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Revealed: Nelson’s $660,000 Saltwater Creek Footbridge

Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 2:05 pm | Taxpayers' Union

“It doesn’t have to be barebones, but when one-sixth of the cost of a footbridge is simply on flourish, it’s probably time to pull back. The people of Nelson deserve better from their council in terms of spending decisions.” More >>

A 'Destruction Of Whānau Ora By Stealth' - Providers

Monday, 10 March 2025, 9:13 pm | RNZ

A change in direction at Whānau Ora has drawn the ire of agencies, which are set to lose their long-held positions as commissioning bodies and say up to 1000 jobs could be lost. More >>

'All Roads Lead To The Deciding Minister': Greens Wary Of Government's Environment Court Bypass Proposal

Monday, 10 March 2025, 9:06 pm | RNZ

If it goes ahead, most landowners would not be able to submit objections to large infrastructure projects to the Environment Court. More >>

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Victoria University Law Students Take Oil Exploration Case To Supreme Court

Monday, 10 March 2025, 8:52 pm | RNZ

The group has argued that the 2021 decision to grant permits for onshore exploration to two companies did not properly consider the climate change impacts or views of Māori. More >>

Introducing The Unity Party: A New Vision For New Zealand

Monday, 10 March 2025, 6:13 pm | Unity Party

Nigel McFall's Journey to a Politics That Works for Everyone More >>

Government Hellbent On Ignoring Evidence On Impact Of Social Investment For Most Vulnerable Whānau

Monday, 10 March 2025, 3:47 pm | Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu

Government had significantly changed the goalposts within the tender process, which was announced without warning in August 2024. The focus had essentially shifted from a model driven by whānau aspirations to a range of targeted government services, ... More >>

How Kiwis Are Feeling About Govt Performance

Monday, 10 March 2025, 2:57 pm | Horizon Research

The government’s performance is making only 10% feel pleased, 5% excited, 4% proud, and 4% inspired. Respondents were shown a randomised list of words and asked to choose the words they feel when they think about the current performance of the coalition ... More >>

Over 12,000 Say NO To Corporate Tax Cuts

Monday, 10 March 2025, 12:36 pm | Action Station

The petition was launched in the wake of the Prime Minister and Finance Minister recently suggesting that the Budget might contain cuts in the corporate tax rate and has harnessed widespread public opposition to tax policies. More >>

Hipkins Overtakes Luxon As Preferred Prime Minister, Centre-Left Extend Lead

Monday, 10 March 2025, 12:11 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Based on these results, the Centre-Right bloc drops 1 seat to 58, while the Centre-Left bloc gains 1 seat to 62. On these numbers, National and ACT could not form a government even with the support of New Zealand First. More >>

Say NO To Corporate Tax Cuts - Petition Delivered To Luxon & Willis

Monday, 10 March 2025, 11:44 am | Tax Justice Aotearoa

Reducing the corporate tax rate by just 1 percentage point would result in a loss of around $650m in revenue and you could do a lot with that money to make New Zealand a better place for all. More >>

Going For Growth: Taxpayers' Union Urges Government To Adopt Full Capital Expensing In New Briefing Paper

Monday, 10 March 2025, 8:29 am | Taxpayers' Union

With Finance Minister Nicola Willis set to deliver Budget 2025 in less than three months, the Taxpayers’ Union is urging the Government to seize the opportunity and implement the policy to come into effect on Budget night. More >>

Four More Years? MPs Debate Bill To Extend Parliamentary Term

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 7:53 pm | RNZ

The current government is 16 months old. In just another 18 months or so, NZ will once again be at the polling booth. More >>

Say NO To Corporate Tax Cuts Petition Delivery Event

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 1:19 pm | Tax Justice Aotearoa

Tax Justice Aotearoa chair Glenn Barclay says the timing of the petition’s delivery is set to coincide with the Government’s investment conference, and reinforces the call for economic policies that prioritise public wellbeing over corporate interests. More >>

