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Pundit slams PGF as 'a disaster' after marae upgrade announcement falls short on jobs Newshub 3 hrs ago © Three Watch: PGF marae upgrade announcement massively fails to deliver on jobs, Newshub reveals. A political pundit is criticising the Government's Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) after revelations one of its projects has fallen short on delivering promised jobs. Earlier this week, Newshub revealed with half of the $100 million earmarked to upgrade marae across the country already spent - only 5 percent of the promised 3000 jobs have been created.  Previously overseen by NZ First MP Sh...

MPs recently debated a motion filed by ACT on 'human rights abuses' of Uighurs in China.

"Even though they've took umbrage to what was said, I expect they will be quite happy. But many other countries that are like-minded like us will be quite concerned about what happened." The New Zealand Parliament's decision not to grapple with the issue of 'genocide' distances it from the United Kingdom and Canada - both of whom have had their Parliaments declare genocide - and the United States, which has had two administrations say crimes against humanity are happening. "I think our Five Eyes friends are not happy with us," Gillespie adds.  "The problem is not the New Zealand-China relati...

The National leader says it won't be good for Māori.

Tahr hunters to play part in kea conservation Newshub 2 hrs ago James Fyfe © Getty The idea is to take advantage of the large amount of time hunters spend in the backcountry. Tahr hunters will soon play a greater role in kea conservation, with a new collaborative project getting underway this year. With hunters spending such a large amount of time in the backcountry, the idea is for them to help monitor kea numbers in the Southern Alps. By recording key data about the birds they see - such as sex, age, behaviour and if any leg bands are identifiable - tahr hunters can hel...