Ukraine president to address Australian parliament Thursday March 31, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Foreign Affairs & Immigration Commonwealth parliamentarians will assemble in the house of representatives this afternoon to hear from Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
April dates earmarked for Australian and NZ holidaymakers Wednesday March 16, 2022 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Australia will lift its ban on international cruise ships docking at Australian ports on April 17, a few days after NZ will welcome vaccinated Aussie…
Tonga accepts Australian offer of surveillance flight following tsunami Monday January 17, 2022 By Melissa Coade Defence Australia will be sending defence assets to Tonga following a volcanic eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano at the weekend.
NZ rehashes carbon neutral public sector plan, with 2025 target Friday December 4, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment All NZ public sector agencies will need to measure and publicly report on their emissions, and offset any emissions they can’t cut within five years.
Premium Insights and analysis Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: August 13 Thursday August 13, 2020 By Chris Woods Health Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news. Today: How New Zealand is handling its fresh outbreak and what's…
Promoted Compassion in disaster management and public policy Thursday July 16, 2020 By KPMG Career Advice Mark Crosweller AFSM has a stellar 35-year career in emergency management, including operational experience as a firefighter as well as roles in senior executive leadership…
Premium Insights and analysis What works: getting to the land of ‘how’ – part 2 Wednesday July 1, 2020 By Nicholas Gruen Thought Leadership In this second installment of his three-part series, economist and forward thinker Nicholas Gruen explains more of why it is so important to understand the…
NZ businesses, schools to reopen in next stage of COVID-19 restrictions Thursday May 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed what level two restrictions would look like for the country ahead of a Cabinet meeting on Monday.
NZ to ease COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday April 21, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health The country will move from the highest restriction — alert level four — to level three from the morning of April 28. The situation will…
Premium Expert briefings COVID-19: Learning lessons, good and bad, from overseas Friday April 17, 2020 By Chris Johnson Career Advice COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: In this series of Mandarin Premium features, we give you an in-depth look at…
Premium Case studies COVID-19 case studies: Re-opening countries amidst coronavirus Friday April 17, 2020 By Chris Woods Case studies COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: Here, Chris Woods details how each of Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Austria, and the…
NZ public service heads take 20% pay cut Wednesday April 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Chief executives in the New Zealand Public Service have volunteered to slash their pay by 20% over the next six months in response to the…
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership Tuesday April 7, 2020 By Suze Wilson Editors' Picks Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other people depend. If you get…
Health department wins NZ’s top public service award Friday September 13, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health An initiative that improves the health of low-income families with housing has taken the top gong in New Zealand’s Spirit of Service Awards.
New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead Tuesday September 10, 2019 By Max Abbott Editors' Picks New Zealand passed the Misuse of Drugs Amendment into law last month, giving police discretion to take a health-centred approach rather than prosecuting those in…
