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Former Aid Minister In Clark-Anderton Govt Slams NZ Interference With Cook Island Sovereignty Re China Agreement

Sunday, 16 February 2025, 2:34 pm | Hon Matthew Robson

“My job as Associate-Minister for Foreign Affairs responsible for International Aid was supposed to be to use Aid as a lever to control former colonies, official or unofficial colonies such as Tonga, or UN mandates, for the interest of New Zealand More >>

Environmental Groups Clarify Qualities Of Stewardship Land In Meeting With Prime Minister

Sunday, 16 February 2025, 2:14 pm | Environmental Defence Society

The Minister of Conservation is expected to complete a review of some 644,000 ha of stewardship land on the West Coast later this year. More >>

Environmental Protection Authority Will End Up Defaulting On Loan If Too Few Developers Use Govt's Fast-Track Process

Saturday, 15 February 2025, 2:30 pm | RNZ

It plans to repay the loan over five years using application levies from would-be beneficiaries of the shortened route planning approval. More >>

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A Taonga Of Waitangi - Inside The Forum Tent

Friday, 14 February 2025, 9:27 pm | RNZ

Away from the tense scenes on the paepae, under a closely guarded canvas tent, te iwi Māori do the real work of Waitangi: talking. We were invited inside to listen. More >>

Free Speech Union Announces Four Speakers For National Tours In 2025

Friday, 14 February 2025, 8:53 pm | Free Speech Union

By bringing these global voices to the fight for free expression in New Zealand, we’ll continue to protect and expand our culture of free speech, says Nathan Seiuli, the Free Speech Union's Events Manager. More >>

“Poor Decision-making Making Us Poorer” - Kiwis $12,700 Worse Off Than Treasury Predictions

Friday, 14 February 2025, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

“The reality is we’re getting poorer. The government this year is leaning heavy on chasing economic growth, which is absolutely the right thing to do.” More >>

Speech By Secretary To The Treasury Iain Rennie, 'Bending Two Curves: NZ's Intertwined Economic And Fiscal Challenges'

Friday, 14 February 2025, 9:47 am | The Treasury

The crux of my message today is that New Zealand needs to bend two curves. One is the long-term economic growth trajectory, which needs to bend upwards to expand our productive capacity and national real incomes. The second is our net public debt ... More >>

Brooke Van Velden Completely Undermines Personal Grievance System

Friday, 14 February 2025, 9:24 am | NZCTU

Employers are being encouraged to disregard procedural fairness and natural justice. The changes will remove the ability of workers to receive compensation on the grounds of humiliation, loss of dignity and injured feelings if it can be proved a worker ... More >>

Frontline Mental Health Cash Used For Controversial Fund

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 8:51 pm | RNZ

Critics say the money would have been better spent training more workers, including much-needed psychiatrists. More >>

Winston Peters And Gideon Sa'ar Speak On Importance Of Gaza Ceasefire

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 8:48 pm | RNZ

Both ministers have confirmed they shared a phone call on Thursday morning, with the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement due to expire next month. More >>

MPs To Review Parliament's Rules After Land Rover Stunt

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 8:40 pm | RNZ

MPs are going to take another look at Parliament's rules, after ACT leader David Seymour drove a land rover up the steps outside. More >>

New Zealand Government Alarmed By Cook Islands Deal With China

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 8:00 pm | Socialist Equality Group

The regional imperialist powers, including Australia, New Zealand and France have maintained neo-colonial control over the Southwest Pacific for more than a century, keeping the fragile island nations in a state of dependency with conditions of poverty ... More >>

Public Submissions Open On The Māori Purposes Bill

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 5:27 pm | Maori Affairs Committee

A Māori Purposes Bill is an omnibus bill that enables minor, technical, and non-controversial amendments to legislation relating to Māori affairs. This Māori Purposes Bill aims to modernise some legislation relating to Māori Affairs. More >>

Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Six Months Ended 31 December 2024

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 12:35 pm | The Treasury

The December 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 >>

Axing 63 Roles At Callaghan Innovation Will Drive Essential Skills Out Of The Country

Thursday, 13 February 2025, 9:32 am | PSA

Cabinet papers released alongside the science reform announcements stated that the Minister would conduct a review of capability within Callaghan Innovation that could be retained and transferred elsewhere. However, this review resulted in minimal change. More >>

New Zealand Must Show Leadership As The US Retreats From Global Aid

Monday, 10 February 2025, 4:00 pm | Council for International Development

New Zealand has long championed a fair, stable, and resilient global order. As a nation with deep ties to the Pacific and beyond, we cannot afford to be passive in the face of these shifts. More >>

NEW POLL: Centre-Left Bloc Could Form Government For First Time Since March 2022

Monday, 10 February 2025, 3:09 pm | Taxpayers' Union

The poll, conducted between 02 and 04 February, shows National up 2.3 points to 31.9 percent, while Labour has risen 0.4 points from last month to 31.3 percent. More >>

Federated Farmers Proposes Seven Changes To Lighten Ratepayer Burden

Monday, 10 February 2025, 10:20 am | Federated Farmers

Two of Federated Farmers’ seven recommendations call on the Government to surrender some of its tax take in favour of councils. More >>

Winston Peters' Refusal To Join 79 Countries To Protect ICC Puts NZ Firmly In Trump’s Minority, Lawless, Hard-Right Camp

Monday, 10 February 2025, 9:01 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Endless New Zealand politicians, including the present government, have pointed to our support for a rules-based international system, says PSNA National Chair John Minto. More >>

NZ Media In The Middle Of Diplomatic Drama

Sunday, 9 February 2025, 7:25 pm | RNZ

Mediawatch -Trump's alarmed the world with trade tariffs, turning off aid and proposing to take over Gaza. But New Zealand's had diplomatic drama in the news too - with the media in the middle of it. More >>

Christchurch Man Says Family In Gaza Will Never Leave Despite US Proposal

Sunday, 9 February 2025, 7:03 pm | RNZ

A Christchurch man who lost 55 relatives in three Israeli airstrikes on Gaza says his remaining family will never leave, despite a US proposal to remove them. More >>

If Christopher Luxon Hoped To Avoid Waitangi Day Controversy, It Backfired

Saturday, 8 February 2025, 7:09 pm | RNZ

Analysis - The prime minister's attendance at Ōnuku marae saw protest, distraction and delay. And it underlined his absence in the north. More >>

Next Group Of Public Submissions On Treaty Principles Bill Announced

Friday, 7 February 2025, 9:14 pm | RNZ

There are almost 500 people named, from the general public to former MPs, academics and Māori leaders. More >>

Govt Select Committee Process In Its Hearings On The Oranga Tamariki Serious Youth Offending Bill Undermines Democracy

Friday, 7 February 2025, 6:20 pm | St Peters on Willis Social Justice Group

Gail Duncan, Chairperson of the St Peter’s on Willis Social Justice Group, one of the organisations invited to submit on the Bill, says the Government’s actions are unprecedented. More >>

List Of Submitters To Be Invited To Make Oral Submissions— Principles Of The Treaty Of Waitangi Bill

Friday, 7 February 2025, 1:28 pm | Justice Committee

The committee has published this list to inform the public about its work, and to give clarity to submitters who have contacted the committee asking if they will be invited to make an oral submission. More >>

The Quiet But Powerful Protest Staged By The Wāhine At Waitangi

Thursday, 6 February 2025, 7:49 pm | RNZ

Māori leaders in the Far North turned their collective back in an emotional demonstration. More >>

Waitangi Day 2025: Waka Biggest Turn-Out In Three Decades

Thursday, 6 February 2025, 7:46 pm | RNZ

From the dawn ceremony to the numerous local performances and powerful words, Waitangi Day 2025 was one to remember, but a highlight would have to be the record turn-out of waka. More >>

