Pacific Scoop: Analysis – By Vernon Rive For an hour and a half on Sunday evening – in the final excruciating stages of a marathon negotiating session involving through the night meetings on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – it looked as if a typo in the final draft text might derail proceedings on the Paris […]
Inspiring Art and Tasty Food are on the Menu over Anniversary Weekend at the Raglan Arts Weekend and Little Food Fest
Dairy farmers around the country can access free support to help them come to grips with their farm nitrogen reports and how to use them to support N-loss improvements, thanks to a partnership between Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Fonterra, Tatua and Dairy ...
CAA Risks Losing Public Trust Over Armstrong Prosecution New Zealand First believes the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) risks losing public confidence by its zealous prosecution of Kaikoura pilot Dave Armstrong. “In the court of public opinion and ...
Christmas is meant to be a time of peace and goodwill, but sadly it is also a time of year when police see an increase in family violence.
New figures released by the Child Poverty Monitor show a significant increase in child poverty – up from 260,000 to 305,000 children (using an income based measure). “The reality behind these figures is that right now there are many, many children ...
An awards ceremony on Sunday night officially confirmed who the funniest comics in Wellington City are. The Humorous Arts Trust presented the Wellies Comedy Awards, at a gala awards night, showcasing the best and brightest of comedic talent in the ...
2-car motor vehicle crash - State Highway One, Oroua Downs, Manawatu - National Alerts 14 December, 2015 At approximately 5.50pm a two-car motor vehicle crash has occurred on State Highway One at Oroua Downs, approximately 3 km north of the Himatangi ...
Gathering before the Manhattan premiere of the Quentin Tarantino film Hateful Eight, organizers of the RiseUpOctober protest to Stop Police Terror will support the film-maker in the face of threats of a boycott by Patrick Lynch of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent ...
The latest Children’s Commissioner’s report on child poverty should be an urgent call for government action.
15 DECEMBER 2015 Let’s Go with New West Coast Tourism Road New Zealand First supports resurrection of the long standing proposal for a new road from Collingwood to Karamea as a regional development measure, says New Zealand First. “Such a road will be ...
NBR reports: Vic Crone has resigned her role as Xero’s managing director, NZ and new markets, to focus on her tilt at the Auckland mayoralty, promising she will bring fresh thinking and a focus on fiscal responsibility should she win next year’s election. Victoria is giving up her job to campaign fulltime for the Mayoralty. […]
Govt inaction on poverty killing kids The Government’s refusal to end child poverty is putting children lives at risk as a report reveals the rate that children are dying from conditions associated with poverty has skyrocketed in the past few years, ...
Samoan culture, ‘talking about it’ and education are key to preventing violence against Samoan women and girls, according to a new report released by the Minister for Women, Hon Louise Upston, and the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Hon Peseta ...
The Government needs to act on, not just consider, a recommendation from the Law Commission to establish a separate court for victims of sexual violence, Labour’s Associate Justice (Sexual and Domestic Violence) spokesperson Poto Williams says.
Child Poverty Action Group says continued rises in rates of child poverty show the government’s piecemeal and ad hoc measures on child poverty are inadequate.
This year’s Child Poverty Monitor has a simple message for New Zealand about the high number of children living in poverty: “It’s not choice.”
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Last week the reserve bank dropped the official cash rate to its lowest ever level in a bid to spur growth and keep inflation within its target band of 1-3%. What is unusual is the RBNZ Governor also took the step of calling for the government to increase spending on infrastructure in Auckland.
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I’ve blogged at Curia the results of the Herald DigiPoll which should be the final poll of 2015. Their seat projection has National with 62 seats, enough to govern alone, and Labour/Greens on 47 seats. The interesting comparison I like to make is with three years ago, as you are comparing similar points in the […]
Press Release – Wellington Water Lower than normal rainfall across Wellington’s water catchment areas over the last few months, combined with a forecast for more of the same this summer, has increased the chance of a tough summer for urban water users. The rivers that supply most of the water for the region’s cities are […]
Press Release – Waikato Climate Action Waikato Climate Action welcomes the Climate Change agreement reached in the COP21 Paris negotiations but warns against complacency. Louisa Humphry, spokesperson from Hamiltons Kiribati community says “We are clapping our hands for this agreement, …Waikato Climate Action COP21 agreement is just a start Waikato Climate Action welcomes the Climate […]
News from NZ Police Following an indecent assault on a woman on 3 November at the Plimmerton Domain, a 26 year old man has been arrested in relation to the offence. The woman was walking alone from the Plimmerton train station and was followed for a short distance by the offender before being assaulted. The […]