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Science Media Centre: Budget 2025 | Science System Funding – Expert Reaction

Roy Murphy: A Budget Day like no other

NZ Labour Party: The Austerity Budget That Leaves Women Out

Green Party: ‘Growth Budget’ = Growth In Poverty

Te Pāti Māori: Budget Protects Power, Not People

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

Gordon Campbell: On Budget 2025

Underwhelming, as promised. All week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis had actively reduced public expectations by saying that her second Budget would not be filled “with rainbows and unicorns” although – somewhere over the rainbow – it would somehow deliver the twin unicorns of “hope for the future” and “genuine growth.” Not a chance. Judging by the random array of sideways shufflings and deckchair re-arrangements that comprise Budget 2025, Willis has no coherent plan for sustainably growing the New Zealand economy.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Greenpeace: Regulatory Standards Bill Inflicts ACT's Far-Right Principles On Aotearoa

'The Regulatory Standards Bill tries to make all future lawmakers in government follow a rigid set of the ACT Party’s far-right principles - prioritising corporate interests over people, nature, and Te Tiriti,' says Greenpeace spokesperson Gen Toop.

Rainbow Wellington: Rainbow Wellington Concerned By Reports Of Increased Abuse

Rainbow Wellington has been speaking with Police about their tracking of hate motivated offending for several years now. Police only started recording the specific characteristic targeted in Hate Crimes and Hate Incidents from July 2022.

ACT New Zealand: David Seymour's Budget Day Speech 2025

"I’m proud of the role ACT has played questioning spending and finding savings. Collectively our party has saved current and future taxpayers billions."

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.

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BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

Advertising Standards Authority: ASA 2024 Annual Report - Strengthening Consumer Protections With Effective Ad Self-Regulation

Industry have risen to the challenge with the adoption of two new Codes in 2024, working with us as we rolled out new ad protections for children, and for all New Zealanders under the Food and Beverage Code, ASA Chief Executive Hilary Souter said.

IRANZ: Budget Reaction – Time To Back Science With Long-Term Investment

Budget 2025 underdelivers for science - at best holding funding steady in nominal terms, and at worse an actual reduction to health research funding, while inflation continues to erode our national science capability.

Better Taxes for a Better Future: Budget Of Austerity Piles On Least Well-Off, Misreads Public Mood

The most significant contributor to the Government’s $5.3bn in savings required to reach its arbitrary operating allowance are the lowest paid working women through the scrapping of the pay equity settlements, says Glenn Barclay, Better Taxes campaign spokesperson.

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.

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Ian Powell: “I Can Confirm They Are Hypotheticals Drawn Largely From Anecdotes And Issues The Minister Has Heard About.”

Ian Powell discusses when health professions regulatory authorities policy is shaped by second hand anecdotes and issues.

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

Intensified Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed over 500 Palestinians.

Richard S. Ehrlich: Pakistan & China Down 6 Indian Warplanes

Since the mid-20th century China has been arming, investing in, and helping to construct Pakistan which is a crucial nation in Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and a non-NATO ally of the U.S.

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.

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WORLD

UNFCCC: Key Rules Agreed For Credible Climate Project Crediting Under UN Carbon Market

Known as the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), it enables countries and other actors to work together on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by generating high-integrity carbon credits that support global efforts to fight climate change.

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.

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LIFESTYLE

NZ Principals Federation: Principals Describe Budget As Bitter Sweet

"I call it the 'Bitter-Sweet Budget," said Otene, "because the gains in learning support resources and leadership support are hugely welcome, but it is at the cost of losing other valued resources," said Leanne Otene, President of the New Zealand Principals' Federation. (NZPF).

GfK Radio: Radio Listening Tops 3.5M Weekly Listeners

The Radio Bureau CEO, Alistair Jamison says: “What a cracking way to start the year. The first survey of 2025 shows growth in weekly listeners, growth in daily listeners, growth in time spent listening and growth in average audience.'

Jacob Douglas Motorsport: Douglas Heads To The Oval After Breakthrough Victory

Douglas enters the event sitting fifth in the championship standings, buoyed by his race win in Indianapolis and confident in the team’s pace.

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.

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