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Education Review Office Pragmatism Will Really Help The Sector While The Regulation Review Is Underway
Friday, 26 July 2024, 3:03 pm | Early Childhood Council
In the regulatory review, ECC intends to suggest that ERO focus on curriculum delivery reviews rather than the Ministry, because it’s not efficient or effective to have two agencies with radically different approaches climbing over each other. More >>
Co-chairs Of Te Rūnanga Nui O Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori Welcome The Waitangi Tribunal Report - ‘Kei Ahotea Te Aho Matua.’
Friday, 26 July 2024, 2:12 pm | Te Runanga Nui o Nga Kura Kaupapa Maori o Aotearoa
Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori invites the current government to work in partnership with them to develop a pathway forward, including the development of a parallel pathway and meaningful policy and strategy for Kura Kaupapa Māori ... More >>
Ngāi Tahu Challenges Changes To MACA
Friday, 26 July 2024, 2:00 pm | Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu
The government’s announcement that it will re-open the foreshore and seabed controversy by changing the rules on recognising centuries-old Māori customary title for a third time goes against the rule of law and New Zealand values,” Mr Tipa says. More >>
Overturning Court Of Appeal Decision On Foreshore And Seabed Is Abuse Of Power
Friday, 26 July 2024, 1:36 pm | PSA
The 2004 Act vested ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown, extinguishing any Māori claims to ownership and causing widespread outrage and protests among Māori communities. More >>
Government Fails To Recognise Parallels Between Whakapakari And Its Boot Camps
Friday, 26 July 2024, 12:06 pm | Cooper Legal
A law firm that specialises in working with survivors of abuse in State care is disappointed that the Government fails to recognise that its boot camps can be directly compared to previous boot camps from the 1990s and 2000s. More >>
Protest At French Embassy Calls Out Hypocrisy In Kanaky As Paris Olympics Begin
Friday, 26 July 2024, 10:04 am | Poneke AntiFascist Action
Poneke Antifascist Coalition has invited Wellingtonians to stand in solidarity with the Kanak people at 12pm today outside the French Embassy in Wellington. More >>
Abuse In Care Royal Commission Inquiry Brings “Welcome Relief For Survivors In New Zealand”
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 8:15 pm | Shine Lawyers
“We are hopeful that we see some positive change, not just around the long-awaited redress scheme, puretumu torowhānui, but positive change to legislation to allow claimants access to compensation that isn’t described as a slap in the face or ... More >>
New Child Poverty Targets Reflect A Lack Of Ambition For Children
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 8:05 pm | Mana Mokopuna
We need bold, focused action and significant investment to help alleviate many of the stressors placing pressure on our poorest, most disadvantaged families, and ensure all children can grow up safe and thriving. More >>
These Issues Didn’t Disappear In 1999 - Care Experienced Youth Urge Govt To Listen To All Generations Of Abuse Survivors
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 7:11 pm | VOYCE
“The argument is that abuse did not magically stop in 1999, and any recommendations for change to our care and protection, as well as youth justice systems need to be informed by all those who have lived with the effects of it.” More >>
Sad Day For Environment - More Than A Quarter Of Workforce To Be Cut
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 6:46 pm | Public Service Association
"Our heart goes out to all impacted workers at this Ministry whose vital work in gathering the evidence the Government needs to make good decisions is no longer valued." More >>
Law Commission Seeks Views On Reforming The Law To Manage High-risk Offenders
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 11:15 am | Law Commission
It proposes that the current law governing preventive detention, extended supervision orders and public protection orders be repealed and replaced with a single new Act. More >>
National Breaks Election Promise On Wairarapa And Manawatū Trains
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 9:50 am | Gwynn Compton
“In the 2023 election campaign, National promised commuters across Manawatū, Horowhenua, Kāpiti, and Wairarapa that they were going to deliver 22 tri-mode trains as originally recommended by both local government and the New Zealand Transport Agency,” says ... More >>
The Gen X-ers Taking Over Parliament, Boardrooms And Our Biggest Arts Institutions
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 6:34 pm | RNZ
A majority of our MPs, and listed chief executives are now Gen X. How has this generational coup changed the country? More >>
Treasury Data Shows Insurers Honing In On Flood-risk Properties
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 6:12 pm | RNZ
Homes in high-risk flood areas are copping hundreds and even thousands of dollars in extra premiums as insurers start to factor in individual addresses, new data shows. More >>
Abuse In Care Inquiry Final Report Made Public, Commissioners Call For Reform And Redress
