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Still No Ferries As First Of Old Fleet Retire
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 6:09 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“Nicola Willis botched the original ferry deal, failed to secure a new deal and then ran away from the mess she made," Labour transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere said. More >>
Future Of The Aratere
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Government
“We know that job losses are hard. KiwiRail advise us that voluntary redundancy will be offered across the wider Interislander team, and they will be seeking redeployment opportunities where possible,” Minister for Rail Winston Peters says. More >>
Twice The Impact, Half The Budget: Budget 25 Must Invest In Whakaata Māori
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 3:36 pm | Te Pati Maori
The report, independently developed by Social Ventures Australia, affirms that Whakaata Māori’s work is delivering more than double its operating budget in social value — from improved reo Māori use to stronger cultural identity and cross-cultural ... More >>
One Year From Extinction Day: Minister Urged To Act
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 3:27 pm | ACT New Zealand
With the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 set to require all existing societies to re-register under a new regime by April next year, ACT MP Laura McClure is raising the alarm again that it will impose unsustainable costs on many grassroots small ... More >>
Chris Swasbrook Appointed As Chair Of Te Papa
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Government
Chris will bring valuable commercial, financial and investment governance experience to Te Papa. His strategic insights and international perspective will undoubtedly prove valuable to our national museum, says Chris Bishop, Acting Minister for Arts, ... More >>
Whānau Ora Reset To Support Vulnerable Whānau
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Government
“These agencies will ensure Whānau Ora care and support continues for thousands of whānau across the country whether it’s help accessing better healthcare, improving home budgeting to help ease the cost of living, or getting on top of household maintenance." More >>
Deputy Prime Minister To Visit New Caledonia
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 1:34 pm | New Zealand Government
Mr Peters will meet the French Minister for Overseas Territories, Manuel Valls, and the President of the Government of New Caledonia, Alcide Ponga. More >>
Financial Education Will Help Disadvantaged Kids Succeed
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:42 am | ACT New Zealand
These curriculum changes are part of a broader shift to refocus education on real-world skills instead of ideology. More >>
Denying The Right To Vote Is A Breach Of Te Tiriti And Human Rights
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:41 am | Te Pati Maori
“This govt is locking people up for what they wear, increasing sentences across the board, and now they are telling those people that they have no right to participate in the system that has incarcerated them." More >>
Transforming Financial Education In Schools
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:35 am | New Zealand Government
“Embedding essential skills into the curriculum will ensure our young people are better prepared to make informed financial decisions in a complex financial world. This will positively impact their lives and the broader economy,” says Minister ... More >>
Government To Reinstate Prisoner Voting Ban
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 7:33 am | New Zealand Government
Cabinet’s decision will reverse the changes made by the previous government in 2020, which allowed prisoners serving sentences of less than three years to vote. More >>
Right-Wing Government Strips Māori Health Safeguards And Pretends Colonisation Never Happened
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 3:43 pm | Te Pati Maori
The Government must stop weaponising culture-war rhetoric against Māori and stop hiding behind the fact, they have no solutions to offer to the ongoing causes of inequity in Aotearoa. More >>
Closure Of North Shore Women’s Centre A Huge Loss
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 2:20 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Each year, the Centre has helped hundreds of women and children and I now worry about the huge gap left behind in the North Shore for those who need this safe space. More >>
Supporting Fintechs To Boost Competition
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Government
The sandbox is a testing ground where fintechs can experiment with new products and services in a controlled environment, ensuring they comply with regulations, before doing a full commercial launch. More >>
Government Exploring Northern ‘Energy Bridge’
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 12:44 pm | New Zealand Government
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) will use up to $2m from the Regional Infrastructure Fund to investigate the feasibility of upgrading Northland’s electricity infrastructure to act as an ‘energy bridge’ between Northland and ... More >>
Simeon Brown Hid Dunedin Hospital Downgrade
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Simeon Brown then took over as Health Minister and swooped into Dunedin a week later trying to act the hero on the hospital. But he failed to share this important information about downgrading the number of ICU beds, Labour acting health spokesperson Peeni ... More >>
Govt Cuts Will Cost Jobs, Health, And Homes
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 12:23 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
This Government had no problem doling out billions to landlords and the tobacco lobby, but when it comes to what Kiwis care most about—jobs, health, and homes—it’s just one cut after another, Labour finance and economy spokesperson Barbara Edmonds ... More >>
Manawatū Tararua Highway Open Soon
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Government
The road will support productivity for businesses by improving travel times for freight and lowering vehicle operating costs. This corridor is an important freight link between Hawke’s Bay-Wairarapa and the Manawatu-Whanganui regions. More >>
