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New Zealand COVID-19 Inquiry Endorses Abandonment Of Elimination Strategy
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 9:02 pm | Socialist Equality Group
The scientific knowledge & resources exist that could eliminate COVID-19 & other preventable diseases. If the elimination strategy initially adopted in New Zealand & China had been implemented on a global scale, the COVID pandemic could have been ... More >>
New Sex Education Curriculum Should Be Age Appropriate And Scientifically Accurate, Women’s Rights Party Says
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 6:23 pm | Women's Rights Party
The current guidelines, which cover 1-10 yrs, are to be replaced by a refreshed curriculum that would define the core knowledge & skills students should learn at each age, & will look at extending compulsory relationships & sexuality education to senior ... More >>
Minister Reverses Visa Denial, Allows Candace Owens Access To New Zealand: Massive Win For Kiwis’ Free Speech
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 3:54 pm | Free Speech Union
Those calling for censorship should take note: denying Owens’ entry into the country has simply widened interest in her. Those who disagree with Owens should channel that into counter speech and peaceful protest – cancellation won’t get us anywhere. More >>
Govt Acting With Too Much Haste To Upend Established Flexible Work Practices
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 2:29 pm | PSA
Te Kawa Mataaho today issued new flexible work guidelines just days after the PSA filed action with the Employment Relations Authority challenging the Government’s legal right to do so. More >>
Will Taxpayer Bailouts Of Failing Skifield Never End?
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 11:53 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
“It’s time for the abuse of taxpayer money to stop, and start investing in things that will actually benefit hardworking Kiwis.” More >>
Modern Slavery Legislation Drafted To Drive Cross Party Political Support For NZ Law
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 10:34 am | World Vision
A team of independent experts has drafted legislation ready for immediate introduction to Parliament in a bid to fast-track progress on modern slavery laws with cross-party backing. More >>
Fast-track Projects: Speaker Rules No Private Benefit In List
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 6:18 am | RNZ
A legal academic says the bill has gone through very poor lawmaking, and late changes undermine the select committee. More >>
Interislander Replacement: Opposition 'Astounded', 'Disgusted' Over 'Omnishambles'
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 6:15 am | RNZ
The government's ferry announcement has done little to placate the opposition parties, even prompting calls for Nicola Willis to resign. More >>
National Iwi Chairs Forum Open Letter To King Charles
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 6:01 am | National Iwi Chairs Forum
Signatories hope the letter will resonate with King Charles’s sense of justice and intervene to support a peaceful resolution to the damage this government is creating across communities. More >>
Final Emissions Reduction Plan ‘Woefully Inadequate’ - WWF-New Zealand
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 10:13 pm | WWF New Zealand
WWF-New Zealand’s CEO, Dr Kayla Kingdon-Bebb, says the utter lack of ambition in the plan shows the Government is not serious about tackling emissions in line with New Zealand’s international commitments and the Prime Minister’s own ‘performance ... More >>
Greyhound Rehoming In 20 Months 'Unrealistic And Not Achievable' - Trainer
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 9:13 pm | RNZ
A long-time greyhound trainer says the government's ban on racing is a disaster, and its rehoming timeframe impossible. More >>
Ferry Plan Reveal: 'I've Delivered' Finance Minister Nicola Willis Declares, Though Details Are Scarce
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 8:58 pm | RNZ
The coalition has announced its alternative ferry replacement project, but many questions remain around the specific details. More >>
Council Urges Government To Drop Treaty Principles Bill
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 3:45 pm | Environment Canterbury
The Council has particular concerns that the Bill would negatively impact the trust and collaboration underpinning its long-standing relationship with Ngāi Tahu. More >>
Pure SEO Report Reveals Carbon Footprint Of New Zealand MPs
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 1:54 pm | Pure SEO
The critical analysis of MPs’ travel emissions reveals inefficiencies and discrepancies across all major parties. National leads in both expenses and emissions, with Labour close behind, reflecting the significant environmental impact of the dominant parties. More >>
PSA Takes Legal Action To Stop Govt Cutting Working From Home Arrangements
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 8:14 am | PSA
The directive violates the agreements the PSA and Council of Trade Unions struck with the Government and the Gender Pay Principles which are also contained in many collective agreements. More >>
NZCTU Urges Political Parties To Vote Down Extreme Anti-Worker Bill
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 6:20 pm | NZCTU
The Bill currently before the House is in contradiction with our international commitments to provide workers the right to organise and collectively bargain, and to provide adequate protection to workers against acts of anti-union discrimination in employment. More >>
