in the opening address of the New Zealand Disability Support Network national conference this morning. More >>
Chinese Premier Li Visits New Zealand To Counter US War Drive
Sunday, 16 June 2024, 8:06 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Li’s visit to New Zealand was the first by a Chinese premier since 2017. He held talks with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and business leaders, highlighting New Zealand’s heavy dependence on trade with China, which took about 27 percent of ... More >>
Media Cop Flak For Airing Data Misuse Allegations
Sunday, 16 June 2024, 6:04 pm | RNZ
Colin Peacock , Mediawatch Presenter Everyone seemed to agree the allegations of census information misused for political purposes were serious - and serious enough for the prime minister to launch an independent inquiry on top of official investigations ... More >>
Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry: Crown Accused Of 'Gaslighting' Māori Through te reo Policy
Sunday, 16 June 2024, 4:21 pm | RNZ
The government will be judged on its actions, rather than words, in its approach to te reo in the public sector, lawyer says. More >>
Review Of Health And Safety Law Long Overdue, Businesses Say
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 2:04 pm | RNZ
"There are all sorts of inconsistencies that this consultation could help with," the chair of a think tank says. More >>
Transport Minister Stops Short Of Saying New Roads Of National Significance To Be Tolled
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 1:54 pm | RNZ
Chris Bishop said on Thursday Simeon Brown had "already signalled that each of our new Roads of National Significance will be tolled". But will they? More >>
Boot Camp Changes Welcomed, But Military Style 'Still A Concern'
Friday, 14 June 2024, 5:00 pm | RNZ
With more emphasis on transitioning teens back into the community, there's more of a chance the government's boot camps will work, experts say. More >>
'We Can't Buy Our Way Out ' Chris Bishop On Infrastructure Funding And User-pays
Friday, 14 June 2024, 4:57 pm | RNZ
Chris Bishop says 'we can't buy our way out of our infrastructure deficit' and need new ways to pay for highways. More >>
Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Welcomes More Conversation Around Ethnicity Pay Gap
Friday, 14 June 2024, 4:21 pm | Te Kahui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission
“However, it’s not enough to talk about the gender pay gap alone. We must include ethnicity in all pay transparency conversations.” More >>
Fast Track Bill Threatens Democracy And Environment, Say Anglers
Friday, 14 June 2024, 4:00 pm | NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers
The NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers objects strongly to the proposed law because it violates that sacred principle. More >>
Review An Opportunity To Strengthen Workplace Health And Safety
Friday, 14 June 2024, 3:21 pm | NZCTU
NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi President Richard Wagstaff is calling on Minister Brooke van Velden to ensure that her review of workplace health and safety puts the voices of workers front and centre. More >>
Minister’s H&S Consultation Must Consider Stalled Progress From Government
Friday, 14 June 2024, 3:07 pm | Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum
An announcement today from the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Hon Brooke van Velden that she will be starting a substantial consultation on work health and safety, must consider the stalled progress from government and continued absence ... More >>
Thousands Of Parents Still Waiting Two Years After Resident Visas Reopen
Friday, 14 June 2024, 3:03 pm | RNZ
Families are fed up with delays and a lottery to allow their overseas parents to join them permanently. More >>
Ekos Welcomes Removal Of Financial Barrier To Native Forest Projects In The NZETS
Friday, 14 June 2024, 2:40 pm | Ekos
Ekos is welcoming today’s statement by Forestry Minister Todd McClay on supporting the forest sector and the government’s removal of a service fee on all forests registered in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS). More >>
Government Refuses To Fund Cancer Drugs, Instead Bows To Gaming Sector Lobbyists
Friday, 14 June 2024, 2:31 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is urging the government to rethink corporate welfare for the gaming sector and direct that funding into life-saving medicines instead. More >>
Te Urewera Board And Tūhoe Look To The Future After Court Resolution
Friday, 14 June 2024, 2:28 pm | Te Urewera Board
Te Urewera Board and Tūhoe are moving ahead with plans to re-imagine the future of Te Urewera as the homeland of Tūhoe and a place that is accessible to all New Zealanders. More >>
Fast-Track Bill Fails To Uphold Children’s Rights: Save The Children
Friday, 14 June 2024, 2:17 pm | Save The Children
Child rights organisation Save the Children is calling for political leaders to withdraw the Fast-Track Approvals Bill, saying it fails to uphold children’s rights and the potential negative impact on children now and in the future is too great a risk. More >>
A Long-Overdue Review Of Health And Safety
Friday, 14 June 2024, 2:00 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The Initiative pointed to stronger cost-benefit assessment, as well as revisiting the rules around personal liability for health and safety outcomes, as promising starting points for review. More >>
Rethink On Health And Safety Welcomed
