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Q+A Panel Discussions In Response to David Shearer Interview
Monday, 29 July 2013, 3:31 pm | TV One
Time to welcome the panel. Political scientist Dr Bryce Edwards from Otago University; Herald columnist Fran O’Sullivan; and the Unite Union’s Matt McCarten. Morning to you all. Interesting politics, Bryce. Will it play out well for the electorate? More >>
Fare increases for public transport are self-defeating
Monday, 29 July 2013, 3:00 pm | Minto for Mayor
Today's revelation of fare increases proposed for Auckland buses after the rollout of Auckland Transport’s Hop card are particularly senseless and self-defeating. More >>
Defence Force Says No Monitoring Took Place
Monday, 29 July 2013, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force has never authorised any Defence Force personnel to undertake unlawful interception of private communications of the type outlined by Mr Hager in his Sunday Star Times article. More >>
Labour opens nominations for Chch East by-election candidate
Monday, 29 July 2013, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
The Labour Party today announced that nominations for its Christchurch East by-election candidate would open on Monday 29th July and close at 12 Noon on September 4th. This will be followed by a selection process. More >>
Child support laws are changing
Monday, 29 July 2013, 2:04 pm | Inland Revenue Department
From 1 April 2014, a new child support law may mean the amount of child support parents pay or receive could change. Programme Director, Geoffrey Frost, said that the reforms include a comprehensive new formula for calculating child support assessments based ... More >>
Results of 2013 Māori Electoral Option
Monday, 29 July 2013, 1:44 pm | Electoral Commission
The 2013 Māori Electoral Option is over, with 17,120 Māori choosing to change roll types, and another 9,175 new Māori enrolments. The 2013 Māori Electoral Option ran from 25 March until 24 July 2013, and gave all enrolled Māori the opportunity ... More >>
Kiwi singers revive 'protest song'
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:44 pm | Global Citizen Aotearoa
A new single by Jamie McDell was released today as part of the Global Citizen Movement.The well loved surf-pop songstress has written and recorded a new song called "Ode to the Lines" which she hopes will inspire her fans to take action against extreme ... More >>
Education Happens in the Family Setting As Well
Monday, 29 July 2013, 11:59 am | Family First
Family First NZ is rubbishing suggestions that families pulling their children out of school for family holidays are contributing to the truancy rate and should be prosecuted. More >>
Population-based law change welcomed
Monday, 29 July 2013, 11:50 am | Northland Regional Council
News of a looming population-based law change that would potentially enable the creation of strong, legally-empowered ‘local boards’ in Northland has been welcomed by Northland Regional Council (NRC) Chairman Craig Brown. More >>
Legal Cannabis goes on sale in New Zealand
Monday, 29 July 2013, 11:33 am | Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party has found a way to sell Cannabis to its supporters without breaking the law. The political party is selling $50 Cannabis bond certificates in anticipation of legalisation and will redeem them for a 1/8th of an ounce of cannabis ... More >>
Address to the Hospital And Community Dentistry Conference
Monday, 29 July 2013, 10:56 am | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
Thank you for the opportunity to address you again. As always my comments are personal observations although in broad terms at least I believe they are consistent with the Association’s view on the matters discussed. In this address I would like to ... More >>
Union backs call for inquiry into intelligence services
Monday, 29 July 2013, 10:48 am | EPMU
The union representing journalists, the EPMU, supports calls for an inquiry into New Zealand's intelligence services after it was revealed that the New Zealand Defence Force has spied on a New Zealand journalist working in Afghanistan. More >>
Women’s Week Set to Highlight Gender Issues
Monday, 29 July 2013, 10:32 am | OUSA
The Otago University Students’ Association is set for a week that aims to shine a light on some of the issues today’s women are facing in society with the return of the OUSA Women’s Week. More >>
First home buyers Raise property prices more than foreigners
Monday, 29 July 2013, 9:12 am | NZ Property Investors Federation
Labours policy to restrict foreign ownership of existing New Zealand houses will reduce demand for property. The big question is by how much and whether it will have a large impact on property prices. More >>
Nathan Guy Must Stop Making Excuses And Do Something
Monday, 29 July 2013, 9:10 am | ACT New Zealand
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy is looking for excuses to justify his inaction amid growing calls by kiwifruit growers that the industry needs an independent inquiry, ACT New Zealand Primary Industries Spokesman Don Nicolson said today. More >>
