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Charges Laid Against Fraudulent Immigration Agent In Thailand
Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Immigration
Charges have been laid against two visa agents in Thailand after Immigration New Zealand identified they were providing fake documents for visitor visa applicants. More >>
Finding Neutral: Estimates Of New Zealand’s Nominal Neutral Interest Rate
Monday, 15 April 2024, 12:00 pm | The Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Due to New Zealanders’ high inflation expectations, the Official Cash Rate (OCR) would currently need to be about 3.9 percent to neither tap the brakes nor push on the accelerator of the economy, the Reserve Bank’s new Bulletin article shows. More >>
International Migration: February 2024
Monday, 15 April 2024, 11:41 am | Statistics New Zealand
International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand. Key facts Annual migration Provisional estimates for the February 2024 year compared with the February ... More >>
Owner Of Liquidated Auckland Restaurant Ordered To Pay Former Chef Almost $100,000
Monday, 15 April 2024, 10:56 am | Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment
The former owner of an Auckland restaurant business has been heavily sanctioned by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) for multiple breaches of minimum employment standards even though the business is no longer trading and was liquidated in 2022. ... More >>
Disability Support Zero For Three In Government Priority Lists
Monday, 15 April 2024, 10:33 am | Disability Support Network
Support for disabled New Zealanders is yet to appear on a government action point list, missing from November’s 100 day plan, the 2 April 36 point plan or the nine government 2030 targets released on 8 April. “The government has set out its priorities ... More >>
New Zealand Strengthens Military Alliance With US
Sunday, 14 April 2024, 2:09 pm | Socialist Equality Group
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins visited the United States this week for talks to further integrate New Zealand into the expanding US-led military alliance in the Indo-Pacific region. More >>
NEW POLL: Kiwis want Nicola Willis to hold firm on tax relief
Friday, 12 April 2024, 7:44 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
A new Taxpayers’ Union – Curia poll has revealed that 53% of New Zealanders believe that the Government should continue to deliver the tax relief that was promised by the National Party during the election campaign. 29% of respondents thought that ... More >>
Government Spending Cuts Force DIA To Contract Out Critical Legal Work
Friday, 12 April 2024, 4:00 pm | PSA
Commercial work undertaken by a Department of Internal Affairs’ legal team will be fully outsourced to private law firms under proposed job cuts to meet the Government’s drive for spending cuts. "How does fattening the profits of law firms make sense ... More >>
Public Submissions Open On Te Korowai O Wainuiārua Claims Settlement Bill
Friday, 12 April 2024, 2:52 pm | Maori Affairs Committee
This bill seeks to give effect to certain matters contained in the deed of settlement signed on 29 July 2023 by the Crown and Te Korowai o Wainuiārua. More >>
EDS Calls For Fast-track Approvals Bill To Be Abandoned In Submission To Select Committee
Friday, 12 April 2024, 1:44 pm | Environmental Defence Society
The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has filed its final substantive submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill. More >>
Manawatū Tenants Union Condemns Proposed Residential Tenancies Act Amendments
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:40 am | Manawatu Tenants' Union
The Manawatū Tenants Union has expressed deep concern over the proposed amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act put forward by Housing Minister Chris Bishop. The changes, aimed at revitalising the rental property market, have raised significant ... More >>
Annual Food Price Inflation Slows To 0.7 Percent
Friday, 12 April 2024, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.7 percent in the 12 months to March 2024, the smallest increase since April 2021, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The 0.7 percent increase followed a 2.1 percent increase in the 12 months to February 2024, and is ... More >>
Public Submissions Open On The Te Pire Whakatupua Mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill
Friday, 12 April 2024, 10:47 am | Maori Affairs Committee
The Māori Affairs Committee is calling for public submissions on the Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill. This bill would give effect to certain matters contained in Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo/the Taranaki Maunga ... More >>
Master Plumbers Support Government Plans To Cut Red Tape
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 4:05 pm | Master Plumbers
Master Plumbers was pleased to hear how the Government is focused on making it quicker and easier to build. Speaking at the NZ Plumbing Conference in Wellington today, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk said the Government wants to remove ... More >>
Women Bearing Brunt Of Job Cuts At Tertiary Education Commission
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 3:01 pm | Public Service Association
Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) staff were told yesterday (April 10) by their Chief Executive that the organisation is cutting 28 roles including administration and clerical roles like Executive Assistants, Administrators, Executive Officers ... More >>
NEW POLL: New Zealanders Oppose Taxpayer-funded Bailouts For Private Media Companies
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:27 pm | Connor Molloy
Labour voters were the only demographic in support of media bailouts (+7% net support), while those aged under 40 were split evenly. A majority or plurality in every other demographic opposed taxpayer-funded media bailouts. More >>
Minister Of Finance Admits To New Borrowing Need
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:00 pm | Jack McDonald
At Finance and Expenditure Committee today the Minister of Finance admitted that the Government will have to borrow to make ends meet in the forthcoming Budget. More >>
Hidden Long COVID Crisis Deepens In New Zealand
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 1:47 pm | Socialist Equality Group
Initially, with strict border controls and lockdowns imposed by the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour Party government, New Zealand was largely successful keeping the pandemic at bay. More >>
