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SMC Heads-Up: Climate consensus, Budget, mental disorders
Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:38 +1200 | Science Media Centre
R&D tax relief; Mental illness; Dyson Award; Sciblogs highlights; Research highlights; Policy News; Sci-tech events More >>
Budget falls short on assistance to halt rural suicide rate
Fri, 17 May 2013 15:18:46 +1200 | NZ Rural General Practice Network
Budget 2013 should have included some extra provision to address the increasing and alarming rate of suicide in rural New Zealand, the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network says.More >>
Employment and mental health
Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:08 +1200 | Wise Group
Wondering about work? New tool helps patients and their doctors talk about employment and mental health More >>
Youthline Auckland celebrates Pink Shirt Day 2013
Wed, 15 May 2013 17:27:06 +1200 | Youthline
Friday 17th May 2013 is Pink Shirt Day, a national campaign to raise awareness about the power everyone has to prevent and reduce bullying. More >>
Appalling CYFs case may not be isolated
Wed, 15 May 2013 16:51:17 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
The appalling case of abuse and neglect of four young Lower Hutt children may be indicative of wider issues within Child Youth and Family, which Paula Bennett must address, Labour’s Social Development spokesperson Jacinda Ardern says.More >>
Social harm of SkyCity deal must be costed
Wed, 15 May 2013 15:52:03 +1200 | Green Party
The Government should put its SkyCity convention centre deal on hold till it has factored in the costs of social harm caused by law changes in the deal, the Green Party said today.More >>
Govt urged to release report on SkyCity deal
Tue, 14 May 2013 15:17:06 +1200 | AUT University
Professor Max Abbott, director of AUT University’s Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, today called for the Government to release the report it has received about the social and financial costs associated with the SkyCity Convention Centre deal. ...More >>
Preventing community harm from sale of synthetic cannabis
Tue, 14 May 2013 13:52:14 +1200 | New Zealand Police
Agencies working in partnership to prevent harm associated with the sale of synthetic cannabis want the public to celebrate the businesses who have placed people ahead of profits by refusing to sell such substances.More >>
Mother warns parents of the risks of synthetic cannabinoids
Tue, 14 May 2013 13:43:14 +1200 | New Zealand Police
A mother dealing with the fallout of having a son addicted to so-called legal highs says many young people are under the false belief that because the items were able to be sold legally, they must be safe.More >>
PSS welcomes Government attention to dementia needs
Tue, 14 May 2013 11:43:33 +1200 | Presbyterian Support
Presbyterian Support is pleased to note that in announcing an additional $70m allocated to aged care and dementia services in its Budget, the Government acknowledges the coming tidal wave of senior citizens. In the next 15 years the number of New Zealanders ...More >>
Flavell Disappointed at the Social Costs of SkyCity Deal
Mon, 13 May 2013 17:04:47 +1200 | The Maori Party
Māori Party Whip Te Ururoa Flavell has indicated his disappointment at revelations of the Government’s deal for a new convention centre where SkyCity will pay for a $400 million centre in exchange for 230 additional pokie machines, 52 more gaming ...More >>
TPPA could bypass cap on liability for tighter gambling laws
Mon, 13 May 2013 16:38:04 +1200 | Professor Jane Kelsey
“In theory, the New Zealand Parliament has the power to make and unmake our gambling laws. In practice, the backroom contract between the National government and Sky City could stymie effective regulation of gaming for the next 35 years”, according ...More >>
Sovereign Supports Youthline
Mon, 13 May 2013 15:11:37 +1200 | Youthline
Youthline gets $100,000 boost from Sovereign to support young people to successfully move into the next stage of their lives. More >>
Govt Should Promote Country & Culture – Not Casinos
Mon, 13 May 2013 11:05:02 +1200 | Family First
Family First NZ says that the government should be encouraging tourists to come to New Zealand to see the country and our culture – not casinos. More >>
Government deals SkyCity a royal flush
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:57:11 +1200 | Green Party
SkyCity has been dealt a royal flush by the Government who has handed it a list of gambling concessions the casino could never have dreamed of in exchange for a convention centre for Auckland, the Green Party said today.More >>
Convention Centre’s hidden cost
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:55:31 +1200 | Salvation Army
Those behind the SkyCity Convention Centre have failed to take the damage to communities and families into their cost-benefit analysis. More >>
Campbell: University essays for hire, and depression
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:41:44 +1200 | Gordon Campbell
Unfortunately, the buying and selling of ghost-written university essays has been part of academic culture for decades. In the mid 1980s for instance, to cite just one of many examples… the late, revered novelist David Foster Wallace used to earn ...More >>
Sky City Deal Puts Pokies Before People
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:05:57 +1200 | New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the Sky City Casino pokie machine deal shows the Government is more interested in pushing the interests of an overseas owned gambling den than helping New Zealanders.More >>
Govt & SkyCity agree to $402m Convention Centre
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:04:56 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce today announced the Government and SkyCity have signed a Heads of Agreement to build a $402 million international-standard convention centre in Auckland.More >>
'Guide to Life’ supplied to 57,000 teens across New Zealand
Fri, 10 May 2013 15:17:24 +1200 | Blue Light
All year nine students across New Zealand will this week have received the Blue Light ‘Kidsmart Guide to Life’ a comprehensive booklet providing young people with information on a wide range of topics which may affect them such as alcohol, bullying, ...More >>
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