Forgotten Histories: What Fetal And Baby Remains In Medical Collections Tell Us About Inequality
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:20 pm | The Conversation
Our new analysis of the skeletal remains and records of babies in a NZ museum collection shows they were largely born to unmarried mothers or lower-class families. More >>
Treaty Principles Bill: MPs including Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke referred to privileges committee over haka
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:14 pm | RNZ
MPs from Te Pāti Māori and Labour have been referred by the speaker for their "disorderly and disruptive" haka More >>
Chris Hipkins Doubles Down Claim Lester Levy Is 'Cooking The Books'
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:11 pm | RNZ
Verrall's comments were made under Parliamentary privilege, and she has not been prepared to repeat those claims since. More >>
A Historic Victory For Greyhounds In New Zealand
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 4:43 pm | Animal Justice Party
"This is a huge win for greyhounds across New Zealand and sets a powerful precedent on the global stage," says Danette Wereta, spokesperson for the Animal Justice Party. "There are so many amazing ways to have fun that don’t harm animals or put them ... More >>
No More Complicity! Aotearoa National Rally For Palestine
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 4:28 pm | NZ All out for Gaza
For over a year, thousands of New Zealanders have joined the millions across the world in taking to the streets to call for an end to the genocide in Gaza. More >>
PSA Demand End To Sexist Pay Discrimination
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 2:41 pm | PSA
"Thousands more women employed or funded by government are moving through the pay equity process to address the undervaluation of their work," Davies said. More >>
Stand Tū Māia Sues Children’s Ministry For Breach Of Contract
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 2:15 pm | Stand Tu Maia
Chief Executive Dr Fiona Inkpen said the Trust had been forced to bring court action to hold the Children’s Ministry to its contractual obligations and prevent the Ministry from acting as though the contract has been cancelled. More >>
PSA Calls On Minister To Reverse Cold-hearted Cuts To Children’s Charity Funding
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 1:46 pm | PSA
Children’s charity Stand Tū Māia is today taking urgent legal action against Oranga Tamariki for unilaterally reneging on a three-year $21 million contract after only six months. More >>
Explosive LNG Report Casts More Doubt On Govt’s Plan To Build Fossil Gas Import Terminal
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 8:07 am | Greenpeace
The ‘ Explosive Truths’ report commissioned by Greenpeace delves into the history of LNG accidents, highlighting a lack of transparency, underestimated risks to human safety, and failing safety protocols. More >>
ACT & Te Pāti Māori Gain In Final Taxpayers-Union Curia Poll For 2024; Centre-right Commands Comfortable Majority
Monday, 9 December 2024, 4:32 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The poll, conducted 1 to 3 December, has both National and Labour down 4.6 points from last month, National at 34.2% and Labour at 26.9%. More >>
Not Too Late To Fix Controversial Fast-track Approvals Bill
Monday, 9 December 2024, 3:02 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Bill retains several significant flaws that collectively mean that if enacted in its present form would make it the worst environmental legislation in our history, with scope for bad projects with significant adverse impacts to get approved. More >>
Anti-Corruption Day 2024: Monday 9 December 2024 Is International Anti-Corruption Day
Monday, 9 December 2024, 10:50 am | Transparency International NZ
This day is a celebration of the progress in the fight against corruption since it was initiated; and a reminder that there is still a lot of work to be done. More >>
Welcome To Summer School For Ministers Toy Assembly (Climate Change 101 Curriculum Delivery)
Monday, 9 December 2024, 10:26 am | Parents for Climate Aotearoa
Parents for Climate Aotearoa are holding the Toy Assembly to welcome the Prime Minister and cabinet Ministers to the Climate Change 101 Summer School to highlight that they also need to get the basics right and do them brilliantly. More >>
NZ Surrogacy Law A Mix Of Modern Science And Outdated Legislation
Monday, 9 December 2024, 9:14 am | RNZ
Having a baby by surrogacy in New Zealand is complicated, convoluted and costly. A bill promised fast-tracked change, but progress has been anything but. More >>
NZ Joins New Group That 'Might Be Answer' To US Exhausting Weapons In A War
Monday, 9 December 2024, 9:08 am | RNZ
The partnership "directly supports" America's defence strategy to boost "warfighting" capabilities. More >>
Raft Of Politicians Expected At Save Our Mill Meeting In Tokoroa
Monday, 9 December 2024, 8:45 am | RNZ
The deputy PM is among those attending a community meeting about the mill, with calls for worker relief heading into Christmas. More >>
Extinction Rebellion Will Cease To Exist If Greens Policy Is Enacted
Sunday, 8 December 2024, 10:55 pm | Extinction Rebellion Tamaki Makaurau
‘The Green Party Emission reduction Plan – He Ara Anamata, will obviate the need to take ongoing actions’, says Caril Cowan, spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion Tāmakai Makauraru. More >>
Are We Counting On The Right Evidence?
