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Recession drives more managers to commit fraud
21 November 2009 1:33pm | PwC
42 percent of New Zealand organisations reported fraud Sharp rise in economic crime by middle management Reduction in staff morale a notable impact of fraud More >>
Standing strong for the children of New Zealand
21 November 2009 1:24pm | New Zealand Plunket Society
In the light of tomorrow’s March for Democracy in Auckland, Plunket is urging people to think of the children. More >>
Support for Inghams from An Unlikely Source!
21 November 2009 12:33pm | GE Free NZ
Chicken-producer Inghams, under fire for misleading consumers is being offered support from a most unlikely source: GE free NZ (in food and environment). More >>
NZAF Prepares For World Aids Day On A Budget
21 November 2009 12:22pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is preparing for a low cost World AIDS Day campaign which will hit the streets next Friday, 27 November 2009. Benjamin Barratt-Boyes, NZAF National Partnerships Co-ordinator and project manager for World AIDS Day says ... More >>
Ministry of Justice keen to mediate
20 November 2009 4:32pm | Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice is keen to return to mediation with the PSA to resolve the breakdown in collective bargaining. Ministry General Manager Higher Courts, Andrew Hampton, says the Ministry has always been prepared to resume bargaining and mediation ... More >>
Incident in Waiouru - Family Statement
20 November 2009 4:06pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force is releasing this statement on behalf of the family of Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster who was tragically killed at Waiouru Army Base yesterday. More >>
Families Commission Supports Boshier
20 November 2009 3:57pm | Families Commission
The Families Commission is supporting Judge Boshier’s call for a radical re-think of support for families through separation. Earlier this year the Commission released an issues paper, What Separating Parents Need When Making Care Arrangements for their ... More >>
Young environmental leaders heading to Copenhagen
20 November 2009 3:04pm | Envirostate
Five secondary school students from around New Zealand will be heading to the International Youth Climate Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark with a clear message for world leaders – address climate change now. More >>
Butterflies to paint a call for action
20 November 2009 12:28pm | Amnesty International
A stunning transformation from human to butterfly will be unveiled at Butterfly Creek, Auckland, next Tuesday (24 November) at 11:15am, in a call for action against violence this White Ribbon Day. More >>
ACC – where has the 'honest conversation' gone
20 November 2009 11:40am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU today asked how New Zealand was supposed to have the ‘honest conversation’ on ACC promised by the Prime Minister when Nick Smith was closing down important advisory groups and rushing the ACC Bill through Parliament with a totally inadequate ... More >>
Children’s Commissioner Needs To Move On
20 November 2009 10:40am | Family First
Family First NZ is rubbishing the attack from the Children’s Commissioner regarding the March for Democracy being held in Auckland tomorrow and is inviting him to attend the family-based event. More >>
Lonely rest home residents at risk –Age Concern
20 November 2009 10:23am | Age Concern
As concerns about abuse and neglect in rest homes rise, lonely and isolated older people are especially vulnerable, says Age Concern New Zealand. More >>
Revving it up for sensitive claims
20 November 2009 10:14am | National Council of Women
The National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) is heartened by the support being offered by some members of the motorcycling community who are likewise opposed to the insensitive changes to the ACC clinical pathway for female and male victims ... More >>
Commissioner: Celebrate Children's Rights
20 November 2009 10:03am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children’s rights and opinions are to be celebrated for enriching New Zealand society, Children’s Commissioner Dr John Angus said today. Today, the 20th birthday of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) will be celebrated ... More >>
Parents Know Better Than Children’s Commissioner
20 November 2009 10:01am | March for Democracy
The March for Democracy happening this Saturday, Queen St at 1:30pm, came under fire from the Children’s Commissioner today who suggested the March was not in children’s interests. “Parents know better than the Children’s Commissioner what’s best ... More >>
Goff’s Monetary Policy review welcome
20 November 2009 9:35am | National Distribution Union
The National Distribution Union (NDU) is welcoming the Labour Party’s break with bipartisan consensus around current monetary policy, and is challenging Business New Zealand to say which interests it is representing by opposing the move. “The ... More >>
