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Australia’s Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics) Act 2015 will come into effect on 16 February 2016. This will result in a number of reforms, including the broadening of the Australian Government’s offshore biometric collection policy ...

Earlier this week I saw that the violent misogyny website Return of Kings were planning global meetups. There were set locations, narrow time windows and even a password, straight out of a corny sixties spy movie. I laughed and told my wife. How ridiculous are these guys? Eh?
Not so ridiculous. I could laugh at it, as a guy, because I’m not the target of their vicious, toxic and deeply conflicted ideas and practices. Women are. It’s my sister who has to clutch her keys between her knuckles as she walks to her car at night... Читать дальше...

Over the last 50 or 60 years, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and a number of other countries have pursued a “roads first” approach to transport policy. There have been significant public investments in (generally un-tolled) roads, and relatively few investments in competing transport modes.

Press Release – Loading Docs Loading Docs, the online documentary initiative, is back for a third year to launch another ten cutting-edge, 3-minute shorts that tell true stories of transformation, growth, adversity and hope. The theme for this years selection is change.Loading Docs 2016: Change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Loading Docs: the documentary initiative that produces […]

Press Release – Mainland Football Three Mainland Futsal players have this week been named in the NZF Futsal Whites squad to compete in the OFC Futsal Championship in Fiji next week; the tournament doubling as the Oceania qualifier for FIFAs Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016.Mainland Players Named in Futsal Whites for World Cup Qualifiers Three […]

Press Release – MetService The 2015/2016 El Nino peaked in late 2015, as expected. It remains a strong event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, but continues its gradual decline. During autumn, conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean are forecast to return to near neutral levels, …February 2016 – Volatile rainfall for northeast of country, drier […]

Press Release – Skyscanner New infographic shows how Kiwis can save up to $277 on flights in 2016 with November pegged as the cheapest time to fly SYDNEY, 04 February 2016 The worlds travel search engine, Skyscanner ( skyscanner.co.nz ) has released new data showing the …Skyscanner reveals the best time to book flights from […]

Press Release – United Nations GENEVA (3 February 2016) The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has reminded the Australian authorities that, under the terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Australia is a party, the best interests of the child should …Best interests of the child must […]

Press Release – United Nations GENEVA (3 February 2016) – We are very concerned about the situation of the 267 people, including up to 80 children, at risk of being transferred from Australia to Nauru following the High Courts decision delivered this morning in Canberra.Comment by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human […]

Press Release – United Nations Human Rights Commissioner GENEVA (3 February 2016) The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has reminded the Australian authorities that, under the terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Australia is a party, the best interests of the child should …Best interests of […]

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LONDON (Press Gazette/Pacific Media Watch): New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager was working in Auckland when the police raided his Wellington home.

Amnesty International is disappointed that the Australian High Court has ruled that offshore detention is lawful. This decision will result in around 260 vulnerable people, including over 80 children, being forcibly sent back to Nauru.

For many parents, this week heralds the return to getting the kids ready for school and sitting in cars in traffic for the drop off and pick up. But in some households, cycling will be the preferred way to get to school for New Zealand children. So what ...

United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas called on Governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without reaffirming their human rights treaty obligations and their recent pledges to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

3 February 2016 – Sydney, Australia & Auckland, New Zealand – Living Cell Technologies has received approval from the Northern A Health and Disability Ethics Committee for the Phase IIb clinical trial of NTCELL® for Parkinson’s disease. ...

Poor posture is linked to numerous negative long term health issues including backpain. The associated costs including health-care and absenteeism costs can have serious implications for a business’s bottom line.

A dynamic brain health expo – Brain Day Auckland 2016 - showcasing the latest in brain research and wellbeing will be held at the University of Auckland’s Tāmaki Innovation Campus next month..

Passengers on board the China Southern Airlines flight CZ305 arriving at Auckland International Airport on Saturday 30th January 2016 may have been exposed to measles.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved an application from ETEC Crop Solutions Limited to import the herbicide Cadet, for use to control broadleaf weed in maize crops. Cadet contains fluthiacet-methyl, an active ingredient that ...

February 4, World Cancer Day, is a chance to reflect on the burning questions that remain unanswered for the disease that is now the single biggest cause of death for New Zealanders.[1]

NZEI Te Riu Roa is concerned about the government’s silence over the potential dangers to our public education system as a result of signing the TPPA.

UC Students’ Association President Encouraged by Labour’s Commitment to Tertiary Education On Sunday 31st January, Labour pledged to offer three years of free post-school education over a person’s lifetime. The University of Canterbury Students’ Association ...

The little penguin species (popularly known as little blue penguins) found in southern New Zealand is a surprisingly recent invader from Australia, according to a new study led by University of Otago researchers.

Fifty-nine community organisations representing more than two million Australians from all walks of life have endorsed a letter to parliamentarians asking for an independent review of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its impact on Australians before Parliament ...

Academic, anthropologist, writer Sibel Özbudun; Turkey is charged, in two separate cases for items she shared in her facebook page.