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1 天前 · The Royal Commission advised the Government to invest in public health, engage in sectoral pandemic planning and revamp health and emergency legislation. Photo: Lynn Grieveson The 39 recommendations from the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 Response's 700-page initial report won't be considered in ...

1 天前 · The release of new labour market data for the December quarter this Wednesday is expected to show unemployment reaching a four-year high of 5.1 percent, up from 4.8 percent currently, according to bank economists’ and Reserve Bank forecasts. Although the New Zealand economy appears to have ...

2024年11月27日 · The analysis found that in three quarters of the documents, time constraints had an impact on the policy response. In many cases, officials pointed to tight timeframes hampering their ability to carry out proper (in some cases any) consultation with those outside of government agencies.

4 天之前 · Due to new accounting decisions by the Government, however, the numbers aren’t perfectly comparable. New Zealand’s current NDC is in fact an emissions budget – in addition to aiming for 50 percent lower emissions by 2030, it seeks to achieve a 41 percent reduction in emissions across the full decade of the 2020s.

2025年1月15日 · In our latest in-depth podcast investigation, Fractured, Melanie Reid and her team delve deep into a complex case involving a controversial medical diagnosis and its fallout on a young family. While Fractured is a forensic examination of this case here in New Zealand, the diagnosis that started it all is now being blamed for putting hundreds of innocent parents behind bars worldwide – and is ...

2024年12月5日 · Analysis: The Government’s review of New Zealand’s methane targets has successfully reproduced two earlier pieces of research, offering nothing new to inform what emissions reductions should be expected from farmers. Five scientists were tasked by Climate Minister Simon Watts and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay with calculating what level of cut to methane emissions from agriculture (and ...

2024年12月2日 · The liquidation of green energy provider SolarZero in recent days, a business that had been operating for more than 50 years and was backed by one of the world’s leading investment managers, is a reminder of the stark challenges businesses continue to face navigating an economy that remains skittish at best.. But despite the current economic backdrop, what is surprising is the high degree of ...

2025年1月15日 · Large listed New Zealand companies are among entities required to report on their climate-related risks, but some are chafing at the compliance costs. Photo composite: Getty Images Business news in association with A proposal to slash the number of Kiwi companies and funds required to report on ...