Awards – BRANZ announced as finalist in 2020 New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: BRANZ
BRANZ Artisan’s real-time remote inspection solution is a finalist in the public good category of 2020’s NZ Hi-Tech Awards.
Artisan is an innovative...
Alarm grows in Africa as continent records its 10,000th case of COVID-19
Source: Save The Children
Some of the most vulnerable children and their families across Africa who depend on the informal economy for their livelihoods are...
Pacific Natural Disasters – Vanuatu: New aerial photos reveal destruction left by Cyclone Harold
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Save the Children
-View and download photos of the impact of Cyclone Harold here.
Wednesday 8th April, 2020: As Cyclone Harold barrels towards Fiji, new...
Wage Subsidy Scheme: Information available about employers who have received payments
Source: Employment New Zealand
Work and Income have released a list of businesses that have received the Wage Subsidy Scheme. Here are the steps to...
Rates – what will we do after lockdown?
Source: Whangarei District Council
This page contains an update from Mayor Sheryl Mai about what Council can do to ease rates after the COVID-19 disruption.
Updated:...
Social Sector – Let’s change NZ’s welfare system now – before this health crisis...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Child Poverty Action Group
As the Ministry of Social Development struggles to cope with unprecedented inquiries due to Covid-19, Child Poverty Action Group...
Farming Sector – Smart green growth requires investment
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Federated Farmers
An effective recovery from COVID-19 requires on the ground investment in projects that will bring immediate employment benefits and lasting environmental...
Edu-Tec – InternetNZ: response to Ministry of Education announcement
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: InternetNZ
InternetNZ is pleased to see the Government’s announcement today that electronic devices and hard copy education packs will be sent out to...
Energy Sector – Pohokura gas supply back online – great news for New Zealand
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: PEPANZ
Natural gas from the Pohokura field is once again helping keep the lights on for New Zealand, thanks to outstanding speedy work...
Farming – Feds: Winter is coming, but it’s not all gloom and doom
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Federated Farmers
Farming has been one of the economy’s life rafts during the COVID-19 lockdown but as Katie Milne told Parliament’s Epidemic Response...
Animal Welfare – Advisory: Mother pigs will have their day in court
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: SAFE NZ
Farrowing crates, which confine mother pigs kept on factory farms, violate the Animal Welfare Act 1999, and for the first time...
120 COVID-19 testing centres now operating
Source: New Zealand Government
Across New Zealand 120 sites are taking samples to be tested for COVID-19. 68 community based assessment centres (CBACs) have been established...
