While Greaves acknowledges the Budget 2025 investment in overhauling the way emergency services respond to 111 mental health call outs, he says it falls short of supporting critical services like ...

The General Practice Owners Association says patient fees could rise by 10 percent or more this year just to cover costs after the Budget did nothing to fix a funding and retention crisis in primary ...

Heightened global uncertainty led by the unfolding tariff trade war simply means a weaker global outlook. Near-term Kiwi growth as a result has been downgraded. And weak productivity continues to ...

“Budget decisions have a direct and significant impact on our country’s 1.2 million mokopuna – nearly quarter of our population – and on their families and whānau. The decisions made in the Budget are ...

They are now investing in technologies that allow them to predict issues, respond quickly, … A growing number of businesses in Australia and New Zealand are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to ...

Civil Contractors NZ. While the Government has ensured room in its fiscal plan for emerging infrastructure needs, we need physical works coming online now so we ...

“However, as noted in the Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024 – rail freight volumes steadily declined in the past six years, despite receiving almost $2.5 billion in Crown funding. The ...

The government plans to increase total defence spending by more than $12 billion over the next 4 years. “This represents a massive 25% funding increase at a time when other essential public services ...

Charise, a former Authorised Officer for Police, will be based back in Wellington District to start policing.

Budget 2025 has put our climate targets in serious jeopardy, says the Green Party. “Today the Government has done even worse than deny or delay climate action – they’ve actively chosen to pour gas on ...

Combat capability cannot stop the rising tides, or protect us from catastrophic climate change: military activity is the ultimate in damaging unsustainability, with military emissions estimated to be ...

Budget 2025 makes it crystal clear that this Government has no interest in protecting nature or securing a liveable future for our tamariki. “Our environment is in crisis. This Budget proves the ...