Spending on contractors and consultants continues to fall and the size of the Public Service workforce has started to decrease after years of growth, according to the latest data released today by the Public Service Commission
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, Brooke van Velden says paid parental leave increase from 1 July will put more money in the pockets of Kiwi parents and give them extra support as they take precious time off to bond with their newborns
The Government will deliver on its election commitment to take agriculture out of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) and will establish a new Pastoral Sector Group to constructively tackle biogenic methane, Coalition Government Agriculture and Climate Change Ministers say
Media release from Todd McClay, minister of agriculture; Simon Watts, minister of climate change; Andrew Hoggard, associate minister of agriculture; and Mark Patterson, associate Minister of Agriculture
Te Whatu Ora says it can’t provide a breakdown of how much money has been allocated for primary health in Budget 2024 as it is still finalising its own numbers
A pro-choice, pro-science, pro-vaccine, proud mother and oenophile – that’s wine lover – is how freshly retired specialist GP Pippa MacKay sums herself up in her ‘X’ bio. During their chat on Dr MacKay’s last day of practising medicine, Fiona Cassie finds out the former New Zealand Medical Association chair forgot to add ‘political junkie’
The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden says this Government will improve the Holidays Act 2003 [the Act] with the help of businesses and workers who will be affected by changes to the Act
A 2022 report on access to cancer drugs was never meant to be used to provide a list of medicines that should be funded, Cancer Control Agency Te Aho o Te Kahu chief executive Rami Rahal says
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management