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Local Communities want Stricter Controls of GMOs
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:56 pm | GE Aware Nelson
GE Aware Nelson is concerned that the Environment minister has chosen a fight with local councils and their ratepayers concerned about outdoor use of GMOs. In 2001 Nelson City Council voted to make Nelson a GE Free city, pre-empting the decision ... More >>
DEUN wants Government to look to the Future
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:49 pm | Domestic Energy Users Network
DEUN has labeled the $30 million subsidy to Tiwai Point as self-serving on the part of the present government. “Globally, the aluminium industry is in trouble with the slump in prices since the global financial crisis”, says Sarah Free, secretary ... More >>
Who wants to step up?
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:08 pm | Local Government NZ
Local Government New Zealand, the peak body representing local authorities around New Zealand, says councils play a vital role in our democratic system of government and urges anyone considering standing in the up-coming council elections to make ... More >>
Kulukona Akau’ola Manslaughter Sentencing
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:03 pm | New Zealand Police
Kulukona Akau'ola was sentenced to 2 and a half years imprisonment at the Auckland High Court today for the Manslaughter of her unnamed baby boy. More >>
MANA Greater Wellington Candidate Underscores Right to Water
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:38 am | Mana Party
The right of everyone to have free access to water will feature in the launch of MANA's campaign for the Greater Wellington Regional Council. The launch will have a group giving away water while another group tries to sell it. More >>
AA welcomes new WoF rule
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:05 am | Automobile Association
The AA welcomes the government’s decision to implement changes to the Warrant of Fitness regime which will save motorists at least $160 million a year. More >>
Blackmail & Corporate Welfare
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 6:24 pm | CAFCA
CAFCA says you could have knocked us down with a feather. So, Rio Tinto is not going to close down its Bluff smelter as it threatened to do a few months ago (and has threatened to do every time it feels that its charmed existence in New Zealand is ... More >>
Labour plans for expansion of Well Child service welcomed
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:30 pm | Every Child Counts
The announcement today that Labour would expand Well Child provision to enable nurses to visit vulnerable mothers at home before the birth of baby is a welcome commitment to invest in children’s early years,” says Every Child Counts. More >>
EDS conference endorses establishment of an Oceans Forum
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:53 pm | Environmental Defence Society
In the concluding session of the annual EDS Conference, participants informally endorsed the idea of setting up an Oceans Forum. More >>
Environmental Bill provides consistency
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:15 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes the Government’s Environmental Reporting Bill, which will produce consistent and independent reporting on water quality in New Zealand. More >>
Prohibition of Gang Insignia Act “Dangerous legislation”
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:02 pm | Rethinking Crime and Punishment
“The ‘Prohibition of Gang Insignia in Government Premises’ Act is a dangerous piece of legislation, that is very likely to cause more harm than it prevents. More >>
Further comment on Operation Carlton (Tea Pot Tapes)
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 3:49 pm | New Zealand Police
NZ Police have received a number of requests for a copy of the Operation Carlton ("tea pot tapes") investigation file. An appropriately redacted copy of the file was provided to Mr Ambrose's legal team in June 2012 as part of the disclosure ... More >>
CTU Welcomes Canterbury Health and Safety Funding
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 2:26 pm | Council of Trade Unions
The CTU is welcoming the Government's commitment to fund a dedicated health and safety programme targeting the Canterbury rebuild. $10.7 million over the next four years is being allocated to the Canterbury programme as part of Government's Working Safer ... More >>
Denniston decision a blow for NZ
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 12:57 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird says it is extremely disappointed by the Environment Court’s key decision today to grant Bathurst Resources permission to dig an open cast mine on conservation land on the Denniston Plateau. The court’s decision is its second ... More >>
Hospitality NZ urges crack down on public drunkeness
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 12:26 pm | Hospitality New Zealand
Hospitality New Zealand says the Wellington City Council should amend its proposals to unduly restrict licenced premises and instead focus on increasing the personal responsibility of drinkers for their actions. “If the Council is really serious ... More >>
India under the spotlight at New Zealand conference
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 12:06 pm | University of Auckland
India’s economic growth over the past 60 years and the country’s increasingly globalised position will be the focus of an upcoming two-day international conference hosted by the New Zealand India Research Institute. More >>
Retailers listening to consumer demands
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 10:55 am | Soil and Health Association
"Soil & Health applauds the recent initiative by Quality Mark to identify on the label all beef and lamb that is not grown in New Zealand," says Debbie Swanwick, Spokesperson for Soil & Health - Organic NZ. More >>
Environment Reporting a much needed tool
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 10:13 am | Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, has reiterated the need for a system of national state of the environment reporting in a speech to the Environment Defence Society’s National Conference this morning. More >>
Important Moment in Criminal Justice History
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 9:23 am | Justice Coalition
Formation of Justice Coalition an Important Moment in Criminal Justice History “For the first time in the 170 year history of New Zealand’s criminal justice system, a group of non-government organisations has formed a coalition to work with government ... More >>
AsureQuality was not informed of contamination before MPI
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 9:04 am | Ministry of Primary Industries
AsureQuality was not informed of the contamination of Fonterra’s whey protein concentrate on Thursday 1 August, as stated this afternoon by the Ministry for Primary Industries. More >>
Police response on tea pot tape investigation
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 7:40 pm | New Zealand Police
