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Over a hundred ice burgs are drifting from Antarctica to New Zealand. Scientist Neal Young told the AFP that these icebergs, some of which are more than 200 meters wide, were seen in just one cluster, meaning that there could be hundreds more. The...
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The Household Labour Force survey has show that Maori unemployment has increased drastically from 9.6 percent to 14.2 percent in the past year, representing10,000 job losses. To contrast, unemployment for Pakeha (New Zealanders of European decent) has...
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Hone Harawira, Maori Party MP for the Te Tai Tokerau electorate has come under fire in the media for comments that the National Business Review described as “racially abusive” and Prime Minister John Key called “outrageous” and “deeply...
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The National Party made public its harsh welfare policies in August last year, resulting in a marked increase in calls to counseling service Lifeline by distressed welfare recipients when they won the November election. The policies were put on hold...
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Legislation making controversial changes to New Zealand’s publicly owned Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has passed its first reading in parliament by a vote of 69 to 53. The new law makes it harder for victims of sexual abuse to get...
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More than 500 motorcyclists roared through the small South Island city of Nelson on last weekend to give a clear message to local MP Nick Smith, who is also the minister of the publicly owned Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). ACC levys for...
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Changes being proposed to New Zealand’s publicly owned Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) could block access to counselling for victims of sexual abuse. The changes will require sexual abuse victims to be diagnosed with a mental illness under...
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For over a week television viewers and newspaper readers in New Zealand -and even some overseas- were fed constant updates about Aisling Symes, the two year old girl who went missing from her West Auckland home on October 5th. Any missing person case...
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When Auckland bus drivers were at a standstill negotiating with their employer NZ Bus, a company owned by Infratil, they took a creative form of industrial action; doing everything their contracts required, like preforming safety checks on buses and...
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In an article published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today a number of of senior health professionals call for New Zealand to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to combat “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century”. Dr...
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