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Transforming Financial Education In Schools
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:35:09 +1200 | New Zealand Government
“Embedding essential skills into the curriculum will ensure our young people are better prepared to make informed financial decisions in a complex financial world. This will positively impact their lives and the broader economy,” says Minister ...More >>
Taxpayers' Union Launches Nationwide Hīkoi Calling For Balanced Budgets
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:29:14 +1200 | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Led by the seven-metre-long Taxpayers' Union Karaka Nama (Debt Clock), the hīkoi highlights the Government's borrowing from our tamariki and mokopuna. More >>
Common Sense Solution To Benefit New Zealand’s Medical Workforce, International Events Sector And The Economy
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:38:00 +1200 | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand and other like-minded groups especially Business Events Industry Aotearoa, have long advocated for changes to be made to this rule, this has also been amplified by Business New Zealand. More >>
Scitex Recruitment Unveils 2025 Workforce Report With Insights To Shape Employment Strategies
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:06:04 +1200 | Scitex
Released on April 29th 2025, the Scitex Workforce Report represents data garnered from 2,436 survey responses from employees and business leaders (over the last 12 months), the report surfaces timely, actionable insights for employers seeking to ...More >>
Govt Spending Decision Signals Crisis And Cuts
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:39:02 +1200 | NZCTU
$1.3bn in operating allowance isn’t enough to pay for cost pressures in health alone ($1.55bn). There is no money for cost pressures in education and other public services, or proposed defence spending. This is a Budget that will be built on cuts ...More >>
Government Exploring Northern ‘Energy Bridge’
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:44:39 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) will use up to $2m from the Regional Infrastructure Fund to investigate the feasibility of upgrading Northland’s electricity infrastructure to act as an ‘energy bridge’ between Northland and ...More >>
Cuts To Public Services Will Be Opposed: Austerity Does Not Work
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:36:22 +1200 | PSA
Nicola Willis talks about ‘limited fiscal means’ forcing cuts to the operating allowance - well, she is the author of those, and it is a choice that she made.The PSA will strongly resist any further threats to the jobs of public service or health ...More >>
Govt Cuts Will Cost Jobs, Health, And Homes
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:23:58 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
This Government had no problem doling out billions to landlords and the tobacco lobby, but when it comes to what Kiwis care most about—jobs, health, and homes—it’s just one cut after another, Labour finance and economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds ...More >>
Willis Takes A Step — But Taxpayers Need A Sprint
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:59:03 +1200 | Taxpayers' Union
New Zealand is now running the worst primary deficit of any advanced economy, and government debt has exploded from $59 billion in 2017 to a projected $192 billion this year. Every dollar of new spending needs to be matched by savings — not a ...More >>
Regulatory Roadblock To Be Removed
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:51:51 +1200 | BusinessNZ
BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says it’s a good example of the Government taking action to remove regulatory barriers to economic growth. More >>
Govt’s Austerity Budget To Cause Real Harm In Communities
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:05:34 +1200 | Green Party
“New Zealanders looking around at the state of global politics and asking how things got so bad have their answer in the kind of slash and burn economics Nicola Willis has promised the country today,” says Green Party co-leader and spokesperson for ...More >>
Locals Work Together To Deliver Almost $1.2 Million In Support To Wellington Community
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:33:53 +1200 | Nikau Foundation
By sharing knowledge & bringing local generosity closer to local need, the Foundation is channeling funding into areas of high need. In 2024, the Foundation gave over $151,214 to foster health & wellbeing, $143,380 to address food insecurity and $120,829 ...More >>
Budget 2025: The Growth Budget
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:00:04 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Having considered everything happening around the world, the Treasury is continuing to forecast accelerating growth in the New Zealand economy over the coming year, with falling unemployment forecast to follow in the second half of the year.More >>
Mark Cameron Drafts Bill To Stop Banking Wokery And Protect Rural Borrowers
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:58:17 +1200 | ACT New Zealand
“Rural and regional New Zealanders are being hammered by banking wokery that judges businesses on political fashion rather than commercial sense,” says ACT Rural Communities spokesperson Mark Cameron.More >>
It’s Mayhem, It's Messy And It’s Melodramatic
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:46:07 +1200 | Kiwi Economics
The prospect of a global trade war will likely keep downward pressure on prices. Whether that’s a consequence of a slowdown in global economic growth or a diversion of trade marked at a discount. See our COTW for more.More >>
20% Of Kiwis Switch Insurance Providers
Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:36:19 +1200 | Insurance Council of New Zealand
"The survey shows that a relatively low number of New Zealanders consider switching their insurance provider," ICNZ chief executive Kris Faafoi said. More >>
Air NZ Blames Cost Of Inflation For Rise In Airline's Airfares
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:10:25 +1200 | RNZ
Air New Zealand's chief financial officer Richard Thomson says costs of inflation has caused a rise in the airlines' airfares. More >>
East Asia And Pacific: Technology, Reforms, And Cooperation Pathways To Future Prosperity
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:26:54 +1200 | The World Bank
Growing global uncertainty is having an impact on business and consumer confidence, inhibiting investment and consumption. Trade restrictions are expected to impact EAP’s exports while slower global growth is likely to further reduce external demand.More >>
Trump’s Global Tariffs Are Meant For China
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:57:49 +1200 | Independent Media Institute
The latest tariff blitz has China in the crosshairs. Building on earlier efforts by previous administrations, Trump’s abrasiveness risks weakening Washington’s hand.More >>
New UN Report Warns Of Global Social Crisis Driven By Insecurity, Inequality, And Distrust
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:35:35 +1200 | UN Department of Global Communications
A new policy consensus is needed to restore trust and social cohesion More >>
