New Zealand’s budget cash deficit was wider than forecast in the last quarter as an expected surge in spending ahead of the increase in GST failed to eventuate and companies paid less tax.
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Alcohol reform changes
With alcohol being a major contributor to crime, violence and accidental death within New Zealand it is comforting to know that government is moving forward with alcohol reform recommendations made by the Law Commission.
In response to the tabled report by the Māori Affairs select commitee on tobacco control asssociate health minister Tariana Turia announced that the govenment will support increased control measures focused on the retail environment including;
According to Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan iwi are unhappy with the Marine and Coastal Area Bill, which is now before the Māori Affairs Select Committee.
The 2025 taskforce’s second report, released on Wednesday, reported that the income gap with Australia is not closing.
The official rate of unemployment fell in the three months to the end of September, despite an increase in the numbers of people recieving the unemployment benefit.
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Private prison to be built
A new prison at Wiri will be designed, built, financed, maintained and run by the private sector.
Ngāti Porou runanga chair Apirana Mahuika says the East Coast iwi won’t allow dissidents to derail its Treaty settlement.
The Government is considering a major reorganisation of state housing, saying Housing New Zealand homes aren’t meeting modern day needs.
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Ngāi Tahu puts its hand up
Ngāi Tahu want to meet Social Development Minister Paula Bennett to find ways it can work better with her ministry to fight domestic violence.
A parliamentary select committee is set to press for a tougher campaign against tobacco smoking.
John Luxton a former Māori Affairs Minister, who chairs the Dairy NZ research and advocacy group has been appointed as a co chair to the Waikato River authority alongside Waikato-Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan.
158 provider organisations have come together into 25 collectives to deliver whānau ora – integrative contracting, over much of the country.
The Medical Council says a long term fix is needed to get more Māori into the health professions. The council’s latest workforce survey found that while Māori make up around 15 percent of the population, the proportion of Māori doctors dropped in the past three years by point one percent to 3