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Midwifery Council Continues To Insult Women

· March 10, 2025

Source: Family First Media Release – 10 March 2025 The Midwifery Council have published their third attempt at a Midwifery Scope of Practice, and they continue to cancel common sense...

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Large-scale mining on track for 2026

· March 10, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government New Zealand’s next large-scale mining operation is on track to begin commercial production by next year, creating 250 local jobs and contributing $350 million to the...

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Deputy Prime Minister to visit the United States

· March 10, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to New York and Washington DC later this week for discussions on world affairs and to...

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Pharmac Consumer Engagement Workshop Report welcomed

· March 10, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Associate Health Minister David Seymour has today welcomed the publication of Pharmac’s Consumer Engagement Workshop Report. “Increasing availability of medicines has always been a priority of mine....

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Can your efforts make a difference?

· March 10, 2025

Source: ACT Party The Haps The world keeps changing, as Free Press surveyed last week. So far, trade wars have not affected New Zealand or interrupted our usual diet of...

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Putting the patient first

· March 9, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Initiatives announced this week underscore the Government’s commitment to fix New Zealand’s broken healthcare system, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.“We are relentlessly focused on improving health...

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Aquaculture Plan key to economic growth

· March 8, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government A new plan to grow the aquaculture industry will boost the economy and provide vital jobs that support regional communities, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones...

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Investment Summit to grow New Zealand’s future

· March 8, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government New Zealand will showcase its infrastructure pipeline and exciting growth sectors to companies managing about $6 trillion in capital at next week’s Infrastructure Investment Summit, Infrastructure Minister...

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Hope in turbulent times (PPF)

· March 7, 2025

Source: Plant and Food New Zealand – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Hope in turbulent times (PPF) People | Planet | Food – Host Roger Robson-Williams speaks with sustainability experts Saskia Verraes...

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City and Regional Deals – opportunity for growth

· March 7, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government The Government’s City and Regional Deals initiative has received a great response from regions across New Zealand, and is now into the assessment stage to determine...

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Pacific community-led solutions to address alcohol harm

· March 7, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government A new $330,000 funding initiative to help prevent and address alcohol-related harm in New Zealand’s Pacific communities was officially launched today by Mental Health Minister Matt...

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BusinessNZ – Health system serious approach needed

· March 7, 2025

Source: BusinessNZ BusinessNZ has welcomed the Government’s commitment to better management of the health system. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich said a high-functioning health system was critical for enabling New Zealanders...

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Chris Hipkins’s deck chair speech

· March 7, 2025

Source: ACT Party Responding to Chris Hipkins’s State of the Nation speech, ACT Leader David Seymour says: “It was a deck chair speech. All the changes he’s proposing involve politicians...