Labour Party Might Restrict Foreign Buyers
Sunday, 28 July 2013, 1:27 pm | TV3's 'The Nation'
The Labour Party is to consider restricting foreign ownership of real estate. The Party’s Finance Spokesman, David Parker, speaking on TV3’s “The Nation” said the party might follow some overseas examples. More >>
GCSB Bill a threat to anti-TPPA campaigners
Sunday, 28 July 2013, 1:22 pm | Jane Kelsey
At the rally of several thousand people in Auckland, Professor Jane Kelsey warned that the GCSB Bill posed additional threats to those engaged in perfectly lawful activity, including the international campaign against the proposed TPP Agreement More >>
ZESPRI CEO can’t rule out more issues in China
Sunday, 28 July 2013, 1:01 pm | TVNZ
ZESPRI’s CEO Lain Jager told Q+A host Susan Wood he couldn’t rule out more trade issues in China because “what was accepted practice in China isn’t accepted practice any more. More >>
Susan Wood interviews Ben Uffindell, Editor, The Civilian
Sunday, 28 July 2013, 12:56 pm | TVNZ
Ben Uffindell’s satirical website The Civilian, which he started in March at age 21, is being compared to the hit US site The Onion. His favourite fodder parodying politicians and the media, and he’s already irked some politicians. More >>
Prime Minister not ruling out further changes to GCSB Bill
Sunday, 28 July 2013, 12:28 pm | TVNZ
Prime Minister John Key, speaking to ONE News deputy political editor Jessica Mutch in South Korea, says he’s is prepared to compromise with NZ First leader Winston Peters to get further support for his GCSB Bill in Parliament. More >>
Labour announces new policy to restrict foreign house buyers
Sunday, 28 July 2013, 12:26 pm | TVNZ
Labour leader David Shearer told TVNZ’s Q+A programme that under a Labour government they would, “clamp down on the foreign speculators that are coming into our housing market and helping to push the prices up.” More >>
Nelson is Second City to Pass Critical Resolution on TPPA
Saturday, 27 July 2013, 1:37 pm | ItsOurFuture.org.nz
Nelson City Council passed a resolution setting a number of conditions for an acceptable Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on Thursday 18 July. There were 6 votes for, 1 against and 2 abstentions. More >>
SOS – Save our Snapper!
Saturday, 27 July 2013, 12:38 pm | LegaSea
Commercial exploitation of our snapper resources will alienate the public from an important food source if proposed management changes are implemented. A national advocacy group, LegaSea, is challenging the proposals as unfair and is encouraging ... More >>
This week on Q+A
Saturday, 27 July 2013, 12:27 pm | TV One
On the programme this Sunday, Prime Minister John Key is in South Korea. We talk to him about spies and find out what's holding up a trade deal there. More >>
Protest March Against the GCSB today
Saturday, 27 July 2013, 12:18 pm | Koru Consulting
Today (Saturday 27th) hundreds in Wellington will be meeting at the bucket fountain, Cuba Street at 2pm and marching to Parliament in a Nationwide Day of Action calling on the Government to abandon the GCSB and Related Legislation Bill, close the GCSB, ... More >>
Postcards to PM Over Paid Parental Leave Presented
Friday, 26 July 2013, 5:08 pm | 26 for Babies
26 for Babies, a group campaigning in support of an extension to paid parental leave, will this afternoon present Sue Moroney MP with the first batch of postcards to the Prime Minister, calling on him not to veto her bill extending paid parental leave. More >>
John Palino - Our Auckland
Friday, 26 July 2013, 4:11 pm | John Palino
I see an Auckland where the finest attributes of our region are protected and enhanced. Where new technologies lead a revolution in public services built on a platform of community engagement and local decision making. More >>
John Palino - Unitary Plan
Friday, 26 July 2013, 4:06 pm | John Palino
The Unitary Plan is the most important document the Auckland Council prepares. It sets out where people can build houses and where they cannot. It directs where businesses go, which trees are protected, how high buildings can be and in general establishes ... More >>
John Palino Transport Policy
Friday, 26 July 2013, 4:04 pm | John Palino
Every day thousands of Aucklanders spend thousands of hours in congestion. It’s frustrating, time consuming, costly and reduces quality of life. We have to reduce congestion in our city and we have to begin today. More >>
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and the Welfare Reform
Friday, 26 July 2013, 4:00 pm | Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers
We would hope and expect that New Zealand could be a society where grandparents needing to raise their grandchildren could be financially supported in doing so, not badgered by the state to stay in employment. This is the view of the President of Aotearoa ... More >>
Elections 2013: Nominations update- Christchurch
Friday, 26 July 2013, 3:40 pm | Christchurch City Council
Nominations for Christchurch’s local body elections opened on Friday 19 July and so far there have been six nominations. More >>
