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Insights - The NZ Initiative
Friday, 11 October 2013, 12:46 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Big personalities but short on policy | Ben England We should be grateful for the steady hand | Jason Krupp The government is not Santa | Jenesa Jeram All things considered ... On the record More >>
TTPA not democratic and not right, nurses say
Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:42 am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is joining thousands of other organisations and individuals in calling for the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), currently being negotiated in secret, to be made public. More >>
Proposed employment law changes bad news for health services
Friday, 11 October 2013, 11:04 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The Employment Relations Amendment Bill currently before Parliament risks taking the country back to the adversarial industrial climate of the 1990s and having a negative impact on the way the health system functions,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive ... More >>
NZ Super Fund in ‘Don’t Bank on the Bomb’ Hall of Fame
Friday, 11 October 2013, 9:09 am | iCAN Aotearoa New Zealand
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (Super Fund) is one of twelve financial institutions listed in the global ‘Hall of Fame’ in the comprehesive new report ‘Don’t Bank on the Bomb’ launched tonight in Stockholm, Sweden. More >>
Clarification Sought On Chorus Before Markets Open
Friday, 11 October 2013, 9:01 am | Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing
The Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing is asking New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Chorus Ltd to urgently clarify any insolvency risk the publicly listed company faces before the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) and Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) ... More >>
Joyce promising international students jobs which don’t exist
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 6:53 pm | VUWSA
International students were finding it difficult to get 20 hours of work under the current regime, Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA) President Rory McCourt said today. More >>
Judgment: Phillipstown School Trustees v Minister of Ed
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 5:01 pm | New Zealand High Court
These failures of process mean that the Minister has not lawfully merged Phillipstown with Woolston. Her decision is declared unlawful and is not valid. More >>
EPA Tukituki / Ruataniwha hearing process stacked
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 4:14 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society is raising what it says are “serious and compelling concerns” about the fairness of the EPA process for the Tukituki hearings. More >>
Geographic Board Welcomes Decision On Islands' Names
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Geographic Board
New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) Chair Dr Don Grant today welcomed Land information Minister Maurice Williamson’s decision to formalise the English and Māori names of the two main islands of New Zealand. More >>
Auckland Council plans for 2013 election day
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 3:01 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council expects to announce the 2013 election progress results from 2pm on Saturday 12 October. Progress results will be available first for the mayor, then governing body members (the 20 ward seats) and finally the 149 local board members. More >>
New Registrar of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 2:09 pm | Office of the Clerk
Rt Hon David Carter, Speaker of the House, today announced that Sir Maarten Wevers KNZM has been appointed Registrar of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of Members of Parliament. More >>
Elections 2013: Message for last-minute voters
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 1:11 pm | Christchurch City Council
As election day nears, certain Christchurch City Council facilities are extending their hours to accommodate the expected flood of last-minute votes. The Civic Offices at 53 Hereford Street will remain open until 7.30pm on Friday 11 October, accepting ... More >>
Labour takes meaningful first step on living wage
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 12:59 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says a commitment from the Labour leader David Cunliffe on introducing a living wage for public service workers is a meaningful first step in the battle against low pay. More >>
Enrol Now For the Christchurch East By-Election
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 11:52 am | Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission wants to make sure all eligible Christchurch East voters get the chance to have their say in the 30 November by-election. “The by-election is to choose a new Member of Parliament to represent Christchurch East, so it’s ... More >>
A Fair Go for the 50-Plus
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 10:40 am | Face Television
