Thursday, 1 July 2021, 4:12 pm
In the face of uncertainty around the trans-Tasman bubble
the West Coast has launched a domestic marketing campaign
giving Kiwis the chance to win a ‘Hands On’ West Coast
adventure.
“Australians have traditionally been our
biggest international market during the winter period,”
says Development West Coast (DWC) chief executive Heath
Milne.
“Prior to the pandemic, they would typically
inject around $8-10m into the West Coast economy during the
months of July, August and September.
“With the
current uncertainty around the trans-Tasman bubble, the
importance of the domestic market over the winter period
takes on even greater significance.”
Minister for Māori
Development
Minister for Māori Development Willie
Jackson has today announced the next steps in developing a
national plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the
Declaration).
The work builds on the previous National
Government’s decision to sign the United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and will
enhance our partnership with Māori.
“It’s
appropriate we’re at my marae, a cultural focal point for
South Auckland Māori, to discuss a Declaration plan. For
over 30 years Ngā Whare Waatea Marae has been a place for
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 3:43 pm
A
United Nations report suggests New Zealand follow in
Canada’s footsteps by adopting a human rights approach to
housing policy and makes 27 recommendations for Government
to address the crisis.
The housing crisis is a human
rights crisis in New Zealand according to the United Nations
(UN) Special Rapporteur on adequate housing in a new
report officially tabled over night at the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva.
Housing speculation, a lack
of affordable housing options, limited protection for
tenants, substandard housing, the absence of an overarching
Te Tiriti and human rights based housing strategy, and a
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Thursday, 1 July 2021, 3:50 pm
This inquiry is the first part of reforming the resource
management system, and replacing the Resource Management Act
1991 with three pieces of legislation.
Terms of
reference
1. The purpose of the inquiry is to provide
feedback to the government on the extent to which the
provisions in the exposure draft of the Natural and Built
Environments Bill will support the resource management
reform objectives to:
a. protect, and where necessary,
restore the natural environment, including its capacity to
provide for the well-being of present and future
generations
b. better enable development within
environmental biophysical limits including a significant