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The Government will end tenure review in the South Island high country, Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins today released wide-ranging proposals for strengthening vocational education so that school leavers get high quality training opportunities, employers get the skills they need and New Zealanders are better equipped for the ...

Progress in reducing social and economic inequalities has stalled according to The Salvation Army’s 2019 State of the Nation Report.

Minister of State Services Chris Hipkins has today asked the State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes to examine IRD’s reported inappropriate use of a public survey. “I was concerned to read in the media that a survey by IRD included political questions,” ...

Prohibiting smoking in vehicles carrying children to improve health

Events on marae and lake fronts, in community centres, local museums and town squares are being held throughout the country to commemorate Waitangi Day 2019, Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Jacinda Ardern says today.

Iconic high country land will be better managed under changes that Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage announced consultation on today.

Details of the Government’s plan to end tenure review show some farmers will have wasted time and money on the regime and all farmers on Crown pastoral land will face higher costs, National’s Land Information spokesperson David Bennett says.

An end to tenure review is a vital reprieve for some of New Zealand’s most endangered species, says Forest & Bird. “We’ve argued for many years that not only is tenure review a spectacularly bad deal for New Zealanders, it’s been terrible for ...

Fish and Game is welcoming the government’s move to end tenure review of the South Island High Country, saying the controversial process has cost New Zealanders dearly.

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has concerns about the decision to abandon tenure review, as described in the discussion paper released by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) today.

15 February 2013 Media Statement Purchase of unique North Otago reserve announced Critically endangered plants and a rare limestone ecosystem have been protected through the purchase of a 20 hectare reserve at Gards Road, near Duntroon in the Waitaki ...

The Government’s proposed reform of vocational education will strip power from regional New Zealand and hand all of it to Wellington bureaucrats, National’s Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment spokesperson Shane Reti says.

Southern Institute of Technology should not be merged under a Government proposal, Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie says.

The Government should see the failure of the polytechnics to compete with the private sector as an opportunity to privatise them, says ACT Leader David Seymour.