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Government: Budget 2025 – Growing The Economy To Help Kiwis Get Ahead

Roy Murphy: Making democracy work | Part 5 - Decisions

PSA: Budget 2025 - Nervous Wait For Public Service Workers

Felicity Wong: Vibes, debt, and affordable housing

Animals Aotearoa: Govt Must Halt Funding Of Cruel Octopus Farming

Youthline: 50-Year High In Demand For Mental Health Services

NZCTU: Billions Missing From Health Budget

Roy Murphy: Making democracy work | Part 4 - Mana whenua kōrero

Gordon Campbell: On NZ’s Silence Over Gaza, And Creeping Health Privatisation

Since last Thursday, intensified Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed over 500 Palestinians, and a prolonged Israeli aid blockade has led to widespread starvation among the territory’s two million residents. Belatedly, Israel is letting in a token amount of food aid that UN under-secretary Tom Fletcher has called a “a drop in the ocean.” Meanwhile, two of the pre-Budget announcements in Health - $164.5M spread over 5 years for a digital health service, and $164M spread over four years for after-hours care – are supposedly going to reduce pressure on emergency departments. Fat chance!

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Government: Minister Of Finance’s Budget 2025 Speech

This is a responsible Budget to secure New Zealand’s future. It supports the economic recovery now underway.

The Prosperity Deal: Govt Budget Has No Plan For AI Job Loss – Citizens Launch The Prosperity Deal As The Only Workable Alternative

Now, rapidly advancing AI is poised to cause broadscale job displacement within the next five years: 40 percent of employers say they will cut staff where AI can automate tasks by 2030.

Greenpeace New Zealand: Greenpeace Braced For ‘Scorched Earth’ Budget From Govt

'Given that this Government just legalised killing kiwi, we’re bracing for a Scorched Earth Budget,' says Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Gen Toop.

NZ Police: Police Acknowledge Sentencing Of Donald Sarratt In Child Sexual Abuse Material Case

The operation, dubbed Operation Dark Orchid, commenced in 2022 following a referral from the United States of America, Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Department of Justice Child Exploitation Unit.

PSA: Ministry Of Education Workers Will Walk Off The Job For The First Time In Over 20 Years

'We’re taking strike action because the Ministry is refusing to recognise the increased cost of living facing Ministry staff and their families by proposing a two-year freeze on pay bands,' said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi.

Justice for Palestine: NZ Joining International Call For Humanitarian Aid To Gaza Welcomed, But Sanctions Need To Be Imposed On Israel Urgently

Israel is currently carrying out a genocide in Palestine, and the New Zealand Government has failed to take meaningful action to pressure Israel to comply with international law, despite the people of NZ repeatedly calling for it.

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Budget 2025 Delivers Little To Nothing For Our Youngest 6:20 PM | Green Party
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Minister For The Environment Missing In Action In Budget 2025 4:56 PM | Green Party
Government's Budget Fails Māori 4:50 PM | Green Party
‘Budget Protects Power, Not People’ – Te Pāti Māori 4:47 PM | Te Pati Maori
Housing Crisis Will Rage On With Budget 2025 4:44 PM | Green Party
Budget To Increase Energy Hardship 4:25 PM | Green Party

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Nicola Gaston, The Conversation: NZ Budget 2025 - Science Investment Must Increase As A Proportion Of GDP For NZ To Innovate And Compete

New Zealand trails far behind other wealthy countries in research funding and strategy. This inhibits the innovation that could drive a more productive economy.

Maritime Union of New Zealand: Maritime Union Condemns Threatened Job Losses On Aratere Ferry

The Maritime Union would resist any job losses and would only accept voluntary redundancies.

Science Media Centre: Proposed Increase To Glyphosate Limits – Expert Reaction

Glyphosate limits would increase for certain cereal and pea crops, to “support existing use” as a preharvest herbicide or dessicant. Submissions on the proposal closed on Friday, and the proposed amendments may progress, be modified, or be withdrawn.

Electricity Authority: Welcomes Plan For Boosting Consumer-Supplied Flexibility

Individuals and communities providing flexibility also benefit through lower costs and greater energy resilience, whether it’s a business shifting its boiler use away from peak demand periods, households using smart tools and AI to use power differently.

University of Auckland: How Can Finance Be Harnessed For Good?

Panellist Dr Chanelle Duley, a lecturer in economics at the University of Auckland Business School, says cybersecurity and data governance are central to financial trust.

Michael Ryan, The Conversation: NZ Budget 2025 - Economic Forecasting Is Notoriously Difficult, But Global Uncertainty Is Making It Harder

There’s no crystal ball when it comes to the future of New Zealand’s economy. But to understand the upcoming budget, people need to understand why forecasting is so hard.

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Keith Rankin: War In Sudan

The present Sudan Civil War is an international 'proxy war'; fuelled by extra-national powers – regional if not global.

