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In early June 2024, several community leaders including doctors, youth advocates and lawyers organised a petition opposing the Ram Raid Bill. They also sent an open letter calling for the Government to stop work on the legislation, arguing that a punitive response would hurt marginalised and impoverished children and young people.
The New Zealand Government reimburses 95 Lake Alice Hospital survivors, who had part of their compensation payments deducted by legal fees in 2001. [357] 31 October — New Zealand signs a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). As part of the agreement, 99% of New Zealand exports to the GCC would become duty ...
The evolution of child poverty in New Zealand is associated with the 'Rogernomics' of 1984, the benefit cuts of 1991 and Ruth Richardson's "mother of all budgets", the child tax credit, the rise of housing costs, low-wage employment, and social hazards, both legal and illegal (i.e. alcoholism, drug addiction, and gambling addiction).
Young Labour (Māori: Te Rangatahi Reipa) is the combined youth wing and student wing of the New Zealand Labour Party. It hosts an annual conference and holds a range of additional national events, including fringe sessions at the Labour Party's annual conference. All Labour Party members aged between 15 and 29 years old are members of Young ...
UN Youth New Zealand (formerly the United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand or UNYANZ) is a non-governmental organisation and a registered charity. [1] Its members are all aged 25 or under or are full-time tertiary students. [2] It is the largest youth-for-youth organisation in New Zealand. Annually, over 3,000 young New Zealanders ...
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD; Māori: Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government on social policy, and providing social services. MSD is the largest public service department, employing public servants in over 200 locations around New Zealand.
On 21 May 2024, the Repeal of Section 7AA Amendment Bill passed its first reading with the support of the governing National, ACT and NZ First parties. Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime , Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick criticised the Government for not engaging with the Māori community and institutions' concerns. [ 27 ]
Budget 2024 is the New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2024/25 presented to the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance, Nicola Willis, on 30 May 2024 as the first budget presented by the Sixth National Government, [1] [2] ignoring the mini-budget they presented in December 2023.