Finance Sector – FinCap welcomes bringing forward restrictions on high cost lending because of...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: FinCap
FinCap welcome’s the Government’s announcement that they are bringing forward the introduction of the 100% repayment limit and ban on compounding interest...
Lockdown and Employment – Mayor Shadbolt, Invercargill city councillors urged to protect local workers’...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: PSA
Media release issued on behalf of Unions Southland.
Working people in Southland are horrified to learn ICC Chief Executive Clare Hadley intends to...
Business – Wellington business community urges Council to bring forward infrastructure construction
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Business Central
When Wellington City Council meets later today to consider the City’s annual plan and COVID-19 recovery, they must ensure that the...
Tech – .nz usage surges during COVID-19 level 4
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: InternetNZ
InternetNZ today reveals that New Zealanders are using .nz domain names more than ever before during the past weeks of level 4...
Locusts, floods and COVID-19: a potentially deadly combination for malnourished children across the Horn...
Source: Save The Children
Crops critical for feeding malnourished children across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are expected to be decimated as locusts hatch from May.
A...
PGF backing regions through loans
Source: New Zealand Government
More than $48 million in loans from the Provincial Growth Fund will be pumped into regional projects that will help offset...
Northland water storage work on track
Source: New Zealand Government
Construction could begin as early as this year on a water storage facility in drought-stricken Northland following studies which have identified...
“Shoulder ready” projects submitted to government
Source: Auckland Council
Auckland Council has submitted 31 projects totalling $319 million after a call from central government to councils across New Zealand to put...
Government fast-tracks new protections against loan sharks due to COVID-19
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government is fast-tracking measures to protect people in financial hardship from high-cost loans that trap them in debt.
“Changes under the...
Parliament Oral Questions – Oral Questions – 30 April 2020000182
Source: New Zealand Parliament – Oral Questions and Answers
Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and...
Tax changes throw cash lifeline to SMEs
Source: New Zealand Government
A significant package of tax reforms will be pushed through all stages in Parliament today to throw a cash flow lifeline...
Submission deadline extended: Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill
Source: New Zealand Parliament
The original deadline was 1 May 2020 and has now been extended by three weeks until midnight, 22 May 2020.
The committee...
