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Social Investment Agency
The Social Investment Agency (SIA; ) is a New Zealand government department that leads the implementation of the government's investment approach to Social welfare, social spending. The concept of "social investment" describes the use of data to target spending on social services towards certain disadvantaged groups with the aim of achieving the best "return" in terms of long-term social outcomes and government costs resulting from social issues. Originally run out of a unit within the Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand), Ministry of Social Development, the Social Investment Agency was first established as a departmental agency hosted by the State Services Commission on 1 July 2017. It was later known as the Social Wellbeing Agency (2020–2024) and reverted to its original name when it was re-established as a standalone central agency. Mandate and leadership The Social Investment Agency is responsible for overseeing, coordinating and implementing the government's soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Ururoa Flavell
Te Ururoa James William Ben Flavell (born 7 December 1955), also known as Hemi Flavell, is a New Zealand politician. Born in Tokoroa, Flavell was a teacher, principal, and education executive before beginning a political career. He won the Waiariki (New Zealand electorate), Waiariki electorate as a Māori Party candidate in 2005 and held that seat until his electoral defeat in 2017. He was Māori Party co-leader from 2013 until 2018 alongside Tariana Turia, Dame Tariana Turia and Marama Fox. From 2014 to 2017, the final term of the Fifth National Government of New Zealand, Fifth National Government, Flavell was Minister for Māori Development and Minister for Whānau Ora. Early life and family Flavell was born in Tokoroa to James William Flavell and his fifth wife, Miria (Milly). His iwi (tribal) affiliations are to Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, and Te Arawa. Flavell's father died when he was young and he was raised by his single mother at Waiteti, Ngongotahā, north-west of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of The Prime Minister And Cabinet (New Zealand)
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC; ) is the central public service department of New Zealand, charged with providing support and advice to the Governor-General of New Zealand, governor-general, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, prime minister and Ministers in the New Zealand Government, members of the Cabinet of New Zealand. The department is also charged with centrally leading New Zealand's "national security planning, which includes Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (New Zealand), civil defence." The department's overall area of responsibility is in helping to provide, at an administrative level, the "constitutional and institutional glue" within New Zealand's parliamentary democracy. The department along with the Public Service Commission (New Zealand), Public Service Commission, and the New Zealand Treasury, Treasury constitute the central agencies or public service departments leading the State sector organisations in New Zealand, state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 New Zealand Budget
Budget 2025 () is the New Zealand budget for fiscal year 2025/26 presented to the New Zealand House of Representatives by Finance Minister Nicola Willis, on 22 May 2025. This is the second budget passed by the Sixth National Government; they subtitled it "The Growth Budget". Background In late April 2025, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced that the Sixth National Government would reduce its operating budget from NZ$2.4 billion to NZ$1.3 billion. She confirmed that the 2025 Budget would focus on health, education, law and order, defence, with some limited spending on critical "social investments," supporting business growth and targeted cost of living relief. On 6 May 2025, Minister for Workplace Relations Brooke van Velden announced that the New Zealand Government would raise the threshold for employees making pay equity claims, reversing a 2020 law change introduced by the previous Sixth Labour Government. This announcement affected 33 ongoing pay equity claims, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Finance (New Zealand)
The minister of Finance (), originally known as colonial treasurer, is a minister and the head of the New Zealand Treasury, responsible for producing an annual New Zealand budget outlining the government's proposed expenditure. The position is often considered to be the most important cabinet post after that of the prime minister. The current Minister of Finance is Nicola Willis. There are currently three associate minister roles held by Chris Bishop, David Seymour, and Shane Jones. Responsibilities and powers One of the Minister of Finance's key roles involves the framing of the annual year budget. According to Parliament's Standing Orders, the Minister of Finance may veto any parliamentary bill which would have a significant impact on the government's budget plans. The Minister of Finance supervises the Treasury, which is the government's primary advisor on matters of economic and financial policy. As such, the Minister of Finance has broad control of the governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 New Zealand General Election
The 2017 New Zealand general election took place on Saturday 23 September 2017 to determine the membership of the 52nd New Zealand Parliament. The 51st New Zealand Parliament, previous parliament was elected on 20 September 2014 and was officially dissolved on 22 August 2017. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives under New Zealand's Mixed-member proportional representation, mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, a proportional representation system in which 71 members were elected from single-member New Zealand electorates, electorates and 49 members were elected from closed list, closed party lists. Around 3.57 million people were registered to vote in the election, with 2.63 million (79.8%) turning out. early voting, Advance voting proved popular, with 1.24 million votes cast before election day, more than the previous two elections combined. Prior to the election, the centre-right New Zealand National Party, National Party, led by Prime Minister Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Labour Government Of New Zealand
The Sixth Labour Government New Zealand Government, governed New Zealand from 26 October 2017 to 27 November 2023. It was headed first by Jacinda Ardern (October 2017–January 2023) and later by Chris Hipkins (January 2023–November 2023), as New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party leader and Prime Minister of New Zealand, prime minister. On 1 August 2017, Ardern succeeded Andrew Little (New Zealand politician), Andrew Little as both leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand), Leader of the Opposition. Following the 2017 New Zealand general election, 2017 general election held on 23 September, the New Zealand First party held the Balance of power (parliament), balance of power between the sitting centre-right New Zealand National Party, National Party government, and the left bloc of the Labour and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Green parties. Following negotiations with the two major parties, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Luxon
Christopher Mark Luxon (; born 19 July 1970) is a New Zealand politician and former business executive who has served as the 42nd prime minister of New Zealand since 2023 and as leader of the National Party since 2021. He previously served as leader of the Opposition from 2021 to 2023. He has been member of Parliament (MP) for Botany since 2020. Prior to entering politics, he was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Air New Zealand from 2013 to 2019. Luxon was born in Christchurch and grew up in Howick in East Auckland, before studying commerce at the University of Canterbury. He joined Unilever in 1993 and held senior roles at Unilever Canada, becoming president and CEO of the subsidiary in 2008. In 2011, Luxon left Unilever Canada and joined Air New Zealand as group general manager and became CEO in 2013. After stepping down as CEO of Air New Zealand in 2019, Luxon won the pre-selection for the safe National Party seat of Botany in East Auckland, and retained the seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Social Development (New Zealand)
The Minister for Social Development () is a Ministers in the New Zealand Government, minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility promoting Social change, social development and welfare spending, welfare, and is in charge of the Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand), Ministry of Social Development. The position was established in 1938 after the passing of the Social Security Act 1938. The present Minister is Louise Upston. List of ministers The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Social Development: ;Key Notes References * External linksNew Zealand Ministry for Social Development {{DEFAULTSORT:Minister for Social Development Lists of government ministers of New Zealand, Social Development Welfare in New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill English
Sir Simon William English (born 30 December 1961) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 39th prime minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017 and Leader of the New Zealand National Party, leader of the New Zealand National Party, National Party from 2001 to 2003 and 2016 to 2018. He had previously served as the 17th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and Minister of Finance (New Zealand), minister of finance from 2008 to 2016 under John Key and the Fifth National Government of New Zealand, Fifth National Government. A farmer and public servant before entering politics, English was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in as the New Zealand National Party, National Party's candidate in the Wallace (New Zealand electorate), Wallace electorate. He was elevated to cabinet of New Zealand, Cabinet in 1996 and in 1999 was made Minister of Finance (New Zealand), minister of finance, although he served for less than a year due to his party's loss at the 1999 New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
