Erica Stanford says the Government will extend the visas of anyone who can’t travel home to the Middle East but have visas set to expire. The government is considering scrapping the clean car standard altogether, months after slashing the fees importers pay to bring dirty vehicles into the country. A bill aimed at embedding health targets is facing strong criticism from Māori health advocates, who say it weakens Te Tiriti obligations.
Employment
Politics
- Govt says it will extend visas of those stuck in NZ due to war (paywall)
- Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard
- Spike in children under 12 needing mental health support
- Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures
- NZ Defence Force planes on standby for Middle East evacuations
- TVNZ chair calls Paul Goldsmith after police minister dissatisfied with gang numbers story
- Private landlords needed to help house rough sleepers
- Govt’s census shake-up advances despite ‘unreliable’ data concerns
Te Ao Māori
- ‘Fails Māori’ Māori health advocates slam Pae Ora amendment bill
- Inside an iwi’s fast-growing berry enterprise
Economics
- Courier companies fined over $1 million for cartel conduct
- Petrol prices could hit $3 a litre amid conflict in Middle East
- Modest house price lift a ‘sign of things to come’? (paywall)
- Allowing Foodstuffs merger would flout Govt drive for competition – ComCom (paywall)
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