Social Sector – Let’s change NZ’s welfare system now – before this health crisis...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Child Poverty Action Group
As the Ministry of Social Development struggles to cope with unprecedented inquiries due to Covid-19, Child Poverty Action Group...
Farming Sector – Smart green growth requires investment
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Federated Farmers
An effective recovery from COVID-19 requires on the ground investment in projects that will bring immediate employment benefits and lasting environmental...
Education – WelTec offer two-year Youth Work diploma as need for experts to grow...
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Weltec
WelTec is offering a level 6, two-year full-time diploma in Youth Work as the need for youth workers in New Zealand...
Health – Kiwis getting sicker because they’re putting off seeing their GP
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Royal NZ College of General Practitioners
New Zealanders are getting sicker because great numbers of people have stopped calling their GPs during the...
Edu-Tec – InternetNZ: response to Ministry of Education announcement
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: InternetNZ
InternetNZ is pleased to see the Government’s announcement today that electronic devices and hard copy education packs will be sent out to...
Pacific Natural Disasters – Alert: TC Harold impacting Fiji update from Save the Children...
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Save the Children—TC Herald has changed course and will pass much closer to western part of Viti Levu. A hurricane warning...
Energy Sector – Pohokura gas supply back online – great news for New Zealand
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: PEPANZ
Natural gas from the Pohokura field is once again helping keep the lights on for New Zealand, thanks to outstanding speedy work...
Farming – Feds: Winter is coming, but it’s not all gloom and doom
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Federated Farmers
Farming has been one of the economy’s life rafts during the COVID-19 lockdown but as Katie Milne told Parliament’s Epidemic Response...
ASB Bank – An Essential Thanks to all of New Zealand’s essential workers
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: ASB
For many New Zealanders, alert level 4 has meant staying at home. For those working in essential services however, it has...
Animal Welfare – Advisory: Mother pigs will have their day in court
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: SAFE NZ
Farrowing crates, which confine mother pigs kept on factory farms, violate the Animal Welfare Act 1999, and for the first time...
120 COVID-19 testing centres now operating
Source: New Zealand Government
Across New Zealand 120 sites are taking samples to be tested for COVID-19. 68 community based assessment centres (CBACs) have been established...
Communities step up to help New Zealanders stay connected and fed during lockdown
Source: New Zealand Government
Communities stepping up to help New Zealanders stay at home to break the transmission of COVID-19 and save lives have received...
