Campus Chatime says goodbye to single-use cups
Source: University of Otago
Bye bye single-use cups … Chatime Manager Violetta Li with the reusable cups the bubble tea and fruit juice outlet uses...
OPAW improving parity, increasing communication, fostering community
Source: University of Otago
The members of OPAW are, back row from left, Mino Cleverley, Dylan Fromentin and co-president Tom Bergen. Front row, from left,...
Update on COVID-19 cases — 16 August 2022
Source: Covid-19 New Zealand Government Announcements
16 Aug 2022
Read today’s update on COVID-19 cases from the Ministry of Health.
Today’s COVID-19 numbers
4,811 new community cases
533 cases...
Health – The Cancer Society is returning to street collecting this Daffodil Day
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Cancer Society
The Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day street collection is returning on 26 August. After a 2-year interruption due to COVID, there...
Ombudsman – Lack of cross-government ownership a major barrier, warns disability rights report
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Office of the Ombudsman
The Independent Monitoring Mechanism (IMM) says that disabled people’s human rights will not be fully realised in Aotearoa unless...
Pay parity for early childhood teachers, now
Source: Green Party
A recent decision by the Minister of Education to hold back pay parity for ECE teachers needs changing urgently, the Green Party...
$14.9m allocated to Māori boarding school upgrades
Source: New Zealand Government
Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson today announced the allocation of the remaining $14.9 million of the $20 million Budget 2021...
NZ population growth lowest since 1986
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Te Whanganui-a-Tara – New Zealand’s resident population provisionally grew by 12,700 or 0.2 percent over the year, to reach 5.12 million at 30...
Greenpeace – Back strongest Global Ocean Treaty: Greenpeace urges NZ government
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Greenpeace
Greenpeace Aotearoa is urging the New Zealand government to back the strongest possible Global Oceans Treaty as the latest round of negotiations...
Culture and Heritage – Vietnam Veterans’ Day national commemoration
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The national commemoration to mark Vietnam Veterans’ Day will be held on Thursday 18 August at Pukeahu National...
Australia – New book shows industries how to budget carbon to cap global warming...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions:start Source: University of Technology Sydney
If the global average surface temperature has already increased by 1˚C, and we are feeling its effects,...
Search and rescue: important upgrades of NZ satellite station begin today
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Maritime New Zealand
Better response for distress beacons in 30m square km of SW Pacific
Important upgrades at New Zealand’s search and rescue satellite...