Sunday, 8 December 2024, 10:41 pm | University of Auckland
What counts as evidence when important decisions are made about social well-being in Aotearoa is the focus of a new study at the University of Auckland. More >>
Greenpeace Welcomes Action On Dairy Emissions In Greens’ Alternative Emissions Reduction Plan
Sunday, 8 December 2024, 6:19 pm | Greenpeace
"At a time when the Luxon-led government is caving to polluting industry lobbyists and undermining climate action across all fronts, it is refreshing to see an alternative pathway," says Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson. More >>
'Forged In Fire': Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick On The Greens' Challenging Year
Saturday, 7 December 2024, 7:19 pm | RNZ
One MP was arrested, another passed away, and a third was diagnosed with cancer - but through it all, "we've really stuck by our values", co-leader says. More >>
'Unacceptable': Children's Minister Not Told About Second Boot Camp Youth Absconder
Saturday, 7 December 2024, 7:11 pm | RNZ
Two teenagers on the run from the coalition's boot camp programme is not a reason to end it, the Children's Minister says. More >>
Cuts To Humanities And Social Sciences Research Will Impact Māori Most
Friday, 6 December 2024, 5:39 pm | Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
Humanities and social sciences are foundational to advancing and nurturing the next generation of Māori scholars. Without this funding avenue, the future for them looks pretty grim. More >>
New Police Commissioner Richard Chambers tight-lipped on frontline risk of firearms reform
Friday, 6 December 2024, 3:19 pm | RNZ
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has stopped short of giving MPs his opinion on how the coalition's gun law changes could impact officer safety. More >>
Te Arawhiti give update on potential Ngāpuhi treaty settlement
Friday, 6 December 2024, 3:15 pm | RNZ
Despite a government preference for "larger groupings" of hāpu to get a mandate, the Office for Māori Crown Relations would not be forcing anyone to the negotiation table, its regional director says. More >>
Climate Commission Methane Advice A Chance To Pull Climate Emergency Brake: Greenpeace
Friday, 6 December 2024, 2:20 pm | Greenpeace
The intensive dairy industry, led by Fonterra, is NZ’s worst climate polluter, belching out vast amounts of superheating methane gas, Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn says. More >>
Special Honours List 6 December 2024 (Bravery Awards)
Friday, 6 December 2024, 6:43 am | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
The King has been pleased to approve the New Zealand Bravery Awards. The Governor-General, under authority delegated by The King, has been pleased to approve the New Zealand Bravery Awards. More >>
Commission Delivers First Review Of The 2050 Target And Advice On The Fourth Emissions Budget
Friday, 6 December 2024, 6:33 am | Climate Change Commission
These reports are our final advice on the fourth emissions budget (for 2036–2040), and the first five-yearly review of the 2050 emissions target. The target review advice also includes a one-off review of whether international shipping and aviation ... More >>
Interim Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Four Months Ended 31 October 2024
Friday, 6 December 2024, 6:30 am | The Treasury
The October results are reported against forecasts based on the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2024 (BEFU 2024), published on 30 May 2024, and the results for the same period for the previous year. More >>
'No Apology' From Ayesha Verrall After Clash With Health Commissioner Lester Levy
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 9:01 pm | RNZ
The Labour MP accused Lester Levy of "cooking the books" during a Select Committee. More >>
Marsden Fund Changes Will Undermine Prosperity And Social Cohesion
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 3:22 pm | NZCTU
“Humanities and social science research, which has been defunded by the Government, provides fundamental insights into how our society and culture works and how we can overcome the key challenges we face, from climate change to housing to inequality,” ... More >>
National Government Continues To Punish People For Being Poor
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 12:00 pm | Auckland Action Against Poverty
This National government continues to gaslight those experiencing poverty and they're so clearly out of touch with what's happening on the frontline, it's disappointing, embarrassing and to be frank quite reckless. More >>
Defence Force To Stop 'Raft' Of Things Due To Financial Crunch
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 8:35 pm | RNZ
"There's a lot of things we can't afford to to do at the moment." the Chief of Defence told MPs. More >>
Health Commissioner To Seek Apology After 'Cooking The Books' Accusation
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 8:23 pm | RNZ
Lester Levy will seek an apology from former Health Minister Ayesha Verrall after she suggested at Parliament that he had "reputation for cooking the books". More >>
How Does Te Tiriti o Waitangi Compare To Treaties In Other Colonial Countries?