Health cuts make children biggest losers
20 November 2009 9:28am | Child Poverty Action Group
Children's advocates Child Poverty Action Group are alarmed at indications that health spending will be cut even further next year. More >>
Changes needed to NZ monetary policy - CTU
19 November 2009 5:03pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
New Zealand urgently needs to change the way it operates its monetary policy and exchange rate, said CTU Economist and Policy Director Bill Rosenberg today. “The statement by Phil Goff that Labour is willing to look at alternatives to the current ... More >>
Open Letter to Climate Change Minister Nick Smith
19 November 2009 4:25pm | Dr Gerrit van der Lingen
From retired climate scientist Dr Gerrit van der Lingen, of Christchurch 16 October 2009 Dear Nick I am very disappointed about your actions in your global warming portfolio. You heard my two lectures on this subject at the Summer Sounds Symposia of 2003 and ... More >>
Airman Killed at Waiouru, Another Injured
19 November 2009 4:03pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott, has confirmed that at just after 9 am, in the Waiouru Training Area, an unexpected explosion occurred, causing instant and fatal injuries to Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster. A second Air Force Sergeant ... More >>
CTU says no to ACC full-funding, compensation cuts
19 November 2009 3:58pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU has today criticised the continuing insistence on full-funding for ACC and given strong warnings against the return of experience rating in ACC’s work account in its submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee on the ... More >>
Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?
19 November 2009 3:52pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Innoshima, Japan, 19 November, 2009 - Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, shortly after 10am today the so-called ‘scientific’ whaling fleet crept out of port, ... More >>
Reneging on Reserve Bank Act raises concern
19 November 2009 2:47pm | Business NZ
The Labour Party’s decision to renege on its commitment to the multi-party consensus on the Reserve Bank Act raises serious concerns says Business NZ. More >>
White Ribbon Day 2009
19 November 2009 2:28pm | Eastern Womens Refuge
Officially released today are the plans for Counties Manukau social service agencies to support White Ribbon Day and Supa Maori Fullas on their whistle stop tour of the North Island during ‘RIDE 09’. ‘South Auckland Family Violence Prevention Network’, ... More >>
National's F-word
19 November 2009 1:41pm | Solo New Zealand
It's noteworthy that in John Key's speech to National Party supporters in Christchurch today, marking one year of National in office, the F-word doesn't appear once, says SOLO Principal Lindsay Perigo. More >>
'Ordinary' mother loses cool over climate change
19 November 2009 12:16pm | Caritas Aotearoa
Port Chalmers mother of four, Nicky Chapman, is angry about climate change. So angry she’s launched a formal petition to Parliament, and within a few days has already gathered hundreds of signatures. “Climate change is hard to imagine. It’s not ... More >>
Health Fund Cuts Could Devastate Patients
19 November 2009 12:14pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“Senior doctors are warning the public and government that reported health funding cuts will be devastating for patients,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Mr Powell was responding ... More >>
Our Response to proposed Welfare Policy
19 November 2009 11:59am | Beneficiary Advisory Service
I felt really offended by the stupidity of the statements reportedly made by Bill English on TVNZ’s Q&A earlier this month, says Rebecca Occleston, spokesperson for Beneficiary Advisory Service. National's welfare policy announced in August last ... More >>
NZ support of refugees shows room for improvement
19 November 2009 11:58am | AUT University
New Zealand’s annual refugee quota of 750 people represents a tiny fraction of the 750,000 people worldwide currently requiring resettlement. The massive global demand for refugee resettlement and support was discussed at the 2009 Refugee Health ... More >>
The Siemer Battles - Judges Remain In Firing Line
19 November 2009 11:08am | LawFuel
Vince Siemer, who faced the wrath of the Solicitor General this week with contempt of court proceedings that threatened him with imprisonment, has already filed a complaint against the High Court judge who heard the proceeding. And the Auckland litigant ... More >>
NZSA says it’s not time to celebrate yet
19 November 2009 11:08am | NZSA
The removal of New Zealand from the proposed Google Book Settlement is welcomed by the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc.) whose objection to the settlement, filed with the US Court earlier this year, was instrumental in securing New Zealanders’ ... More >>