Improved Privacy, Security In Wellington Service Centre Upgrade
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 1:40 pm | Ministry of Social Development
The Ministry of Social Development’s Work and Income Service Centre at Wellington will close for renovations for four weeks from 5pm Thursday 2 May 2024. MSD Regional Commissioner Gagau Annandale-Stone says plans are in place to ensure clients are ... More >>
Prominent American Journalist And Author To Tour New Zealand Universities With Free Speech Union
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:56 pm | Free Speech Union
Prominent American journalist and author Jonathan Rauch will visit New Zealand with the Free Speech Union next month to discuss the importance of academic freedom, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. More >>
Household Saving Remains Positive For Third Consecutive Quarter
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:21 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand household saving was $424 million in the December 2023 quarter as household net disposable income exceeded spending for the third consecutive quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. Household net disposable income increased ... More >>
April 10 Is A Dramatic Day In New Zealand’s History
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 8:48 am | Peter Dunne
On April 10, 1919, the preliminary results of a referendum showed that New Zealanders had narrowly voted for prohibition by a majority of around 13,000 votes. However, when the votes of soldiers still overseas after World War I were later added in, ... More >>
DOC Job Cuts Will Have Long-term Consequences For Nature
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 4:28 pm | Forest and Bird
Forest & Bird is warning of long-term consequences for nature and the economy following today’s announcement of 131 proposed jobs losses at DOC. This comes on top of proposed redundancies in other government organisations that have roles to ... More >>
TVNZ’s Consultation Process Legally Challenged By E Tū
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 3:39 pm | E tu
E tū has filed a claim with the Employment Relations Authority against TVNZ, as the company did not follow their consultation requirements that are guaranteed for workers in their collective agreement. The filing comes as TVNZ makes formal announcements ... More >>
Sexual Orientation Should Be Protected Under Hate Speech Laws
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 3:31 pm | Human Rights Commission
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission addressed whether New Zealand’s hate speech law is discriminatory, in court yesterday. The Court of Appeal heard the case brought by Russell Hoban, who is seeking a declaration from the Court that ... More >>
Govt Forces DOC To Shed 130 Jobs Despite Fragile State Of Natural Environment
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 3:16 pm | PSA
The reckless nature of the Government’s cost cutting drive has again been exposed with DOC forced to make big cuts at a time when it is struggling to protect the conservation estate - the jewel in our tourism crown. DOC told staff today the Government had ... More >>
Greenpeace Slams Government’s Fast-track Advisory Panel Announcement
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 2:51 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says that today's announcement of a fast-track advisory group with no discernible environmental expertise adds insult to injury and shows just how little regard the Luxon Government has for the environment. The coalition Government claims ... More >>
OCR 5.50% - Official Cash Rate Remains Unchanged
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 2:12 pm | The Reserve Bank of New Zealand
The Monetary Policy Committee today agreed to leave the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50 percent. More >>
Sky-high Interest Rates Show Kiwi Families Need Government To Show Some Fiscal Responsibility
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision to hold the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.5%, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said: “High interest rates stifle growth and punish Kiwi families. They’re ... More >>
Government Must Clamp Down Harder On Managerial Class With Public Service Cuts
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 12:32 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to concerns from public servants that managers seem to be ‘immune’ from staffing cuts, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman, Alex Murphy, said: "The whole point of the Government's spending cuts was to axe the back-office bureaucracy and ... More >>
Midwifery Petition Presented To Parliament on 09 April
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 11:40 am | Women's Rights Party
Mrs Hayes said the replacement of the words “woman” and “mother” with the broader term “whānau” was among other changes to the current midwifery scope of practice opposed by 90% of respondents in a feedback document released by the ... More >>
New Report Highlights Importance Of Natural Assets And Infrastructure To People And The Economy
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 11:37 am | Statistics New Zealand
Our communities and economies are at risk if we do not protect our natural ecosystems and landscapes. That is a key message of the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Stats NZ’s latest, three-yearly update about the state of land in Aotearoa New ... More >>
Autism New Zealand’s Autism Acceptance Month Breakfast At Parliament
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 11:15 am | Autism NZ
The Autistic and wider Autism communities will be represented en masse at parliament on April 11th, 2024. This year the annual World Autism Acceptance Month Parliamentary breakfast will focus on housing for Autistic people. Recent research completed by ... More >>
‘Our Land’ Report Highlights Dire State Of NZ’s Freshwater
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 10:53 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace Aotearoa is calling on the Luxon Government to stop the rollback of freshwater protections following the release of the Ministry for the Environment’s Our Land 2024 report. Greenpeace spokesperson Amanda Larsson says, "Rivers, wetlands, ... More >>
Understanding The Data - Benefits Are Being Cut In Value In Real Terms - But Why?
