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Improving support, encouraging new caregivers
Source: New Zealand Government Minister for Children Karen Chhour is calling on anyone able to provide a loving and stable environment for a child to seriously consider becoming a caregiver....
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Tech and Security – Three-Quarters of New Zealand Government Organisations Yet to Meet Strictest Cybersecurity Standards Ahead of Security Mandate – Research
Source: Proofpoint With less than two months until the government enforcement deadline, the majority of organisations remain exposed to critical vulnerabilities. SYDNEY, Australia – 13 August 2025 – Proofpoint, Inc.,...
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Health and Employment – Te Whatu Ora nurses vote for further strikes – NZNO
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation More than 36,000 Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora have voted for further strike action after Health NZ failed to resolve...
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Gaza – PSNA survey opinion poll shows strong popular support for sanctions against Israel
Source: Palestinian Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) A recent poll on whether New Zealanders want sanctions to be imposed on Israel, shows that of those who gave an opinion, 60%...
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Putting the needs of sexual violence victims first
Source: New Zealand Government Victims of sexual violence will soon have the power to determine name suppression orders, with legislation passing third reading in Parliament today, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith...
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New ICU and HDU will boost critical care services in Tauranga
Source: New Zealand Government Health Minister Simeon Brown today officially opened Tauranga Hospital’s new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU), marking a major milestone in improving critical...
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Strengthening trafficking and smuggling laws
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is strengthening trafficking and people smuggling laws to stop criminals using loopholes to evade real consequences for crime, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Since...
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Next New Zealand Ambassador to the United States of America announced
Source: New Zealand Government Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced Chris Seed will be New Zealand’s next Ambassador to the United States of America. “New Zealand’s strategic partnership with the...
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Banking and Business – ASB full year result: Profit down 1%
Source: ASB ASB has reported a cash net profit after tax (NPAT) of $1,350 million for the 12 months to 30 June 2025, down 1% on the previous year. Statutory...
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Health and Tech – Calls for NZ to accelerate uptake of AI in Health as patient wait lists blow out
Source: Medow Health There’s a warning New Zealand is too slow in adopting Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare sector, with specialist doctors declaring a more rapid uptake would relieve pressure on...
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Remembering Vietnam: National Commemoration honours 60 years since first NZ combat troops deployed
Source: Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vietnam Veterans’ Day will be marked by a national commemoration on Monday 18 August held at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. “Nau mai...
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Pay Equity – Unions back call for UN action on pay equity rights
Source: NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is supporting the Pay Equity Coalition Aotearoa’s (PECA) urgent appeal to the United Nations to investigate the recent pay equity changes....
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Greenpeace – RMA rollback lets agribusiness dump pollution into rivers without consent
Source: Greenpeace A last-minute change to the Resource Management Amendment Bill would make it easier for companies to dump pollution into rivers and lakes without a resource consent – as long...
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Greenpeace – Academics warn Luxon’s approach to climate targets risks worsening global hunger
Source: Greenpeace In a paper published today, a group of academics from the University of Galway, University of Melbourne, University College Cork, and Climate Resources has warned that proposed Irish and...
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Rural News – Thousands of farmers spared from unworkable box-ticking exercise – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers says changes to resource management laws announced today will spare thousands of farmers from needing an unnecessary resource consent just to keep farming. “I’d love to...
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Rural News – Water consents extension a big win for Otago farmers – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers A move by the Government to automatically extend existing short-term water permits in Otago by five years is a big win for local farmers and common sense, Federated...
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Politics – Bishop bulldozes local decision-making powers as last-minute “smash and grab” environmental law changes rammed through Parliament
Source: Tom Kay – Choose Clean Water Last-minute changes by Minister Chris Bishop to the Resource Management Act will strip local councils of the power to have any meaningful say...
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Advocacy – Palestine Forum of New Zealand Stands with Chlöe Swarbrick After Her Ejection from Parliament
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand 12 August 2025 – Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand – The Palestine Forum of New Zealand expresses its full support for Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick...
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Pay Equity – PSA to present at People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity
Source: PSA Representatives from the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi (PSA) will submit at the second hearing of the People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity tomorrow. The PSA...
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The Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) Asia 2025 returns to Singapore with a strong regional coalition against scams
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 12 August 2025 – As scam networks across Southeast Asia grow more coordinated and transnational, the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) is...
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Urgent economic action to protect exports
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has taken urgent action to prevent what could have amounted to a ‘stop work’ notice for thousands of New Zealand farmers, RMA Reform Minister...
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Tolling proposed for Belfast to Pegasus Motorway and Woodend Bypass
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Proposed tolling for Canterbury’s new Belfast to Pegasus Motorway and Woodend Bypass (B2P) strikes a balance between helping pay for much-needed infrastructure and minimising impacts...
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Regulatory Systems Amendment Bill passes first reading
Source: New Zealand Government Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden has welcomed the passing of the first reading of the Regulatory Systems (Internal Affairs) Amendment Bill, which seeks to...
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Pacific Foreign Ministers to meet in Suva
Source: New Zealand Government Foreign Minister Winston Peters will attend the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Fiji this week to discuss key regional issues with counterparts. “In an...
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Energy Sector – More than enough renewable gas for all NZ homes – GasNZ
Source: GasNZ New Zealand could produce enough renewable gas from waste to supply all Kiwi households’ natural gas use two-to-three times over. Jeffrey Clarke, chief executive of GasNZ, says that...
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Advocacy – ‘Day of Action’ to protest continuing government ‘shameful dithering’ on Gaza genocide – PSNA
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is mounting a ‘day of action’ in more than 25 centres across the country this Saturday (16th August) to protest...
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Speech: Quantum Technologies Aotearoa
Source: New Zealand Government Ngā mihi te rangi, ngā mihi te whenua, ngā mihi ki a koutou. Kia ora mai tatou. Good evening. Thank you, Margaret, for your warm introduction,...