Council announces Whangarei Economic Recovery Response
Source: Whangarei District Council
This page contains a news story about the 10-point Whangarei Economic Recovery Response, launched to help the District after the impacts...
EQC welcomes Inquiry ReportThursday, April 9, 2020The Chair of the Earthquake Commission, Sir Michael...
Source: Earthquake Commission – EQC
The Chair of the Earthquake Commission, Sir Michael Cullen, has welcomed Dame Silvia Cartwright’s Report of the Public Inquiry into...
Government supports air services to offshore islands
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government has stepped in to support vital air links to our offshore islands, the Chatham Islands, Great Barrier Island and...
Card spending on travel halves in March – Stats NZ Media and Information Release:...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Card spending on travel halves in March – Media release
9 April 2020
Card spending on travel agency and tour arrangement services had the biggest...
COVID-19 measures knock retail spending – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Electronic card...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
COVID-19 measures knock retail spending – Media release
9 April 2020
Spending on eating out and accommodation plunged more than $300 million or almost one-third...
Change NZ’s welfare system now – before this health crisis becomes a child poverty...
Source: Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
09 April 2020
CPAG is calling on the Government to take a new approach to our income support system so the...
Inquiry report into EQC released
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government has today released the report from the Public Inquiry into the Earthquake Commission chaired by Dame Silvia Cartwright.
Minister Responsible...
Licenses, WoFs and regos extended under lockdown
Source: New Zealand Government
All driver licences, WoFs, CoFs, and some vehicle certifications, that expired on or after 1 January 2020 will be valid for...
NZHIT creates a national online jobs board
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Auckland – NZ Health IT (NZHIT) has launched a national digital health jobs board to help organisations and people looking for work during lockdown.
This...
Frequency Asked Questions
Source: Human Rights Commission
General human rights
Why is a human-rights based approach necessary in decision-making during COVID19?
The New Zealand government has an obligation to act...
More time for health workers and elderly to get flu vaccine
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government has extended by two weeks till April 27 the amount of time priority groups, such as health workers and...
Milking the Covid
Source: Greenpeace New Zealand
Opportunism, it’s a filthy word. Especially in these neo-apocalyptic times.
In an ideal world we’d all be suspending our self interest, joining...
