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A petition has been set up asking for students on placement to receive a stipend from the Government, because as part of their qualifications many students, like those in healthcare, social work, and education, are required to complete unpaid p
One of the best teachers at my daughter’s intermediate school, Ponsonby Intermediate, was a former chippy-turned-teacher.He was a great example of somebody who'd trained in one career then decided to move into another — teaching. And there's a
Firearm-owners say they aren't reaching out when struggling, for fear their firearms could be taken away by police.With an estimated one in five people struggling with mental illness each year, that means up to 50,000 licence holders refusing
Resource Minister Shane Jones is all for opening up our extraction industries. He says New Zealand has an opportunity to double the value of its mineral exports and mine for elements that are heavily sought after for electric technologies. He
Parts of our economy are continuing to provide inflation pressures for the Reserve Bank. It's decided to keep the OCR at 5.5% and has signalled a rate cut no sooner than the second quarter of next year. The move to keep the OCR the same was
I first heard the catchphrase Survive to 25 when I was talking to be at large, Liam Dann. It appears to have come out of the US and implies that if mortgagees and small businesses can just hang on till next year things will start to come right
I know we have no money. I know the government is in dire straits and making really tough decisions when it comes to spending and where that spending is targeted, but I will be so sad if First Home Grants is one of the schemes that gets cut in
The scathing review into the government's public housing landlord Kainga Ora, which was led by former Prime Minister Sir Bill English, was released yesterday and it was every bit as bad as those with half a brain had expected. It found the soc
The report out that workplace bullying is costing the country in terms of productivity and lost earnings is nothing new. Bullying and harassment are conservatively estimated to cost employers $1.5 billion a year, according to a new study by KP
Finances are tough for many Kiwis at the moment, with costs skyrocketing across the board. Mortgages are going up, as is inflation, food costs, gas, and electricity. Banks are expecting the value of “bad mortgage debt” to increase by 40% by th
If you woke up this morning and you turned on the heater because it was a bit chilly, not as chilly as it has been, but a bit chilly, good for you. Did you think about the cost? If you didn’t, lucky you.An estimated 40,000 New Zealand househol
Late in the show yesterday, Police Commissioner Andrew Coster along with Police Minister Mark Mitchell announced they would be introducing a National Gang Unit to crack down on gang crime and gangs’ anti-social behaviour. Coster said police k
David Seymour says the Government is diversifying education by bringing back charter schools. More than $150 million from the Budget will go towards setting up 15 new charter schools and converting 35 state schools. Charter schools get gover
Charter schools are making a comeback. So, what happened last time? When ACT was in confidence and supply with the John Key government, they were able to establish charter schools and they managed to establish 11 of them. Charter schools w
How on earth can the IRD allow child support arrears to get to more than $1 billion? I could understand it if chasing up payments involved men and women using telephones and ledger books, sharpening their pencils to make fresh calculations -
Consumers will be feeling unsettled as the reliability of electricity supply is tested. A cold snap and low wind generation meant the country faced a potential supply shortfall, and Transpower asked people to reduce electricity use between 7 a
Ah, another cold snap, another example of our power industry being unable to cope. I hope you all had cold showers and turned off the heated towel rails and ate cold gruel this morning to do your bit to reduce power consumption. The reason for
There are more calls to further lower the bowel cancer screening age. An Otago University study shows rates of early onset colorectal cancer have risen by 26% each decade over the past 20 years. Rates for Māori aged under 50 years rose 36%.
You have to wonder whether the strident critics of the coalition government ever stop and look at the facts. Maybe read the press releases. Listen to the interviews. Do they just see something coming from the office of the Honourable Shane Reti
David Seymour: Associate Education Minister on the benefits of the revamped school lunches programme
The Associate Education Minister says a revamped school lunches programme is better bang for buck. Every student who received a free school lunch under the previous Government will still be fed, but the programme will save $107 million a year.
Lifeline is calling for a lifeline as they celebrate their 60th anniversary. The Mental Healthline is struggling to keep up with demand, taking around 7,000 calls and 20,000 texts a month. On average, 17 people at high risk of self harm or s
You will remember there was some alarm in some quarters when the New Zealand Police Service announced they'd be looking to step back from attending calls from people in psychological distress. Over the past decade police say the number of men
We thought we'd start with the announcement on law and order and Corrections, given that this was one of the big drivers for National and ACT, and indeed New Zealand First’s election campaigns, and one in which the coalition government was elec
A new policy guide for New Zealand schools, titled ‘Students and Social Transition: A Gender Identity Policy Guide’, has been emailed to schools across the country today. It was created by Ethos, a charity that supports people with questions a
Last week, I think it must have been Wednesday or Thursday, I was harrumphing and muttering away like Waldorf and Statler from The Muppets. I was doing a little bit of that while I was reading about the latest sewage spill into a waterway in We
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