There is not universal agreement that we have a wise and benevolent government who sees to it that older people get the level of social support that they need. Grey Power is a lobby organization which promotes the welfare and well-being of all citizens ... More >>
Reduction In Crime Is Not All Smoke And Mirrors
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 10:37 am | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
‘The recent reported reduction in reported crime, is not all smoke and mirrors’, Kim Workman, spokesperson for Rethinking Crime and Punishment, told members of the Eastern Hutt Probus Club, at a recent meeting. The goals set by the Government’s ... More >>
Call for a ‘Fair Go Levy’ on Australian-based businesses
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 4:08 pm | Oz Kiwi
If the Australian government can tax New Zealanders in its territory - whilst denying them access to the very services they help fund - then Oz Kiwi sees no reason why Australian-based companies operating in New Zealand cannot be similarly taxed in ... More >>
Bali keeps TPP on right track, say NZ businesses
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 3:29 pm | Joint Press Release
The NZUS Council and NZ International Business Forum have both welcomed the progress made on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) at the Bali APEC meetings. "TPP Leaders have confirmed that TPP is on track to deliver an ambitious, high quality and comprehensive ... More >>
Unions Respond to Review of Retirement Income
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Unions have responded today to the release of the draft Review of Retirement Income Policy. More >>
Food pricing policies could have more impact among Maori
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 12:24 pm | National Institute for Health Innovation
Targeted food pricing policies could have more impact among Māori and low income households More >>
Sensible Sentencing disappointed with McLaughlin sentence
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 12:10 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Trust has criticized the sentence of ‘life’ with a minimum non parole period of 23 years imposed on two time killer Jeremy McLaughlin in Christchurch today. The Crown had sought a sentence of Life Without Parole (LWOP) for the killing of 13-year-old ... More >>
Over 635,000 New Zealand workers in insecure work
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 11:13 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU releases its report into insecure work, Under Pressure: Insecure Work in New Zealand at its Biennial Conference – Fairness at Work, held today in Wellington. CTU President, Helen Kelly says “whether we call it casualisation, precarious work, ... More >>
Retirement income review provides practical way forward
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 9:50 am | New Zealand Bankers' Association
The New Zealand Bankers’ Association has today welcomed the Review of Retirement Income Policies discussion document released by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income. More >>
Corruption Report Finds NZ Still Has More Work To Do
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 9:43 am | Transparency International NZ
The report by Transparency International, a global anti-corruption group, placed New Zealand in the category of having "Little or No Enforcement" of the OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention, which requires each signatory country to make the bribery of foreign ... More >>
Vote and Remember Them this Week
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 9:21 am | Paora Ammunson
“Our Grandfathers went to war to protect our right to vote – New Zealand women also fought for the right to vote: We honour them all when we do so,” says Greytown community leader, Paora Ammunson who's standing for the Wairarapa District Health ... More >>
Focusing on the future for retirement income
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 8:55 am | Retirement Commissioner
A package of policy recommendations designed to make New Zealand’s system of retirement income socially, economically and politically sustainable for decades to come, has been released today by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income. More >>
Recommendations on Retirement Policy Make Good Sense
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 8:51 am | Financial Services Council
Financial Services Council CEO, Peter Neilson has welcomed recommendations to address taxation, affordability and accessibility of KiwiSaver and the controversial issue of age eligibility for NZ Super contained in a discussion document just released ... More >>
Bill to protect Kermadecs deserves cross party support
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 3:02 pm | World Wildlife Fund
All New Zealands’ political parties need to come together to give the Kermadec region the protection it deserves, said WWF today. Green MP Gareth Hughes has just launched his Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill that would set up a no-take marine reserve ... More >>
Last chance to cast your vote
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 2:02 pm | Kapiti Coast District Council
