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1 week ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
Analysis: Fisheries and Resources Minister Shane Jones has positioned himself at the coalface of the current government’s economic agenda, labelled in some quarters as the ‘war on nature’. While other Ministers tinker with big ticket items like the fast track bill, it tends to be Jones on the ground calling people Marxist for opposing a mine or otherwise reaching into his thesaurus to cuss out ‘the green agenda’.
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1 week ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
New Zealand fashion icon Karen Walker has managed to block an Australian brand from trade marking its own name which includes a phrase she has used for more than two decades. In 2021, Sydney brand Runaway the Label filed to trademark its name for clothing and apparel purposes in Australia. Already have an account?
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2 weeks ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
Claims of contract breaches flying in both directions have led an industry body to exit the Property Institute of New Zealand, the peak body for property professionals. On June 10, the Property Institute and the New Zealand Institute of Valuers told members they would split, with the transition to be conducted in “an amicable and respectful way”. Already have an account?
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2 weeks ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
A judicial review over the Environmental Protection Authority’s decision not to carry out a risk assessment of the herbicide glyphosate will begin on Monday. The legal action comes as the Ministry of Primary Industries considers a hundredfold increase in the allowable residue of the potentially carcinogenic herbicide glyphosate in some food products. Already have an account?
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1 month ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
One of New Zealand’s most iconic brands, and only domestic oat mill, says proposed new residue limits of glyphosate, better known as Roundup, will damage its business and increase costs. Harraways, which has been operating in Dunedin for 158 years, has a zero-tolerance policy for the herbicide. Already have an account?
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1 month ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
The Government says there is no link between a proposal for a hundredfold increase in the allowable residue of the potentially carcinogenic herbicide glyphosate in some food products and the GMO bill making its way through parliament. Consultation on the proposal is being advanced at the same time as the Gene Technology Bill, which would legalise the use of genetically modified crops in New Zealand. Already have an account?
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1 month ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is considering a ban on fishing for spiny rock lobster on the east coast of Northland to allow the population to rebuild. This follows his three-year closure of the inner Hauraki Gulf rock lobster (crayfish) fishery, which started on April 1. Already have an account?
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1 month ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
Rules making lending to community housing providers more expensive have come under the microscope of the sprawling Parliamentary inquiry into banking competition. Unlike state-owned public housing, which is provided by Kāinga Ora, community housing is made up of properties largely owned by charities and non profits and supported by 25-year government funding agreements. Already have an account?
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1 month ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
A prospecting permit issued for 180 square kilometres of remote Northland bush has received an icy reception from locals, which Resources Minister Shane Jones chalks up to ‘Marxist hysteria’. Records show that on April 22, Stibnite Mountain Limited received a minerals prospecting permit stretching from the Bay of Islands in the north, down past Taupiri Bay and Whangaruru on Northland’s east coast. Already have an account?
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1 month ago | 
newsroom.co.nz | Andrew Bevin
Publishers of movies, games and other media will be able to determine age ratings for their own content, if a proposal being considered by Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden goes ahead. A few years ago media that was published in New Zealand had to be reviewed by the Classification Office, which as its name suggests, is responsible for classifying materials films, books, video games, and online content. Already have an account?
