Drought threatens millions in Somalia as government declares state of emergency
Source: Save The Children
Nearly a quarter of Somalia’s population is struggling to feed itself due to an ongoing drought with the country declaring a...
AFGHANISTAN: Almost 80,000 children displaced in past two months
Source: Save The Children
Some 80,000 children in Afghanistan have fled their homes since the start of June as violence has swept parts of the...
How to keep your communications safe in 2020
Source: Amnesty International NZ
From sophisticated spyware attacks to mass phishing via smartphones and the rise of facial recognition technology, the range and reach of...
“I don’t know how we will survive” – Lebanon children hit hard by price...
Source: Save The Children
As the economic situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, children and their families are feeling the effects first-hand. The purchasing power...
North East Syria: Repatriations show giving children a future is possible with political will
Source: Save The Children
Photo: Save the Children’s partner in Syria, Hurras Network.
Save the Children welcomes the repatriation of some 26 children and a number of...
Thousands, including children, need food and shelter after fire devastates deprived community in Sierra...
Source: Save The Children
Some children have been reported missing and many more left without a home, a day after a fire tore through a...
World leaders responding to pandemic must not forfeit action on climate crisis
Source: Amnesty International NZ
World leaders responding to pandemic must not forfeit action on climate crisis
World leaders must stop using COVID-19 as an excuse to...
Hundreds of thousands more children in Syria face hunger
Source: Save The Children
Seven hundred thousand more children face hunger in Syria owing to the country’s badly-damaged economy, partly due to the impact of...
North West Syria: Schools and children still under attack despite year of ceasefire
Source: Save The Children
Mustafa*, 10, Bilal*, 10, Raya*, 9, and Sara*, 10, in the section of their school which was damaged by an airstrike...
Proposal to sell half of Wellington’s library doesn’t go far enough
Source: Taxpayers Union
18 FEBRUARY 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWellington Mayor Andy Foster’s proposal to sell half of the Council’s ownership of the earthquake-prone central library is...
Taxpayers’ Union welcomes damning report on Provincial Growth Fund – confirms pork barrelling, conflicts,...
Source: Taxpayers Union
4 AUGUST 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is welcoming a damning report from the Auditor-General which identifies the Provincial Growth Fund’s...
Twyford’s procurement changes are insane
Source: Taxpayers Union
16 SEPTEMBER 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is slamming changes to procurement rules as compulsory mission creep. Union spokesman Louis Houlbrooke says, “If...