The State Of The Working Class In Aotearoa: A Crisis Of Capitalist Exploitation

Thursday, 6 February 2025, 1:18 pm | Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement

The Mood of the Workforce survey, conducted annually by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi, lays bare the brutal reality of life under capitalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>

Waitangi Analysis: Thousands Predicted To Descend On Political Talks Never Arrived

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 8:15 pm | RNZ

While Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi's tangihanga and the Prime Minister's absence contributed, there was also a snubbing by some. More >>

Concern Donald Trump's 'Eye Of Sauron' Is Eyeing Up New Zealand

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 8:11 pm | RNZ

Analysis: Fresh from his quickfire moves against other friends, will the US president's next target be New Zealand's low defence spending. More >>

Labour Would Not Support Te Tiriti Commissioner With Veto Right - Hipkins

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 8:06 pm | RNZ

The Labour Party will not support Te Pāti Māori's call for the establishment of a parliamentary commissioner for Te Tiriti with the ability to veto parliamentary decisions, Chris Hipkins told RNZ. More >>

Budget 2025 Time For Govt To Put Money Where Its Mouth Is

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 6:55 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union

Nicola Willis’ plans for corporate tax reform need to have more meat than the paltry income ‘tax relief’ delivered last year, which failed to even account for bracket creep. More >>

PSNA Says Government Must Oppose Trump Ethnic Cleansing Of Gaza

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 5:52 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

PSNA Chair John Minto says the Trump plan, which has just been agreed with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington, is rewarding Israel for its genocidal destruction of Gaza. More >>

Govt Must Re-Employ Science Staff About To Be Axed From Callaghan Innovation

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 1:33 pm | PSA

Callaghan Innovation is being scrapped under plans to merge other agencies into three new Public Research Organisations (PRO) over the next 12 - 18 months, alongside the establishment of a fourth, new PRO looking at Advanced Technology. More >>

Unemployment Climbs Above 5%

Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 11:44 am | NZCTU

“The latest data shows that employment fell in Aotearoa at its fastest rate since the GFC. Unemployment rose in 8 out 12 regions. 2.5m fewer hours were worked last year. There is a real and growing problem in the labour market.” More >>

Winston Peters To Meet Mexican Ambassador After MP's 'Racist' Comments

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:32 pm | RNZ

The ambassador is meeting the deputy PM in Waitangi, after controversial comments Peters and Shane Jones made. More >>

Climate Change Commission Backs 'Reviewing' Free Carbon Credits For Big Polluters

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 8:30 pm | RNZ

The scheme was designed to prevent producers of carbon-intensive products from moving production overseas to get away from emissions pricing. More >>

Open Letter To PM Christopher Luxon And FM Winston Peters

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:16 pm | Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem

We are grateful that Minister Winston Peters has condemned the hotline and assured us that the government has not introduced restrictions pertaining to Israelis visiting this country. More >>

Professional Bodies Are Not Moral And Political Arbiters, Govt Must Act Against This Outrageous Decision

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 4:00 pm | Hobson's Pledge

“It is not the place of real estate authorities, or any professional body, to foist political, religious, or cultural views onto its members” says Don Brash, a Trustee of Hobson’s Pledge. More >>

Watts His Job Again? Climate Change Minister Can’t Be Bothered Meeting Farmers

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 3:25 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman, James Ross, said “What is Simon Watts’ job? Because if it’s taking a balanced approach to stakeholders, he’s not doing it.” More >>

Law Commission Seeks Views On Hate Crime Law

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 2:26 pm | Law Commission

The Law Commission was asked to review the law on hate crime by the Minister of Justice in March 2024. This followed a recommendation by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019, which proposed ... More >>

Nominations For The Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated Board Elections Are Now Open

Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 10:35 am | Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc

