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Over Two Thirds Of New Zealanders Want The Government To Increase Income Support Rates
Monday, 22 February 2021, 9:50 am | Joint Press Release
Polling out today shows seven out of ten (69%) of New Zealanders agree “the Government should increase income support for those on low incomes and not in paid work”. The UMR poll was commissioned by a super-group of NGOs who are urging the government ... More >>
Aotearoa New Zealand Organisations Join Global Call For An End To Single Use Products
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 8:33 am | Joint Press Release
As government representatives from 193 member states prepare to discuss “Strengthening Actions for Nature”[1], 188 environmental groups from around the world – including four from Aotearoa New Zealand – are calling on them to change the systems that ... More >>
Resource Consent Declined For New Jet Fuel Storage Facility In Mount Maunganui
Friday, 5 February 2021, 4:20 pm | Joint Press Release
Joint Media Release - Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Tauranga City Council Resource consents for the development of a new jet fuel storage facility in Mount Maunganui have been declined. The decision under the Resource Management Act in relation to ... More >>
Indian Groups Demand NZ Supports WTO Vaccine Waiver
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 9:47 am | Joint Press Release
A group of 36 Indian health organisations and 50 respected individuals has sent a letter to the NZ Ambassador to India, calling on the NZ Government to support the proposed waiver of World Trade Organisation (WTO) intellectual property rules to ... More >>
Pfizer And BioNTech Achieve Approval By Medsafe For Their Vaccine Against COVID-19
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 2:24 pm | Joint Press Release
Pfizer New Zealand and BioNTech today welcomed the drug safety regulator Medsafe in New Zealand granting Provisional Consent for their COVID-19 mRNA vaccine COMIRNATY™. Pfizer is the Market Authorisation Holder in New Zealand. The distribution of the ... More >>
42 Groups And Respected Experts Call On PM To Back A Peoples' Vaccine
Friday, 29 January 2021, 10:09 am | Joint Press Release
42 different groups and noted experts, including Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Council of Trade Unions, the New Zealand Public Service Association, Greenpeace Aotearoa and Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand have signed a letter ... More >>
Failed Consultation Leads To Loss Of Māori Legacy At Unitec
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 3:46 pm | Joint Press Release
The whānau of Te Ahikaiata Turei supported by Māori and non-Māori staff at Unitec will take back a portrait of the Tūhoe leader who led the establishment of Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae and the values that brought the institute back from the brink of ... More >>
Metro Auckland Testing Network Responds To Two New Border-related COVID-19 Cases
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 11:55 am | Joint Press Release
In light of yesterday’s two positive COVID-19 cases, two additional pop-up testing stations have immediately been stood up and are open this morning at Orewa and Albany. The Orewa testing station is at Victoria Eaves Park and is open from 9.30am-4pm this ... More >>
TransferWise And Visa Announce Global Partnership Following Successful Collaboration On Cloud Technology
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 8:37 am | Joint Press Release
Visa and TransferWise today announced a global partnership and the first use of Visa Cloud Connect, a new way for fintechs and partners to securely connect to VisaNet, Visa’s global processing network, through the public cloud. Visa Cloud Connect ... More >>
Vulnerable Youth Better Protected This Summer
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 10:40 am | Joint Press Release
Two organisations that work with children and young people have teamed up to provide an enhanced level of support for young people this holiday period, following a nationwide rise in child protection enquiries. Child Matters has partnered with Youthline to ... More >>
Port Otago Workers Launch “campaign Of Resistance” Over Mismanagement
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 9:55 am | Joint Press Release
Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) joint media release Workers at Port Otago are going on the front foot in a public campaign to change aggressive management tactics which are threatening the ... More >>
New Zealand And Niue Announce Next Steps Towards Quarantine-free Travel
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 9:34 am | Joint Press Release
The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern and the Premier of Niue Dalton Tagelagi have announced next steps towards quarantine-free travel between the two countries. Negotiations on the text of an ‘Arrangement to Facilitate Quarantine-Free ... More >>
Supporting Manawatū And Viet Nam Students To Become Global Citizens
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 2:46 pm | Joint Press Release
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE - Education New Zealand, Palmerston North City Council, CEDA and Massey University Twenty-seven students from five Manawatū schools graduated as global citizens after completing the Global Competence Certificate. This online ... More >>
Morphum Environmental And Lynker Analytics Awarded Government Contract To Identify Wetlands Using New Technology
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 11:21 am | Joint Press Release
A new way to identify and map natural wetlands, using artificial intelligence, is being developed by two local companies as part of a contract agreement with the Ministry for the Environment. “Being able to accurately and quickly identify natural wetlands ... More >>
Counties Manukau District Health Board CMDHB Redirects Funding
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 12:46 pm | Joint Press Release
Recovery Innovations - RI International located @ Westfield Manukau have Served our Community for the past 11 years. Consequently, RI Manukau will now be closing their doors on 18 Dec 2020. Community Members past & present that access ... More >>
Changes Needed To Emergency Benefit Scheme To Ensure Effectiveness
Monday, 7 December 2020, 12:53 pm | Joint Press Release
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE : Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) and Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG) Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) and the Union Network for Migrants (UNEMIG) have welcomed the Government’s decision to extend emergency benefits ... More >>
Industry Leaders Collaborate To Solve Global Energy Challenges
Monday, 7 December 2020, 10:35 am | Joint Press Release
Beca, EECA, Firstgas Group and Fonterra are backing a study to assess the potential of raw biogas by treating it so it becomes a possible substitute for natural gas. Eleanor Grant, Industrial Sustainability Lead at Beca said, “We know there is real ... More >>
New Strategy Illustrates DHBs’ Commitment To Pacific Health
Friday, 4 December 2020, 12:08 pm | Joint Press Release
The launch of a new strategic plan has paved the way to improve health outcomes and achieve health equity for Pacific peoples across the Greater Wellington region. Launched by Minster for Pacific Peoples and Associate Minister of Health Hon Aupito ... More >>
Auckland Transport And Fullers360 Announce Custom ‘race Day’ Ferry Timetables For Christmas Cup
Friday, 4 December 2020, 10:46 am | Joint Press Release
Auckland Transport and Fullers360 have today announced the details of customised ferry timetables, which will be in service on race days during the Christmas Cup during 17th – 20th December. The timetables have been designed to accommodate the ... More >>
Auckland Transport And Fullers360 Announce Custom ‘race Day’ Ferry Timetables For Christmas Cup
Friday, 4 December 2020, 10:03 am | Joint Press Release
Auckland Transport and Fullers360 have today announced the details of customised ferry timetables, which will be in service on race days during the Christmas Cup during 17th – 20th December. The timetables have been designed to accommodate the ... More >>