Stress, Suicide and the Family Court
19 November 2009 10:45am | Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of NZ
Principal Family Court Judge Judge Boshier is today calling for more support for anguished families. He says, “I feel for people that use our courts who eventually cannot cope and take their own lives”. Executive Director of the Arbitrators’ ... More >>
Child Abuse Right To Silence Should Be Dumped
19 November 2009 10:07am | Family First
Family First NZ is calling for laws surrounding the right to silence for families suspected of child abuse to be dumped. Its call comes after the deaths of Christchurch seven-month-old Staranise Waru and currently before the Coroner, and the death of ... More >>
NZ Ex-Hostage Returns to Iraq
19 November 2009 9:30am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Harmeet Singh Sooden has joined an international human rights delegation travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan from 7 to 23 November 2009. Iraqi Kurdistan is a semi-autonomous region of Iraq administered by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). The delegation ... More >>
Firefighters Union demands answers
19 November 2009 9:21am | NZ Firefighters Union
The Professional Firefighters Union is demanding answers of the Fire Service as to why only eight firemen initially turned up at yesterday’s major blaze at a Mt Wellington warehouse. More >>
National Party member - "Why rush Climate bill?"
18 November 2009 5:17pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
Now that Prime Minister John Key has joined US President Obama in realising that there is little chance a binding treaty will be signed at the forthcoming UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December, the question arises why the Government ... More >>
Dalai Lama Visits New Zealand
18 November 2009 5:07pm | NZPA
The decision by the Prime Minister not to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he visits next month has been met by disappointment but not surprise by the organisation responsible for the visit. Dalai Lama Visit Trust New Zealand Trust spokesperson, ... More >>
Visas Waived for Taiwanese Visitors to NZ
18 November 2009 4:47pm | Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office (NZCIO) announcement that New Zealand will waive visas for short term visitors from Taiwan. From 30 November 2009, Taiwanese passport holders travelling ... More >>
Developing Countries Rebuff Push For Climate Delay
18 November 2009 4:27pm | Oxfam NZ
Recent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Copenhagen yesterday, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option. The two day meeting ... More >>
Mayor: Gov't Plans to Profit with Hoax
18 November 2009 3:53pm | North Shore City Mayor Andrew Williams
A government rescue package to help leaky homes victims get their homes fixed and get on with their lives will actually make the government a profit of over $300 million, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.“After years of berating the previous ... More >>
Major Mt Wellington Blaze
18 November 2009 3:27pm | New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union
The Professional Firefighters Union is demanding answers of the Fire Service as to why only eight firemen initially turned up at yesterday’s major blaze at a Mt Wellington warehouse. More >>
NZ woman’s book provides hope for problem gamblers
18 November 2009 2:45pm | Problem Gambling Foundation
“I curse that win. It was the beginning of the life of a loser. That win led to the loss of my home, my children’s inheritance, my quality of life: in fact, it cost me my future for years to come.” Lynette Whale. More >>
The future of perpetual compensation
18 November 2009 2:38pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has successfully negotiated a ‘sunset clause’ with Transpower that opens the way for future annual compensation payments when productive land is lost to transmission line projects. More >>
New Zealand's shameful neglect of children
18 November 2009 2:27pm | Child Poverty Action Group
CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP. CPAG endorses the views of New Zealand's leading paeditricians who have highlighted New Zealand's shameful neglect of children. Last night Close-up presented a shocking report on the cost of after-hours health ... More >>
NZ tops international index for least corrupt
18 November 2009 2:25pm | State Services Commission
State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today welcomed the release of the latest Transparency International findings – that New Zealand is the least corrupt nation in the world. The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index scores 180 countries on a scale ... More >>
Tying the Copenhagen knot or catching bouquets?
