Appointments – New leader for Asia New Zealand Foundation
Source: Asia New Zealand Foundation
The Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono has appointed its first woman CEO – Suzannah Jessep.
Announcing the appointment, Foundation Chair...
Education News – Te Pūkenga announces chief executive departure
Source: Te Pukenga
Te Pūkenga Council today announced that Chief Executive Peter Winder will be leaving the organisation.
“The function and duties of the role that Peter...
Australia News – New report highlights gender pay gap at Bar – LNew report...
Source: Law Council of Australia
The release today of the Law Council of Australia’s 2022-2023 Equitable Briefing Policy Annual Report shows that targets are being...
Federated Farmers – Rural bankers breaking all the wrong records
Source: Federated Farmers
Farmers are feeling excessive and undue pressure from their banks, according to Federated Farmers’ latest Banking Survey.
Conducted in mid-November, the survey also shows...
Weather News – Sticky week for some – MetService
Source: MetService
Covering period of Mon 18 – Thu 21 December – Today (Monday) kicked off with warm temperatures at dawn across many of the MetService...
Save the Children – Complete communication blackout for four days and counting makes aid...
Source: Save the Children
The fifth and longest communication blackout across the Gaza Strip since 7 October means the limited aid that has been permitted into...
Save the Children calls for a lift in income for families with children with...
Source: Save the Children
Save the Children is appealing to the Government to better support intellectually disabled children and their families after a new report from...
Politics and Human Rights – Despite stark warnings, intellectually disabled Kiwis neglected by Government...
Source: IHC
New Zealanders have long life expectancies, but new research from IHC shows that intellectually disabled New Zealanders die up to 20 years earlier...
Health Investigation – Surgeon breaches code for not informing woman of results of knee...
Source: Health and Disability Commissioner
A surgeon breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights (the Code) after deficiencies in communication during both preoperative...
Human Rights News – Māori student promotes Indigenous rights with Amnesty International award
Source: Amnesty International
Rangatahi Maōri activist and law student Te Matahiapo Safari Hynes was announced today as the winner of Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s...
Politics and Law News – Senior Members of Legal Community Urge Government to Back...
Source: Max Harris on behalf of those who have signed the letter.
A high-powered group of senior lawyers and members of the legal community has...
Health and Education – Whitireia nursing student completes year one with the help of...
Source: Whitireia
At 46, a solo Mum with one child, Wendy Polaczuk was nervous she had left it too late to make her dream come...