The Taiwhenua/Rohe Boards are made up of registered Marae representatives who have been appointed or elected by their respective marae and/or they have been elected in accordance to their own respective constitutions. More >>

Critics Slam 'Punitive' New Benefit Sanctions

Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:38 pm | RNZ

Some beneficiaries will have to prove they are looking for work before they can get back to "green" on the traffic light system. More >>

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to be hosted by Ngāi Tahu for Waitangi Day

Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:35 pm | RNZ

Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro will also attend the event alongside the Prime Minister. More >>

New Zealand Government Witch-Hunts Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:30 pm | Socialist Equality Group

In a predictable manner, the PSNA’s tactic played directly into the hands of the government and the corporate media, which want to delegitimise and suppress the anti-genocide protests. More >>

Iwi In A Losing Battle Against Racially Discriminatory New Zealand Parliament

Monday, 3 February 2025, 7:22 pm | Ngati Torehina ki Mata-ure O Hau

The Ngāti Torehina Iwi cites numerous incidents of racial discrimination against Indigenous Māori rights to spiritual traditions attached to their lands & resources urging King Charles III to end racial discrimination in NZ’s Parliament akin to ... More >>

Winston Peters Has Fiery Response To US Senator Ted Cruz About NZ Immigration Requirements For Israelis

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:22 pm | RNZ

The foreign affairs minister has called out Senator Ted Cruz for sharing misinformation about the immigration requirements for Israelis visiting NZ. More >>

New Zealand Diplomats Reach Out To US Senator Ted Cruz Over False Israeli Immigration Requirements

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 9:18 pm | RNZ

Ted Cruz shared a story which incorrectly stated every Israeli must detail their military service to receive a visitor's visa for New Zealand. More >>

PSNA Tells Foreign Minister Winston Peters To Ignore 'Trump's Bully' On Israeli Soldiers Holidaying Here

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 6:07 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

Instead of bowing to US pressure New Zealand should be joining the Hague group of countries, as proposed by the Palestine Forum of New Zealand, to take decisive action to prevent and punish Israeli war crimes. More >>

Palestine Forum of New Zealand Urges Government to Join the Hague Group in Support of Palestine

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 2:32 pm | Palestine Forum of New Zealand

The Forum urges Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to demonstrate New Zealand’s commitment to human rights by joining this initiative. More >>

Jacinda Ardern: The Myth of Kindness and the Reality of Division

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 2:13 pm | Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement

The reality of Ardern’s leadership is far removed from the carefully curated narrative of “kindness” and “transformational politics” that the film promotes. More >>

'Boot The Bill': Plea For Government To Put A Stop To Military-style Camps

Saturday, 1 February 2025, 8:20 pm | RNZ

"The right to campaign, protest, and petition is a blessing we have," Children's Minister Karen Chhour told RNZ in response. More >>

'No Way' Of Knowing Tim Jago Was Abuser - ACT Party

Saturday, 1 February 2025, 8:18 pm | RNZ

The ACT Party says it took immediate action after learning its former president had been charged with sexual abuse. More >>

Former ACT Party President And Convicted Sex Offender Tim Jago's Name Suppression Went On Too Long - Advocate

Saturday, 1 February 2025, 8:14 pm | RNZ

A survivors' advocate says sex offenders should not be able to get name suppression for as long as Tim Jago had. More >>

The Maunga Owns Itself: Taranaki Histories And Apologies

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

The House: Taranaki Maunga has a new name and now legal personhood, but there's a lot more fascinating detail in the new law than that. More >>

Govt Ministers & HRC Give Green Light To Destiny Church Assaults Against Palestine Solidarity Protest This Weekend

Saturday, 1 February 2025, 6:28 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is alarmed Winston Peters and the Human Rights Commissioner have given the green light to Destiny Church assaults against Palestinian support protests this weekend. PSNA has been contacted by police to say ... More >>