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Survey Results To Drive Change For Tourism And Hospitality Workforce
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 12:03 pm | New Zealand Government
As the tourism sector continues to bounce back, workforce will be a key part as we look to the future. More >>
Upgrading Substations To Improve Reliability For Wellington Metro Rail
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 11:08 am | New Zealand Government
The amount of travel on Wellington’s metro rail network is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, and upgrading the network’s substations will enable this growth and provide Wellingtonians confidence in the reliability of their ... More >>
Record $434 Million In Community Grants From Lotto NZ
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 10:22 am | New Zealand Government
“It’s fantastic to see an increase in funding going to important community projects, providing opportunities for New Zealanders to participate in social, recreational, and cultural activities” says Minister of Internal Affairs Hon Brooke van Velden. More >>
NZ-Australia Ministers To Discuss Foreign Policy, Defence
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 9:48 am | New Zealand Government
The ministers plan to discuss a wide range of strategic issues, including partnering in the Pacific, responding to growing instability in the Indo-Pacific, and the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas conflicts. More >>
Major Review Of Competition To Lift Productivity
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 9:45 am | New Zealand Government
The review will be led by respected economist and former chair of the Commission Dame Paula Rebstock, with Professor Allan Fels and David Hunt, and will be completed by May 2025. More >>
Funding Boost To Strengthen Maritime’s Rescue Team
Thursday, 5 December 2024, 9:38 am | New Zealand Government
“Our Government is delivering an annual funding boost to New Zealand’s Rescue Coordination Centre to establish a new fifth watch, increasing Maritime’s frontline staffing levels from 16 to 20 full-time equivalents,” Minister of Transport Hon ... More >>
Government Releases Independent Scientific Review On Biogenic Methane Science And Targets
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Government
The panel of highly regarded, New Zealand and international scientists, have provided evidence-based advice on what New Zealand’s biogenic methane target should be to ensure no additional warming. More >>
New Courthouses For Whanganui And Papakura
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Government
“Construction will begin mid 2025 at the site of the former RSA, which was purchased by the Ministry of Justice for $11m. As the construction contract for this project is currently being negotiated, the exact funding amount is currently commercially ... More >>
Positive Progress For The NZ ETS
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Government
“Today’s auction result shows the market is moving in the right direction to restore credibility in the NZ ETS,” Mr Watts says. More >>
Catalyst Fund Updated For Global Impact
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Government
“New Zealanders expect to see publicly funded research delivering clear benefits, which is why I am refocusing our science funding to concentrate on backing science with a purpose." More >>
Marsden Fund Refocused For Science With A Purpose
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Government
The new Investment Plan focuses on supporting research that can be of economic, environmental or health benefit to New Zealand. The new Terms of Reference outline that approximately 50 per cent of funds will go towards supporting proposals with economic benefits ... More >>
Removing Rewards For Poor Employee Behaviour
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Government
The Employment Relations Act allows the courts to make reductions to remedies when the employee contributes to the personal grievance, but these reductions have become smaller, while awards to employees have been increasing. More >>
Protecting NZ Food Production And ETS Credibility
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Government
“These changes deliver on a key election commitment to protect food production for farmers while providing ETS certainty for foresters,” Mr McClay says. More >>
Fuel Companies Required To Store More Jet Fuel
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 10:18 am | New Zealand Government
“For more than seven years fuel companies have held jet fuel supplies at lower than recommended levels, risking New Zealand’s regional and international connections in times of tight supply,” Mr Jones says. More >>
Govt Delivers Māori Education Action Plan
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 9:59 am | New Zealand Government
“25 per cent of learners within our schooling system are Māori. While many achieve excellent results, on average Māori experience worse outcomes than other learners on every major metric that we measure. More >>
Strong Growth In International Student Enrolments
Wednesday, 4 December 2024, 9:09 am | New Zealand Government
“With 73,535 enrolments between January to August 2024, more enrolments have been achieved in just two terms this year than we saw in all of last year,” Ms Simmonds says. More >>
Speech To Early Childhood Education Sector– Reducing Red Tape And Barriers To ECE
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 6:10 pm | New Zealand Government
"My focus has been on making practical and sensible changes in regulatory areas – and doing this as quickly as possible – to ease some of the pressure on services and their staffing, and help avoid increased fees, reduced operating hours, or even ... More >>
Democracy Restored To Transport In Auckland
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Government
By returning decision-making power to elected representatives, we are enabling Aucklanders to directly influence the transport policies that affect their daily lives,” Transport and Auckland Minister Simeon Brown says. More >>
Health NZ Makes Progress On Financial Recovery
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Government
Health NZ and all of the health workforce are making encouraging progress and I will continue to support the hard work of the Commissioner, the Chief Executive and the effort going on to reset the agency, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says. More >>
Wait Times For Veterans Improve
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Government
My number one goal when I took on this role was to reduce wait times for veterans, which is why Budget 2024 invested an extra $4 million dollars over four years directly into Veterans’ Affairs to speed up processing times of applications, Veterans Minister ... More >>