Friday, 14 June 2024, 1:29 pm | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Transporting New Zealand interim CEO Dom Kalasih has welcomed the announcement today by Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Brooke van Velden, that the government is beginning consultation on health and safety at work. More >>
Forestry Sector Welcomes Government Intent To Engage And Spur Growth
Friday, 14 June 2024, 1:03 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Today’s announcements on growing the forestry sector from Forestry Minister Todd McClay will resonate with industry leaders across forestry and wood products sector, says FIEA events director John Stulen. “With our sector delivering the most carbon-friendly ... More >>
Inquiry Into The Protection Of Personal Information
Friday, 14 June 2024, 12:13 pm | Public Service Association
Acting Public Service Commissioner Heather Baggott today announced the details of an inquiry into allegations that personal information provided to government agencies was misused by third-party service providers. More >>
Climate Forestry Association Welcomes Govt’s Commitment To Forestry
Friday, 14 June 2024, 11:59 am | Climate Forestry Association
Climate Forestry Association chief executive Andrew Cushen says the Government has shown a thorough understanding of the importance of the forestry sector. More >>
Government Must Scrap Failing Film Subsidies And Fund Pharmac Instead
Friday, 14 June 2024, 11:51 am | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on the government to axe all taxpayer funding for films and direct that money into Pharmac instead following reports that the Film Commission spent $88 million on film subsidies that generated just $14 million in ... More >>
New Report Sparks Call For More Support For NZ’s Volunteer Firefighters
Friday, 14 June 2024, 11:46 am | United Fire Brigades' Association
The United Fire Brigades’ Association (UFBA) is calling for more support for volunteer firefighters with a new report showing they deliver $823 million of value to Aotearoa every year. More >>
Miserable Cuts To The Bureaucracy Locking In The Growth Under Labour
Friday, 14 June 2024, 11:39 am | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the revelations in yesterday’s information release from the Public Service Commission that shows the bureaucracy has only reduced by 416 FTEs since December last year. More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Welcomes Review Into Health And Safety Regulations
Friday, 14 June 2024, 10:32 am | Taxpayers' Union
“Overzealous health and safety regulations are one of the biggest handbrakes on productivity, driving up the cost of everything from doing business to building core infrastructure necessary for this country to function. More >>
Heavy Trucks Are Not To Blame For More Potholes
Friday, 14 June 2024, 10:25 am | Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Photo/Supplied By Dom Kalasih The recent announcement by Transport Minister Simeon Brown that $4 billion will be spent preventing potholes around the country is good news, both for the road transport industry and motorists. Road transport operators ... More >>
Proposed Reform Of Infrastructure System Essential For Progress - Infrastructure New Zealand
Friday, 14 June 2024, 9:31 am | Infrastructure New Zealand
“New Zealand's spending per capita on infrastructure is high compared to other OECD nations but the value we get from that investment is in the bottom 10%. That has to be turned around,” says Infrastructure New Zealand Policy Director Michelle ... More >>
Women Don’t Need A Voluntary Calculator To Know There’s A Pay Gap
Friday, 14 June 2024, 8:18 am | New Zealand Labour Party
The Government has reportedly scrapped a policy that would have gone far to fix gender and ethnic pay gaps and instead is implementing a watered-down voluntary system. More >>
Millions Spent Reopening Mothballed Northland Railway Line
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 6:03 pm | RNZ
More than $30 million was spent fixing a railway line before the partly-completed project was put on hold. More >>
Multiple Inquiries Into Data Misuse At Te Pāti Māori
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 5:51 pm | RNZ
What happens when the line between helping your people and helping yourself to their private information, blurs More >>
NZDF Personnel Should Not Be Deployed To Korea
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 4:56 pm | NZ DPRK Society
Increasing the number of New Zealand troops deployed in Korea will increase tension on the peninsula and the wider region. More >>
New Fishing Rules Reflect Fishers’ Proactive Actions
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 4:27 pm | Seafood New Zealand
The new rules mean from 1 October, all commercial surface longline fishers will be required to either use special hook shielding devices or implement three key seabird mitigations measures at the same time (tori line, weighted sink hooks and setting ... More >>
OIA Reveals Department Of Conservation Advised Against Scrapping Freshwater Protections - Greenpeace
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 2:33 pm | Greenpeace
The advice, dated 26 March 2024, states that DOC was given "limited opportunity for input" and so could "only note that the additional adverse effects of the proposed changes may be significant for some catchments, protected areas and species." More >>
Govt Ignores Housing Crisis And Ticks Off Deep Cuts At Housing Ministry
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 1:49 pm | PSA
The latest cuts impact the Strategy, Insight and Governance, Policy, and Organisational Performance business groups. Further cuts to other business groups are proposed for later this year. More >>
