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Source: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND In response to reports that the Government is amending the Equal Pay Act under urgency, Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s Movement Building and Advocacy Director, Lisa Woods, said: “This looks like an abuse of process. Once again we are seeing the Government rushing through legislation without adequate oversight and … Read more
Source: Robert Half 70% of Kiwi workers believe hybrid work has a positive impact on their productivity levels 32% of workers believe working in the office full-time has a negative impact on their productivity 94% say the work environment has an impact on their productivity. Auckland, 7 May 2025 – Employees believe a hybrid work … Read more
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Almost half of New Zealand schools are within a short walking distance of a specialist vape retailer, despite a law aimed at preventing vape stores near schools. Embargoed to NZT 1201AM Wednesday 7 May: Almost half of schools across Aotearoa New Zealand have a specialist vape store within a 10-minute … Read more
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 7 May 2025 – Risks to the financial system have increased over the past six months, Reserve Bank Governor Christian Hawkesby says in releasing the May 2025 Financial Stability Report. “Financial stability is critical for ensuring that New Zealanders can safely save, borrow, and manage financial risk,” Mr … Read more
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Doctors Without Borders The undersigned 55 organisations operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) call for urgent action from the international community against new Israeli registration rules for international NGOs. Based on vague, broad, politicised, and open-ended criteria, these rules appear designed to assert control over independent humanitarian, … Read more
Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner Privacy Week 2025 lands on the second week of May (12-16 May), with a full week of free webinars to promote privacy education. Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster says, “New Zealanders’ concerns over the collection and use of their personal information remains high, and they want to see organisations and businesses … Read more
Source: Ara Ake The first complete inventory of all the fossil fuel machines in New Zealand has found there are over ten million of them in the country and that 84% could be feasibly replaced with electric machines that are available in the country today. Rewiring Aotearoa’s Machine Count report showed that upgrading six million of the most … Read more
Source: Consumer NZ Now is a great time to brush up on digital hygiene or share advice with someone you care about – in your family, workplace or social circle. “When it comes to showing someone you care for them, a bunch of flowers is nice – but helping protect them from scams and digital … Read more
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) SYDNEY, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vast Renewables Limited (Vast) (Nasdaq: VSTE), a leading Australian clean energy technology company, today announced that it has notified The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) of its intention to voluntarily delist its ordinary shares and public warrants from Nasdaq. Delisting from Nasdaq marks the first … Read more
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) SYDNEY, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) (together with its subsidiaries, “IREN” or “the Company”), today published its monthly update for April 2025. April Highlights Mining capacity increased to 40 EH/s mid-month On track for 50 EH/s by June 30 Miners scheduled to ship from Southeast Asia (during 90-day pause … Read more
Source: Media Outreach KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 May 2025 – This Thursday, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will announce its policy rate decision. While most analysts expect no change, Octa Broker suggests that a rate cut is on the table and is highly likely to take place later this year due … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Delivering peace of mind with layered security, co-managed services and a unified management platform, SonicWall is helping partners grow services profitably through its continued innovation leveraging next generation firewalls SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 May 2025 – SonicWall today unveiled a full suite of products and services purpose-built to empower … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Better Health, Brighter Futures: Tanoto and Gates Foundations Join Hands for Asia’s Communities SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 May 2025 – Tanoto Foundation and Gates Foundation today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaborative efforts aimed at unlocking human potential and helping communities thrive across … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Celebrate Singapore’s Superdiversity by experiencing a thousand worlds in one Singapore RASA-TABULA-SINGAPURA brings superdiversity to the table, through a dynamic exhibition that reimagines city-making through food, culture, and collective design SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 May 2025 – In celebration of Singapore’s 60th year of independence (SG60), the Singapore Pavilion … Read more
Source: Media Outreach Sales and adjusted EBITDA margin at previous year’s level according to preliminary figures Free cash flow excluding special items clearly positive at around € 50 million Rising order intake compared to previous year lays the foundation for a good start to FY 2025/26 Additional, positive order impetus expected from China Print trade … Read more
Source: Greenpeace The Luxon Government has just introduced a bill into the House that would make it legal to kill protected wildlife. Greenpeace understands the Bill is being rushed through all stages under urgency tonight, without public consultation or proper scrutiny. The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand’s foundational wildlife protection law, would allow the … Read more
Source: Auckland YWCA The Government’s proposed amendments to the Equal Pay Act 1972 represent a major setback for pay equity and a breach of women’s fundamental rights, says leading gender advocate Dellwyn Stuart, co-founder of Mind the Gap and CEO of YWCA Auckland. “This move takes us backwards, not forwards,” says Ms Stuart. “It remains a … Read more
Source: Media Outreach About Arlo Technologies, Inc. Arlo is an award-winning, industry leader that is transforming the ways in which people can protect everything that matters to them with advanced home, business, and personal security solutions. Arlo’s deep expertise in AI- and CV-powered analytics, cloud services, user experience and product design, and innovative wireless and … Read more
Source: Press Release Service – New Zealand May 6, 2025, Dynabook ANZ Pty. Limited., The Laptop Experts, have launched the Portégé Z40L-N, a powerful 14.0″ Copilot+PC¹ designed for business mobility. Weighing under 1kg² and housed in a durable magnesium alloy chassis, it delivers AI-powered performance, enterprise grade security and a self replaceable battery, which makes … Read more
Source: Media Outreach JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 May 2025 – VinFast announces the official launch of the VF 6, a mid-size electric vehicle, in Indonesia, offering attractive incentives for early adopters. With the rapid expansion of its showroom network, service centers, and V-GREEN charging stations, VinFast is accelerating its presence in … Read more
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 6 May 2025 – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has published the results from the 2024 General Insurance Industry Stress Test. The exercise assessed insurers’ responses to a major earthquake and severe but plausible cyber-risk incidents. The seismic scenario was based on a magnitude 8.7 earthquake along the … Read more
Source: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is slamming the Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act, announced today by Brooke van Velden, as an attack on working women and their rights to pay equity. “It is shameful that the Government … Read more
Source: Workers First Union Workers First Union has described today’s announcement that the Government will attempt to shut down existing pay equity claims and make it harder to file new ones as a “national embarrassment” that will worsen inequality in New Zealand and continue the flood of experienced professionals in historically female-dominated professions to countries overseas. … Read more
Source: BusinessNZ BusinessNZ supports amending the pay equity process to make it more transparent, evidence-based, and more able to achieve robust settlements. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the current process is bringing large anomalies between the public and private sectors, in effect leading to new equity problems – between those employed in the public sector … Read more
Source: Porirua City Council Bislama, the official language of Vanuatu, has been added to the list of Pacific Language Weeks to be celebrated in Porirua in 2025. Language weeks are important to our city as they highlight the diversity, language, heritage and identity of our many Pacific communities. After Rotuman Language, from 11-17 May, we recognise … Read more
Source: PSA The Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act will severely limit people in female-dominated professions to be paid fairly, said the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi (PSA). “The new legislation announced today throws away all the work that has been done to date solely to save the Government money,” Public … Read more
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation Changes by the Government to make pay equity claims harder to lodge and resolve are an attack on women, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke Van Velden today announced changes saying they will “significantly reduce costs to the Crown”. NZNO chief executive … Read more