New partnerships to deliver 620 new youth development opportunities
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: New partnerships to deliver 620 new youth development opportunities New partnerships to support DINE Academy Boot Camps and the Limitless Programme will see more than $425,000 invested to create over 600 new youth development opportunities, Youth Minister Nikki Kaye announced today. Dine Academy Boot Camps […]
Read More →Applications to open for youth digital scholarships
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Applications to open for youth digital scholarships Youth Minister Nikki Kaye says applications will open tomorrow for the Youth Digital Enterprise Awards scheme, aimed at helping today’s young people become tomorrow’s digital entrepreneurs. “This scheme targets young people aged 12 to 18 years who have […]
Read More →Heart of Christchurch humming
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government Headline: Heart of Christchurch humming Christchurch’s Retail Precinct continues to grow and attract more people to the central city, Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner. The Greater Christchurch Dashboard — Retail Precinct looks at the main developments in the Retail Precinct and how the Christchurch Integrated Government […]
Read More →Govt rejects claims Pay Equity Bill will make things harder
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Govt rejects claims Pay Equity Bill will make things harder Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse has today rejected claims that the Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill currently before Parliament will make it harder to settle pay equity claims. “The Government shares […]
Read More →Dunedin – largest new hospital build in NZ history
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Dunedin – largest new hospital build in NZ history Dunedin will get a new $1 billion plus hospital, in what will be the largest build of its type in New Zealand’s history, Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says. Dr Coleman made the announcement with Prime Minister […]
Read More →Kokako birdsong rings out in Kauri Coast forests
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Kokako birdsong rings out in Kauri Coast forests Conservation Minister Maggie Barry says there’s been a more than thousand percent increase in the number of kokako in Kauri Coast forests since 1990 due to the continued use of 1080 and trapping. “An aerial 1080 drop […]
Read More →National Government Wimps Out To Giant Multi-Nationals
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand First – Release/Statement Headline: National Government Wimps Out To Giant Multi-Nationals The government has been leaned on by giant multinational bully boys and buckled feebly, says New Zealand First Leader and Northland Member of Parliament, Rt Hon Winston Peters. “Multinationals are evading paying tax of between $7 billion to […]
Read More →NZ First Commits To Raising Minimum Wage To $20 An Hour
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand First – Release/Statement Headline: NZ First Commits To Raising Minimum Wage To $20 An Hour New Zealand First will build our economy from the bottom up, creating opportunities for New Zealanders, boosting our economy and increasing productivity. “Our goal is to increase the minimum wage to $20 over three […]
Read More →Bryce Edwards Analysis: Political Roundup – Bittersweet “Pollquake” for the left
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Bryce Edwards Analysis: Political Roundup – Bittersweet “Pollquake” for the left Dr Bryce Edwards. New Zealand politics has been relatively stable for the last nine years. Public opinion hasn’t moved around much at all, even in the face of all sorts of scandal and chaos amongst the politicians. And when volatility […]
Read More →Govt freeing up land in Queenstown
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Govt freeing up land in Queenstown The Government is extending the successful Crown Land Programme to Queenstown, Social Housing Minister Amy Adams announced today. “As it grows, Queenstown is facing challenges with housing supply. The average house price is the highest in the country at […]
Read More →Agreements in principle signed with Whakatōhea and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Agreements in principle signed with Whakatōhea and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua The Crown has signed agreements in principle to settle the historical Treaty grievances of Whakatōhea and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson announced today. The agreements […]
Read More →Speech: Getting NZ out of ‘struggle street’ & New Zealand First announces Bay of Plenty, Coromandel and East Coast Candidates for 2017 General Election
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand First – Release/Statement Headline: Speech: Getting NZ out of ‘struggle street’ & New Zealand First announces Bay of Plenty, Coromandel and East Coast Candidates for 2017 General Election Speech: Getting NZ out of ‘struggle street’ & New Zealand First announces Bay of Plenty, Coromandel and East Coast Candidates for […]
Read More →Speech to the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce – Global Connections Export Summit
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Speech to the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce – Global Connections Export Summit When I met with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson a few weeks ago, one of the things he wanted to talk about was how New Zealand had managed to bounce back so […]
Read More →Budget 2017: Further $6 million investment in Bay of Plenty Schools
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Budget 2017: Further $6 million investment in Bay of Plenty Schools Around $6 million will be invested to build more new classrooms in the Tauranga area, say Education Minister Nikki Kaye and Associate Education Minister Tim Macindoe. Mr Macindoe visited Tauranga Boys’ College today to […]
Read More →$35m for advanced genomics research
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: $35m for advanced genomics research The Government will invest up to $35 million over seven years in Genomics Aotearoa, a new collaborative science organisation supporting advanced genomics research, Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith announced today. “Genomics is a fast-moving, data intensive research field that […]
Read More →Kirkbride Trench officially open
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Kirkbride Trench officially open A new interchange and trench on State Highway 20A will make journeys between Auckland Airport and the city safer and more reliable, Transport Minister Simon Bridges says. The Prime Minister and Minister of Transport officially opened the $160 million Kirkbride Trench […]
Read More →New Zealand Customs Proves ‘War Dogs’ Bill Unnecessary
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand First – Release/Statement Headline: New Zealand Customs Proves ‘War Dogs’ Bill Unnecessary New Zealand First says that with New Zealand Customs charging Pacific Aerospace for UN Sanction violations over North Korea, a new Act to ‘regulate arms brokering’ isn’t necessary. “In the final week of Parliament, the government decided […]
Read More →Plan to raise achievement in maths and writing
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Plan to raise achievement in maths and writing Education Minister Nikki Kaye today released a plan to support schools and early learning providers to lift achievement in maths and writing. Earlier this year the Government announced a new Better Public Service goal to have at […]
Read More →Twenty new housing areas for Nelson, Tasman
MIL OSI – Source: New Zealand Government – Release/Statement Headline: Twenty new housing areas for Nelson, Tasman Housing supply in the Nelson-Tasman region has received a major boost with the establishment of 20 new Special Housing Areas (SHAs) with capacity for 1700 homes, Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today. “The regional economy […]
Read More →Government must apologise over rebuild debacle
MIL OSI – Source: Labour Party Headline: Government must apologise over rebuild debacle The Prime Minister owes the public of Otago and Southland an apology and then he must come up with an unredacted copy of the business case for the Dunedin hospital rebuild, says Labour’s Health spokesperson David Clark. “For too long the interests of protecting evidence […]
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