Transport Minister To Visit Sydney
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 10:15 am | New Zealand Government
“I will attend the 2025 National Infrastructure Awards dinner, hosted by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, and host an NZTE Investors Roundtable lunch with a range of major potential investors in New Zealand”, Transport and Infrastructure Minister ... More >>
Govt’s Austerity Budget To Cause Real Harm In Communities
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 10:05 am | Green Party
“New Zealanders looking around at the state of global politics and asking how things got so bad have their answer in the kind of slash and burn economics Nicola Willis has promised the country today,” says Green Party co-leader and spokesperson for ... More >>
Taupō Hospital Accredited To Train Next Generation Of Rural Doctors
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 10:02 am | New Zealand Government
“Rural generalists can sustainably manage a broad range of patient needs and work within clinical networks to ensure patients get access to specialist teams when required”, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. More >>
Huge Benefits Available From Medical Conferences
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 9:58 am | New Zealand Government
“New Zealand’s prohibition on advertising medicines yet to be consented by Medsafe is a barrier to New Zealand’s ability to host medical conferences and trade shows. The opportunity cost of New Zealand missing out on these is huge,” Mr Seymour says. More >>
Budget 2025: The Growth Budget
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 8:00 am | New Zealand Government
Having considered everything happening around the world, the Treasury is continuing to forecast accelerating growth in the New Zealand economy over the coming year, with falling unemployment forecast to follow in the second half of the year. More >>
Mark Cameron Drafts Bill To Stop Banking Wokery And Protect Rural Borrowers
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 6:58 am | ACT New Zealand
“Rural and regional New Zealanders are being hammered by banking wokery that judges businesses on political fashion rather than commercial sense,” says ACT Rural Communities spokesperson Mark Cameron. More >>
New Rules For Ground-Based Space Infrastructure
Monday, 28 April 2025, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Government
“The regime will apply to all in-scope operators in New Zealand, including those operating the infrastructure established prior to the regime coming into effect,” Space Minister Judith Collins says. More >>
Consenting Change Opens Door For Cowboys
Monday, 28 April 2025, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
“We have lived through the cost of building failures before. We must not repeat the mistakes of the leaky homes era by lowering standards in the name of speed," Labour Local Government spokesperson Tangi Utikere said. More >>
Accelerating Building Projects With Self-certification And Inspection Targets
Monday, 28 April 2025, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Government
“Making it easier and more affordable to build opens the door to homeownership for more Kiwis, gives families choice about where they live, and supports growth and job creation in the construction sector,” Mr Penk says. More >>
Collaborative Approach Key To Eradication Of HPAI
Monday, 28 April 2025, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Government
“That has meant, with the focus of the response, along with support and expertise of the wider poultry industry, we have been able to quickly contain and stamp out this disease,” says Mr Hoggard. More >>
Waitākere Ranges Co-Governance: Better Councillors Needed To Protect Democracy
Monday, 28 April 2025, 12:42 pm | ACT New Zealand
“The ranges are governed under the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act. That is a local act, which means any change to the legislation, such as a prohibition on co-governance arrangements, has to come from the elected council." More >>
ACT MP Welcomes Move To Cut Construction Red Tape
Monday, 28 April 2025, 12:39 pm | ACT New Zealand
“ACT has long argued we need to provide alternatives to costly council processes for building. Our coalition agreement commits to ‘explore allowing home builders to opt out of needing a building consent provided they have long-term insurance for ... More >>
Ban On Engineered Stone Essential To Protect Workers
Monday, 28 April 2025, 10:58 am | Green Party
Workers are the backbone of our economy, and their safety must be protected from dangerous practices including the use of engineered stone, the dust from which can lead to fatal lung disease. More >>
NZ, Philippines To Sign Military Agreement
Monday, 28 April 2025, 10:45 am | New Zealand Government
Ms Collins will travel to the Philippines today to sign the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement, which highlights the importance New Zealand places on working closely with our partners. More >>
Backing Teachers: Teacher Registrations Funded
Monday, 28 April 2025, 10:26 am | New Zealand Government
The Government has committed funding of $53 million in Budget 2025 to cover fees through to 2028, including any increases the Teaching Council may implement through their current fee review. More >>
Government Calls On Mayors To Boost School Attendance
Monday, 28 April 2025, 9:52 am | New Zealand Government
The dashboard provides region-specific data. For instance, the Mayor of Southland is able to see their region recorded an 89% attendance rate on the last Monday of Term 1. More >>
Trade Minister Hosts NZ Saudi Arabia Joint Ministerial Commission
Monday, 28 April 2025, 8:41 am | New Zealand Government
Minister AlFadley is leading a delegation of more than 35 senior Saudi officials and business people to Auckland for the 9th New Zealand–Saudi Arabia Joint Ministerial Commission—a key platform for advancing trade and economic ties between the two ... More >>
Women’s Refuge Receives Funding Boost
Monday, 28 April 2025, 8:30 am | New Zealand Government
The Women’s Refuge will receive $540,000 from the Government across two years, which will be matched by the Women’s Refuge to make a total of $1,080,000 over a two-year period. More >>
