Improvements to the Holidays Act on the way
Source: New Zealand Government
The Government has accepted all of the Holidays Act Taskforce’s recommended changes, which will provide certainty to employers and help employees...
Education – A Bright Future For Learners Planning on Entering the Construction sector
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Ara Institute of Canterbury
Even if gaining a Trades qualification from Ara Institute of Canterbury may take a few years, graduate prospects seem...
Symbols of Christchurch’s past, present and future
Source: University of Canterbury
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UC’s Professor Katie Pickles reflects on how ten years on, the earthquake still casts its shadow...
UK: Uber drivers win six year battle over workers’ rights in groundbreaking ruling
Source: Amnesty International NZ
Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are entitled to workers’ rights
‘No business model should ever depend on precarious and exploitative forms...
G7 Nations – G7 leaders are shooting themselves in the foot by failing to...
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Ahead of the virtual meeting of G7 leaders hosted by the UK government on Friday 19 February, Amnesty...
Privacy in the news (12 – 18 February 2021)
Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy stories in the news.
More than 1000 Trade Me accounts swapped
Trade Me...
Honey exporters busy meeting surging demand
Source: New Zealand Government
Overseas consumers eager for natural products in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped boost honey export revenue by 20...
Learning lessons from New Zealand’s response to M. bovis
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis Programme is being carried out to identify lessons that can be learned from New Zealand’s...
The crisis in Yemen demands an independent review of NZ’s military links with Saudi...
Source: University of Waikato
Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The revelation that Air New Zealand had been silently contracting services to the Saudi Arabian navy was...
Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change
Source: University of Waikato
Chris Fogwill, Keele University; Alan Hogg, University of Waikato; Chris Turney, UNSW, and Zoë Thomas, UNSW
The world experienced a few centuries...
Government Assistance – Resurgence Support Payment welcome for struggling businesses
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: EMA
The quick shift out of COVID-19 Alert Level 3 and the availability of the Resurgence Support Payment will be helpful for Auckland...
Access to Free Study Has Never Been Easier
Source: Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Keen to access free tertiary education? With four different Government-funded options now up for grabs, we have dedicated advisors...