Thousands send anti-veto message to Prime Minister
Friday, 26 July 2013, 3:13 pm | 26 for Babies
Pressure is building on the National Government not to use a financial veto on legislation to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks. Sue Moroney, sponsor of the Bill will be presented with thousands of signed postcards today, calling on John Key to invest ... More >>
Safety in the Armed Forces
Friday, 26 July 2013, 2:24 pm | New Zealand Institute of Safety Management
The NZISM support Defence Minister Jonathon Coleman’s inquiry into the safety culture within the armed forces. The Defence Force has admitted negligence leading to the death of Private Michael Ross, 29 in a training exercise. More >>
Rates rise insufficient to meet escalating Council spending
Friday, 26 July 2013, 1:28 pm | John Palino
Auckland Mayoral candidate John Palino says the Mayor is no longer in control of the council and Auckland residents are heading towards large future rates increases. More >>
Candidate Launches Petition over Newspaper Letter Ban
Friday, 26 July 2013, 1:11 pm | The Mud
A Rotorua woman is raising a petition against a ban the local newspaper has on candidates writing letters to the editor during the local body elections. Helen Hindmarsh says the petition urging the Rotorua Daily Post to reverse its policy raised about 100 ... More >>
Defence Force Leading the Way
Friday, 26 July 2013, 10:22 am | Family First
The Sensible Sentencing Trust says other Government departments could learn a lot from the Defence Force.Spokesman Garth McVicar said the fact that the Defence Force has admitted responsibility in the role it played in the tragic death of Private ... More >>
Customs reminds travellers to declare cash
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs reminds the travelling public that they must declare large sums of cash that they are physically carrying in or out of New Zealand, or face the possibility that they may lose it. More >>
Carterton wood products manufacturer fined
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 5:09 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
Juken New Zealand Limited has been fined $33,000 and ordered to pay reparations to the victim of $5000 following a serious injury accident at its Carterton plant. More >>
Defence Force convicted over death of soldier
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 5:00 pm | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
25 July 2013 Defence Force convicted over death of soldier The New Zealand Defence Force was today convicted for its role in the drowning death of Private Michael Ross during a training accident on Lake Moawhango near Waiouru in September last year. ... More >>
Animal cruelty has no place in the dairy industry
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 4:24 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers, DairyNZ and the New Zealand Veterinary Association, takes a strong stance against animal cruelty on-farms and breaking tails is unacceptable stockmanship. More >>
GCSB Bill - Reported from Intelligence & Security Committee
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 3:56 pm | Scoop News
Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill Government Bill As reported from the Intelligence and Security Committee Read the report here: http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/1307/ReporttotheHouse.pdf ENDS More >>
Regional restructuring bad timing for Work and Income staff
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 3:27 pm | Public Service Association
The PSA, New Zealand’s largest trade union, is surprised and alarmed at the government’s announcement of more restructurings at Work and Income regional offices. More >>
Youth MPs Walk Out During Anti- Gay Marriage Speech
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 2:47 pm | Winona D'Costa
Going into youth parliament not a single Youth MP could have predicted that there would be a walk-out during a fellow Youth MP’s speech. Speaking on the recent passing of the Definition of Marriage Amendment Bill , Kura Waller Youth MP for Te Ururoa ... More >>
Adrienne Hagan to run as a candidate for Hamilton East ward
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 2:41 pm | Adrienne Hagan
“I stand for common-sense, for equity and for credibility. I am an excellent communicator and am prepared to advocate for community groups who have an interest in receiving support from Hamilton City Council,” says Adrienne Hagan. More >>
Hospital specialists submit on employment law changes
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 2:36 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
“The Employment Relations Act focuses on the quality of the employment relationship between employers and employees and also the potential vulnerability of employees. This is a big plus for public hospitals. More >>
Concern rising over local council debt
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 1:00 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association
