Scoop Politics

New Police Minister Must Check Police Equations Behind Firearm Fee Increase

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:16:00 +0200

The newly-minted Police Minister, Ginny Andersen, has been called on by the Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) to investigate how the previous Minister allowed Police to propose extraordinary fee increases for licensed firearm owners without ...

Free Information And Advice In Your Language

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:34:00 +0200

Things make more sense when people are speaking your language! This CAB Awareness Week (20-26 March), we are celebrating diversity and multiculturalism within our service. At the Citizens Advice Bureau, we are committed to making sure our service ...

Getting Flipped By The Bird

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:30:00 +0200

The free and easy SMS two factor authentication (2FA) to log into your Twitter account ends today. That concerns Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster because it takes away one of the most common ways to verify who users are on their free accounts, which ...

Government Should Not Be Spending Taxpayer Money To Lobby Itself

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0200

The Taxpayers’ Union has slammed the revelation that government agencies and State Owned Enterprises are spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars on lobbying firms as revealed by Radio NZ this morning. Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, ...

Chief Ombudsman Concludes Investigation Into Council Decisions Over National Erebus Memorial

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 03:19:00 +0200

The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has completed his investigation into complaints about Auckland Council’s role in the National Erebus Memorial project. The complaints relate to the council’s approval and consents process for the memorial site in ...

Local Government Minister Should Meet Taxpayers’ Union On Three Waters

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 02:45:00 +0200

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is pleased to hear that the Minister of Local Government, Kieran McAnulty, has invited concerned mayors to the Beehive to discuss the Three Waters reforms but believe he should meet with the country’s largest ...

High Number Of Dog Attacks Concerns Child Health Experts

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:42:00 +0200

The Paediatric Society of New Zealand/Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa are very concerned about the high number of tamariki injured by dogs in Aotearoa. Auckland emergency doctor Natasha Duncan-Sutherland says, “Over 2800 dog-related injuries ...

Alcohol Advertising On Social Media Platforms

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:34:00 +0200

A new report from Australia highlights the significant community exposure to alcohol advertising through social media platforms. Over a one-year period researchers observed nearly 40,000 advertisements from a subset of alcohol-related accounts on Meta platforms ...

Greens Call Time On Slow Progress

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 03:10:00 +0200

Political parties that want to negotiate with the Green Party after the election must come to the table with much faster, bolder climate action, co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson emphasised in their State of the Planet speech today. “Make ...

Forest & Bird Welcomes Hauraki Gulf Tipa/scallops Fishery Closure

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:33:00 +0200

Forest & Bird welcomes the Government’s decision to indefinitely close the commercial and recreational tipa/scallops fishery in the Tikapa Moana/Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel following the collapse of the fishery and its temporary closure ...

Information For Religious Communities On Conversion Practices

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:02:00 +0200

Communities having difficulty understanding or implementing the ban on conversion practices are encouraged to reach out for guidance to Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission. “Our staff have lived experience of religious settings where ...

Sustainable Coastlines Urges Container Return Scheme Reprioritisation

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 03:55:00 +0200

A year to the day after it was announced, the government announced the deferral of the Container Return Scheme (CRS). Josh Borthwick, CEO of charity Sustainable Coastlines, says this news is disappointing given the huge public support for the ...

MP TikTok Ban Welcomed, NZ’s National Security At Risk

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 03:47:00 +0200

CyberCX welcomes Parliamentary Service’s decision to ban TikTok on Parliament-issued devices as global concerns grow about the Chinese government's access to data collected on the popular platform. The Parliamentary Service ban comes into effect from March ...

NZ Tax Payers Union Media Release Lacks Fact And Accuracy

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 03:34:00 +0200

The Tax Payers Union’s recent press release , headlined “Avatar Producers Should Pay Back Taxpayer Subsidies”, lacks fact and accuracy. They state “Taxpayers have forked out over $140 million in subsidies for the Avatar sequels”, this is ...

Former Public Servants Guilty Of Attempting To Profit From Christchurch Rebuild

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 02:04:00 +0200

Two former public servants who used official information to seek to profit from the Christchurch earthquake rebuild have today been found guilty on Serious Fraud Office corruption charges. Gerard Gallagher was found guilty on three charges of ...

Have Your Say On The St Peter’s Parish Endowment Fund Trust Bill

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 01:44:00 +0200

The Chairperson of the Governance and Administration Committee is calling for submissions on the St Peter’s Parish Endowment Fund Trust Bill. This bill is a private bill which seeks to modernise the governing arrangements of the St Peter's Parish Endowment ...

NZDA Raises Concerns Over Police's Proposed Firearms Licensing Fee Increases During Cost Of Living Crisis

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 23:12:00 +0200

The New Zealand Deerstalkers Association (NZDA) is deeply concerned with the recent proposal by the Police to significantly increase firearms licensing fees. The proposed fee hikes have the real potential to severely impact public safety, Aotearoa New ...

Resource Management Changes Needed To Meet Climate Goals

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:55:00 +0200

New research shows that a 50% improvement in resource consent processing times could be needed for New Zealand to meet its 2050 emissions target. Commissioned by Te Waihanga, the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission and developed by Sapere Research Group, ...

Green Party Announces Gina Dao-McLay As Candidate For Mana Electorate

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:37:00 +0200

The Green Party is proud to announce Gina Dao-McLay as their candidate for Mana. Gina is a queer young person living in Porirua, the Co-Convenor of the nationwide Young Greens network and the former Co-Director of Make It 16 , the campaign to lower ...

Governments Must Not Undermine Historic Global Ocean Treaty By Giving Greenlight To Deep Sea Mining

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 22:09:00 +0200

A delegation of Pacific activists has arrived in Jamaica ahead of this week’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) conference to ensure Pacific and indigenous participation.