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Stronger Accountability For Your Rates
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 10:14 am | New Zealand Government
The metrics include information on council demographics, rates revenue, debt, staffing and expenditure, with benchmarking based on groupings of similar councils. More >>
Maternal Mental Health Boost For Four Regions
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 7:39 am | New Zealand Government
The investment will create more clinical and non-clinical roles within community-based specialist infant and maternal mental health services. More >>
Health And Safety Regulations To Support Science And Technology
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 6:57 am | New Zealand Government
The change aims to match hazardous substances requirements for university laboratories as well as science and technology laboratories with their actual risk. More >>
Kiwibank Gets Green Light To Grow
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 10:13 am | New Zealand Government
Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today that, following a market testing process, Cabinet had approved Kiwibank’s parent company raising up to $500 million of capital to fund the bank’s growth. More >>
Taking The Next Step In Tackling Boy Racers
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 9:37 am | New Zealand Government
The Anti-Social Road Use Legislation Amendment Bill has been introduced to Parliament and it is expected to receive its first reading in August. More >>
Regulatory Relief For Manufacturing Sector
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 7:33 am | New Zealand Government
The proposed changes aim to ensure standards reflect real-world risks and align with international benchmarks. Manufacturers have said that the current rules are unclear and difficult to apply, leading to unnecessary costs and compliance burden. More >>
HTP Change Aimed At Stopping Smoking
Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Government
“What Labour and RNZ are saying is incredibly misleading,” Ms Costello says. “To be absolutely clear, this is no ‘tax break’ for the industry. More >>
Orthopaedic Waitlists Fall Across Central North Island
Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 1:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Between November 2023 and March 2025, the number of people waiting fell from 3,125 to 2,668. The number waiting longer than four months dropped by 11 per cent, from 1,666 to 1,480. More >>
Practical Safety Changes Coming For Family Farms
Tuesday, 29 July 2025, 7:30 am | New Zealand Government
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is consulting with rural Kiwis in the agriculture sector on changes that will ensure health and safety requirements are workable and practical. More >>
Government Delivers Further Cost Of Living Support
Monday, 28 July 2025, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Government
The economy is expected to grow on average 2.7 per cent per year creating 240,000 jobs over the next four years, but in the short term we are pulling every lever we can to help Kiwi families with the cost of living, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ... More >>
Common-Sense Change Clears Way For Counsellors
Monday, 28 July 2025, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Government
While many challenges remain, this is yet another step this Government is taking to turn the corner on the longstanding mental health workforce vacancies. More >>
Scrapped Surcharges A Win For New Zealanders
Monday, 28 July 2025, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Government
We’re banning surcharges so consumers can shop with confidence knowing how much they will pay for their purchases. More >>
PM Luxon To Host Solomon Islands Prime Minister
Monday, 28 July 2025, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand has a long-standing development cooperation partnership with Solomon Islands, which includes support for education, economic development, climate resilience, and peacebuilding. More >>
Clearer Rules And Prequalification Guidance To Support Construction
Monday, 28 July 2025, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Government
As part of wider Government health and safety reforms, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden will be consulting with builders and construction professionals to improve productivity. More >>
Farmer Confidence At 8yr High, But Still More To Do!
Monday, 28 July 2025, 11:42 am | New Zealand Government
“The latest Federated Farmers Confidence Survey shows a remarkable shift in sentiment, with confidence lifting from -66 per cent when the Government took office to +33 per cent this July,” Mr McClay says. More >>
Overseas Products To Make It Cheaper To Build
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Government
Quality overseas building products have been given the green light for New Zealand construction, ending costly monopolies on a small number of products that are currently used in New Zealand, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. More >>
Reducing Councils’ Ridiculous Use Of Road Cones
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 6:09 am | New Zealand Government
By requiring local councils to adopt a risk-based approach, we’ll see more sensible use of temporary traffic management on local roads, keeping road workers and others safe, at a more reasonable cost to ratepayers. More >>
Faster Cancer Diagnosis Pathway For Women In Auckland
Sunday, 27 July 2025, 5:35 am | New Zealand Government
The new service follows similar successful models already operating in Auckland, Counties Manukau, and Waikato. More >>
Ratepayers Win In Collaboration Over Local Water
Friday, 25 July 2025, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Government
The cost of delivering water services has been a driver of higher rates across the country. By getting water services on a stable footing and making critical investment now, councils keep rate increases down, says Local Government Minister Simon Watts. More >>
Strengthening Primary Care To Better Meet Patient Needs
Friday, 25 July 2025, 10:10 am | New Zealand Government
“The health system should reflect the needs of patients, wherever they live in New Zealand. That’s why we’re making changes to the way GP clinics are funded to ensure money goes where it’s needed most.” More >>
