Rates are taking up more of household bills, and some communities have faced double-digit increases year after year. This is unsustainable and is only adding to the cost of living for many Kiwis, ...
UN Women Aotearoa New Zealand is proud to welcome Aerospace New Zealand as the newest signatory to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), a set of globally recognised principles offering guidance ...
“We are calling on the Government to establish a National Driver Equity Fund, which would be a game changer for driver education and training in New Zealand, helping to raise the skill levels of New ...
Former police commissioner Andrew Coster has been on leave from his role as social investment secretary since the release of an Independent Police Conduct Authority report, which found serious ...
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says he is determined there will never be a repeat of the “group think” and closed ranks that led to members of the senior executive blocking an investigation into ...
Key themes included the need to dismantle academic barriers and inequities for Indigenous students and researchers, share decision-making about research practices and priorities, and shape research ...
A public hospital doctor is owed $1.27 million in annual leave while many more are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for leave they have been unable to take. RNZ asked Health NZ to provide the ...
As a result, the median wage has drawn significantly closer to the minimum, and commentators say it will take a big productivity boost to boost incomes more generally. In 2010, when the minimum wage ...
The Government’s plan to limit council rates rises to four per cent will inevitably lead to poorer local service provision, and communities being worse off. “This is little more than a distraction ...
“The Government recognises that ratepayers need relief, but Councils now need to step up. They should focus on essential services like roads and pipes, not cycleways that nobody uses or fancy art ...
“Rates caps are lazy politics that will damage New Zealand. International evidence is clear. Rates caps starve councils of revenue, forcing them to privatise community assets, slash staff and impose ...
A new and improved bus network will begin across Napier and Hastings from 25 January 2026. It will be more direct, serves more places, and be simpler to use. Hawke’s Bay Regional Transport Committee ...