Charter school contracts

As the next step in the transition of charter schools into the state school system, the formal process to end charter school contracts is starting today, Education Minister Chris Hipkins says

Māori Electoral Option 2018

The Māori Electoral Option is an opportunity for anyone who is of New Zealand Māori descent and who is enrolled to vote to choose which electoral roll they want to be on – the General roll or the Māori roll.

New chair from New Zealand On Air

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Clare Curran has announced the appointment of Dr Ruth Harley CNZM as a member and new chair of the Broadcasting Commission (NZ On Air).

Student asks “do we not bleed” in speech finals

Year 13 student Hena Dugh of Hastings’ Girls High School has won the National Final of the Race Unity Speech Awards. Hena’s speech challenged us to recognise our common humanity, asking “If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die?”

2018 Partnerships investment round opens

Today the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation opened the 2018 Partnerships investment round, which will provide up to $26 million for high-quality, industry-led research aimed at increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of the economy.

Unlicensed Kerikeri roofer prosecuted

A Kerikeri man who falsely held himself out as a Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) and a member of the Roofing Association of New Zealand (RANZ), despite never being affiliated with either, has been prosecuted in the Kaikohe District Court.

Delay costs landlord at Tenancy Tribunal

The Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team has successfully taken a Rotorua property management company to the Tenancy Tribunal for failing to fix serious problems in a rental property it manages, sending a clear message to all landlords that failing to address maintenance issues impacts severely on the wellbeing of tenants.

MBIE’s take on Māori participation in science

A lot of ink has been spilt recently in the opinion pages of newspapers about the role of Māori and the Treaty of Waitangi in science, and the integrity of science as an institution in New Zealand. MBIE’s Chief Scientist Professor Margaret Hyland, and Departmental Science Advisors Dr Rob Murdoch and Professor Hamish Spencer set out their view that science ultimately benefits from active Māori participation.