Mr Winston Peters' name came up in the police "tea pot tape" inquiry due to the public statements he'd made at the time about knowledge of the contents of the tape. More >>
Tauranga Churches unite to protect unborn
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 7:01 pm | Right To Life New Zealand Inc
Right to Life commends the thirty-eight ministers and their congregations, virtually all the denominations in Tauranga and surrounding areas who have united in protesting at the killing of innocent and defenceless unborn children at the Family Planning ... More >>
LGNZ says earthquake building policy provides certainty
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 6:38 pm | Local Government NZ
Local Government New Zealand, the peak body representing local authorities around New Zealand, says today’s Government announcement on earthquake-prone building strengthening requirements is pragmatic and provides clarity to councils and their ... More >>
Statement on testing re Bain case
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 6:34 pm | New Zealand Police
Police announced on 11th July 2013 that we would be applying to the court for access to the originals of the fingerprints taken from Robin Bain. More >>
Hat trick for talented White Fern – police graduation
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Police
Forty new constables will graduate from The Royal New Zealand Police College in Wing 278 on Thursday. Their wing patron is Kapiti Coast District Mayor Jenny Rowan. Inspector Sean McManus who oversees recruit training at The Royal New Zealand Police College ... More >>
Firm action against staff facing criminal allegations
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Police
The charges laid against a Waitemata police officer demonstrate that police will take decisive action against staff facing allegations of a criminal More >>
Multi-million dollar bills price of public sector cuts
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 4:53 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association says large redundancy and contractor bills are the price being paid for public sector cuts and restructuring. More >>
Have your say on an application for a new insecticide
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 4:23 pm | Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority is inviting people to share their views on an application to import an insecticide that contains acetamiprid, a neonicotinoid. More >>
Solidarity with Russia
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 4:03 pm | Queer Avengers
QA are standing in solidarity with Russian LGBTI communities currently under attack from the fellow countrymen. More >>
SFO charges former lawyer with investment theft
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 4:02 pm | Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced that 33 criminal charges have been laid against former Dunedin lawyer John David Milne (78) in the Christchurch District Court. More >>
NZ's Top Electrical Apprentice to Be Crowned Next Week
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:54 pm | The Skills Organisation
Ten electrical apprentices from throughout the country will compete at the ECANZ Challenge to be held on August 14-15 at Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton. More >>
Call for journalists to improve disability knowledge
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:45 pm | Article 33 Convention Coalition
A report being launched today says that the lack of disability awareness and responsiveness within the New Zealand media is huge. This lack of awareness contributes to journalists, more often than not, seeking out the voices of organisations run for, and not by, ... More >>
Forest & Bird Welcomes DOC's New Director-General
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:18 pm | Forest and Bird
Forest & Bird congratulates Mr Lou Sanson on his appointment as the Department of Conservation's new Director-General. More >>
Council Wins Coveted Peter Nelson Biosecurity Award
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:16 pm | Northland Regional Council
A wide range of pest control work with thousands of people over more than a decade has netted the Northland Regional Council a sought-after national biosecurity award – and the admiration of its peers. More >>
ACC supports new Crown agent WorkSafe New Zealand
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 3:15 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC’s Chief Executive, Scott Pickering, says ACC is looking forward to working closely with the new Crown agent ‘WorkSafe New Zealand’. The agency forms the cornerstone of the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Independent ... More >>
Lack of Jobs Give Students Chance to Study More, Eat Less
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:58 pm | OUSA
Joining the bad news that is the employment situation in Dunedin, the Otago University Students’ Association’s latest Student Job Search data for Otago shows student employment, earnings and the amount of work given to those placed are all down. More >>
Waipareira Hosts International Delegation
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:58 pm | Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust
Te Whanau O Waipareira will host Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and a high level delegation team of Government Ministers on Friday. Mr O’Neill, his Foreign Affairs Minister Rimbink Pato, Sport Minister Justin Tkatchenko, Agriculture ... More >>
Job Stats Show Government Is Failing Workers
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:55 pm | EPMU
Rising unemployment and stagnant wages show the Government is failing workers, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union. More >>
Ensuring government agencies lead the way on health & safety
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:51 pm | Public Service Association
The Public Service Association is welcoming new health and safety reforms but says they are scant on detail in terms of how government and state sector agencies will lead the way on workplace health and safety. More >>
Northey Achieves Fair Rates in Maungakiekie Tamaki
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Maungakiekie Tamaki Auckland Councillor and Candidate Richard Northey has managed to advocate for lower rates increases in Maungakiekie-Tamaki despite pressure from the National Government for the same rating system across Auckland City which would ... More >>
CTU corrects Minister on H&S Taskforce advice
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Minister today released advice to Cabinet saying that the Taskforce recommended that the board be supported by a tripartite advisory group and to disestablish the Workplace Health and Safety Council. More >>
Policy U-turn good for shareholders, bad for consumers
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 12:10 pm | Internet NZ
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) says "Chorus shareholders will be the winners from the proposals outlined in today’s discussion paper. Consumers will be the losers." More >>
Unemployment up. Wages flat. What recovery?
