Insurance and Politics – ICNZ welcomes first reading of Contracts of Insurance Bill
Source: Insurance Council of NZ
The Insurance Council of New Zealand Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) has welcomed the first reading of the Contracts of...
Health and Equity – Government pay equity proposal a blow for women and community...
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) say the Government’s proposal, announced today, to disestablish the...
Politics and Job Cuts – Government cuts put 130 jobs on the line at...
Source: PSA
The Government’s cuts to public services are targeting Kāinga Ora – the agency charged with fixing the public housing crisis – at a time...
Government Jobs – PSA challenges the Government to settle pay equity for care and...
Source: PSA
The PSA is calling on the Government to settle the care and support workers’ pay equity claim, which has been unresolved for two years...
Politics and Job Cuts – NZQA jobs to go as Government education cuts roll...
Source: PSA
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority is the latest education sector agency proposing cuts and job losses.
The NZQA proposal released to staff today would involve...
Politics and Job Cuts – Government’s cuts put work of Stats NZ at risk
Source: PSA
The PSA is concerned that the voluntary redundancies being offered to staff by Stats NZ will impact on the agency’s ability to deliver on...
Health and Politics – Expert Pharmac committee recommends funding for overdose reversal nasal spray
Source: NZ Drug Foundation
Public funding for a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal nasal spray is one step closer, with an expert committee saying that funding...
Weather News – May begins on the cooler side with southwesterly winds – MetService
Source: MetService
Covering period of Thu 02 – Mon 06 May – We’re inching closer to winter and MetService is forecasting temperatures on the cooler side...
Oxfam Aotearoa Launches HAMRIIK Project to Strengthen Climate Change Resilience in Rural Timor-Leste
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa
Oxfam launched the new HAMRIIK project in Oé-Cusse, Timor-Leste in April 2024. The project, named after the Tetum word meaning 'to stand,' aims...
Universities – Aquaculture experts weigh up the customer appeal of farmed greenlip abalone –...
Source: Flinders University A mixed diet including native algae gives Australia’s prized cultured abalone the colours and appearance preferred by lucrative Asian markets, new research...
Release: National gaslights women fighting for equal pay
Source: New Zealand Labour Party
National has scrapped the pay equity taskforce that fights for equal pay for women and looks at ethnic pay gaps.
“Scrapping...
Non-professional sailors from New Zealand complete race across world’s largest ocean
Source: Clipper Ventures ( https://www.clipper-ventures.com )
Katie Mulholland from Dunedin, James Kempthorne from Auckland, Gussie Gould and Rob Kerr from Christchurch and New Zealand national...