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 10:18 am | Mike Treen
It seems that there is no direct relationship between the level of benefits (or minimum wages for that manner) and the number of people unemployed. New Zealand benefit levels (and minimum wages) were much higher when unemployment was low from the period after ... More >>
Heritage Homeowners Make Plea Direct To RMA Minister
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 9:43 am | Voluntary Heritage Group
The Voluntary Heritage Group has formally issued a “plea for help” to the RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop, asking him to enshrine in law the right to refuse heritage designation. Following Wellington City Council dropping heritage status on disputed ... More >>
Kiwis Asked To Have Their Say On New Draft Rules For Using Biometrics
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 9:10 am | Office of the Privacy Commissioner
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has developed draft rules for the use of biometric technologies and is now asking what people think of those. Biometrics is the automated processing of physical and behavioural characteristics (face scans, ... More >>
NZDF Personnel Commemorate Sinking Of HMNZS Moa In Solomon Islands
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealanders have gathered for a moment of reflection in Solomon Islands to commemorate the Second World War sinking of HMNZS Moa in Tulagi Harbour. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2404/b42d0a3900f4388dda7b.jpeg" width="720" height="491"> Personnel from three New Zealand ... More >>
KASM Taking Complaint Over Seabed Miner Misleading Australia’s ASX
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 3:56 pm | KASM
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining, Inc. (KASM) is lodging a complaint to the Australian Securities Investment Commission about the seabed mining company Tran Tasman Resources’ parent company Manuka Resources Ltd for misleading the ASX. "That TTR's owner ... More >>
New Campaign Confronts Culture Of Silence On Abuse, Empowering Children To Speak Out
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 3:33 pm | Save The Children
A new campaign designed to empower the "brave voices" of children by encouraging them to speak out and find help if they experience abuse will launch today. Supported by Life Education Trust , Save the Children , and Women’s Refuge , the campaign ... More >>
Press Release From New Zealand Asian Lawyers
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 1:44 pm | Asian Lawyers
New Zealand Asian Lawyers is pleased to announce the establishment of a panel to assist the New Zealand courts by applying to intervene in cases of wider public interest where Asian parties are concerned. The panel will recommend that New Zealand Asian ... More >>
NEW POLL: More Bad News For Centre-Right As Government Parties Drop In Support
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 1:40 pm | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
National is down on last month to 37.1% (-0.3 points) while Labour is up slightly to 25.7% (+0.4 points). The Greens take third place on 14.6% (+3.3 points) while ACT drops back to 7.2% (-2.8 points). The smaller parties are NZ First on 6.3% (-1.1 ... More >>
Shifting Focus From Race To Culture: Preserving Trust With Indigenous Communities
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 11:14 am | D C Harding
In an attempt to dispel any intention of racism, I am writing this op/ed to help move the dial from a focus on race, to a focus on cultural norms and sensitivities. More >>
Another Dark Day For Science And Climate - 90 Jobs To Go At NIWA
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 10:51 am | Public Service Association
NIWA, one of New Zealand’s leading climate research agencies, is set to lose up to 90 jobs, at a time when our climate crisis is worsening. "This is utter madness at this critical time for New Zealand," said Duane Leo, National Secretary for ... More >>
Comments About Ethnic ‘priority’ For Surgical Waitlists Ruled Misleading And Discriminatory
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 10:20 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
Comments by radio host Kate Hawkesby suggesting Māori and Pacific patients were being prioritised for surgery due to their ethnicity were misleading and discriminatory, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found. The Authority has upheld a complaint ... More >>
Suicide Prevention Office Debacle - Parents Of Nicky Stevens Say Ministry Will 'have Blood On Its Hands' If It Proceeds
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 10:02 am | Dave Macpherson
The parents of Nicky Stevens, a victim of suicide in 2015, have slammed Te Whatu Ora/The Ministry of Health for its proposal to disestablish the Suicide Prevention Office as part of its Government-mandated cuts to health services. “Both the Ministry ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert To Shine Global Spotlight On Nelson Tenths
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 6:49 am | Wakatu Incorporation
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Mr Francisco Calí Tzay, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, will visit Nelson to learn about the Nelson Tenths and the ongoing litigation against the Crown. More >>
MPs Must Not Take Pay Hike While Kiwis Go Backwards
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 6:29 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on MPs to put their money where their mouths are and implement a pay freeze rather than accept a taxpayer-funded pay hike at a time when many families are going backwards. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor ... More >>
Government KPIs Show Progress But Lack Ambition
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 6:22 am | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Responding to the release of nine Government key performance targets to be achieved by 2030, Taxpayers’ Union Policy and Public Affairs Manager, James Ross, said: “Kiwis won’t need reminding that despite public spending jumping 84% since 2017, ... More >>
Have Your Say - How Can Aotearoa New Zealand Best Tackle Greenhouse Gases?