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 6:10 pm | RNZ
The report found abuse was rife in state and faith-based care settings and the state failed to respond to signs of systemic abuse and neglect. More >>
Anglican Church Response To Royal Commission Report On Abuse In State Care
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 6:00 pm | Anglican Church in Aotearoa
We call on all who identify as Anglican; whether churches, schools or agencies to study this report and its recommendations and to commit themselves to the principles and practices that ensure the highest standards of pastoral care. More >>
IHC Slams Winston Peters' Use Of Retard As An Insult In Parliament
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 5:09 pm | IHC New Zealand
We must have a more thoughtful, inclusive, and empathetic approach to language. More >>
Lawyers For Survivors Support Royal Commission’s Call For Urgent Action
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 5:07 pm | Cooper Legal
Christopher Luxon and his Government have the opportunity to do what no Government has done to date and provide the redress and support for survivors that they are entitled to. More >>
Let’s Honour The Survivors Of Abuse In Care By Making Real Change
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:47 pm | Mana Mokopuna
Chief Children’s Commissioner Dr Claire Achmad says the decades of abuse and pain experienced by children and young people while in the care of the State and faith-based institutions is a national shame. More >>
The Health & Disability Commissioner Acknowledges The Final Report Of The Royal Commission Of Inquiry Into Abuse In Care
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:39 pm | Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
Many of the recommendations are consistent with the Code of Rights which gives people using health and disability services the right to complain, and requires providers to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy resolution of complaints. More >>
Anglican Trust For Women And Children Acknowledges Abuse In Care Royal Commission Report
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:36 pm | Anglican Trust For Women And Children
ATWC will take time to work through the report and its recommendations, and encourages anyone with an historic abuse claim or complaint to come forward, this can be done confidentially through our website. More >>
Catholic Church Thanks Royal Commissioners For Their Final Report
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
We acknowledge that the abuse of people in the care of the Church is real & the failures of Church leaders in responding to reports are real. The impacts of these are present today; for survivors, their whānau, for faith communities, & for society. This is ... More >>
Ferry-Tale Reporting Of Poll Misrepresents True Cost Of iReX
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 12:01 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the reporting of a Talbot Mills poll claiming that there is more opposition than support for the government’s decision to cancel the iReX ferry project. More >>
Acceleration Of Expressway Will Be Transformative For Northland Economy Says EMA
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 11:34 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association
The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) says the Government’s decision to accelerate the delivery of a new expressway to Whangārei is welcome news for businesses across the region and will help transform the Northland economy. More >>
Lawyers For Survivors Welcome The Royal Commission’s Final Report
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 11:28 am | Cooper Legal
Cooper Legal celebrates and welcomes the tabling of the Royal Commission’s final report, Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light (“Whanaketia”), but also remembers those survivors who have died waiting for accountability. More >>
Māori Wards: Govt Putting Racism Before Rational Decisions - ActionStation
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 11:14 am | ActionStation
Advocates from ActionStation say the Coalition Government is putting their political agenda of racism ahead of rational decisions when it comes to Māori wards and local decision making. More >>
Taxpayers And Ratepayers Must Stop Funding ‘Rebel Business School’ Rort
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 11:12 am | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on councils and government agencies to cease funding of Rebel Business School after it was revealed using offical information laws that almost $2 million of taxpayer and ratepayer money has been spent on the scheme. More >>
Emissions Trading Scheme Could Put Remaining Greenhouse Growers Out Of Business
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 10:42 am | Vegetables New Zealand
Changes to industrial allocation under the Emissions Trading Scheme could put remaining greenhouse tomato, cucumber and capsicum growers out of business. More >>
Ethnicity, Equality And Pharmac: How The Treaty Really Guides NZ’s Drug-buying Policies
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 7:17 pm | The Conversation
