Local Government – Borrowing books and Children’s Story Time have a future online
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Porirua City Council
The libraries may have been closed in April and May, but Porirua residents’ voracious appetite for reading did not wane.
All...
Property Sector – Government package for commercial leases too little, too late
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Property Council
“Today’s announcement of a commercial rent dispute process is too little, too late for a majority of landlords and tenants”,...
First Police wing to complete training post lockdown
Source: New Zealand Government
A new-look Police graduation ceremony to take account of COVID19 health rules has marked the completion of training for 57 new...
Tobacco tax evasion case is the natural outcome of high excise
Source: Taxpayers Union
4 JUNE 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe case of an Auckland businessman illegally importing 19 million cigarettes, and evading $18.7 million in tax, is the...
Urgent road repairs after heavy rain on SH1 in the Dome Valley
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency advises there will be urgent repairs to the road surface on State Highway 1 (SH1)...
Have your say on the Gas (Information Disclosure and Penalties) Amendment Bill
Source: New Zealand Parliament
This bill proposes to provide for enhanced information disclosure requirements for the gas market and to ensure that settings around enforcement...
Government makes further inroads on predatory lenders
Source: New Zealand Government
Mobile traders and truck shops must adhere to responsible lending requirements
Interest rate cap on high-cost loans
Lenders prohibited from offering further credit...
Midwife recognised for services to perinatal and maternal health
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) congratulates Vicki Masson on her appointment as an Officer of the...
Fintec Sector – Interest rate cap introduction will make a big difference to families...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: FinCap
This week, on 1 June 2020, an interest rate cap on high-cost loans (over 50% interest per annum) was finally introduced in...
Labour-hire works are falling between the cracks during pandemic response
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: First Union
Labour-hire workers are falling between the cracks because neither the agencies they are employed by nor the host companies they work...
Name release: Glider incident, Tauhara
Source: New Zealand Police (District News)
Police can now release the names of the two people who died following a glider crash on Mt Tauhara...
Approval for new crop-protecting insecticide
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
This insecticide is used to keep codling moths, leaf rollers and other pests away from apples, pears, grapes, and stone fruit...
