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2024年10月15日 · After other countries gave their views, Collins gave a response for New Zealand, which she read from prepared notes. However, she paused for emphasis and looked up from her notes when responding to Iran, singling out the allegation of torture.

2 天之前 · Economic growth and investment were important, but not enough when the country was at risk of continued division. He had a tangible example of how Māori wanted to exercise their rangatiratanga (self-determination), with the High Court due to start hearings next week on a case that could allow Ngāi Tahu to jointly manage freshwater in its area after what it says is mismanagement by successive ...

2 天之前 · Comment: Far from fighting fit, the economy limps into 2025 carrying some baggage. Two years of rolling recessions have left per capita output 4.8 percent below the 2022 peak. That’s as at September. The December quarter is looking flattish. A return to growth beckons this year. But it’s worth ...

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 ...

2 天之前 · The recent decision of the Trump administration to freeze US foreign aid provides another reminder of the current instability. The US isn’t the most important donor in the region – Australia stands out as the largest by far, accounting for about 40 percent of official development finance to Pacific countries – but this latest move is bound to …

2025年1月14日 · The Government's planned repeal of the oil and gas ban has contributed to New Zealand's plummet in a global climate policy ranking. Photo: Getty Images Two key events in February will set the direction of New Zealand’s clean, green reputation for the rest of the year – and perhaps even many ...

2025年1月30日 · 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.

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.