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 8:18 pm | RNZ
Aotearoa is unique among settler colonial states in having one treaty with the indigenous people, but how does that compare with treaties made with other first nations in Canada, the US and Australia? More >>
An Investigation In The Carbon Emissions Of Members Of Parliament (MPs) In NZ
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 7:42 pm | Pure SEO
This study was sparked by an interest in examining New Zealand’s carbon emissions, focusing on specific corporations and groups within the country. It reflects a global trend of heightened environmental awareness as individuals and organisations increasingly ... More >>
Govt’s Personal Grievance Changes Will Empower Bad Employers
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 6:23 pm | NZCTU
“The Prime Minister and his cabinet continue to demonstrate that they are governing only for employers and couldn’t care less about the people who get up every day and go to work to keep this country running,” said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Acting ... More >>
Govt’s Methane Review Designed To Disguise Ideology As Fact - Greenpeace
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 5:55 pm | Greenpeace
The methane review is designed to disguise political ideology as scientific fact. It was set up to bypass the independent scientific advice of the Climate Change Commission because that advice didn’t say what the Government - & the livestock industry lobbyists ... More >>
Tax Changes For Charities To Be Announced In Next Budget
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 7:48 pm | RNZ
The Finance Minister says it wouldn't be right to rule out new tax revenue streams. More >>
Santas Descend On Parliament With Dunedin Hospital Wish List
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 7:20 pm | RNZ
Christmas has arrived early at Parliament, with a posse of 20 santas bringing their own southern wish list to the capital. More >>
Beyond 'Depopulation': The Brutal Truth Of New Zealand's Bird Flu Outbreak
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 4:27 pm | Animal Justice Party
Bird Flu Bombshell: 80,000+ Chickens Set to Die – When Will We Wake Up? More >>
Norway Stops Seabed Mining, Putting More Pressure On NZ To Follow
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 4:20 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace spokesperson Juan Parada says, "This move by Norway to stop the seabed mining in its tracks is a historic win for ocean protection and for the growing movement opposed to the damaging new extractive industry, and puts the spotlight firmly on ... More >>
Christchurch Airport Firefighters To Strike Over Poor Pay Offer
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 3:42 pm | PSA
The firefighters will refuse to carry out a range of duties over a 21-day period, beginning 8am Wednesday 18 December 2024 and ending 6pm Wednesday 8 January 2025. More >>
Supreme Court Decision Shows Need For Government To Stop Interfering In The Judicial Process
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 8:52 am | Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu
The Court noted, crucially, that the rights of customary marine title holders and all New Zealanders can co-exist. This whole political debacle, dominated by extreme voices, has obscured the reality that the customary interests of iwi and hapū and ... More >>
Honeymoon Over For National, Poll Suggests
Monday, 2 December 2024, 8:38 pm | Stuff
Assuming all seats are held, and using the Electoral Commission’s seat calculator, these results would deliver an overhang in Parliament with both Te Pāti Māori and National winning more electorate seats than their party vote entitlement. More >>