Gene Technology Changes: What You Need To Know

Saturday, 8 March 2025, 6:30 pm | RNZ

Explainer - The current GMO regime is out of date, experts agree. But proposed changes sideline Māori, some say. More >>

Chris Hipkins Promises Political Bipartisanship, Chris Bishop Isn't So Convinced

Saturday, 8 March 2025, 6:17 pm | RNZ

Analysis - Chris Hipkins' state of the nation speech highlighted political bipartisanship, but less than an hour later National was taking swings. More >>

Remembering The Communist Roots Of International Working Women’s Day

Saturday, 8 March 2025, 4:14 pm | Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement

The transformation of IWWD from a communist-led day of rebellion into a feel-good holiday of corporate branding is no accident. Capitalism thrives on absorbing and neutralising radical movements. More >>

It’s Time For Beehive Women To Get Real On Pay Equity

Saturday, 8 March 2025, 6:33 am | NZCTU

“We are calling on the women who work in the Beehive to show some solidarity with working women by getting real on pay equity,” said NZCTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges. More >>

What Was Actually Wrong With What Phil Goff Said?

Friday, 7 March 2025, 9:04 pm | RNZ

Explainer: The UK High Commissioner's case is not an example of the coalition looking to get rid of a Labour appointee, Giles Dexter writes. More >>

Trust In Media Plummets Further: New Polling Shows Centralised Regulation Will Not Help

Friday, 7 March 2025, 6:33 pm | Free Speech Union

If trust in media is going to return, Kiwis need to see transparency in reporting, and independence from political and ideological influence. Trust will not increase with further regulation, especially from authorities in which the majority of Kiwis ... More >>

Have Your Say On The Referendums Framework Bill

Friday, 7 March 2025, 4:28 pm | Justice Committee

The bill would provide a legislative framework for the conduct of referendums. The framework would be largely the same as that used for the next general election. More >>

No Place For Privatisation In Health - Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing

Friday, 7 March 2025, 1:11 pm | PSA

"The Government’s privatisation agenda has been well and truly exposed in Minister Brown’s priorities," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>

Organics Aotearoa NZ Calls For Key Amendments To The Gene Technology Bill To Safeguard New Zealand Organic Farming

Friday, 7 March 2025, 9:15 am | Organics Aotearoa New Zealand

OANZ has been consistent through its submission and articulating to all political parties and the Government that the best outcome would be to have food and environment exempt from the bill. More >>

NZ Governments Enjoy An ‘Executive Paradise’ – A Longer Parliamentary Term Won’t Change That

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 8:08 pm | The Conversation

Supporters of a four-year term say it would give governments more time to make better policy. But without deeper changes, it may only increase political uncertainty. More >>

Shock And Orr: The Sudden Resignation Of The Central Bank Governor

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 7:26 pm | RNZ

'These things happen' was all the chair of the Reserve Bank really had to say about the sudden departure of governor Adrian Orr, writes Gyles Beckford. More >>

Who Is Phil Goff, Sacked NZ High Commissioner To The UK?

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 7:18 pm | RNZ

Will Goff's time as high commissioner prove a disappointing end to a 44-year political career, or a minor detour on his lengthy resume? More >>

Prebble's Resignation From Waitangi Tribunal Leaves Lawyer With 'A Sour Taste In My Mouth'

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 6:27 pm | RNZ

A prominent Treaty lawyer is questioning whether Richard Prebble's resignation from the Waitangi Tribunal was a ploy for media attention. More >>

Simeon Brown Appointed Prominent Oil, Gas Lobbyist To Energy Savings Board Against Official Advice

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 6:24 pm | RNZ

A top government minister personally added a fossil fuel lobbyist to the shortlist of candidates to help govern the country's main energy-saving agency. More >>

PSA Oranga Tamariki Social Workers, Supervisors, Care And Protection Workers, To Strike Tomorrow

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 3:39 pm | PSA

Members across the country will take part in the total withdrawal of labour, including social workers and members working in care and protection residences, youth justice residences, residential homes, and the national contact centre. More >>

