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The Time Act 1974 defines New Zealand Standard Time as 12 hours in advance of UTC. [12] In 2011, the New Zealand dependency of Tokelau moved its time zone forward by 24 hours, by skipping 30 December to be in the UTC+13:00 time zone, the same zone as New Zealand daylight saving. [13]
Notable for being the first ever New Zealand government to have three parties in cabinet. A further five National MPs would sit outside of Cabinet, along with two ACT MPs and one NZ First MP. [272] [273] In a first for New Zealand, the Deputy Prime Minister role will be split for the term, with Winston Peters holding the office until 31 May 2025.
On 14 April, the New Zealand Government announced a NZ$130 million support package for tertiary students including raising the amount of course related costs able to be claimed per student for the year to NZ$2,000 temporarily, continuing support payments for students unable to study online for up to eight weeks, and ensuring that students whose ...
At the time of the announcement, New Zealand was at level 2. Each level brings added restrictions on activities or movements. Each region can have an individual alert level based on the severity of their own infections, and these levels can be changed at any time. [8] [9] At the time of Ardern's announcement, New Zealand was at alert level 2. [10]
In response, the New Zealand Treasury forecast that New Zealand would avoid a recession due to the rebuilding programme resulting from the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. The Treasury also forecast that New Zealand's economy would not return to surplus for another year due to declining tax revenue and the Government's 2023 budget ...
Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), the representative body for local and regional councils, gave a mixed response to the 2024 budget. While the body expressed disappointment with the Central Government's lack of commitment to sharing Goods and Services Tax on new building projects with local governments to cover the cost of growth. LGNZ ...
The Cabinet of New Zealand (Māori: Te Rūnanga o te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa) [n 1] is the New Zealand Government's body of senior ministers, accountable to the New Zealand Parliament. Cabinet meetings, chaired by the prime minister , occur once a week; in them, vital issues are discussed and government policy is formulated.
All of the following dates and times are in New Zealand Time; NZST (UTC+12) from 5 April to 26 September 2020, and NZDT (UTC+13) otherwise. Upon its introduction, the nationwide alert level was initially set at level 2 on 21 March, but was subsequently raised to level 3 on the afternoon of 23 March.