David Seymour’s expectation that drug-buying policy be based on need rather than ethnicity misses the point: the Treaty of Waitangi is already about equality, and can help guide good decisions. More >>
Treaty Principles Bill: Māori Translators Pen Letter Over 'Deeply Flawed Translations'
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 7:01 pm | RNZ
A group of licensed Māori translators have hit out at the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill, calling it factually incorrect and misleading. More >>
Oranga Tamariki Acknowledges It Should Have Engaged With Mana Whenua On Youth Boot Camps Earlier
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 6:58 pm | RNZ
Had Te Rangitepāia been asked, they would have said the boot camp "doesn't sit right" with their hapū's kaupapa, a representative says. More >>
NRC Welcomes Acceleration Of Northland Expressway As Public Private Partnership
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 4:52 pm | National Road Carriers
“This approach is 100% aligned with what we have been calling for from successive Governments,” says NRC CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers. More >>
CHA & Kiwibuy Coalition Welcomes Westpac’s Support For Affordable Home Ownership, Need For Continued Government Funding
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 4:46 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
“The Government is a critical player in enabling the provision of affordable housing supply. Without ongoing government investment housing affordability will continue to erode." More >>
PSA Files Claim Against Oranga Tamariki In The Employment Relations Authority
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 4:30 pm | PSA
The PSA has today filed proceedings in the Employment Relations Authority alleging Oranga Tamariki is not complying with the collective agreement relating to change processes. More >>
Grey Power New Zealand National President, Gayle Chambers, Applauded Health Minister, Shane Reti
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 4:15 pm | Grey Power New Zealand
Grey Power New Zealand National President, Gayle Chambers, applauded Health Minister, Shane Reti for putting a commissioner in place to rescue the failing Health NZ structure. More >>
Kiwis Leaving For Australia Is An Orange Light For NZ, Says New Report
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 4:07 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
"It is an orange light because New Zealand needs to be competitive with Australia if it is to retain its most able and productive citizens," says Dr Bryce Wilkinson, Senior Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative and author of the report. "Australia ... More >>
Repealing Section 7AA
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 9:51 am | Te Runanga o Ngati Ruanui Trust
“The government risks a generational catastrophe if it fails to quash its short-sighted tilt at repealing Section 7AA,” says Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui Trust kaiw’aka’aere Rachel Arnott. More >>
Three Strikes Bill - Expensive Virtue Signalling, Not A Crime Solution
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 8:45 am | Peace Action Wellington
“The Government’s determination to resurrect the Three Strikes Bill into law is expensive virtue signalling, not a solution to crime. It does not work,” said Valerie Morse, member of Peace Action Wellington. More >>
Government Wasting Money In Korea
Monday, 22 July 2024, 7:45 pm | NZ DPRK Society
The claim that these NZDF deployments will contribute to regional; peace and security, are simply not true according to Peter Wilson, Secretary of the NZ DPRK Society. More >>
NZ Must Act On ICJ Advisory Opinion On Israel
Monday, 22 July 2024, 7:26 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Advisory Opinion is in response to a UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution adopted on 30 December 2022. More >>
Luxon Hands Open Cheque To Oil Companies
Monday, 22 July 2024, 12:54 pm | 350 Aotearoa
Aotearoa is revealing coalition govt is removing oil decommissioning safeguards, risking more $500m bills for the taxpayer. In the minutes from a cabinet paper, the govt has agreed to ‘remove the requirement to pay an amount and/or provide financial ... More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Opposes Plain Packaging Laws For Infant Formula
Monday, 22 July 2024, 12:30 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said that there were already laws prohibiting making false claims on packaging and that more red tape would simply make it harder to do business in New Zealand for very little public benefit. More >>
Toitu Tairawhiti Delivers Temporary Houses For Flooded Whānau In Wairoa – Urgent Calls To Government For More Housing
Monday, 22 July 2024, 9:57 am | Toitu Tairawhiti
Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa and Toitu Tairawhiti have urgently requested 45 additional cabins from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. More >>
Free Speech Union Launches Professional Membership To Defend Free Speech In Law
Monday, 22 July 2024, 8:27 am | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union has launched a professional membership especially for lawyers to ensure free speech is upheld and cherished within the legal profession, says Thomas Newman, the co-chair of the Legal Council for Free Speech. More >>