Official figures for the year ended 2012 showing local authorities rising debt levels are a cause for serious concern, the Employers and Manufacturers Association says. More >>
Massive reaction against employment law changes
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 12:20 pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
CTU and affiliated unions will today be delivering thousands of submissions from workers around New Zealand who are speaking out against the Government’s employment law changes that will cut pay and conditions. More >>
TV3 poll shows 98% want Medical Marijuana in New Zealand
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 11:10 am | Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP) are calling on all New Zealanders who support medical marijuana to vote for the party in the 2014 General Elections. More >>
Rt. Hon Winston Peters In Conversation
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 10:48 am | Face Television
The Rt Honourable Winston Peters has been a New Zealand Member of Parliament – with two gaps – since 1978 and he is still the forceful, critical and – most will agree – creative Leader of The New Zealand First Party . Though he started ... More >>
Monsanto drops new GE crops in Europe
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 10:41 am | Soil and Health Association
In a major victory for health, democracy and the environment, seed and chemical company Monsanto has announced its withdrawal of applications for new genetically engineered crops in Europe. More >>
Coke announces obesity fight – what about hungry farmers?
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 10:39 am | Oxfam
Oxfam for the first time ranks Coca Cola and 9 other food and beverage giants to reveal the unacceptably high social and environmental costs in their supply chains More >>
Good on ya, Coke
Thursday, 25 July 2013, 10:19 am | Food and Grocery Council
The latest suite of initiatives by Coca-Cola to help tackle obesity in New Zealand should be widely applauded, says Food & Grocery Council CEO Katherine Rich. More >>
Earthquake a Warning Against Oil Drilling In Pegasus Basin
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 3:48 pm | Oil Free Wellington
The recent flurry of strong earthquakes centred in Cook Strait should be warning enough against Anadarko's plans for deep sea oil drilling, Oil Free Wellington says. More >>
NZ International Business Forum welcomes Japan to TPP
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 3:00 pm | NZ International Business Forum
The New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) today congratulated the Japanese Government on Japan’s formal association with the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations underway in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. More >>
Ban Animal Testing For Cosmetics, Animal Advocates Urge Key
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 2:08 pm | SAFE
Tomorrow, animal advocacy organisations SAFE and Humane Society International representatives will present a 15,500 strong petition to Parliament, calling for Prime Minister John Key to ‘hop to it’ and ban animal testing for cosmetics in New Zealand. More >>
Public Meeting Launches Bury the Pylons Campaign & Petition
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 1:57 pm | Roskill Community Voice
“Saturday’s Bury the Pylons public meeting in Hillsborough was so overwhelmed by support from the local community that the meeting room had to be changed to accommodate the crowd”, says Roskill Community Voice candidate and Roskill South resident David ... More >>
New policies aim to restrict growth of gambling
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 1:21 pm | Auckland Council
Auckland Council is looking to restrict the growth of gambling as well as minimising the harm from problem gambling through two new venue policies adopted today. More >>
Exhibition on Nuclear Disarmament for 68th Hiroshima Day
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 12:43 pm | National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) will host the opening of an antinuclear exhibition “Everything You Treasure: For a World Free from Nuclear Weapons” from August 5 (Mon) to 9 (Fri) at the Otago University Library LINK. More >>
Hiroshima Day Debate—That New Zealand is safer out of ANZUS
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 12:40 pm | National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
New Zealand has a long history of opposing nuclear power, nuclear weapons and in 1987, declared itself “nuclear free.” In June that year, New Zealand passed a legislation banning all nuclear powered and armed ships from entering New Zealand ... More >>
Auckland Council approves new smoke-free policy
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 12:27 pm | Auckland City Council
Auckland Council has approved a new policy for the region that will incrementally make public outdoor spaces smoke free across Auckland, to help create a healthy city for all residents. More >>
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