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Pay rise on the way for 640 Hutt Valley care workers
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says care and support workers across the Hutt Valley will receive a pay rise as a result of the $2 billion pay equity settlement from next week. More >>
Pay rise on the way for 920 Hawke’s Bay care workers
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says care and support workers across Hawke’s Bay will receive a pay rise as a result of the $2 billion pay equity settlement from next week. More >>
Pay rise on the way for 1,240 Counties Manukau care workers
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says care and support workers across the Counties Manukau region will receive a pay rise as a result of the $2 billion pay equity settlement from next week. More >>
Regenerate Christchurch work programme tabled
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner is welcoming Regenerate Christchurch’s Statement of Intent 2017-2021 andStatement of Performance Expectations 2017-18 tabled in Parliament today. More >>
NZ to deliver air traffic control services for Pacific
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Airways New Zealand will continue to deliver air traffic control services to Niue, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and the Kingdom of Tonga after the contract was re-signed in Christchurch today, Transport Minister Simon Bridges says. More >>
Pay rise on the way for 1,110 Bay of Plenty care workers
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says care and support workers across the Bay of Plenty will receive a pay rise as a result of the $2 billion pay equity settlement from next week. More >>
Pay rise on the way for 1,480 Auckland DHB care workers
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says care and support workers across Auckland will receive a pay rise as a result of the $2 billion pay equity settlement from next week. More >>
Ensuring young people are digitally fluent for our future
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Government
Delivered to Education Cross Sector Forum on Raising Achievement – Digital Technology (not delivered word for word) More >>
First Social Housing Valuation provides valuable insights
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 12:42 pm | New Zealand Government
Social Housing Minister Amy Adams has welcomed the 2015 Social Housing Valuation as the first step in building a more sophisticated understanding of the factors that affect vulnerable New Zealanders. More >>
New dementia guidelines for GPs and nurses
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 12:17 pm | New Zealand Government
Associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner is encouraging primary healthcare professionals to use recently published guidelines to help identify early signs of dementia. More >>
NZ to support training of Cuban doctors
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced the renewal of an agreement between New Zealand and Cuba that will boost medical assistance in Pacific countries. More >>
Bill to wipe historical homosexual convictions introduced
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 11:28 am | New Zealand Government
A Bill to allow historical convictions for homosexual offences to be removed will help put right a wrong from the past, says Justice Minister Amy Adams. More >>
Pacific perspective at forefront with launch of policy tool
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 11:26 am | New Zealand Government
Pacific People’s Minister Alfred Ngaro says the launch of Kapasa: the Pacific Policy Analysis Tool, signals a major turning point in government policy decision-making for Pacific peoples. More >>
Kaikoura ratings to exclude quake damage
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 11:10 am | New Zealand Government
Kaikoura ratings to exclude quake damage Earthquake damage will not be reflected in any changes to the rating valuations of Kaikoura properties this year, says Land Information Minister Mark Mitchell. “The Government has given approval for the ... More >>
War on Weeds gets half million regional boost
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 10:28 am | New Zealand Government
Conservation Minister Maggie Barry says almost $500,000 extra will be spent on regional projects that target the country’s worst weeds. More >>
Digital curriculum connects young people to the future
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 10:12 am | New Zealand Government
Consultation on new digital technologies content for the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, the Māori-medium Curriculum, was launched today by Education Minister Nikki Kaye. More >>
$40m digital fluency package
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 10:09 am | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Nikki Kaye today announced an investment package of around $40 million over three years to enhance the digital fluency of our young people. More >>
Insulation grants extended to low-income home owners
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 10:07 am | New Zealand Government
The Government has extended the eligibility for Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes insulation grants to include low-income home owners in addition to landlords with low-income or high health need tenants, Energy and Resources Minister Judith Collins ... More >>
Corrections officers to carry pepper spray
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 10:01 am | New Zealand Government
Frontline Corrections officers will soon be able to carry pepper spray on their bodies to increase staff and prisoner safety, says Minister of Corrections Louise Upston. More >>
Budget 2017: Further $5 million investment in Otago schools
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 9:40 am | New Zealand Government
Budget 2017 has already provided for around $19 million to increase capacity in Wanaka and today Education Minister Nikki Kaye and Associate Education Minister Tim Macindoe announced a further $5 million will be invested in schools in the Otago region. More >>
