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An Action Plan designed to bring children’s agencies together for the common purpose of helping those most in need has had a significant impact in its first year.
- Children
Kiwis will find it easier to compare product prices at the supermarket, with new regulations due to come into force at the end of August.
- Commerce and Consumer Affairs
The Government has agreed to support the Independent Arbitration Panel’s recommendation to increase secondary teachers’ base salaries by 14.5 percent by December 2024.
- Education
A new agreement signed today will bolster emergency management cooperation between New Zealand and Fiji, says Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty.
- Emergency Management
More than 110,000 people joined the paid workforce in the past year as the number of those in jobs hit a record high.
- Finance
- Social Development and Employment
Proposed changes for the retirement village sector balance fairness for consumers with ensuring the sector is supported, Associate Housing Minister Barbara Edmonds announced today.
- Housing
New Zealand has no farms infected with the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis (M.bovis) as the joint Government and primary sector eradication effort moves into its next phase.
- Biosecurity
The Government’s successful Apprenticeship Boost Initiative has supported a whopping 60,000 apprentices stay in or take up an apprenticeship, since it was introduced in August 2020.
- Education
- Social Development and Employment
Minister for Emergency Management, Kieran McAnulty, will travel to Fiji and Vanuatu today to further strengthen cooperation between the countries in building resilience to natural disasters.
- Emergency Management
On-site care and support services for some of Wellington’s most vulnerable people is being introduced for the first time to permanent public housing in Wellington City.
- Housing
The Government has welcomed a report from the Startup Advisors Council on steps to support a thriving startup sector in New Zealand.
- Economic Development
- Research, Science and Innovation
The Government is providing a further $567 million to Waka Kotahi for immediate works on state highways in Tairāwhiti, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, Coromandel and Northland.
- Cyclone Recovery
- Transport
More than 30,000 Te Whatu Ora-employed nurses will receive a pay rise and a one-off lump sum payment to address historic pay equity issues, Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall announced today.
- Health
The Government is welcoming an agreement by Hawke’s Bay mayors and Regional Council chair to take to their councils a package including sharing the cost of buying out high-risk (Category 3) residential properties in the region.
- Cyclone Recovery
- Finance
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta will travel to South Africa this week undertaking a range of bilateral engagements to further explore ways New Zealand can deepen its relationship and economic ties with the region.
- Foreign Affairs
The Government has congratulated the Football Ferns on their inspirational performances at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
- Sport and Recreation
Housing Minister Megan Woods has opened 21 new public homes in Masterton today, welcoming the return of new Government-owned public housing to the area for the first time in two decades.
- Housing
The rollout of on-board cameras across New Zealand's inshore commercial fishing fleet has reached a new milestone, with cameras going live on the first 23 boats from Tuesday.
- Oceans and Fisheries
Deepening the bonds between our Cook Islands community and their cultural traditions is the focus of this year’s ‘Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani – Cook Islands Language Week.
- Pacific Peoples
The Government’s landmark Progressive Home Ownership scheme will reach more potential first home buyers, by allowing existing homes to be bought.
- Housing
The Crown and Te Korowai o Wainuiārua iwi groups have signed a Deed of Settlement at Raetihi Marae today, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little has announced.
- Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Communities around New Zealand are safer, with 26 fire stations having now been successfully upgraded or rebuilt, providing a boost for regional economies and a key emergency service.
- Internal Affairs
Breeding top-notch working farm dogs is the focus of a new industry-led project backed by the Government, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says.
- Agriculture
2022 was another year of positive change in visibility of women in sport with a further jump in the coverage of female athletes and teams in news media.
- Sport and Recreation