Ramzy Baroud: Netanyahu's Endgame - Isolation And The Shattered Illusion Of Power

This period may mark the beginning of the end for Benjamin Netanyahu's political career and, potentially, for the policies associated with his horrifically violent government.

Jeremy Rose: Starvation Of Gaza A Continuation Of A Decades-old Plan

If the US, Europe and their allies demanded that Israel stop, the killing would end tomorrow.

Keith Rankin: The Aratere And The New Zealand Main Trunk Line

We should have a national conversation about the restoration of ferry services between Wellington and Lyttelton; and with the current consciousness about the future of rail being a very important stimulus to that conversation.

Gordon Campbell: On The Mock Horror Over Political Profanity

Andrea Vance used a bad word to refer to female politicians. The nation reeled, and expressed its outrage

Ian Powell: Predictable Smear On Senior Doctors

Ian Powell discusses a predictable smear by a right-wing blogger on salaried senior doctors employed by Health New Zealand.

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Pakistan & China Down 6 Indian Warplanes 1:15 PM | Richard S. Ehrlich
Zero-Sum Fiscal Narratives 11:34 AM | Keith Rankin
War In Sudan 21/05/25 | Keith Rankin
The Ethnic Cleansing Of Gaza: Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots 21/05/25 | Binoy Kampmark
US Warship In Wellington Harbour Symbol Of NZ Vassalage 21/05/25 | Alison Forrest
Netanyahu's Endgame: Isolation And The Shattered Illusion Of Power 21/05/25 | Ramzy Baroud
The Aratere And The New Zealand Main Trunk Line 20/05/25 | Keith Rankin

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WORLD

The Commonwealth: Commonwealth Health Ministers Unite For Bold Action On Sustainable Health Financing

The 37th meeting of health ministers, held on 17 May in Geneva, marks a renewed spirit of collaboration among member countries at a time when many healthcare systems are under pressure to adapt to an uncertain and challenging future.

Greenpeace: Greenpeace Analysis Reveals Almost Half A Million Blue Sharks Caught As ‘Bycatch’ In Central And Western Pacific In 2023

The international waters between New Zealand and Australia are globally renowned precisely because of the range and variety of ocean life that lives there, from deep sea corals growing on seamounts to sharks, seabirds and migrating whales.

The Independent Panel: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark Applaud Historic Pandemic Agreement

Starting today, the agreement must become the foundation for a safer world.

Burness: First-Ever Gathering - Hundreds Of Indigenous Leaders From Forest Nations To Meet Ahead Of COP30

First-ever Global Forest Basins Congress will bring together Indigenous and territorial leaders from Africa, Asia and Latin America to call on governments for increased financing and enhanced rights.

UNICEF: Statement On The Reported Killing Of 45 Children In The Gaza Strip In Recent Days

UNICEF is once again urging parties to the conflict to end the violence, and states with influence over parties to the conflict to use their leverage and influence to end the conflict.

UN News: ‘We Are Still Waiting For Our Loved Ones’ - Families Of The Abducted Speak Out

Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from captivity in Gaza – shared their testimonies before the UN Security Council.

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LIFESTYLE

Research For Maori Health and Development: Bridging The Gap In HIV Prevention For Māori - Insights And Resources Now Available

The research, Investigating Barriers and Enablers to Preventive HIV Access for Māori Communities, reveals that Māori continue to face cultural, systemic, and personal barriers to HIV prevention — including stigma, fear, and healthcare services that often feel unwelcoming or unsafe.

Tertiary Education Union: Weltec And Whitireia Cuts A Shocking Blow For Their Communities

These short-sighted moves rob future generations of study options, our future workforce of skilled workers and our future communities and regional economies of people who can build our infrastructure, cook for and entertain us and our future tourists, and tell our stories to the world.

PHARMAC: Pharmac Proposes To Fully Fund Nutrition Replacements For Some People With Crohn’s Disease

Pharmac wants to remove this additional cost on Ensure Plus and Fortisip so people with Crohn’s disease, who use them as their only source of nutrition, can continue to access and benefit from nutrition replacements.

Nōku Te Ao: Bringing Together Voices On Mental Distress, Stigma And Discrimination Under One Roof

Many of the barriers New Zealanders once faced when reaching out for support while experiencing mental distress have been bent. But, these barriers have not yet been broken.

Office of Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education Sector Confidence Survey Results 2025

The results of the 2025 confidence survey, which the Office of Early Childhood Education (OECE) conducts annually in the last few weeks before the Budget is released, show that the sentiment in the sector is at an all-time low.

Bikesport NZ: Intrepid Kiwi Teen Ready To Accept New Challenge

The 14-year-old Frost dominated the Supersport 150 class during the 2025 New Zealand Superbike Championships, which wrapped up at Taupo in March, capturing the class outright and also winning the race-within-a-race honours to also claim the NZGP title for this class.

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