A rebalancing with an increased focus on core business to help keep rates down is at the heart of the Northland Regional Council’s Draft Long Term Plan 2024-2034. Council Chair Geoff Crawford says the council appreciates its communities are under ...
Employers will no longer be obligated to automatically deduct fees from union members’ pay if a bill lodged in Parliament’s ballot by ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar is drawn and passes. “Currently, the Employment Relations Act makes employers responsible ...
The Waikato Regional Harbourmaster has a simple message for owners of old, derelict vessels moored in the region: Please manage your boat properly to avoid it turning into a crisis and a costly burden on ratepayers. On average, Waikato Regional Council’s ...
BNZ today announced that Douglas McKay, ONZM, is retiring as a director of BNZ, effective 31 May 2024. Mr McKay has been a member of the BNZ Board since 5 March 2013 and has been the Chair since 1 August 2015. The BNZ Board has appointed Warwick ...
NZEI Te Riu Roa members working in early childhood education (ECE) say the Government should come clean on whether it is going to scrap pay parity for early childhood teachers. Pay parity means the pay rates of ECE qualified kaiako (teachers) are determined ...
Business Canterbury (formerly the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce) released the results of its March Quarterly Canterbury Business Survey to members today, highlighting generally positive business confidence, but also some potential headwinds coming ...
The government is signalling councils don't need to comply with their legal obligations around Significant Natural Areas, i.e., mapping out areas with threatened native plants or wildlife for protection. While SNAs were first introduced in 1991, last ...
Our educational system is failing one in 10 students
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua has confirmed that New Zealand’s circulating and commemorative coins will bear the Commonwealth effigy (image) of King Charles III, King of New Zealand. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2403/5e59c24c76e9a7e7ac68.jpeg" ...
Kiwi film We Were Dangerous directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu has won big at SXSW overnight, with the film awarded the Special Jury Award for Filmmaking in the Narrative Feature Competition. Directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu and written ...
In a joint statement dated 13 December 2023 , the prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand called for a ceasefire and peace in Gaza. On 15 February 2024 , they reiterated the call, adding that they were "gravely concerned by indications ...
Strange fish behaviour has been captured by NIWA scientists working in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds. They were looking at the abundance and anatomy of blue cod ( Parapercis colias), research that involved using lasers attached to underwater cameras ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister Winston Peters held discussions in Jakarta about the future of relations between New Zealand and South East Asia’s most populous country. “We are in Jakarta so early in our new ...
Two thirds of respondents in a Three Waters pulse survey have had contracts either paused, deferred or cancelled in the past six months. The survey, conducted by Water New Zealand and ACE New Zealand, across the membership of the two organisations, ...
Today marks World Consumer Rights Day, and the Consumer Protection team at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment wants to remind New Zealanders of the protections and guarantees they can expect when purchasing goods and services in New Zealand. ...
The NZ Airports Association is calling for the introduction of domestic airfare and airline performance monitoring to provide greater transparency for consumers, amid record high domestic airfares. Chief Executive Billie Moore says: “This week’s ...
Greenwashing is rife in New Zealand. Consumer wants your help gathering greenwashing examples to determine the scope of the problem. Almost half of New Zealanders (47%) find it difficult to tell the truthfulness of a product’s green claims, and three-quarters ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters Minister of Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister Winston Peters has completed a successful visit to India, saying it was an important step in taking the relationship between the two countries to the next level. “We have laid a strong ...
Electricity is a constant variable every home needs to remain functional, but unfortunately, the bills can sometimes skyrocket each month. However, this is reversible and doesn’t require costly upgrades or drastic lifestyle changes. With little changes in your ...
The dream has become a reality for three lucky Lotto players from Auckland and Hamilton after each winning $333,333 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning tickets were sold at Glenview Centre Lotto and Post in Hamilton, and ...
Kāpiti Coast District Council is now an accredited Living Wage employer, the first district council in New Zealand to achieve the milestone. After a long process Council received accreditation from the Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New ...
Pharmac – Te Pātaka Whaioranga has decided to keep Rule 8.1b, which allows medicines for treating children with cancer to be automatically funded without Pharmac assessment. “We’ve heard very clearly from clinicians and the whānau of child and adolescent ...
The Herald reports: The growth of Treaty of Waitangi clauses in legislation caused so much worry that a special oversight group was set up by the last Government in a bid to get greater coherence in the public service on Treaty matters. When ministers first considered the need for tighter oversight in 2021, there were at least 50 […]
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