New Zealand's Auditor-General John Ryan is to carry out a review into the quality assurance processes used in the vote count during the country's 2023 general election, following errors in the counting of votes in several electorates.
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Briefing Bot
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Health professionals check our vital signs.
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Geoff Neal
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The new 2023 Public Sector Wage Gap Report from the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union investigating workforce differences between the public and private sector demonstrates that, while average public sector wages have stagnated recently, the growth in the number of government employees continues to burden the taxpayer, particularly across ministries and Core Crown departments, where back-office appointments have been prioritized over the front line.
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New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
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The United Nations Committee Against Torture has called out various failings in New Zealand’s justice system, including the very low age of criminal responsibility, the shocking use of spit hoods against children, and the disproportionate harm to Māori in places of detention.
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Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
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Christchurch — The decision by the Waipapa Papanui Innes Central Community Board to recommend to city councillors that the Park Terrace roading changes be retained for five years is hugely disappointing.
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RedPR
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Wellington City — A new report, authored by Emeritus Professor Des Gorman and Dr Murray Horn, reveals that New Zealand's COVID-19 pandemic management was highly politicised and resulted in poor performance during the outbreak.
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The New Zealand Initiative
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The annual current account deficit was $33.8 billion (8.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)) in the year ended 31 December 2022.
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Statistics New Zealand
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Christchurch — Is First Past The Post (FPP) serving us well in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula? That’s the question newly elected Innes Community Board member Ali Jones is asking after another by election has been signalled.
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RedPR
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New Zealand’s reputation as a country mostly free from corruption in its public service and judiciary has been reaffirmed in the 2022 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says.
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Office of the Ombudsman
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Everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand on Census Day, 7 March 2023, will be asked to answer questions about themselves in the census.
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Statistics New Zealand
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The Reserve Bank is squandering billions of taxpayer dollars buying back our own Government bonds from private banks when it does not need to.
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Positive Money
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The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga says New Zealand’s first long-term Infrastructure Strategy, sets a vision for how New Zealand’s infrastructure can lay a foundation for the people, places and businesses of the country to thrive for generations.
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New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
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A New Zealand peace network says it’s time for KiwiSaver to quit its investments in Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest weapons manufacturer, which has four bases in New Zealand and works closely with the NZ government.
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World BEYOND War Aotearoa
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Christchurch — Cr Deon Swiggs is urging people, particularly in his Central ward, to get out and vote in the local body elections.
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RedPR
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Christchurch — The Papanui Innes and Linwood Central Heathcote Community Boards took part in a workshop with City Council officers yesterday morning (15 May 2019) around the Downstream Effects Management Plan (DEMP) for the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC). 26 submissions were heard last week by board members, from residents involved in the recent consultation on the DEMP.
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RedPR
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Christchurch — A desire to meet the needs of as many people as possible while still delivering an effective bus corridor, is behind a change recommended to the Christchurch City Council regarding bus lanes in Papanui.
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Ali Jones PR and Communications
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Christchurch — With the population estimated to increase by 10,000 in the next 30 years and a growing number of young families, the Papanui-Innes Ward looks to be in a strong and positive position heading into the future.
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Ali Jones PR and Communications
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More Signatures Still Coming In Another 200 signatures have been gathered over the weekend for a petition calling on the Government to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the repairs of homes following the Canterbury Earthquakes.
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Melanie Tobeck-Bourke
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Zoe Helleur today thanked the Shirley Papanui Community Board for the funding she and her brother Liam received to help get them to Sydney last month.
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Ali Jones PR and Communications
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General Manager for Higher Courts Paula Tesoriero, today denied that former Appeal Court registrar Claire Brown had been negligent after sealing Court orders altered by Wellington lawyer Roger Chapman.
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New Zealand Justice Forum
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Forget reading tea leaves, if you want an indication of who is likely to win this year’s highly controversial election then the answer could in fact be in the coffee beans.
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Impact PR: Fleur Revell
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Christchurch — “Please vote.” That from Shirley Papanui council candidates Ali Jones and Pauline Cotter who are reacting to the current voting return figures which show Shirley Papanui has the lowest turn out to date.
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Ali Jones PR and Communications
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