Care And Support Workers Call "Time’s Up", Take Long-overdue Pay Equity Claim To The ERA
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 1:31 pm | PSA
Almost two years have passed since the claim was initiated with 15 employers and no settlement has been reached. The claim could have implications for 65,000 people working in disability, home, and mental health support, and aged care work. More >>
Further Not Guilty Plea In SFO Public Sector Bribery Case
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 11:34 am | Serious Fraud Office
The last of three defendants in a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) case pleaded not guilty to bribery and corruption charges related to the award of lucrative public sector construction contracts. More >>
Free Kanaky, Free Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 7:55 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori stand with the people of Kanaky who are fighting for their independence and their lives against oppressive French occupation. The colonisation of the Pacific relies on the manufactured disconnection of Aotearoa from our Pasifika whanaunga. ... More >>
New Zealand Uyghur Community Seek Answers From Chinese Premier Li Qiang
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 6:09 pm | Uyghur Solidarity Aotearoa New Zealand
Members of the New Zealand Uyghur community have requested that the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs seek answers for them from the Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Uyghur Solidarity Aotearoa has provided the letter sent to the Prime Minister ... More >>
New Zealand Pro-Palestine Protester Ends 19-day Hunger Strike
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 6:02 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The anti-war movement can only move forward to the extent that the working class takes its own action, in opposition to Labour and the entire capitalist political establishment, including the trade union apparatus and the pseudo-left organisations ... More >>
Eden Park Operators Urge Fast-track Process For More Stadium Events
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:30 pm | RNZ
Allowing events to be fast-tracked under proposed laws could 'streamline' the Auckland stadium's consultation with its neighbours, operators say. More >>
Oil And Gas Drilling Changes Include Loss Of Community Consultation
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 2:39 pm | RNZ
The proposed law change would introduce a way to obtain a drilling permit without having to tender for it. More >>
It's Not A Crime To Abuse An Elder In New Zealand: Call For Change
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 1:21 pm | Positive Ageing Trust Hawke's Bay
As we mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, the Positive Ageing Trust Hawke's Bay is sounding the alarm on the escalating issue of elder abuse in our country. Despite alarming statistics, elder abuse is not recognised as a specific criminal More >>
Care And Support Workers Call "Time’s Up", & Take Long-overdue Pay Equity Claim To The ERA
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 12:47 pm | PSA
Unions for care and support workers will take their long-overdue pay equity claim to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) in Wellington on Thursday (13 June). More >>
Federated Farmers Launch Rural Banking Petition
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 11:00 am | Federated Farmers
On the opening morning of Fieldays, Federated Farmers have launched a petition putting pressure on the Government to announce an independent inquiry into rural banking. More >>
Activists Blockade Todd Energy House During Energy Forum
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 10:27 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
The Energy Resources Taranaki Forum was supposed to hold their annual conference in New Plymouth today but due to climate activists coming from across the country to stop them, they decided to cancel and meet online. The climate protectors wasted ... More >>
Climate Change Minister Leaves EDS Conference, Climate Activists Claim Win
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 7:02 pm | School Strike 4 Climate Otautahi
A group of young activists from School Strike for Climate and Climate Liberation Aotearoa cut Simon Watts’ speech short today at the Environmental Defense Society conference at Te Pae with chants and banners opposing new oil and gas exploration. More >>
Government Urged To Abandon RIMPAC 2024
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 6:37 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
New Zealand must immediately withdraw from the 2024 US-led RIMPAC military exercises due to take place from June 26th to August 2nd around Hawaii. More >>
Company, Manager Fined $28,000 Over Biosecurity Risks
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 5:48 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Freight company and manager fined $28,000 for delivering sea containers to unapproved location More >>
DCANZ Committed To Continued Work On Farm Emissions
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 5:20 pm | Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand
DCANZ welcomes the Government’s announcement that it will introduce legislation to remove the liability on processors for on-farm emissions in the ETS and continue working with the sector on practical and effective approaches to reduce emissions ... More >>