Kāpiti District voters are being advised to hand in their votes as the local election deadline draws near, for fear their vote may miss out if there are any delays with mail. More >>
Vote and Vote Wisely
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 1:28 pm | Local Government Forum
With only four days to go until the polls close, the Local Government Forum is urging people to make informed choices in the elections for their local councils. More >>
High-time for a Kermadecs ocean sanctuary - Forest & Bird
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 12:39 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says the creation of an ocean sanctuary around our only subtropical region is long overdue – and that the lack of action so far points to a failure of care on the part of the current government. More >>
Pew Commends Member's Bill to Establish Kermadec Sanctuary
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 10:33 am | Pew Charitable Trusts
The Pew Charitable Trusts commended Green Party MP Gareth Hughes’ Private Member's Bill calling for the creation of a Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary. If established, the 620,000-square-kilometre sanctuary would protect one of the most unique and important ... More >>
SEANZ Welcomes Political Support for Distributed Generation
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 10:22 am | Sustainable Electricity Association NZ
The Sustainable Electricity Association of New Zealand (SEANZ) today welcomed the Green Party’s clean energy proposals, designed to drive the uptake of distributed generation and help New Zealand meet its 90% renewable 2025 target. More >>
New Zealand shortlisted for Future Policy Awards 2013
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 10:15 am | World Future Council
Seven disarmament policies from five continents have been shortlisted as final contenders for the 2013 Future Policy Award. More >>
Battle Looms Over Secret Copper Tax Submissions
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 9:47 am | Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing
The Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing will use all legal means to obtain submissions on the proposed copper tax that officials said yesterday the government intends to keep secret. (see http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/9253212/Ministry-accused-of-secrecy) More >>
Year End Financial Statements to 30 June 2013
Monday, 7 October 2013, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Treasury
The latest year end financial statements are the Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ended 30 June 2013 [ Scoop copy, PDF ]published on 7 October 2013. More >>
Q+A Panel Discussion - In response to Ged Kearney interview
Monday, 7 October 2013, 4:08 pm | TV One
Well, she did, but then she also went on, which is amusing in its own way, to present a very bleak picture of life for many Australian workers who are casualised and on contracts. So she was doing her job as a union leader talking down the industrial ... More >>
Q+A Panel Discussion - In response to Andrew Little intervie
Monday, 7 October 2013, 4:05 pm | TV One
Welcome to the panel now. Dr Jennifer Curtin from Auckland University; NZ Herald columnist Rod Oram, who hasn’t been on the programme this year, so welcome; and Matthew Hooton, political commentator. More >>
Community Mental Health Care Not for Everyone
Monday, 7 October 2013, 3:53 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The way in which patients with serious mental illnesses are managed in the community is being questioned in the wake of two murder sentences in the last seven days. More >>
Support for compulsory lifejacket law
Monday, 7 October 2013, 3:10 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) supports a move to make the wearing of lifejackets compulsory for people under 15, and continues to encourage everyone on the water to wear lifejackets at all times. More >>
TVNZ Busted For Bias In Marriage Debate
Monday, 7 October 2013, 3:09 pm | Family First New Zealand
Family First NZ is welcoming a Broadcasting Standards Authority decision which has upheld a complaint from Pompallier Catholic College about a Close Up item based on a school newsletter objecting to the redefinition of marriage. More >>
Copper Tax Submissions Should Not Be Kept Secret
Monday, 7 October 2013, 2:54 pm | Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing
The Coalition for Fair Internet Pricing says all responses to the government’s Discussion Document on the Review of the Telecommunications Act 2001 should be made public on the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) website. More >>
20.3 per cent of votes received
Monday, 7 October 2013, 2:36 pm | Palmerston North City Council
If you haven’t already cast your vote in the 2013 Local Government elections time is running out. Voting papers must be returned by 12 noon on Saturday 12 October 2013 if they are to be counted. To date 20.3% of votes have been received. More >>
Accuro Welcomes MP’s Drive to Boost Gold Card
Monday, 7 October 2013, 2:31 pm | Accuro Health Insurance
Accuro Health Insurance, which has led the way in encouraging the government to provide incentives for elderly members to retain their health insurance, has welcomed a political party which supports the initiative. More >>