Beginning Of Lent Sees 100 Christian Leaders Present Open Letter For Humanitarian Visas

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 12:09 pm | Aotearoa Christians for Peace in Palestine

The open letter is part of the Christians United for Refuge Aotearoa Campaign, and calls on the New Zealand government to help reunite families and bring them to safety. More >>

Minster For Women Challenged To Go Dairy Free

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 12:01 pm | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand

Nicola Griggs, was invited to empathise with the life of a dairy cow, given that very soon after giving birth calves are taken from those mothers, and humans drink the milk instead. Newborn calves are either killed if male, or many will join the ... More >>

Beyond Borders: CID Members Catalyse Change For Women And Girls Worldwide

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 11:38 am | Council for International Development

Aligned with this year's theme, "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment," CID members are demonstrating their unwavering commitment to gender equality through a diverse range of initiatives. More >>

Top Asia Experts Gather In Auckland To Discuss New Zealand’s Progress In And With Asia

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 11:13 am | Asia New Zealand Foundation

During the two-day meeting, members of the network will meet with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Foreign Minister Winston Peters (who is also chair of the network) and a range of New Zealand’s top public and private sector leaders. More >>

Interim Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Seven Months Ended 31 January 2025

Thursday, 6 March 2025, 10:47 am | The Treasury

The January results are reported against forecasts based on the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2024 (HYEFU 2024), published on 17 December 2024, and the results for the same period for the previous year. More >>

100 Christian Leaders Hand Over Open Letter To Mark Ash Wednesday; Grant Emergency Humanitarian Visas For Palestinians

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 10:23 pm | Aotearoa Christians for Peace in Palestine

The letter has been signed by leaders from Anglican, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, Quaker, non-denominational and Methodist movements, and leaders from organisations and groups such as Caritas, Student Christian Movements and Te Mīhana Māori. More >>

America Or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn Is A Fork In The Road For New Zealand

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 6:07 pm | The Conversation

New Zealand foreign policy has long sought to balance various alliances with a commitment to the rules-based international order. It now faces its greatest test in decades. More >>

“Just The Tip Of The Iceberg” - Warns CultureShift NZ After The Release Of The Manurewa Marae Investigation Report

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 5:22 pm | CultureShiftNZ

The public deserves a full-scale independent review of whistleblower cases across government agencies. This isn’t about isolated failures; it’s about a culture of negligence that enables misconduct at the highest levels, Allan Halse, Director More >>

NZ Navy May Need To Work With Australia To Grow Capability - Experts

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 3:19 pm | RNZ

New Zealand's navy has a critical need for equipment and staffing, defence experts are warning. More >>

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr Resigns

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 2:49 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Orr’s work caused the single worst economic downturn in New Zealand in over three decades. He was far too slow to react as inflation increased, and far too slow to lower interest rates as inflation fell. More >>

RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr Resigns

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 1:52 pm | The Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Mr Orr, who was first appointed as Governor in March 2018, says it has been a privilege to lead an institution that plays a critical role in the economic wellbeing and prosperity of all New Zealanders. Deputy Governor Christian Hawkesby will be Acting Governor ... More >>

72% Of People Think The Government Should Be Building State Housing At Scale Ahead Of Infrastructure Summit

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 8:54 am | Public Housing Futures

This poll shows that there is a clear public mandate across the political spectrum for the government to build state housing, and to build state housing at scale. More >>

Government's iRex Ferry Cancellation Costed At $300 Million - For Now

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 8:20 pm | RNZ

Documents reveal how much the government set aside after ministers ended a contract to build two new Interislanders. More >>

Use Of Aotearoa In House 'Not A Matter Of Order', Brownlee Tells MPs

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 8:17 pm | RNZ

Parliament's Speaker has told MPs he does not expect to hear any more points of order over the use of the word Aotearoa. More >>

Christopher Luxon On School Lunches: 'Go Make A Marmite Sandwich'

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 8:03 pm | RNZ

Christopher Luxon says he'd rather parents take responsibility for feeding their children than the government. More >>

Call For Suffrage Day To Become A National Public Holiday

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 3:42 pm | Women's Rights Party

The petition has been initiated by the Women’s Rights Party and Life Member Sandi Hall, a former leader of the New Zealand Women’s Political Party women, a feminist political party founded in 1982 that contested the 1984 snap election. More >>

Resign, Simon Watts!

