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The initiative driving change for rural migrants Newshub 2 hrs ago © Getty The programme provide, four driving lessons with a professional teacher. Two-dozen migrants in Mid Canterbury will soon become more independent, thanks to a programme helping those living on rural properties or in small towns to gain a driver's licence. The Mid Canterbury Rural Driver Licensing Scheme has helped more than 70 people through its course teaching the road code since 2018. Now, thanks to funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), 24 mainly migrant women in the region will also get a helpin...

$900,000 funding boost to provide support for drought-stricken farmers Newshub 28/04/2021 © Getty The money will be used to ensure feed support services can continue. Farmers on the east coast of the country have been given an extra $900,000 in funding support as dry conditions continue.  Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor said the money would be used to ensure feed support services can continue and extra wellbeing assistance is available to more farmers affected by the drought. "Autumn has got off to an extremely dry start in multiple regions along the east coast of the country," O'C...

Safety fears have prompted Wellington Council to review its social housing policies after a woman was found dead in a Mount Cook property.

The rules on the carry-forward of tax losses have been eased to the delight of growing start-up companies and their investors.

Māori, Pacific experts excluded from science advice, reform needed - report Newshub 3 hrs ago Vita Molyneux © Getty The report recommends appointing Māori chief science advisors into key Government agencies and creating Tiriti-based guidelines for innovation funding. A new report has revealed Māori and Pacific people's expertise is often excluded from science advice, and change is needed to ensure better outcomes for indigenous people.  The report, Te Pūtahitanga: A Tiriti-led science-policy approach for Aotearoa New Zealand, was published on Wednesday and found "sys...