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Final-year Fees Free
Source: Last updated 21 May 2025 Last updated 21 May 2025 Print Share The Government has introduced the final-year Fees Free policy, starting from 1 January 2025. The policy enables...
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Billions missing from health budget
Source: Team effort to rescue teens New analysis from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi shows that the health service is likely to be underfunded by...
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Discharge of Digital 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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Budget 2025 – Businesses Watching Closely as Budget 2025 Nears
Source: Business Canterbury With Budget 2025 being released tomorrow, businesses across Canterbury will be watching closely to see what’s on the table. With clear signals from the Government that this year’s...
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Budget 2025 – Budget must deliver for burnt-out St John workforce
Source: Workers First Union Ambulance officers who work for Hato Hone St John say this week’s Budget must include real funding to improve pay and conditions or the Government risks driving...
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Budget 2025 must prioritise support for small businesses – Buy NZ Made
Source: Buy NZ Made Buy NZ Made is calling on the Government to deliver meaningful support for New Zealand’s small businesses, the backbone of the economy and the heart of our...
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Budget 2025 – Balancing the books should be at Budget’s core – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers is urging the Government to focus its Budget announcements on how it can cut waste and balance the books. “The budget will once again need to...
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PSA supports Waitangi tribunal’s call to halt Regulatory Standards Bill
Source: PSA The PSA supports the Waitangi Tribunal’s call to stop progressing the Regulatory Standards Bill until there has been meaningful engagement with Māori. The Public Service Association (PSA) Te Pūkenga...
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Budget 2025 – Greenpeace braced for ‘scorched earth’ budget from Govt
Source: Greenpeace With the Government set to release its Budget tomorrow, Greenpeace is calling for bold investment in climate and nature, but is bracing for the worst. “Given that this Government...
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Surveys – Poll shows overwhelming majority support increase in spending on public services
Source: Better Taxes for a Better Future As the Government prepares to release a Budget that will deliver further cuts to public services an overwhelming majority of New Zealanders support...
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Budget 2025: Nervous wait for thousands of public service workers – PSA
Source: PSA Budget 2025: Nervous wait for thousands of public service workers Cost to New Zealand women of pay equity betrayal to become clear Embargoed 5am Wednesday 21 May 2025 Tomorrow’s...
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Animal Rights – Roaring call for Government to halt funding of cruel octopus farming
Source: Animals Aotearoa (New Zealand – May 21, 2025) – As calls to ban the practice of octopus farming continue to gain momentum worldwide, the government of New Zealand is...
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Energizing a Sustainable Future: The 29th World Gas Conference Opens in Beijing
Source: Media Outreach BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 May 2025 – On the morning of May 20, the 29th World Gas Conference (WGC2025) opened at the China...
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Gaza – NZ signature on Gaza statement ‘wholly inadequate’ – PSNA
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa PSNA says an end to government silence on Israeli genocide in Gaza is overdue, but says New Zealand’s signature on an international declaration is wholly...
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Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong And LANDMARK Unveil a New Dining Venture in Partnership with Award-Winning French Chef Daniel Boulud
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 May 2025 – Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong and LANDMARK are delighted to announce the forthcoming launch of a...
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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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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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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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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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Trendy Retail Brand OH!SOME Launches First Singapore Store at Suntec City Mall
Source: Media Outreach Step Inside a World of Anime Collectibles, Disney Magic, Travel Must-Haves, DIY Inspiration, and Unique Gifts SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 May 2025 – OH!SOME,...
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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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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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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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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise partners with PT World Infinite Network to accelerate market growth in Indonesia
Source: Media Outreach JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 20 May 2025 – Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise a leading provider of secure networking and communication solutions enabling organizations and industries to...