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Government Cuts – Billions missing from health budget – CTU
Source: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (CTU) New analysis from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi shows that the health service is...
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Gaza – Israeli ‘nine truck photo-op’ doesn’t slow Gaza genocide – PSNA
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa The Israeli government approved nine truck aid convoy into Gaza is a cynical photo-op, according to the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa. PSNA says the...
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Police acknowledge sentencing of Donald Sarratt in child sexual abuse material case
Source: New Zealand Police Police acknowledge the sentence handed down to Donald James Sarratt in the Wellington District Court today, for his role as a facilitator of a website which...
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Discharge of Digitial Services Tax Bill
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets The Government has decided to discharge the Digital Services Tax Bill from the legislative programme, Revenue Minister Simon Watts announced today. The...
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Government Cuts – Ministry of Education workers will walk off the job for the first time in over 20 years – PSA
Source: PSA Over 1500 workers at the Ministry of Education will walk off the job tomorrow to protest a pay freeze and attempts to reduce terms of employment. PSA members at...
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Health and Politics – Funding primary care nurses the answer to the health crisis – NZNO
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation To fix chronic staff shortages stopping New Zealanders seeing their GPs when they’re sick, the Coalition Government must use Budget 2025 to keep nurses in the...
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University Research – ‘Natural’ pacemaker successfully tried in humans – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) A pacemaker with a ‘beat’ that responds to breathing is showing good results in studies and is now being trialled in Kiwi heart patients. A...
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Universities – How can finance be harnessed for good? – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) A panel of academic and industry experts will explore how finance can be harnessed for good at Trust in Finance and the Rise of Fintech,...
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Bill to reset vocational education passes first reading
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets Legislation to disestablish New Zealand’s centralised vocational education and training system has passed its first reading in Parliament, Vocational Education and Training...
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Council’s smart solutions to daily business
Source: Secondary teachers question rationale for changes to relationship education guidelines A long-term plan initiative for Auckland Council to do more with less, is reinventing how the council uses technology...
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Auckland Council locks in $66m savings ahead of deadline
Source: Secondary teachers question rationale for changes to relationship education guidelines Auckland Council has met its full year’s savings target – securing its $66 million savings goal three months ahead...
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Winter 2025: Keep your inner Olympian in check as colder weather arrives
Source: Argument for Lifting NZ Super Age While professional athletes are in training across the world ahead of the next Winter Olympics, to be held in Italy during early 2026,...
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Catherine Savage appointed Director of Kiwi Group Capital Ltd
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets Catherine Savage has been appointed as a Director of Kiwi Group Capital Ltd (KGC) from 20 May, Finance Minister Nicola Willis and...
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Privileges Committee Speech Concerning the Conduct of Four Members
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets These recommendations follows the Speaker’s ruling on 10 December 2024 that a question of privilege arose from the actions of the Hon...
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Alex Skinner appointed Chair of Quotable Value
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets Alex Skinner has been appointed as Chair of Quotable Value (QV) from 1 June, State Owned Enterprises Minister Simeon Brown says.QV is...
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Vote deferred, but no change to punishments
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets While the punishments recommended by the Privileges Committee will remain as they are, the House’s vote on the report will take place...
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Parliament Hansard Report – Papers, Petitions, Select Committee Reports, and Introduction of Bills – 001477
Source: Govt’s austerity Budget to cause real harm in communities PETITIONS, PAPERS, SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND INTRODUCTION OF BILLS SPEAKER: A petition has been delivered to the Clerk for presentation....
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Bold Ngahere plan gets green thumbs up in Devonport-Takapuna
Source: Secondary teachers question rationale for changes to relationship education guidelines Devonport-Takapuna is gearing up for a decade dedicated to growing more trees after the local board agreed to produce...
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Three arrests in Wairoa in relation to weekend incidents
Source: New Zealand Police To be attributed to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Darren Pritchard: Three Wairoa men are before the courts following three separate, unrelated incidents in the town over...
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Post-Cabinet Press Conference: Monday 19 May 2025
Source: NZ Music Month takes to the streets POST-CABINET PRESS CONFERENCE: Monday, 19 May 2025 PM: Welcome. Hey, well, kia ora, good afternoon, everyone. Before I begin, can I just...
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Parliament Hansard Report – Tuesday, 20 May 2025 – Volume 784 – 001476
Source: Govt’s austerity Budget to cause real harm in communities TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025 The Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m. KARAKIA/PRAYERS BARBARA KURIGER (Deputy Speaker): Almighty God, we...
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Parliament Hansard Report – Karakia/Prayers – 001475
Source: Govt’s austerity Budget to cause real harm in communities TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025 The Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m. KARAKIA/PRAYERS BARBARA KURIGER (Deputy Speaker): Almighty God, we...
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Release: Govt risks hospice care by cutting women’s pay
Source: New Zealand Labour Party The Government’s decision to cut women’s pay could result in an exodus of palliative care nurses from the profession. “Hospice nurses were just weeks away...
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Release: Govt leaves sexual abuse survivors out in the cold
Source: New Zealand Labour Party The Government is quietly cutting more services for women, this time it’s ACC support for survivors of sexual abuse and pausing the expansion of a...
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BUDGET 2025 – What Vote Health Needs Just to Stay Afloat
Source: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Budget 2025 will need to include $2 billion in additional operational funding this year just for the public health system to stand still. “Year on...
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Federated Farmers – Government must deliver on KiwiSaver promise for young farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is calling on the Government to deliver on National’s pre-election promise to change KiwiSaver rules to help young farmers get their foot on the farming ladder....
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Youth offenders caught red handed
Source: New Zealand Police A group of young people had their plans foiled after a break-in at Sylvia Park Shopping Centre last night. Mall security reported a burglary taking place...