Sorry means you don’t do it again - Newsroom
1 day ago · News. Sorry means you don’t do it again. Investigative journalist Aaron Smale, who helped expose the horrors of abuse in state care and ongoing legal torment, reflects on the Government apology to victims that will be delivered tomorrow. by Aaron Smale 11 mins ago10/11/2024. Campaigners spent years seeking an inquiry into abuse in state care.
Five key takeaways from new Climate Change Commission reports
Apr 8, 2024 · Newsroom has gathered the key takeaways from the three reports below. 1. Climate change is getting worse faster than expected and we should consider strengthening our 2050 targets. In its review of the 2050 target, the commission examined whether there has been significant change in any of nine areas since the goal was set in 2019.
Business and finance news from New Zealand - Newsroom
Concerns over new, streamlined building consent process. From The Detail: Getting a building consent is about to get easier, with some builders allowed to skip council inspections. Start your day with a curation of our top stories in your inbox. Catch up on the latest news, analysis and informed opinion on NZ business and economy from Newsroom.
Raw Politics: A year on the Right's track - Newsroom
Oct 11, 2024 · On Raw Politics this week, Newsroom political editor Laura Walters, senior political reporter Marc Daalder and co-editor Tim Murphy discuss how the parties of government and opposition have performed, and what their political risks and opportunities might be between now and the 2026 election.. It has been a year of thunderous, cascading political change and the panel marks the high and low ...
Bloomfield on testing problems: 'Things took off quickly'
Mar 2, 2022 · New Zealand’s strong public health response must now give way to a larger emphasis on primary care and hospitals, the Director-General of Health says, while explaining why his ministry got testing numbers so wrong
Buying the vaccine: How NZ almost turned down Pfizer
Dec 15, 2021 · Officials from the Ministry of Health and the cross-agency vaccine team tried to stop New Zealand from going all-in on Pfizer, Marc Daalder reports in the second of a two-part series on the vaccine purchasing effort. Ministry of Health officials recommended against accepting an offer from Pfizer for eight million extra doses of vaccine in ...
How to lead NZ beyond 'less worse' to better-off - Newsroom
Oct 2, 2024 · Comment: Short-term thinking has led us to the sustainability, nature and climate challenges of today. But overcoming this short-termism isn’t easy, particularly when our economic signals focus our minds on near term impacts. Looking beyond immediate pressures and navigating an enduring path to a low carbon, climate resilient and sustainable future requires a new kind of leadership.
Raw Politics: A one-term government? - Newsroom
Jun 13, 2024 · Then, panelists Laura Walters, Newsroom political editor, Marc Daalder, senior political writer and Tim Murphy, co-editor, analyse Labour’s chances of getting back to power in one term. Leader Chris Hipkins claims there’s a ‘very good chance’ of defeating an unpopular coalition by then, but he might be having delusions of adequacy, and ...
NZ in the box seat on hydrogen
Nov 11, 2021 · Comment: New Zealand is in the box seat to take advantage of making green hydrogen to produce commodity chemicals, provide energy, and reduce emissions. The International Energy Agency (IEA) launched their new report on hydrogen at the G20 summit in Rome then took it straight to COP26 in Glasgow. The report finds that clean hydrogen (green ...
Enjoy the political silence while it lasts - newsroom.co.nz
Nov 20, 2023 · What to take from these examples. These examples are by no means an exhaustive list of trials and tribulations that take place in representative democracies (We haven’t even touched on the 541 days needed to form a government in Belgium in 2010-2011).