Federated Farmers aids New Zealand’s agricultural diplomacy
Monday, 7 October 2013, 2:15 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has successfully tabled a paper at the World Farmers Organisation that could greatly contribute to New Zealand’s global agricultural diplomacy. More >>
Bain tests debunk 3rd Degree 'game-changer evidence" claim
Monday, 7 October 2013, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Police
Scientific analysis by fingerprint and firearms experts do not support claims that gun powder residue caused the marks on Robin Bain's fingers. More >>
Don’t Forget - Voting Closes on Saturday
Monday, 7 October 2013, 1:49 pm | Dunedin City Council
It’s time to get those papers in - voting for the local body elections closes on Saturday. If you haven’t already sent your voting papers in, now is the time to fill them out and return them. More >>
Kiwis must reject TPPA - Democrats for Social Credit
Monday, 7 October 2013, 1:15 pm | Democrats for Social Credit
The Transpacific Partnership Agreement, between New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Singapore, Chile, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada, Peru, and Japan appears to be in its final stages of negotiations” says John Ring, Foreign Affairs Spokesman ... More >>
Councils urged to improve business focus
Monday, 7 October 2013, 10:30 am | MYOB
Councils are being urged to focus more on supporting their local business community in the wake of a new survey that reveals widespread dissatisfaction amongst SME business operators. More >>
Greens proposal for renewable energy: nothing new
Monday, 7 October 2013, 10:04 am | Domestic Energy Users' Network
The Greens’ proposal to support small-scale renewable energy makes use of well-tried mechanisms to overcome a proven failure of the electricity market. More >>
How National Learnt to Hate Young People
Monday, 7 October 2013, 9:44 am | Salient
It’s not unusual to see National hating on specific categories of New Zealanders. Under this National Government, there has been hardly a group of people who haven’t been targeted by cuts, a ‘crackdown’ or a punitive policy. More >>
Living Wage for Council is the decent thing to do
Sunday, 6 October 2013, 12:26 pm | Richard Northey
Candidates for Council who do not back a living wage for Council staff are out of step with public concern about low wages and growing poverty and inequality says Maungakiekie-Tamaki Auckland Councillor Richard Northey. More >>
Aussie wages higher because of strong collective bargaining
Sunday, 6 October 2013, 12:24 pm | TVNZ
Australia’s industrial relations framework is one of the keys to its ‘decent’ wage levels, according to ACTU President Ged Kearney. Speaking on Q+A she said Australia did not go down the path of New Zealand’s Employment Contracts Act in the 1990s. More >>
Jessica Mutch interviews Julie Bishop
Sunday, 6 October 2013, 11:30 am | TVNZ
Julie Bishop spoke to Jess earlier this week during a visit with our Foreign Minister, Murray McCully. Jess began by asking her if Indonesia is Australia’s new best friend, where does NZ stand? More >>
Greenpeace Candlelight Vigil Outside Russian Embassy
Saturday, 5 October 2013, 11:59 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace volunteers hold candles outside the Russian Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand at dawn to mark the beginning of an emergency global day of solidarity calling for the Arctic 30 to be released from Russian jail cells. Peaceful events are planned ... More >>
Restricting Access to Porn Campaign Welcomed
Friday, 4 October 2013, 6:45 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming a billboard campaign in Wellington by an unknown group challenging the government to introduce better protection from porn online for children. Family First has already called on the government to join the UK in having pornography ... More >>
Korero Mai Ki Ahau - 5 & 6 October 2013
Friday, 4 October 2013, 5:07 pm | Waatea News
Saturday 5th October: All iwi talk about investing in their youth, and Waikato Tainui has long been at the forefront, dating back to the efforts of leaders like Te Puea Herang i and Robert Te Kotahi Mahuta . More >>
Call to Fast-Track ‘Protection of Children’ Bill
Friday, 4 October 2013, 4:55 pm | Family First
Family First NZ is calling on all political parties to fast-track a private members bill which would make criminal offending in the presence of a minor an aggravated factor at sentencing. More >>
Obama cancels APEC trip, TPPA trade-off talks torpedoed
Friday, 4 October 2013, 4:45 pm | Professor Jane Kelsey
‘The US budget standoff has thrown the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement into complete disarray and surely puts paid to any claims they can finish the deal by the end of the year’, said University of Auckland law professor Jane Kelsey. More >>
An Iwi reclaims its mana
Friday, 4 October 2013, 4:05 pm | Ngati Hikairo
Ngāti Hikairo will provide evidence to the Waitangi Tribunal at Waipapa marae next Monday outlining the crown’s treaty breaches against the tribe after the signing of the treaty in 1840. More >>
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