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Government Provides Clarity To Farmers And Councils On Freshwater Plans
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 1:09 pm | New Zealand Government
“Labour’s National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (the NPS-FM) is extremely complex and expensive for farmers and councils to implement – and despite that it won’t deliver the outcomes for freshwater that New Zealanders would ... More >>
Govt Confirms Details Of Abuse In Care National Apology
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 11:44 am | New Zealand Government
On November 12 Parliament will apologise on behalf of the nation for the failures of the State across many governments. Following a mihi whakatau, proceedings will begin mid-morning with survivor voices and apologies from some government agency ... More >>
Improvements To Protect Children In Schools
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 9:15 am | New Zealand Government
“The Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Zealand Teaching Council to improve information sharing arrangements about individuals working in schools who are under investigation for offences relating to child sex abuse material”, ... More >>
Government To Toughen Three Strikes Bill
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 8:17 am | New Zealand Government
“This Government is committed to restoring law and order. The Bill to reinstate the Three Strikes law makes it clear that repeat serious violent or sexual offending is not acceptable in our society,” Mrs McKee says. More >>
Government To Clarify s70 Discharge Consent To Provide Certainty For Councils And Primary Sector
Monday, 21 October 2024, 6:09 pm | New Zealand Government
Our goal is to produce clear rules that unlock the double dividend of higher growth and productivity alongside positive environmental outcomes. More >>
Breaking Ground On The First New Road Of National Significance
Monday, 21 October 2024, 4:47 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government is keeping its promise to New Zealanders to deliver a new generation of RoNS across the country that reduce congestion, unlock land for thousands of new houses, and boost economic growth as we rebuild the economy to reduce the cost of ... More >>
NZ Heads To Samoa For Commonwealth Talks
Monday, 21 October 2024, 3:35 pm | New Zealand Government
This is the first time the two-yearly Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is hosted by Samoa, representing a great opportunity to profile the Pacific to the world. More >>
New Zealand Celebrates Epic Sporting Weekend
Monday, 21 October 2024, 9:13 am | New Zealand Government
“In New Zealand’s history there haven’t been too many sporting weekends like the one we’ve just seen, with epic wins from Team New Zealand, the White Ferns, the Black Caps, the Silver Ferns and the Paddle Ferns,” Mr Bishop says. More >>
Foreign Minister Represents NZ At Indonesian Presidential Inauguration
Monday, 21 October 2024, 8:59 am | New Zealand Government
“It was a pleasure meeting President Prabowo in Jakarta for the second time this year,” Mr Peters says. More >>
Removing Roadblocks To Building Infrastructure
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 5:42 pm | New Zealand Government
Having not been substantially amended since 1988, the Public Works Act is no longer fit-for-purpose; it is time to make changes to improve its fairness & efficiency. A targeted review by an independent expert advisory panel has identified instances ... More >>
Anniversary Of Equal Pay Act Shows We Have More To Do
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 3:33 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister for Women Nicola Grigg says her ambitions for the future are that there would be no pay gap in the public and private sector, and that is what we should all work towards. More >>
Attracting Investment On Agenda For Singapore Trip
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Government
Attracting more overseas investment is a vital part of the Coalition Government’s economic strategy. More >>
Foreign Minister Completes Successful Visit To Thailand
Saturday, 19 October 2024, 5:49 pm | New Zealand Government
High-level contact between our two countries is key to taking our relationship to the next level. That is why we have agreed to re-establish regular and substantial Foreign Minister consultations. More >>
Have Your Say On The Dairy Industry Restructuring (Export Licences Allocation) Amendment Bill
Friday, 18 October 2024, 5:04 pm | Primary Production Committee
The bill would change the allocation of dairy export quotas from a system based on the proportion of milk solids a company collects from New Zealand farmers to a system based on a company’s export history. More >>
West Coast To Offer Rural And Remote Medicine Training
Friday, 18 October 2024, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Government
One of the five priorities of the National Rural Health Strategy is to create a valued and flexible rural health workforce and training young doctors to be rural generalists will support the delivery of this priority. More >>
Government Praises Important Progress On East Coast Clean-Up
Friday, 18 October 2024, 11:58 am | New Zealand Government
There is strong momentum and coordination of work in the region across local and central government, and the Forestry and Agriculture sectors in addressing the impacts of last year’s cyclones,” Mr McClay says. More >>
New Members Appointed To NZ On Air Board
Friday, 18 October 2024, 11:40 am | New Zealand Government
Brett Banner and Philip Crump have been appointed to the NZ On Air Board, Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith says. More >>
Health Minister To Attend International Meetings In The Philippines And Singapore
Friday, 18 October 2024, 11:05 am | New Zealand Government
“Being represented at and engaging in Manila for the 75th regional meeting will signal NewZealand’s commitment to working collectively on solutions for global and regional health issues." More >>
Residence Portion Of The Military-Style Academies Complete
Friday, 18 October 2024, 9:24 am | New Zealand Government
The residence portion of the Military Style Academy Pilot at Te Au rere a te Tonga Youth Justice residence in Palmerston North is wrapping up, with the young people now transitioning back into the community with support, Minister for Children Karen ... More >>
New Zealand Takes Next Step In Dairy Dispute With Canada
Friday, 18 October 2024, 6:39 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand takes its obligations under trade agreements seriously. The CPTPP is one of the highest quality agreements signed by a group of like-minded economies,” Mr McClay says. More >>