'Catastrophic' - Universities Plead For More Government Subsidies
Friday, 19 July 2024, 4:14 pm | RNZ
The tertiary education sector is having another hard year - with half of universities expecting to be millions of dollars in the red. More >>
Pharmac Director Quits Over Government's Treaty Directive
Friday, 19 July 2024, 3:04 pm | RNZ
Anthony Jordan says he "could not with good conscience" continue to work for the agency. More >>
Human Rights Commission Urges Government To Heed HDC Report Ahead Of Royal Commission Findings
Friday, 19 July 2024, 2:52 pm | Human Rights Commission
Five themes captured the core concerns of complainants — inadequate standard of support and care, deterioration in physical and mental wellbeing, failure to adhere to the funded level of support, unsafe medication management and practices, and use ... More >>
Prioritise Builders’ Insulation Knowledge Over Rolling Back Regulations
Friday, 19 July 2024, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors
Improved insulation is a cornerstone of modern building practices, reducing energy consumption and providing healthier living environments. More >>
On NZ's Worsening Unemployment And Poverty
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 6:16 pm | Socialist Equality Group
All the parliamentary parties bear responsibility for the worsening social disaster. More >>
150 People Picket Against Cuts To Care At Ardiva’s Village At The Park Aged Care Facility
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 5:31 pm | Etu NZ
The lively crowd included residents from Village at the Park, their families, workers, and neighbours from the wider Newtown community. The event was hosted by E tū and NZNO. More >>
The PSA Wins Case Against The Ministry Of Education
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 4:24 pm | PSA
The PSA filed proceedings in the Authority because of the Ministry’s failure to comply with the collective agreement in relation to job losses forced by the Government’s spending cuts. More >>
Pure Tūroa Ltd Reaffirms Commitment To Safety Amid Misleading Media Reports
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 4:08 pm | Pure Turoa Ltd
The founders of Pure Tūroa Ltd, Cam Robertson and Greg Hickman, have issued a statement to reaffirm the company’s unwavering commitment to safety at Tūroa Skifield, following a front-page NZ Herald story on Wednesday 17th July that misrepresented their health ... More >>
PHINZ Opposes Insulation Standards Rollback, Advocates For Effective Building Standards
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 3:33 pm | Passive House Institute New Zealand
Instead, we propose building on the recent changes by moving to incorporate recommendations PHINZ has previously made, which are closely aligned to those proposed in MBIE's Building for Climate change programme. More >>
Trump Assassination Attempt - How Well Are NZ Politicians Protected?
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 3:25 pm | RNZ
Explainer - The recent assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump sent shock waves around the globe. What kind of protection do Kiwi politicians get? More >>
Public Health At Risk, Tax Cut Labelled Irresponsible
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 12:59 pm | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The tax reduction in addition to axing Smokefree 2025 undermines the efforts that the Foundation - and others - have gone to protect future generations from the harms of tobacco, Professor Hancox says. More >>
Additional Savings Must Not Wait Until Budget 2025
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 12:48 pm | Taxpayers' Union
Waiting until next year’s budget simply forces the taxpayer to stump up for billions of dollars in wasteful spending on projects that are already destined to be wound up. More >>
Fonterra Exposed As Major Player In Global Attempts To Undermine Climate Action
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 12:15 pm | Greenpeace
Agricultural emissions, primarily from intensive dairy, made up more than half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2022. Animal agriculture is the single largest source of human-made methane emissions, which are 80 times more potent than ... More >>
Picket Against Cuts To Care At Village At The Park, Newtown, Wellington
Thursday, 18 July 2024, 10:36 am | E Tu
E tū and NZNO members and supporters will join residents and the local community at a picket this afternoon, to send a message to Village at the Park operators Arvida that we oppose cuts to staffing hours at the residential aged care facility. More >>
Lawyers For Climate Action NZ Inc On The Draft Second Emissions Reduction Plan
Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 7:57 pm | Lawyers for Climate Action
Lawyers for Climate Action NZ will make a detailed submission on the Second ERP, and proposed amendments to the First ERP ahead of the submission deadline. More >>
Luxon's 'Radical Change In NZ's Foreign Policy' Criticised By Helen Clark And Don Brash
Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 5:44 pm | RNZ
Former political rivals Helen Clark and Don Brash are warning the PM's statements on China may threaten NZ's independent foreign policy. More >>