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 1:30 pm | Climate Liberation Aotearoa

The government’s continued support for anti-climate policies further entrenches this kind of environmental destruction. It is a criminal coalition between policymakers and industry that locks out the public and sets us up to a fate unimaginably bad. More >>

Congestion Charging Must Be In Auckland’s Future

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 1:14 pm | Infrastructure New Zealand

Congestion charging can both manage demand on the city’s roading network and help pay for the provision of Auckland’s transport infrastructure into the future. More >>

Police Warn Te Pāti Māori Over Financial Audit Delay

Monday, 3 March 2025, 9:14 pm | RNZ

The party filed an incomplete 2023 statement in mid-December, well after the July deadline. More >>

Lack Of Transparency Over $29m MethaneSAT Government Satellite, Astronomers Say

Monday, 3 March 2025, 9:11 pm | RNZ

The space agency in charge has refused to say why staff and students at Auckland University are not driving the MethaneSAT satellite by now, as promised. More >>

New Zealand's Part In US Moves Provoking China

Monday, 3 March 2025, 9:09 pm | RNZ

Analysis: China is being called 'provocative' after live firing in the Tasman, but New Zealand has done the same. More >>

Cuts To Frontline Health Services Exposed By Health Workers Survey

Monday, 3 March 2025, 8:07 am | PSA

Make no mistake this report makes clear that health is in crisis and Government policies are to blame. We now have stark evidence from health workers who know the system best that funding cuts and the hiring freeze are having a direct impact on services. More >>

Hyundai In Running To Build Two New Cook Strait Ferries

Sunday, 2 March 2025, 8:50 pm | RNZ

Peters said the Korean ship builder was open to considering bidding to build two new smaller ferries for the Cook Strait. More >>

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's Increasing Strength In Foreign Policy, Deficiency In Domestic

Sunday, 2 March 2025, 8:48 pm | RNZ

Analysis: The challenge facing him was convincing Vietnam of the ways it does actually need us, and so in that metric, striking such a deal is a success. More >>

New Zealand Reaffirms Support For Ukraine After Disastrous White House Meeting

Sunday, 2 March 2025, 8:40 pm | RNZ

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the way to peace is for Russia to end its "three-year long illegal and immoral war of aggression". More >>

MPs Instructed To Remove Four Chinese Apps From Parliamentary Devices

Sunday, 2 March 2025, 8:35 pm | RNZ

Parliamentary Service chief executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero said the commission made the decision after considering a range of perspectives. More >>

New Zealand Needs To 'Step Up' On Defence Spending, Winston Peters Says

Saturday, 1 March 2025, 8:09 pm | RNZ

Winston Peters says our trading partners will judge us if NZ doesn't "step-up" and play its role by increasing defence spending. More >>

Prime Minister Expects David Seymour To Give School Lunch Problems His 'Full Attention'

Saturday, 1 March 2025, 8:07 pm | RNZ

The Prime Minister says there have been teething problems with the new roll-out and it is David Seymour's job to fix them. More >>

Defending Cultural Expression And Palestinian Identity

Saturday, 1 March 2025, 5:16 am | Palestine Forum of New Zealand

Palestinian cultural expression should be treated with the same respect as any other, without fear or scrutiny. The keffiyeh is not a political threat - it is a symbol of history, survival, and belonging. More >>

Protect NZ's GE Free Advantage: Withdraw The Gene Technology Bill

Friday, 28 February 2025, 9:38 pm | GE Free NZ

"This is an overwhelmingly significant public response considering the submission period was over Christmas and the New Year,” said Claire Bleakley, president of GE Free NZ "Especially as the deadline of 17 February allowed only 4 weeks, after ... More >>