Report: Reformed fire service fails to deliver promised savings
Source: Taxpayers Union
Report: Reformed fire service delivers costs, not promised savings
The 2017 amalgamation of urban and rural fire services has delivered huge cost increases...
Hundreds of thousands in northwest Syria caught in humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies warn
Source: Save The Children
As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are today making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire...
Large NZDF Contingent at Special Waitangi Day Commemorations
Source: New Zealand Defence Force
3 February 2020
More than 200 personnel from the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand...
Young Women to Experience Defence Trades in Two Immersion Programmes
Source: New Zealand Defence Force
30 January 2020
More than 70 female secondary school students across the country will have the chance in April to experience...
Four More Firefighters Part of NZDF Support to Australian Bush-Fire Efforts
Source: New Zealand Defence Force
28 January 2020
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is sending another four firefighters to Australia to help fight bush fires...
Former Gisborne Man Wins Marathon in Antarctica
Source: New Zealand Defence Force
28 January 2020
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) medic and former Gisborne man Max Neustroski can lay claim to a feat...
Protecting Wildlife and Establishing Fire Breaks Among Tasks for NZDF in Australia
Source: New Zealand Defence Force
15 January 2020
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel working on Kangaroo Island have seen first-hand the devastating impact Australia’s bush...
Employment – Government stats show improvement on gender pay imbalance
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: CTU
Positive news for working people today with the release of the employment and income statistics which show that more Kiwis are in work and...
OMV shafts itself: Drill pipe accident exposes oil exploration risks – Greenpeace States
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Greenpeace
Wednesday, February 5: Reports that Austrian oil giant OMV has accidentally cut through its own drill shaft while exploring for oil and gas...
Business – No congestion charges mean higher rates or project delays, says Chamber
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Wellington Chamber of Commerce
The Government’s refusal to allow congestion charges to help pay for Let’s Get Wellington Moving transport solutions will result...
Health – Prevent respiratory illness like coronavirus with good hygiene
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
The 2019-nCoV coronavirus has not yet reached New Zealand, but good health practice is still important, says Asthma and...
Convoys out of Te Anau/ between Five Rivers Junction and Frankton today, last convoy...
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has organised convoys of traffic out of Te Anau from the Five Rivers Junction (intersection...
