Unemployment data shows need for the Government to act now
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU
NZCTU Economist Craig Renney said new data released by Statistics New Zealand shows the need for Government to...
Central Bank makes clear Government is pouring fuel on housing crisis fire
Source: Green Party
Today’s Financial Stability Report has once again highlighted that poverty and deep inequality are political choices – and this Government is choosing...
New unemployment figures paint bleak picture
Source: Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the Government to do more for our households in most need as unemployment rises and the...
Corporal Punishment: At current rate, 60 years needed to meet 2030 target for global...
Source: Save The Children
LONDON/GENEVA, 30 April 2024 – It will take another 60 years to meet a global target to eliminate of all forms of...
Pacific children get health boost with government immunisation commitments – Unicef
Source: UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Nine Pacific countries have committed to greater protection for children against life threatening diseases by adopting an immunisation program that has been...
PEDAL POWER: Community health workers in Cote d’Ivoire get on their bikes to tackle...
Source: Save the Children
Equipped with bikes and medical kits, thousands of community health workers in Cote d’Ivoire are tackling malaria by cycling between remote villages...
Bangladesh: Extreme heat closes all schools and forces 33 million children out of classrooms
Source: Save The Children
An empty classroom in Bangladesh, where schools are shut due to extreme heat. Photo by MD. Abdur Razzak/Save the Children
DHAKA, 25...
PEDAL POWER: Community health workers in Cote d’Ivoire get on their bikes to tackle...
Source: Save The Children
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Cote d’Ivoire, 25 April 2024 – Equipped with bikes and medical kits, thousands of community health workers in Cote d’Ivoire...
HAITI: 600 children daily dodging gunfire as they flee Haitian capital in month of...
Source: Save The Children
PORT-AU-PRINCE, 24 April 2024 – Nearly 600 children a day on average have fled their homes in Port-au-Prince since early March...
Vietnam’s El Niño-induced drought leaves about 73,900 households in Mekong River Delta with limited...
Source: Save The Children
HANOI, 24 April – About 73,900 households, or about 77,000 children based on an estimate by Save the Children, in Vietnam’s Mekong...
Asia Pacific – UN policy forum opens with call for region to embrace digital...
Source: United Nations – ESCAP
Global and regional leaders called for a decisive plan to encourage further ingenuity and to tap into emerging technologies and...
Global News – MSF deeply concerned by mass deportations of Afghans from Pakistan
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Sydney, 18 April: In the wake of the recent announcement by the Pakistani authorities that 'Phase Two' of the 'repatriation...
