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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 >>
Hato Hone St John’s Digital And Data Win Big At Veeam Data Resilience Awards
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:16:14 +1200 | Hato Hone St John
HHStJ’s Digital and Data general manager Sarah Ellison says, “Winning this award validates the countless hours spent solving complex problems, embracing change, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible through technology”.More >>
Breaking Barriers & Coming Together: Deaf Aotearoa Hosts The First NZSL Inclusive Coffee Tasting Event With Starbucks
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:28:28 +1200 | Deaf Aotearoa
Starbucks will host coffee tasting events at five of their key locations, with Deaf Aotearoa supporting this with NZSL interpreters through their interpreter booking service iSign, ensuring that Deaf participants can fully engage and enjoy the experience.More >>
Clean Air In Schools Needs Government Action
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:20:14 +1200 | Aotearoa Covid Action
Tamariki at our ECEs and schools should be playing and learning, not bringing home disease and spreading it to their families and across the wider community, says ACA spokesperson Tara Forde.More >>
University Rocks Geology Education With New Garden
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:54:36 +1200 | University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury is bringing local geology to life with a new garden featuring over 200 rocks, ancient fossils and a mini volcano. More >>
From Thames To New Mexico: Gang-Affiliated Wāhine & Abuse In Care Research Goes Global
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:53:29 +1200 | Te Whariki Manawahine o Hauraki
The report shows what intersectionalities between culture and diverse abilities means, and how the act of institutionalisation (placing a person into care) reaches across these intersectionalities and targets them all in specific ways.More >>
New Fleet Of Electric Buses Begin Service In West Auckland, Set New Benchmark For Australasia
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:26:06 +1200 | Auckland Transport
The new buses, including 26 double-deckers, will run every ten minutes on AT’s WX1 Western Express frequent service from Westgate to the city centre via the Lincoln and Te Atatū bus interchanges.More >>
Pharmac Board Chair Welcomes Organisational Culture Report
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:06:43 +1200 | PHARMAC
Pharmac’s Board commissioned organisational expert Debbie Francis to undertake a review at the end of last year. Board Chair Paula Bennett has welcomed the review’s findings and thanked Pharmac staff and external stakeholders for taking part, and ...More >>
Ngāti Rārua Acknowledges Te Pūtahitanga O Te Waipounamu
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:39:47 +1200 | Te Runanga o Ngati Rarua
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rārua wishes to express our collective aroha, gratitude, and respect to all those who have served and led within Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu throughout its remarkable journey.More >>
Transport Well New Zealand Charitable Trust: A Vision For The Entire Sector
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:26:37 +1200 | Transport Well NZ
With the establishment of the Transport Well Charitable Trust, the transport and logistics sector now has a powerful mechanism to drive meaningful, long-term change. More >>
Govt’s Further Backtrack On Te Tiriti O Waitangi At Pharmac Endangers Māori Health
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:04:57 +1200 | PSA
"This is an abandonment of Pharmac’s commitment to the health of Māori and another breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi," said Janice Panoho, Te Kaihautū Māori for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi.More >>
COVID-19 Inquiry Receives More Than 31,000 Submissions
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:42:14 +1200 | Royal Commission Covid-19 Lessons Learned
“It’s clear that the pandemic is still top of mind for many people in Aotearoa New Zealand, particularly those areas like Auckland and Northland that were affected by longer lockdowns during the COVID-19 response,” says Grant Illingworth KC, Chair ...More >>
Delivering For Good Returns To Help Kiwi Communities Go Further
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:18:07 +1200 | NZ Post
Since its launch in 2021, Delivering for Good has supported over 96,000 parcel deliveries across the country. NZ Post is calling on organisations across Aotearoa to apply — whether they’re local legends or national names. More >>
PPTA Welcomes Government Decision To Pay Teachers’ Practising Fees
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:09:12 +1200 | PPTA
Teaching is an extremely rewarding and amazing profession; it is also an increasingly challenging and demanding one, so we need to everything possible to keep all of our experienced and skilled teachers in the workforce. Paying their Teaching Council ...More >>
DoubleVerify, IWF Partner To Drive Greater Ad Ecosystem Safety, Fight Online Child Abuse
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:42:47 +1200 | DoubleVerify
Partnership gives DV access to IWF’s world-leading tools and datasets, enhancing its protections and helping cut off ad funding to exploitative and illegal content online.More >>
CEO Monthly Update: Engaging With Our Community
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:28:01 +1200 | Westland District Council
As we aim for better transparency and inclusivity, I want to remind everyone that the submissions for our Long-Term Plan (LTP) are open until midday on May 2. More >>
Documentary Reveals The Beauty And Fragility Of Wellington’s Underwater Forests
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:52:12 +1200 | Explore Your Coast
Seaweed: A Love Story will premiere on May 5, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM, followed by a special Q&A session with the director, film lead, and local scuba divers at the Penthouse Cinema, 205 Ohiro Road, Brooklyn, Wellington.More >>
Women’s Refuge Receives Funding Boost
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Women’s Refuge will receive $540,000 from the Government across two years, which will be matched by the Women’s Refuge to make a total of $1,080,000 over a two-year period.More >>
Ending Irrational Objectification Of Space Means Ending Rapacious Exploitation On Earth
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:09:34 +1200 | Martin LeFevre - Meditations
Driving the new capitalistic/militaristic space race is a persistent, pernicious way of thinking. Though the polycrisis is the culmination of man’s rapacious consciousness, even many progressives continue to believe it can be remedied externally, by more ...More >>
AI Game-Changer For Timber Manufacturing
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:36:31 +1200 | WorkSafe NZ
WorkSafe’s investigation found the machine was unguarded and there was an ineffective system for maintenance. Training and supervision of workers also fell short. More >>