Monday, 8 April 2024, 10:31 pm | Climate Change Commission
From today [Monday 8 April] He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission is running an 8-week public consultation to help it develop advice to the Government. More >>
Myanmar Community Leading Rally At Parliament In Opposition To Junta Visit
Monday, 8 April 2024, 10:27 pm | NZCTU
Local Myanmar community organisations are leading a rally at Parliament in opposition to the Myanmar military junta joining the ASEAN-NZ Dialogue meeting scheduled for 18-19 April in Wellington. More >>
Fast-track Won’t Mean Easy Ride For Seabed Miners - Greenpeace
Monday, 8 April 2024, 10:21 pm | Greenpeace
If it goes ahead, the fast-track approval process will enable TTR to proceed with its destructive seabed mining project despite repeated legal defeats and the opposition of Ngāti Ruanui, environment groups, scientists, fishing companies and the local ... More >>
Dunne's Weekly: Taiwan Earthquake A Wake-Up Call For New Zealand
Monday, 8 April 2024, 5:43 pm | Peter Dunne
Taiwan and New Zealand are two small island states with much in common. Both are vibrant, independent democracies, living in the shadow of an overbearing neighbour. (Admittedly, Taiwan’s overbearing neighbour has far more aggressive tendencies ... More >>
Our Intentions: Cyber Security Governance In Public Organisations
Monday, 8 April 2024, 5:41 pm | Office of the Auditor-General
We have published some information about work we are carrying out to examine whether cyber security risks are governed effectively in selected public organisations. This work was signalled in our 2023/24 annual plan . Effective cyber security is essential ... More >>
Kahungunu Iwi Condemns Weekend Violence
Monday, 8 April 2024, 3:47 pm | Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Chair, Bayden Barber has condemned the shooting that took place after a rugby game between Tamatea and the Young Māori Party (YMP) over the weekend, “This sort of behaviour has no place in our community. Our sports ... More >>
Green List Changes Disrespectful And Ignorant – MTA
Monday, 8 April 2024, 3:05 pm | Motor Trade Association
The Government’s axing of key automotive roles from the immigration Green List is a shock and an insult to the collision repair industry, the Motor Trade Association (MTA) says. The Minister of Immigration announced yesterday that the roles of Panel ... More >>
Revealed: Callaghan Innovation Wastes Over $170,000 On Rebrand As Staff Call Out Job Cuts.
Monday, 8 April 2024, 3:01 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union can reveal that Callaghan Innovation has blown $170,000 on a rebranding exercise at a time when taxpayer-funded agencies were being told to curb spending. Information obtained under the Official Information Act reveals that ... More >>
Personal Grievance Filed Against IRD For Suppressing Employee’s Speech
Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:50 pm | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union has supported a member in filing a personal grievance against IRD with the Employment Relations Authority after an employee was threatened with disciplinary action for sharing particular opinions in a social media chat, says ... More >>
Now Tax Cuts Put Ahead Of Climate - Jobs To Go At Environment Ministry
Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:16 pm | PSA
Job losses at the Ministry for the Environment to meet the Government’s cost cutting drive risks New Zealand’s ability to manage our many environmental challenges. Today the Ministry for the Environment called for voluntary redundancies across the ... More >>
Court Of Appeal To Consider Whether Hate Speech Law Is Discriminatory
Monday, 8 April 2024, 1:56 pm | Human Rights Commission
On Tuesday 9 April 2024 the Court of Appeal in Wellington will hear a case brought by Russell Hoban against the Crown in Hoban v Attorney General . Mr Hoban is seeking a declaration that New Zealand’s hate speech law under s 61 of the Human Rights ... More >>
