NZX-listed companies are getting used to the idea of reporting on climate change in their annual accounts. However they’re not all on board with the idea yet, says PwC’s chief risk and reputation officer Karen Shires. More local corporates are coming to the party, but progress is slow. The consultancy analysed 21 NZX-listed companies with Read more
Residents, and their relatives, of a 97-bed 100-staff Auckland Catholic rest home losing $100,000/month are being consulted about possible closure due to a critical staff shortage. But nothing is decided about the Ellerslie property founded by the Mercy order of nuns as a not-for-profit aged care facility. Arthur Morris, chairman of Waiatarua Mercy Parklands, said Read more
The Attendance Service has investigated 16,771 new cases of serious truancy in the first half of this year. During the same period it resolved 12,726 cases – nearly half of them, because the child in question was found to be already enrolled in another school. The new cases included 9838 students who were removed from Read more
A surveillance firm banned from Facebook for spying on people has been enlisted by the New Zealand government. Most of the operations with Cobwebs Technologies are being kept secret, but one government organisation they are working with is Immigration NZ. Cobwebs was one of seven foreign companies accused in late 2021 by tech giant Meta Read more
New Zealand is one of the world’s worst places to bring up a child, a Guardian newspaper report says. Poverty and overcrowding are leading to life-changing health outcomes. Diseases like rheumatic fever are rife in some communities. Yet – the annual Ministry of Social Development Child Poverty Report found child poverty in New Zealand is Read more
A campaign to attract a new generation of ethical investors and investments in New Zealand has just been launched. It’s name – Do Good, Do Well. Invest New Zealand, which is part of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), says the campaign’s aims are twofold. Firstly, to drive home the message that businesses that do Read more
Six years ago I visited a former Catholic girls’ school, in Te Horo, called Marycrest, which Drew MacKenzie and Anthony Ryan had bought. The long-abandoned dilapidated site comprised seven large buildings, which needed a lot of work done to them, as well as a lot of ecologically and historically important land. The couple wasn’t sure Read more
Funded by Irirangi Te Moto – New Zealand On Air and TVNZ, BEYOND CONVERSION is produced by Leanne Pooley and directed by Loren Prendiville (pictured above) and is an intimate look at the fight to ban conversion practices in Aotearoa. BEYOND CONVERSION follows a bill many thought would pass unanimously, but was in-fact highly contested, Read more
New diversity guidelines for the country’s 235 Catholic schools offer support for rangatahi with regard to sexual diversity. New Zealand’s Catholic bishops, who released the guidelines, say all young people in Catholic schools are to be welcomed, supported and encouraged. This is important as they navigate their journey from childhood to adult and discover more Read more
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand director Mena Antonio has travelled to Port Moresby, PNG, to talk Climate Change. She is there with 25 Caritas delegates who have mostly flown in from around the South Pacific region for the meeting. As part of its contribution to the meeting, Caritas ANZ (Australia and New Zealand) is calling for Read more