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Housing Investment Will Deliver 400 Affordable Homes For Whānau Māori
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Government
The Minister today announced $200 million in funding will be accelerated into Māori housing projects across the country that will enable the delivery of 400 affordable rentals in high-need areas by the end of June 2027. More >>
Marking World Cancer Day
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 11:37 am | New Zealand Government
Speaking to patients and staff at the Bay of Plenty Cancer Centre in Tauranga today, Mr Brown acknowledged the thousands of New Zealanders and families whose lives are touched by cancer each year. More >>
Discharging Labour’s Redundant Ram Raid Bill
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 11:02 am | New Zealand Government
“Ram raids dropped 60 per cent last year and we’re confident we’ll continue to see this decrease over time,” Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Turnaround Plan To Get Kāinga Ora Back On Track
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 10:55 am | New Zealand Government
Kāinga Ora is an important Crown entity, with assets of $47 billion and over $2.5 billion of expenditure each year. It currently owns around 75,000 homes and is the country’s biggest landlord. More >>
Supercharging Literacy & Numeracy Achievement Through Te Reo Māori
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 9:16 am | New Zealand Government
From Term 1, all 310 kura and schools from Years 0 to 8 using Te Marautanga o Aotearoa will begin receiving Rangaranga Reo ā-Tā (structured literacy) kits and Poutama Pāngarau (numeracy) workbooks and Pāngarau resources. More >>
Government Casts Global Net For New Ships And Invites Alternative Proposals
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 9:08 am | New Zealand Government
Details on how maritime transport operators or infrastructure investors can register interest in providing ideas and receive further information are available on the Government Electronic Tenders Service (GETS) website (www.gets.govt.nz). More >>
Crown Shows Commitment To Ngāpuhi Settlement
Monday, 3 February 2025, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Government
“This initialling is an important step in beginning to provide reparations to Ngāpuhi and will be the first redress the Crown provides,” Mr Goldsmith says. More >>
Living Cost Inflation Continues Downward Trend
Monday, 3 February 2025, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Government
Data released by Stats NZ today shows the yearly household living costs increased by 3 per cent in the year to December 2024, after increasing 3.8 per cent in the year to September 2024 and 7.4 per cent in the year to September 2023. More >>
Online Portal For COVID-19 Inquiry Opens
Monday, 3 February 2025, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Last year the Government announced that there would be a second phase of the Inquiry into COVID-19 covering outstanding matters of public concern. Both the ACT-National and New Zealand First-National coalition agreements include commitments to expand ... More >>
Legal Action Dropped Over ETS Foresty Registry
Monday, 3 February 2025, 11:57 am | New Zealand Government
The previous Labour government made a number of decisions that drove up the cost of ETS Registry and they expected the forestry sector to blindly pay for their mistakes. The National-led coalition Government has worked hard to rebuild confidence in the ... More >>
Guidance For Safe Use Of AI In The Public Sector
Monday, 3 February 2025, 11:04 am | New Zealand Government
AI presents a major opportunity to lift productivity and improve public service delivery but government must ensure it is done right. More >>
New Benefit Sanctions For Traffic Light System
Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:57 am | New Zealand Government
These new sanctions will ensure there is accountability in the welfare system for those who aren’t taking reasonable steps to seek employment, while also recognising that reducing benefits isn’t the answer for everyone. More >>
First Charter Schools Open For 2025
Monday, 3 February 2025, 8:32 am | New Zealand Government
The huge demand to open charter schools not only highlights the need, but also the commitment of people to provide varied educational opportunities for young New Zealanders to maximise educational outcomes. More >>
Pukekohe Rail Electrification Completed
Sunday, 2 February 2025, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Government
Auckland’s rail network is hugely important to the city and the government is investing more than $2 billion to rebuild, renew, and extend services in advance of the City Rail Link opening in 2026, which will be transformational for our biggest city. More >>
Decision Reached On Dunedin Hospital
Friday, 31 January 2025, 11:45 am | New Zealand Government
“The Dunedin Hospital project was poorly handled under the previous government. They promised big, made poor decisions, and blew out the budget. We are focused on delivering a safe, modern hospital complex that Dunedin deserves,” Mr Brown says. More >>
Government Confirms International Commitment To Disability Community
Friday, 31 January 2025, 10:24 am | New Zealand Government
Of the 63 concluding observations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), 47 will be progressed or considered as part of wider work later this year. More >>
Major Milestone Reached With Launch Of Minerals Strategy And Critical Minerals List
Friday, 31 January 2025, 10:18 am | New Zealand Government
Mr Jones released the documents, which present the Coalition Government’s transformative vision for the sector and identify minerals essential to our economy, at OceanaGold’s Waihi Operation in Hauraki today. More >>
Tax Policy Proposal Would Boost NZ Racing
Friday, 31 January 2025, 10:06 am | New Zealand Government
“The racing industry makes an important economic contribution. New Zealand thoroughbreds are in demand overseas as racehorses and for breeding. The domestic thoroughbred industry put nearly a billion dollars into the economy in 2022/23,” Mr Peters says. More >>
98 Per Cent Of Potholes Repaired Within 24 Hours
Friday, 31 January 2025, 9:40 am | New Zealand Government
“The Government’s Pothole Prevention Fund is delivering a total of 285.6 lane kilometres of rehabilitation work over the summer months – a 124 per cent increase compared to last year. This record level of rehabilitation work will help prevent ... More >>
First Plunket Site Begins Delivering Childhood Immunisations
Friday, 31 January 2025, 9:19 am | New Zealand Government
This initiative to boost the vaccination workforce is in addition to the $50 million investment over two years for Hauora Māori providers to deliver additional vaccinations. The pilot runs until June 2026. More >>
