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Police officers are upset by the Governments funding of a gang-led methamphetamine programme and the NZ Police Association has totally rejected the proposed $2.75m funding for gang-led meth programme. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defended the $2.75 million used (from proceeds of crime funding), which was given to a Mongrel Mob-led meth rehabilitation programme. She admitted that she had been one of the ministers involved in making the decision to fund it. The Prime Minister stated that she was...

Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 2:48 pm In July 2020, the Government launched the Three Waters Reform Programme – a three-year programme to reform local government three waters service delivery arrangements. This reform programme builds on the progress made through the Three Waters Review and establishment of Taumata Arowai. Taumata Arowai will be the new water services regulator for New Zealand which will be committed to ensuring all communities have access to safe drinking water and have an oversig...

The Herald on the 26th June 2021 reported Babies with burning temperatures forced to wait on hospital floor. “Newborns with burning temperatures and mums who'd just given birth were forced to wait on the floor at Middlemore Hospital for hours as ...

When we think about government and its reason for being, we mainly think about development and maintenance of law & order and development and maintenance of infrastructure. So how does this all happen? Government makes decisions based on the will of the ...

Currently New Zealand is looking down the barrel of an economic crisis due to the advent of the Coronavirus. We as a country will get through this crisis but we are facing some serious pressure on our economy as a result of the lockdown and controls put in place to fight this pandemic. So why am I writing about the good times at this present point in time when we as a country are facing some of our worst economic times? The reasoning being that we need to be planning now for how we are going to...

The Ponant Cruises ship, Le Laperouse, has been denied entry into New Zealand waters by Immigration New Zealand as they felt that 61 of the crew positions on this ship were “non-essential” jobs that could have been filled by New Zealanders. Ponant Cruises had been granted approval by the Health Ministry. "The Ministry of Health issued an approval in mid-December. The approvals conditions were to operate with a limit of 100 guests, within NZ waters, for Kiwis only. "Le Lapérouse and her ful...