Accelerating The Roll-Out Of Public EV Chargers
Sunday, 27 April 2025, 11:11 am | New Zealand Government
“New Zealand needs more EV chargers. We have fewer public chargers per EV than many other countries in the OECD, and we know that this is a barrier to Kiwis purchasing EVs,” Mr Bishop says. More >>
Physician Associates To Be A Regulated Workforce
Saturday, 26 April 2025, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Government
Regulating physician associates under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 demonstrates the Government’s commitment to patient safety and providing high quality care. More >>
Speech: Christopher Luxon - Speech At Chunuk Bair, Anzac Day 2025
Saturday, 26 April 2025, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Many New Zealanders come to this place to honour our fallen. We show by our presence that we have made good on our promise: One hundred and 10 years on, we do remember them. More >>
Christopher Luxon - Dawn Service Commemorative Address 2025
Friday, 25 April 2025, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Government
While we remain proud of those who served, we do not glorify what happened here. We know too much to do that. Instead, we acknowledge the courage and tenacity of the Anzacs, and we respect the valour of the Ottoman Turks who resisted them. More >>
Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, And Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill — Third Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:55 pm | Hansard
Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, And Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill — Third Reading - 2 April 2025 More >>
Regulatory Systems (Primary Industries) Amendment Bill — Second Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:32 pm | Hansard
Regulatory Systems (Primary Industries) Amendment Bill — Second Reading - 2 April 2025 More >>
Oranga Tamariki (Repeal Of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill — Third Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:28 pm | Hansard
Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill — Third Reading - 2 April 2025 More >>
Anzac Day Amendment Bill — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:22 pm | Hansard
Anzac Day Amendment Bill — First Reading - 3 April 2025 More >>
Oranga Tamariki (Repeal Of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill — Third Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:18 pm | Hansard
Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill — Third Reading - 3 April 2025 More >>
Disputes Tribunals Amendment Bill — Second Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:15 pm | Hansard
Disputes Tribunals Amendment Bill — Second Reading - 3 April 2025 More >>
Privacy Amendment Bill — Third Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:14 pm | Hansard
Privacy Amendment Bill — Third Reading - 3 April 2025 More >>
Medicines Amendment Bill — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:12 pm | Hansard
Medicines Amendment Bill — First Reading - 8 April 2025 More >>
Employment Relations (Termination Of Employment By Agreement) Amendment Bill — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:09 pm | Hansard
Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill — First Reading - 9 April 2025 More >>
Juries (Age Of Excusal) Amendment Bill — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:07 pm | Hansard
Juries (Age of Excusal) Amendment Bill — First Reading - 9 April 2025 More >>
Employment Relations (Collective Agreements In Triangular Relationships) Amendment Bill — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 2:05 pm | Hansard
Employment Relations (Collective Agreements in Triangular Relationships) Amendment Bill — First Reading - 9 April 2025 More >>
Principles Of The Treaty Of Waitangi Bill — Second Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 1:55 pm | Hansard
Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill — Second Reading - 10 April 2025 More >>
Medicines Amendment Bill — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 1:52 pm | Hansard
Medicines Amendment Bill — First Reading - 10 April 2025 More >>
United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 1:50 pm | Hansard
United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill — First Reading - Sitting date: 10 April 2025 More >>
Education And Training Amendment Bill (No 2) — First Reading
Friday, 25 April 2025, 1:47 pm | Hansard
Education And Training Amendment Bill (No 2) — First Reading - 10 April 2025 More >>
Anzac Day A Time To Recommit To Veterans
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 4:22 pm | New Zealand Labour Party
Anzac Day is a reminder that our armed forces serve together, regardless of the decade or deployment. Let’s make sure our support for them reflects that same spirit of unity. More >>
World Immunisation Week Shows Importance Of Health Targets
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Government
Results released in the second quarter 2024/25 earlier this show more children are now fully immunised, with 77 per cent of two-year-olds being immunised in the second quarter of this year, up from 75.7 per cent in the previous quarter.” More >>
New Appointments To Eden Park Trust Board
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Government
Marama Royal MNZM (Ngāti Whātua) and Hon Simon Bridges (Ngāti Maniapoto) will be bringing their extensive governance experience and passion for the Auckland region to support the leadership of New Zealand’s largest stadium. More >>
District Court Judges Appointed
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 12:35 pm | New Zealand Government
Mr Retzlaff served as President of the Pacific Lawyer's Association from 2012 to 2014 and carries the chiefly matai titles from his family in Samoa of Lemalu from Safato'a Lefaga, and a bestowed chiefly title of Mua'utasi from Puipa'a Faleata. More >>
Govt’s Flagship Cost Of Living Policy A Failure
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 11:28 am | New Zealand Labour Party
Nicola Willis promised 100,000 families would get FamilyBoost, but barely half that are actually getting childcare support, and as at 9 April just 249 families have received the full amount over the three quarters since the policy was introduced. More >>
