Friday, 30 July 2021, 5:49 pm
Following
18 months of construction, MainPower Stadium will open its
doors to the public at the official opening ceremony on
Sunday 8 August.
Waimakariri District Mayor, Dan
Gordon, says he can’t wait to see the reaction of the
community once they get inside the building, “It’s an
incredibly well designed facility and I think our residents
are going to be impressed.”
“I’m especially
excited about the benefits it will provide our young people
who will gain easier access to high quality sport and
activities. I think this Stadium will help inspire our next
generation of athletes.”
Friday, 30 July 2021, 10:12 am
Boosted outcomes for Māori and te whakatinanatanga o Te
Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi in practice) are key
outcomes of Te Pae Tawhiti Insights Report released
today.
Te Pae Tawhiti is the biggest piece of Te
Tiriti o Waitangi self-reflective work to date that has been
undertaken in the vocational education sector.
“As
we continue to work with our subsidiaries with the goal of
paddling one waka all together from January 2023, the
network has taken a good look at themselves through a Te
Tiriti o Waitangi excellence lens. This brought to light a
range of good practices – and areas we must focus on to
Friday, 30 July 2021, 5:53 pm
“Today is an important step in naming the harm faced by
trans and non-binary people, and other rainbow people, when
their very sense of self is under attack”, said Dr Jaimie
Veale, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Director of the
Transgender Health Research Lab at the University of
Waikato.
“The Transgender Health Research Lab
welcomes the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation
Bill’s explicit acknowledgements of the serious harm
caused by conversion practices and the need to stop them,
wherever they occur, and whoever is the perpetrator”, said
Dr Veale.
The Bill’s definitions clarify that
conversion practices include attempts to change or suppress
Friday, 30 July 2021, 10:19 am
A message to employers of migrant workers: Mandatory
accreditation is coming, and the time to prepare is now.
Here’s what you should be doing…
We’ve been
hearing about the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme since
early last year, but the latest news is that it won’t be
rolled out till at least June 2022. While perhaps
frustrating for businesses who did adequately prepare, for
most, the reprieve presents an opportunity to get their
ducks in a row.
As you may be aware, businesses
seeking accreditation status are required to demonstrate
their “trustworthiness” across several areas, including
The
proposed ‘conversion therapy’ ban will be yet another
attack on parents’ rights.
A ban would criminalise
parents who wish to protect their child from the physical,
emotional, and psychological harm caused by gender
dysphoria. Shockingly, parents would be criminalised and
potentially liable up to five years in jail simply for
affirming that their sons are boys and their daughters are
girls. These bans will lock children into
transgenderism.
The government want to criminalise the
discussion and practice of alternatives to hormones, surgery
and confusion.
Incredibly, the Minister then goes on
to say that “this bill is not about criminalising