Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 12:26 pm
AUCKLAND, 21 July 2021 – Claims that
the National Library’s recently announced plan to send
600,000 books overseas to be digitised is equivalent to
‘internet piracy’ are unfounded, says a group of New
Zealand civil society organisations supportive of the
initiative.
In a statement from the Department of
Internal Affairs last week, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
National Library announced it had reached an historic
agreement where all books left at the end of the Overseas
Published Collections (OPC) review process will be donated
to the Internet Archive so they can digitise and preserve
them.
Several New Zealand associations and
If Auckland pulls out of the Government s Three Waters reforms it could threaten the whole process, according to National Party local government spokesman Christopher Luxon.
National Party local government spokesman Christopher Luxon says the Three Waters reforms would be under serious threat if Auckland pulls out.
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The Government wants to create four publicly owned providers to take responsibility for all services relating to the country s three waters : drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. But Auckland isn t keen to become part of the proposed structure.
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta says it will save ratepayers thousands of dollars a year and ensure the estimated $120 billion to $185 billion in investment that s needed in water services over the next 30 years goes ahead.
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