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Release: Nelson short-changed by hospital downgrade

· May 26, 2025

Source: New Zealand Labour Party National’s cuts to Nelson’s Hospital rebuild will leave the community with only half the number of new beds than the rebuild Labour planned. “I’m worried...

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Release: $1 billion of Māori funding gone

· May 23, 2025

Source: New Zealand Labour Party The Government should hang its head in shame after a budget that takes a knife to more Māori programmes. “In Budget 2024 more than $300...

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Supercars for the South Island

· May 23, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets A second round of the hugely successful Supercars events will be held in Christchurch from next year with support from the Government’s...

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Budget 2025

· May 22, 2025

Source: Last updated 22 May 2025 Last updated 22 May 2025 Print Share The Government’s Budget includes initiatives for the tertiary sector that provide targeted increases to tuition and training...

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12-month prescriptions put money in patients’ pockets

· May 22, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets New Zealanders will soon be able to receive 12-month prescriptions for their medicines, delivering savings to patients on long-term medications, Health Minister...

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A responsible Budget to secure NZ’s future

· May 22, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets Budget 2025 secures New Zealand’s economic and fiscal recovery and advances reforms to make New Zealanders better off in future.  “In recent...

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Record investment in health delivery

· May 22, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets The Government is again delivering record investment in healthcare, providing New Zealanders with better health services and ensuring hospitals and healthcare facilities...

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Helping older people get the right care

· May 22, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets New funding will give older people greater access to aged residential care and longer care outside of hospitals, Associate Health Minister Casey...

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More staff, better prisons to keep public safe

· May 22, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets New investment in prison capacity and frontline staff will help reduce reoffending and keep the public safe, Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell says. ...

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Billion-dollar investment in hospitals

· May 22, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets Nelson and other communities will benefit from a billion-dollar upgrade and expansion of hospitals across the country, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.“Budget 2025...

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Growth-promoting science and innovation backed

· May 22, 2025

Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets The Government is backing modern, commercially-focused science and innovation to fully realise the contribution it can make to economic growth and the...

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Assault reignites Christchurch Hospital parking woes

· May 21, 2025

Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) is concerned that after-hours attacks on Christchurch Hospital staff returning to their cars have continued without...