18 November 2009 1:44pm | Greenpeace
URL: http://www.signon.org.nz/blog/tying-the-copenhagen-knot-or-just-catching-bouquets More >>
‘Clean and green’ Speech to the Uni Of Canterbury
18 November 2009 1:12pm | Nick Herbert UKMP
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to you today, and would particularly like to thank the University of Canterbury for providing me with this platform. It’s a huge pleasure to be here in New Zealand. More >>
Women working for free until the end of the year
18 November 2009 12:23pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Today marks the day when New Zealand women are effectively working for free until the end of the year, says the Pay Equity Challenge Coalition. “The effect of women being paid less than men for work of equal value means women are subsidising the ... More >>
Getting things right for farmers and New Zealand
18 November 2009 11:30am | Federated Farmers
President’s opening speech to the 2009 Federated Farmers National Council. Speech calls on the Government to repeal the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading) Amendment Act. More >>
CAT calls for accuracy
18 November 2009 10:56am | Citizens Advocacy Tauranga
An article quoting the Mayor of Tauranga, Stuart Crosby, published in Sun Live on August 5, 2009, contained inaccurate information. Citizens Advocacy Tauranga Inc. (CAT) president, Leo Mangos, said the organisation was committed to constructively ... More >>
Comment from Dr Dwayne Crombie
18 November 2009 10:52am | Bupa
Comment from Dr Dwayne Crombie, CEO of Bupa Care Services: "The process by the MidCentral DHB to close the Rose A Lea Rest Home appears to be hasty and reactive and very much a witch hunt. No-one condones poor or inadequate care, especially to ... More >>
NoMoreRates ask PM to remove GST from rates
18 November 2009 10:47am | No More Rates
I have today emailed Prime Minister John Key asking that GST be removed from council rates as from 1st July 2010. More >>
Funding Transparency Needed in Aged Care Too
18 November 2009 10:11am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased the government has announced it is now able to track the funding going into primary health organisations (PHOs) and is thereby able to demand and ensure accountability for public funds. More >>
NZACA Calls for Independent Investigation
18 November 2009 10:07am | Aged Care Association
The New Zealand Aged Care Association is very concerned with the allegations of poor care at the Rose A Lea Rest Home in Palmerston North and the reaction of the DHB in closing the home down so swiftly. More >>
Lawless and Salinger offer nearly $5,000 to Key
18 November 2009 10:03am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Actress Lucy Lawless and top climate scientist Jim Salinger will visit Parliament today to present Prime Minister John Key with nearly $5,000 to help get him to the Copenhagen climate talks in December. A fundraising drive to get “Key to Copenhagen” ... More >>
Student marks now in danger from strikes
18 November 2009 10:01am | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Education Union members at Waikato Institute of Technology have voted today to withhold student marks as part of their ongoing industrial action. They join their colleagues at Unitec and Whitireia Polytechnic in the withholding of all student ... More >>
Student marks now in danger from strikes
18 November 2009 9:56am | Tertiary Education Union
Tertiary Education Union members at Waikato Institute of Technology have voted today to withhold student marks as part of their ongoing industrial action. They join their colleagues at Unitec and Whitireia Polytechnic in the withholding of all student ... More >>
Application for GE animals obscures serious threat
18 November 2009 9:53am | GE Free NZ
The latest AgResearch application to The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) for GE animals (ERMA200223) has a mind-boggling 700 page dictionary list of over 20000 different genetic materials sourced from almost every living disease producing ... More >>
Suppression debate shows importance of Seminar
18 November 2009 9:43am | Internet NZ
The Law Commission report "Suppressing Names and Evidence" released on Monday is expected to come under intense scrutiny at the December seminar on law and the Internet to be jointly hosted by InternetNZ, the Law Commission and the Ministry of Justice. ... More >>
Docs say emissions trading scheme will hurt Kids
17 November 2009 4:57pm | NZ Climate And Health
Senior doctors today said that the intended changes to New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) will not only threaten our future survival but will be an extravagant waste of public funds, describing the legislation process as a fiasco. The doctors, ... More >>
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