General Debate 06 April 2022
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New figures that show a massive gap between men’s and women’s Kiwisaver retirement savings reinforce the need to urgently address New Zealand’s pay gap according to the founders of a campaign aimed at closing the pay gap. Data released by the ...
Our Food, Our Health. Nourishing biodiversity to heal ourselves and the planet On World Health Day 2022 Slow Food presents its new position paper on Food and Health “There is an indissoluble link between the health of humans, animals, plant life ...
“A litany of broken climate promises” is how UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), but their findings are clear that a rapid shift to renewable energy through just ...
On March 31, 2022, We Are Not Numbers held a graduation party in Gaza. The project, which Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor established in 2015, aims to tell the stories behind the numbers of dead and injured on the news. The project celebrated the graduation ...
Access Now welcomes the new lawsuit filed today , April 5, in France against the Israeli spyware company NSO Group for facilitating the unlawful surveillance of French-Palestinian human rights defender, Salah Hammouri, through the use of its spyware Pegasus. The ...
Joint Release from Duality NZ and Migrants Against Racism and Xenophobia (MARX) In light of the worsening crisis in Sri Lanka, Kiwi-Lankans in New Zealand are calling on the government to take a stand. A formal petition has been launched today, calling ...
Global, 5 April 2022:- Reacting to the publication of the Mitigation of Climate Change report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which proposes drastic action taken this decade as essential for providing humanity with a chance ...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 05 April 2022 Subject: (1) Sri Lanka; (2) El Salvador 1) ...
05 April West Coast Police are seeking sightings of Matthew Symonds. The 77-year-old was last seen on Shakespeare Street in Greymouth around 4:50pm. He has dementia and there are concerns for his wellbeing. Mr Symonds is described as around 175cm tall, ...
Putting your home on the market can be a difficult decision, especially if the original plan was to live there ‘forever’. In this kind of emotional case, you may be tempted to ask more for your home than what it’s objectively worth, or you may ...
Jetstar is today launching a huge Rarotonga flight sale, as the airline prepares to resume direct flights from Auckland on 2 June, 2022. The 48-hour sale will see fares from $149^ available on Jetstar.com from midnight, with various travel periods ...
Press Release – Wellington City Council From 12.01am on Friday, the Wellington City Council will remove COVID Vaccine Pass (CVP) requirements across all its sites and facilities. This follows an independent Health and Safety review, an internal health and safety assessment of our facilities, and a consultation process with staff regarding the removal of CVP […]
Press Release – Ministry for Culture and Heritage National commemorations to mark Anzac Day will take place on Monday 25 April in Wellington, announced Bernadette Cavanagh, Tumu Whakarae Chief Executive, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage today. The traditional events will take place as usual this year, beginning with the Dawn Service at 6am, […]
Press Release – Kapiti Coast District Council Kāpiti Coast District Mayor K Gurunathan has welcomed the boost to ‘grassroots democracy’ he sees in the Local Government Commission’s just-released decision on the district’s local democratic settings. The Commission has released its final determination on the Council’s representation arrangements ahead of the 2022 local body elections in […]
News from Circa Theatre They say third time lucky …… and it’ll be ringing true for Timberrr…! which has had to postpone opening twice! But on Friday we finally get the privilege of opening and debuting this new Kiwi play. The performing arts have been particularly hard hit by Covid-19, with shows unable to go […]
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Fletcher Distribution Limited (FDL) seeking clearance to acquire the six ITM stores, and a frame and truss manufacturing plant, from Tumu Merchants ...
Disability advocates want the next federal government to deliver people with disability better protection from COVID, better jobs and financial security, better housing and better support through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The Federal ...
The First Reading of the Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) Bill in Parliament today has been met by applause from low-paid workers across the country. The bill will enable workers and their unions to negotiate minimum pay and conditions with their employers, ...
Responsible and Ethical investing is taking a huge leap forward with a new wave of innovative funds now available to New Zealand investors. Mindful Money’s Founder and CEO said: “We are excited to announce the designation of 17 additional funds ...
The rescued sea turtles have been released after a stint at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium The Aquarium is part of Team Turtle along with Auckland Zoo and the Department of Conservation Auckland – Tuesday 5 April 2022: Three rescued sea turtles have ...
Motor Industry Association Chief Executive David Crawford says that as anticipated in the lead up to the Clean Car Discount fees that became operative on 1 April, the March 2022 figures of 21,044 vehicles are the strongest for any month of the year ...
More than 100 workers will lose their jobs when a large proportion of the production at Auckland-based printing plant Ovato will stop for good at the end of April. On Tuesday, the company announced that around 150 workers will be made redundant from ...
Crews have been working hard on the Awarua fire ground throughout the day. The fire is 1350ha (the increase is due to updated mapping) with a perimeter of 26km. Incident Controller Mark Mawhinney says he is pleased with the progress they have made. "They ...
Stories from the frontline of our some of New Zealand’s most critical workforces were front and centre as the Government’s Fair Pay Agreement Bill passed its first reading today. “At the heart of the Government’s economic recovery plan is people. ...