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The Government will upgrade 24 local hospitals next year to support planned and routine care, to ensure non-COVID patients are safe when COVID patients are being treated.

  • Health

Budget 2022 will include a focus on the Government’s health reforms and investing in initiatives to reduce emissions and met our climate goals.

  • Finance

The Government’s books are forecast to be back in surplus sooner than expected as economic and fiscal outlooks improve.

  • Finance

The Security Information in Proceedings Legislation Bill has passed its first reading and will now be considered by Parliament’s Justice Committee.

  • Justice

An addition to the education and training amendment bill will help make the early education sector sustainable, of higher quality and more diverse, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says. 

  • Education

Additional steps to strengthen the Government’s action combatting firearms violence have been taken today with the introduction of the Firearms Prohibition Order Legislation Bill into Parliament.

  • Police

A temporary accommodation village is to be built in Westport, as the Government continues to support the town’s ongoing recovery from the devastating floods in July.

  • Building and Construction

The Government has today released the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry report and is starting work on developing a new, independent, survivor-focused redress system.

  • Internal Affairs
  • Public Service

The Government will introduce a Sustainable Biofuels Mandate to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods said today.

  • Energy and Resources
  • Transport

The Government is considering recommendations to help the seafood sector move away from a reliance on migrant labour, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries David Parker said.  

  • Oceans and Fisheries

A new arrangement between New Zealand and Spain will boost protection for seabirds threatened by fishing operations.

  • Conservation
  • Environment
  • Vaccination assessment tool available today, guiding businesses on vaccine requirements for workers
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Food and fibre export revenue is projected to surge to a record $50.8 billion in the year to 30 June 2022 – an increase of 6 percent over the previous year.

  • Agriculture

“Tens of thousands of New Zealanders stand to benefit from the Bill which reverses changes made to ACC legislation by the previous Government and extends cover for women who suffer from injuries while giving birth,” ACC Minister Carmel Sepuloni said.

  • ACC

The Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence have welcomed the Sexual Violence Legislation Bill passing its final stage in Parliament.

  • Justice

No te rā tonu nei i pōhiritia a Ngāti Maniapoto ki te whare Paremata e Andrew Little te Minita mo ngā take Tiriti kia kite ai rātou te pānuitanga tuatahi o te pire Whakataunga Whakaaetanga a Ngāti Maniapoto.

  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

The Minister of Justice has confirmed that the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 will be reviewed as part of the Government’s response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on the Christchurch masjidain on 15 March 2019.

  • Justice

Legislation to cut red tape for more new housing has passed in Parliament with cross-party support that provides an enduring solution to fixing New Zealand’s housing crisis.

  • Environment
  • Housing

The first funding deal for the Government’s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF) has been signed, enabling over 400 additional homes in Porirua.

  • Housing

Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Phil Twyford have today announced a new investment fund to support COVID-19 recovery in the Pacific.

  • Foreign Affairs
  • Trade and Export Growth

Government agencies will build on the work of the Joint Venture, in a new Interdepartmental Executive Board to enable the collaborative responses, clear roles and responsibilities required to deliver Te Aorerekura - the new National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence.

  • Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence

Minister for Youth Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan has today announced the Youth Members of Parliament (MPs), the Youth Clerk, and the Youth Press Gallery Members who have been selected to participate in Youth Parliament 2022.

  • Youth

Border class exceptions for 600 much-needed specialist tech workers have been announced today by the Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications, Dr David Clark.

  • Digital Economy and Communications

The Government has approved border class exceptions for key agricultural jobs including 200 mobile plant machinery operators, 40 shearers and 50 wool handlers.

  • Agriculture