3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (445+ words) The research is based on a survey of women and non-binary adults across New Zealand who were employed when they experienced family violence from an intimate partner or ex-partner. The report’s recommendations focus on what employers can do to improve…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (697+ words) Digital product labelling is being introduced which Regulations Minister David Seymour says will allow for real-time updates, lower costs and save space currently taken up by physical labels. Separately, over-the-counter medicine labelling will be aligned with Australia's, so that companies…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (484+ words) New Plymouth District Council and Wai Hononga Water Services Limited are inviting public feedback on draft Significance and Engagement policies that set out how each organisation will consider community views when making important decisions. These policies set out when the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (337+ words) Lifejackets will need to be worn, not just carried, on recreational craft 6 metres or less after Hon Dr Shane Reti’s bill was passed unanimously by Parliament today. “Passing this bill has been described as the biggest drowning prevention opportunity in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (632+ words) Labour’s Capital Gains Tax would raid the retirement plans of thousands of New Zealanders by hitting the small businesses they have spent years building, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Labour has been claiming for more than a year that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (310+ words) New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel have arrived in Kiribati, for a joint operation with Kiribati Police to safely dispose of hundreds of pieces of Second World War-era unexploded ordnance (UXO). Enabled by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (759+ words) Kelvin Wright, the current Chief Executive of regional development agency Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, has been announced as the new Chief Executive of New Plymouth District Council. New Plymouth District Mayor Max Brough said the appointment followed a comprehensive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) Fakatili Te Kiloga Fou means ‘Navigating the Changing Environment’ in Tuvaluan. Joshua’s work responds to the urgent threat of climate change that is being felt daily in Tuvalu and other low-lying Pacific nations. Currently undergoing cancer treatment, Joshua’s path to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (857+ words) The government bungled this process not once, but twice. Rushed, poorly vetted legislation seems the prime reason. Reportedly, about 15,000 eligible people were denied their rightful payments. As the Spinoff succinctly explained: The new law required them to prove their eligibility…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1166+ words) Taxaphobes. They’re running amok in Parliament. Both the major parties have joined ACT in assuming that the voting public is as phobic about tax as they are. (We aren’t, but more on that later.) A few years ago, a Canadian…...