Bridget Simmonds case: Police continue searching area of interest
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police investigating the disappearance of missing Northland woman Bridget Simmonds are excavating a site of interest on a rural...
Southland Police urge drivers to take extra care on the road
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Southland Police are reminding drivers to stay vigilant now wintry conditions have settled in. With morning temperatures again dropping...
Napier Mayor misses the point of CEO’s $4000 morning tea
Source: Taxpayers Union
12 JUNE 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is shocked that, when informed of her CEO’s $4251 farewell morning tea, Napier Mayor Kirsten Wise responded by complaining...
Health Sector – RANZCOG calls for funding for maternal mental health
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
Dedicated funding must be made available for maternal mental health and...
Private Health Sector – Ryman reports audited full year underlying profit of $242 million,...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Ryman Healthcare
Highlights:
Audited underlying profit up 6.6% to $242 million in the year to March 31, 2020
Audited reported (IFRS) profit, including unrealised...
Business – Livelihoods saved through immigration changes – BusinessNZ
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: BusinessNZ
Jobs and businesses will be saved as a direct result of changes made to immigration criteria, ExportNZ Executive Director Catherine Beard says.
The...
Health – Primary health care nurses see red over pay parity – Nurses Union
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Pay talks stalled yesterday and Mediation is the next step for primary health care nurses, says the New Zealand...
Horticulture New Zealand says country needs more water storage schemes like Northland’s
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Horticulture New Zealand
HortNZ says New Zealand needs more water storage schemes like the one just announced for Northland.
‘New Zealand is not really...
Farming Sector – Fears that Waikato Regional Plan Change 1 could stifle good farming...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Federated Farmers
Proposed new regulations for the Waikato and Waipā River Catchments outlined in Plan change 1 have raised serious concerns in the...
Insurance Sector – IFSO Scheme welcomes Commissioners Teresa Tepania-Ashton and Kendall Flutey
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman (IFSO)
The Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme is delighted to welcome new IFSO Scheme Commissioners: Māori...
Animal Rights – Live exports of cows set to double this year, despite review
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: SAFE NZ
Almost double the number of cows were exported in the first five months of 2020 than in the same period in...
Tax write-off threshold increased
Source: Inland Revenue Department –
In response to the current economic downturn, the Government has legislated for a temporary increase to the write-off threshold for...
