Daily progress for Thursday, 12 May 2022
Source: New Zealand Parliament
Order Paper for Thursday, 12 May 2022
2.00pm
Business statement
Hon Michael Wood, Deputy Leader of the House, made a statement about the business of...
Renewable Energy – Infratec Purchases Naumai Solar Farm Project
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: WEL Networks
Infratec has purchased the shovel ready Naumai Solar Farm Project from Lightyears Solar.
The 4.37MW utility scale solar farm, which has completed...
Education – On the quiet – Otago Polytechnic learners help solve a privacy problem
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Te Pukenga
A group of Otago Polytechnic Bachelor of Design (Product) learners have been busy solving a problem of the future – ensuring...
Government’s support delivers path to recovery for arts and culture sector
Source: New Zealand Government
295 events covering at least 607 performances that have had to cancel or suffered losses due to COVID-19 have had their...
Health – Budget ’22 chance to move away from failed approaches to drugs
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: New Zealand Drug Foundation
The NZ Drug Foundation says Budget 2022 is a chance for the Government to fund effective health-based approaches...
Family Planning – Call for Minister to reconsider fast-track residence pathway for nurses
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Family Planning
Whānau Āwhina Plunket and Family Planning New Zealand call on Immigration Minister to reconsider fast-tracked residence pathway
Whānau Āwhina Plunket and Family...
Relief for veterinarians as profession makes Government’s new Green List
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: NZ Veterinary Association
The inclusion of veterinarians on a new Government Green List is welcome relief for the country’s vets, according to Kevin...
Aotearoa New Zealand’s government and media must own up to their part in the...
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
The absolute impunity which the Aotearoa New Zealand government has given to Israel’s racist apartheid regime over many decades...
Update on COVID-19 cases — 12 May 2022
Source: Covid-19 New Zealand Government Announcements
Update from the Ministry of Health
COVID-19 deaths
Today we are sadly reporting the deaths of 9 people with COVID-19. The deaths...
More than 1 in 3 children under five at risk of starvation in Central...
Source: Save The Children
More than one-third of children under five in Africa’s Central Sahel – or about four million – are at risk of...
Paparoa Track reopens ahead of schedule
Source: Department of Conservation
Date: 12 May 2022
The section of the Great Walk between the northern end of the Escarpment and Pororari Hut has been closed...
Name release, Tāngarākau homicide investigation
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police are now in a position to release the name of the man who was found deceased in Tāngarākau...