Sophie Cornish and Laura Wiltshire05:00, May 01 2021
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A letter by students at Te Puni Village residential hall in Wellington has alleged management has failed to create a safe environment.
Victoria University of Wellington students have alleged that the management of their university hall have breached their contract by creating an unsafe environment and failing to act after allegations of sexual misconduct and harm. A letter signed by Victoria students living at Te Puni Village, operated by private student accommodation company Campus Living Villages, claims an “absence of transparency and action” by the management team. University management confirmed on Wednesday that it had launched an investigation into both the allegations and Te Puni Village’s handling of those complaints, but said early inquiries suggested correct processes had been followed.
With the doors to the actual parliament locked to try to stop the transition of power, the FAST party and its leader, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa s first woman prime minister, were sworn in outside of parliament, in a marquee. For those who aren’t so sure about what’s going on in Samoa and the changes it brings about to its political scene and prime minister, let’s explain the basics.
BEC HANIFY-SEUMANU/Supplied Who has been the dominant political party? For 39 years, Samoa has had the same political party – the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) – in power, and the same leader since 1998.
Liam’s crowdfunding campaign page is direct: his “sole purpose is to survive”.
Before his diagnosis with inoperable brain cancer, Liam was a “healthy, fitness and sports minded 44-year-old, [who gave] his time and skills away freely by being a regular at charity events, fundraising for a number of organisations and more recently sponsoring amateur athletes”.
Holly, Liam’s friend, caregiver and now crowdfunding campaign manager, appeals to the crowd: “It’s time for us to come together and help this amazing man out.”
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Article – The Conversation Promised changes to New Zealands hate speech regulations have been slower to emerge than first anticipated. But a recently released cabinet paper finally gives some idea of what is being considered.Eddie Clark,
Promised changes to New Zealand’s hate speech regulations have been slower to emerge than first anticipated. But a recently released cabinet paper finally gives some idea of what is being considered.
The proposals were originally intended to be made public by late 2019 in the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attacks. In the end, it took until December 2020 for the matter to get to cabinet.