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Sarawak Natives File Court Action To Stop Logging In Protected Forest
In reply to the court action, Sarawak forest director Hamden Mohammad admitted that ”the primary purpose of a protected forest is to preserve and safeguard the ecological integrity of the land, ensure ...
Budget Of Austerity Piles On Least Well-Off, Misreads Public Mood - Better Taxes
“The most significant contributor to the Government’s $5.3bn in savings required to reach its arbitrary operating allowance ...
Kiribati Accedes To The Biological Weapons Convention
The United States congratulates Kiribati, which deposited its instrument of accession to the Biological Weapons Convention ...
Nadia Reid Surprises Fans With Free Release Of 2011 EP “Letters I Wrote And Never Sent” On Bandcamp
New Zealand musician Nadia Reid has delighted fans by suddenly releasing her long-lost 2011 EP, Letters I Wrote and Never Sent , available now on Bandcamp as a free or pay-what-you-can download.
ProCare Concerned By 12-Month Prescribing Extension In Budget 2025
ProCare, Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest network of general practices, is concerned that the Government has chosen to disregard sector feedback by announcing a full 12-month repeat prescribing ...
Budget 2025: No Surprises And Little To Celebrate For General Practice
After a flurry of pre-Budget announcements for primary care, Budget 2025 delivered no surprises today for primary care.
Government Can’t Take Its Foot Of The Gas Pedal On Transport Infrastructure
"However, as noted in the Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024 - rail freight volumes steadily declined in the past six years, despite receiving almost $2.5 billion in Crown funding. The ...
Govt Guts Emergency Housing While Need Increases
The National Government has cut $1 billion from the emergency housing budget on the false pretence that demand is reducing, while also ending contracted emergency housing from December this year. “The ...
KiwiSaver Changes An Opportunity To Improve Retirement Outcomes For All – Pie Funds CEO
KiwiSaver changes announced in today’s Budget, including lifting the default employer and employee contribution rate to 4% and extending the government contribution to 16 and 17 year olds, mark a ...
No Nature, No Economy: Budget 2025 Misses The $133b Point
Forest & Bird says the Government’s lack of investment in New Zealand’s environment in Budget 2025 is deeply concerning given ...
$1 Billion Of Māori Funding Gone
“In Budget 2024 more than $300 million was cut from Māori specific initiatives – Te Arawhiti, The Māori Health Authority, and ...
Budget Initiatives Come At The Expense Of Working Women
Secondary teachers welcome some of the initiatives announced in the Budget today, including changes to the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) and an increase in alternative education funding, but deplore ...