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:57 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Council of Trade Unions says there is no joy for workers in the statistics out today on wages and employment. More >>
NZCPR-Weekly - A Matter Of National Security
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:56 am | NZ Centre For Political Research
This week we look at the proposed changes to the Government Communications Security Bureau legislation, our NZCPR Guest Commentator Rodney Hide, a former member of Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, explains why the GCSB is so important to New ... More >>
Labour market continues to improve
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:19 am | Statistics New Zealand
The labour market is showing signs of improvement, Statistics New Zealand said today. Employment is growing slowly and unemployment is down from a year ago, but up slightly since the start of the year. Wage inflation continues to be restrained. More >>
Government's telco intervention "unprecedented" says TUANZ
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 11:11 am | TUANZ
Today's announcement by the government effectively puts the needs of Chorus's shareholders ahead of those of every day New Zealanders, says the chief executive of the Telecommunication Users Association of New Zealand, Paul Brislen. More >>
Leaders’ Forum welcomes health and safety changes in NZ
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 10:52 am | Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum
The Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum has welcomed major changes to New Zealand’s health and safety system announced today, as the step-change needed to address the country’s poor workplace safety performance. More >>
New DOC Chief Executive Appointed
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 10:36 am | State Services Commission
The State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today announced the appointment of Lou Sanson to the position of Chief Executive and Director-General of Conservation, (DOC). More >>
NZISM Welcomes Acceptance of the Taskforce Recommendations
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 10:24 am | New Zealand Institute of Safety Management
The Government intent to establish a health and safety professional’s alliance (HaSPA) to improve the capability of health and safety professionals has been warmly embraced by the NZISM. More >>
BusinessNZ welcomes changes to Health and Safety
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 10:04 am | Business NZ
BusinessNZ has welcomed today’s announcement today of new health and safety legislation to be administered by the recently established Worksafe New Zealand. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly said it was a significant step in the right direction. More >>
Greater aspiration needed in regulatory review - Vodafone
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 9:59 am | Vodafone
Vodafone said today the outcomes from the telecommunications regulatory review need to be more aspirational for New Zealanders to accelerate our digital future. More >>
CTU welcomes H&S changes
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 9:56 am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU welcomes moves today to strengthen our health and safety system. Helen Kelly, CTU President said “the announcements today acknowledge that our health and safety system is in need of an overhaul, and we welcome the direction taken by the Government ... More >>
Telecom welcomes moves towards regulatory certainty
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 9:53 am | Telecom New Zealand
Telecom welcomes today’s commencement of a Government review of the policy framework for regulating telecommunications services in New Zealand. More >>
'Open Letter' to 'Independent' MP Peter Dunne: Penny Bright
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 9:11 am | Penny Bright
You didn't like your private correspondence being surveilled, so please be consistent and do not support this GCSB legislation, which will allow spying on New Zealanders, which is not currently the case. More >>
Local Body Candidates Announced
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 8:51 am | Conservative Party
Conservative Party Leader Colin Craig announced today that the Conservative Party will be fielding candidates in the 2013 Local Body Elections in Auckland. “We have a high calibre team of candidates and support staff, and we expect to do well” ... More >>
Eyewitness to Egypt's Revolution
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 7:25 pm | Socialist Aotearoa
Daniel Mackisack is a young New Zealander who for the past three years has been living in Cairo and participating in the events of the Egyptian Revolution. More >>
Will sparks fly at the Destiny Book launch?
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 7:18 pm | Massey University
Massey University Associate Professor Peter Lineham will launch his book on the Destiny Church on Thursday, and he’s invited Bishop Brian Tamaki and Pastor Richard Lewis to speak. More >>
Singapore traveller arrested for $50k methamphetamine
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 5:29 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 38 year-old Singaporean man has appeared in the Manukau District Court today, charged with importing methamphetamine with an estimated street value of up to $50,000. More >>
GCSB Bill remains flawed despite proposed changes
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Law Society
Proposed changes to the GCSB Bill represent minor improvements but do not address the fundamental flaws in the bill and the legislation should not proceed, the New Zealand Law Society says. More >>
Time Running Out For Candidates in Local Elections
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 2:44 pm | Waikato District Council
With 17 nominations received for the local elections Waikato District Council Electoral Officer Maria Edgar is reminding people they only have until midday on Friday 16 August to get their nominations in. More >>
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