Five urgent investments to get all children back to school and learning
Source: Save The Children
As we enter 2021, the world continues to grapple with containing the deadly spread of the COVID-19 virus. And education continues...
Lifewise strike: complaints about care quality, Methodist Church members concerned – E tū
Source: Etu Union
Lifewise homecare workers continue their action to win a fair collective agreement which protects quality care at the Auckland-based homecare provider, taking...
NORTH WEST SYRIA: SHORTAGES OF OXYGEN, WATER AS CORONAVIRUS CASES QUADRUPLE IN TWO MONTHS
Source: Save The Children
The COVID-19 outbreak in Syria continues to spiral out of control while the country struggles with a chronic shortage of hospital...
Homecare strike: not so ‘Happy New Year’ for Lifewise homecare workers – E tū
Source: Etu Union
It’s not a very ‘Happy New Year’ for Lifewise homecare workers, who will go on strike for at least the next three...
Violence, flooding, and displacement push one million children in South Sudan to the brink...
Source: Save The Children
Save the Children is warning of a devastating large-scale hunger crisis among children in South Sudan, as new data shows a...
Disability Rights Commissioners end of year message
Source: Human Rights Commission
Kia ora koutou,
At the start of the year, I posted a video message setting out some of my priorities for 2020.
They...
Needs, not money should guide fair access to COVID-19 vaccine – SAVE THE CHILDREN
Source: Save The Children
The roll out of COVID-19 vaccines in high-income countries is threatening to disrupt fair access to vaccines for all, Save the...
‘Stop Treating Child Migrants as Criminals’ – Save the Children
Source: Save The Children
On International Migrants Day Save the Children warns governments not to criminalise child migrants and risk causing further trauma and alienation.
Migrants,...
Pacific Disaster – Trail of destruction slowly emerging after Cyclone Yasa smashes Fiji
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Save the Children
Friday 18th December 2020: Reports of immense damage left by Cyclone Yasa are beginning to emerge after the cyclone tore...
Crisis looms for Santa in inaccessible New Zealand
Source: Human Rights Commission
By Paula Tesoriero MNZM, Disability Rights Commissioner
Disability Rights Commissioner, Paula Tesoriero welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement (3 Dec) that Santa is...
Meeting our promises to educate refugees during COVID-19
Source: Save The Children
Maya*, 14, lives in Za’atari camp in Jordan with her mother and two brothers
This time last year, education ‘stole the show’...
Employment – Union movement welcomes $20 minimum wage
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: CTU
Working people are pleased that the minimum wage will increase to $20 per hour from 1 April 2021. An increase of $1.10...
