A budget for our communities
Source: Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA)
Secondary teachers welcome the government’s commitment to rebuilding and strengthening communities.
PPTA president Jack Boyle says, “Families and communities are...
OIA response: Effect of COVID-19 on medicine supply
Source: Pharmac
Dear
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your email of 31 March 2020. Under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) you asked for any...
Prime Minister’s Budget 2020 speech
Source: New Zealand Government
Mr Speaker, business as usual in this place would dictate that today, Budget day, is the day that the Minister of...
The Philippines: Typhoon Ambo (Vongfong)
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel
The Philippines: Typhoon Ambo (Vongfong)
Typhoon Ambo (Vongfong) is tracking towards the Philippines and...
Targeted extension to the Wage Subsidy Scheme
Source: New Zealand Government
Budget 2020 provides for further assistance for businesses and their staff who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finance Minister Grant...
Major expansion of school lunch programme
Source: New Zealand Government
A major expansion of the free and healthy school lunch programme, funded through the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, will see...
Free trades training to support New Zealanders into work
Source: New Zealand Government
$1.6 billion Trades and Apprenticeships Training Package
$400 million in MSD Employment Support
$121 million for He Poutama Rangatahi
$19.3 million to place 10,000...
$1.1 billion investment to create 11,000 environment jobs in our regions
Source: Department of Conservation
Introduction
Budget 2020 will create almost 11,000 new jobs in regional New Zealand to restore our environment.
Date: 14 May 2020 Source: Office of the...
Supporting our people as we rebuild the economy
Source: New Zealand Government
$79 million boost to social service providers
$36 million in grants for community groups
$22 million for family violence services
$20 million to ease...
8000 more public houses to be delivered
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government will deliver an extra 8,000 new public and transitional homes through Budget 2020, in a move that will stimulate...
More Warmer Kiwi Homes
Source: New Zealand Government
The COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund ensures an estimated 9,000 additional New Zealand houses will be Warmer Kiwi Homes with a...
Rebuilding tourism together
Source: New Zealand Government
A $400 million targeted Tourism Recovery Fund, alongside the extension of the Wage Subsidy Scheme and a domestic tourism campaign, assist...