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Honey Exporters Busy Meeting Surging Demand
Friday, 19 February 2021, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Government
Overseas consumers eager for natural products in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped boost honey export revenue by 20 percent to $425 million in the year to June 30, 2020, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says. More >>
Government Delivers More Wellbeing Support For Young People
Friday, 19 February 2021, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Thanks to more than $10-million in new services from the Government, more rangatahi will be able to access mental health and addiction support in their community. Minister of Health Andrew Little made the announcement today while visiting Odyssey House ... More >>
Government Eases Visa Restrictions For Visitors In New Zealand
Friday, 19 February 2021, 11:30 am | New Zealand Government
Visitor visa holders will be able to stay in New Zealand a little longer as the Government eases restrictions for those still here, the Minister of Immigration has announced. More >>
New Zealand To Join The Council Of Europe Convention On Cybercrime
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Kris Faafoi Minister of Justice Hon Dr David Clark Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications The Government is joining the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (the Budapest Convention), Justice Minister Kris Faafoi and Minister ... More >>
Government Support For Businesses Kicks In
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Government
The new Resurgence Support Payment passed by Parliament this week will be available to eligible businesses now that Auckland will be in Alert Level 2 until Monday. More >>
Final Preparations To Ensure Phase 1 Of The Vaccination Rollout Is Ready To Go
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Government
A dry run of the end-to-end process shows New Zealand’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is ready to roll from Saturday, when the first border workers will receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says. “The trial run took place ... More >>
Free Period Products To Be Available In All Schools And Kura
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Government
From June this year, all primary, intermediate, secondary school and kura students will have access to free period products, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti announced today. The announcement follows a successful ... More >>
New Zealand To Conclude Its Deployment To Afghanistan In 2021
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 10:41 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Peeni Henare have announced that New Zealand will conclude its deployment of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to Afghanistan by May 2021. More >>
Prime Minister’s Statement On The Arrest Of Former Dual Citizen In Turkey
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government is in contact with relevant authorities in Turkey following the arrest of a former Australian and New Zealand dual citizen there, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. More >>
Household Incomes Rise But More Work Needed
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 11:22 am | New Zealand Government
Figures released today by Stats NZ show there was strong growth in median household incomes in 2020, before surveying was halted due to COVID-19. More >>
Business Support Under COVID Resurgence Confirmed
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 10:41 am | New Zealand Government
Legislation will be introduced under urgency today to set up a new Resurgence Support Payment for businesses affected by any resurgence of COVID-19. More >>
New Zealand Welcomes Appointment Of New WTO Director General
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 10:13 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Damien O’Connor Minister for Trade and Export Growth Trade and Export Growth Minister Damien O’Connor congratulated Nigeria’s Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her ground-breaking selection as the next Director General of the World Trade Organization ... More >>
Government Delivers On Promise To Working Low-Income Families
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 6:11 am | New Zealand Government
From 1 April 2021, people getting a benefit will be able to earn more through work before their benefit payments are affected, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni has announced. “Overall, around 82,900 low-income people and families ... More >>
First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives In NZ
Monday, 15 February 2021, 5:51 pm | New Zealand Government
Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister MP for Mt Albert Hon Chris Hipkins Minister for COVID-19 Response The first batch of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in New Zealand this morning, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed. The shipment of around ... More >>
Prime Minister’s Statement On Alert Level Changes
Sunday, 14 February 2021, 8:32 pm | New Zealand Government
Good evening Cabinet has met this evening to make decisions on our response to the three cases reported earlier within a household in Auckland. Shortly I will ask Dr Bloomfield to set out some further information we now have relating to these cases. ... More >>
First Ever Nationwide Funding Of Mental Health Services For Rainbow Young
Sunday, 14 February 2021, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Government
For the first time, the Government will provide targeted nationwide funding to services that provide mental health support to Rainbow young people Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. The announcement fulfils an election commitment to allocate ... More >>
Billion Dollar Milestone For Regional Economies
Friday, 12 February 2021, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Government
A significant milestone in support to the regions has been passed with more than one billion dollars pumped into economic development projects to back local jobs and businesses. More >>
Government Backs Sustainable Public Interest Journalism
Friday, 12 February 2021, 1:12 pm | New Zealand Government
The Minister for Broadcasting and Media has launched a fund to support public interest journalism to ensure communities across the country are kept informed on issues that affect them and their communities. More >>
New Zealand’s First COVID-19 Vaccine To Arrive Earlier Than Expected
Friday, 12 February 2021, 9:15 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand’s first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is set to arrive in New Zealand next week subject to transportation plans and quality temperature control, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today. “We have been working behind ... More >>
New Bill To Counter Violent Extremism Online Heads To Select Committee
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Government
“New Zealanders can now have their say on a new Bill to make livestreaming objectionable content a criminal offence and better protect all of us from inadvertently viewing harmful online content,” says Minister for Internal Affairs, Jan Tinetti. More >>
