A national security trial in Hong Kong has dredged up two former New Zealand MPs names. They are former National MP Simon O’Connor and ex-Labour MP Louisa Wall. Jimmy Lai and Andy Li Catholic entrepreneur and democracy activist Jimmy Lai is on trial. He founded the popular pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily. He was Read more
One Northland iwi, Ngāti Kahu, has drafted a letter to King Charles III concerning Te Tiriti O Waitangi . They want him to stop the “violent attack” on the Treaty presented by the ACT Party’s Treaty Principals Bill. Urgent hearing Iwi chairperson Professor Makere Mutu presented evidence at an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing into the Read more
A person from the rainbow community is calling out ads for a Brian Tamaki Destiny Church event showing a boy carrying a severed head – an apparent reference to David and Goliath – and bearing the tagline “Time to kill”. Members of Tamaki’s Destiny Church have recently been charged for destroying rainbow crossings in Gisborne Read more
Hayley Donaldson is what anyone would call a Kiwi battler. A sole parent and mum of two under five, the 25-year-old is now a first time home owner, too. When she left school at 18, Donaldson moved south to try her hand at farming and discovered she loved it. Moving up to the Waikato a Read more
Nick Wilson and Jessica Jackman will represent New Zealand young people at the prestigious International Youth Ministry Congress. The Congress takes place from May 22 to 26 in Rome near Vatican City. A global event, the Youth Ministry Congress will focus on innovative leadership styles and strategies in youth ministry under the theme “Synodal Youth Read more
In an effort to counter family violence effectively, a new qualification teaching Pacific cultural competence has been launched in New Zealand. Advocacy groups worked together to create the new qualification which will provide important skills to those working with Pacific families. Its importance is in no doubt: in New Zealand. Pacific children are 2.5 times Read more
Three innovative Roncalli College pupils hope Young Enterprises judges like their idea the best. Krishna Shah, Alexis Miller and exchange student Oliwia Sobocinska have developed a product to help ease menstrual pain. What they came up with isn’t – as some might think – maybe a soothing tisane or perhaps an app with stretching and Read more
There is a lack of education, data and definition in the fight against child trafficking in the Pacific, a human rights advocate says. Shamima Ali, of the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre, said child rape is rife and rampant in many parts of the Pacific. “But as far as trafficking is concerned, it should be of Read more
Taupō district youngsters have put their thinking caps on and produced creative designs for this year’s ‘design your own helmet’ competition. Road safety co-ordinator Sarah Wraight said there were 324 entries from “some very talented tamariki” representing about 20 schools. Choosing the five winning entries for the Taupō District Council competition was tough, but the Read more
There is a worrying and “growing gap” in the care of at-risk children and young people. It exists between families with risks that are too complex for charities to manage – and the point where Oranga Tamariki will get involved. New Otago University research says a “clearer consensus” is needed as to when cases indicating Read more