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· July 10, 2025
Source: Save the Children Fuel shortages in Gaza could cut off supplies of clean drinking water to about 44,000 children supported by Save the Children in a matter of days, increasing...
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· July 8, 2025
Source: ChildFund New Zealand President Trump has announced his latest tariffs after a 90 day pause, confirming an increase for 14 countries, including some of the poorest. Today’s announcement includes 40%...
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· July 8, 2025
Household living-costs price indexes: update 8 July 2025 A solution has been identified to update expenditure weights for the household living-costs price indexes. In May 2025, Stats NZ paused...
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· June 27, 2025
Source: Save the Children Children have been killed or injured in more than half of the fatal attacks at food distribution sites in Gaza since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began...
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· June 26, 2025
Source: Tax Justice Aotearoa Tax Justice Aotearoa has welcomed the release of Inland Revenue’s draft Long Term Insight Briefing, which looks at the possible future directions for New Zealand’s tax...
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· June 26, 2025
Source: IHC A new IHC report reveals that New Zealanders with an intellectual disability are twice as likely to live in hardship or severe hardship compared to the rest of...
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· June 26, 2025
Source: Bloomberg Philanthropies Finalists from 33 countries will receive $50,000 and support to test breakthrough ideas for improving life in cities – In January 2026, 25 winning cities will receive $1...
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· June 25, 2025
Source: Amnesty International With countries in danger of failing to meet their Sustainable Development Goals targets – and their human rights obligations – leaders attending the Financing for Development Conference must act...
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· June 19, 2025
Source: Rata Foundation Te Arateatea Trust is successfully bridging traditional Māori healing practices with mainstream healthcare, offering an inclusive, holistic health service, particularly for expectant and new mothers. The organisation operates...
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· June 18, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Statistics Minister Dr Shane Reti has today announced a major new direction for Stats NZ, replacing the traditional paper-based census and increasing the frequency and quality...
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· June 17, 2025
Source: Better Taxes for a Better Future The Better Taxes for a Better Future campaign welcomes the recognition in the Green Party’s Fiscal Strategy of the importance of government capability...
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· June 15, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Seniors Minister Casey Costello is urging older New Zealanders to safeguard their rights by establishing Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs)....
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· June 12, 2025
Source: People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) On Friday, June 13, People Against Prisons Aotearoa (PAPA) is inviting concerned members of the community to a rally outside the Department of Corrections...
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· June 10, 2025
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Artificial intelligence could deepen inequality and create ‘AI-poverty traps’ in developing nations, write economists Dr Asha Sundaram and Dr Dennis Wesselbaum in their paper ‘Economic...
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· June 9, 2025
Source: QPEC “David Seymour warns of prosecutions this year in school truancy crackdown” Understanding School Absence – QPEC condemns Minister Seymour’s campaign to fine parents whose children do not attend...
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· June 2, 2025
Source: ACT Party SpeechACT Leader David SeymourSunday 1 June, 2025ACT New Zealand Celebration Brunch Intro “It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority,...
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· May 30, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government [Speech to the Ananta Aspen Centre, New Delhi, India] Namaste, good afternoon. Ms Indrani Bagchi, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the chance to...
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· May 30, 2025
Source: NZCTU The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today released a report with detailed analysis of Budget 2025. It covers the major decisions made at...
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· May 28, 2025
Source: New Zealand Parliament A party vote was called for on the question, That debate on this question now close. Ayes 68 New Zealand National 49; ACT New Zealand 11;...
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· May 27, 2025
Source: New Zealand Parliament RICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH (Green): Make no mistake, if the Minister was actually serious about improving the accuracy of the Ministry of Social Development entitlement assessments, she...
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· May 27, 2025
Source: New Zealand Parliament A party vote was called for on the question, That debate on this question now close. Ayes 68 New Zealand National 49; ACT New Zealand 11;...
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· May 25, 2025
Source: Govt’s austerity Budget to cause real harm in communities A party vote was called for on the question, That debate on this question now close. Ayes 68 New Zealand...
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· May 25, 2025
Source: Mr Speaker, Intro I rise on behalf of the ACT Party in support of this Budget. Let’s start with some simple truths about all Government Budgets. When the Government...
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· May 25, 2025
Source: The Haps It’s all on. On Tuesday Parliament will see a lengthy debate on the Privilege Committee’s report into Te Pāti Māori’s haka hijinks, with the Committee recommending one...
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· May 23, 2025
Source: Hapai Te Hauora Hāpai Te Hauora says Budget 2025 is not a Budget for whānau – it is a Budget for landlords, corporates, and cuts. Finance Minister Nicola Willis promised...
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· May 23, 2025
Source: NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Budget 2025 takes $12.8bn from low-income, female dominated workforces to prop up the Government’s failed economic policies, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Economist Craig Renney. “The...
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· May 22, 2025
Source: NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Budget 2025 takes $12.8bn from low-income, female dominated workforces to prop up the Government’s failed economic policies, said NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi Economist Craig Renney....