2013-03-21 13:25:03 // Neil Deans
// The Idealog Blog
Water Conservation Orders (WCOs) are statutory tools used to protect waterbodies of outstanding value nationally – rivers, lakes, and wetlands – much like mountains and coasts are protected by National Parks. They preserve or protect outstanding features such as fisheries, wildlife, Maori, cultural, recreational, wild and scenic or scientific values. They are to exist in perpetuity, unless amended.
2013-01-18 11:12:49 // Pattrick Smellie
// Idealog #42: workshop
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Getting this tree-hugging country's populace along for the resources ride will require finesse.
2012-11-15 08:34:16 // Gareth Renowden
// The Idealog Blog
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Wedded to an unrealistic view of the world, where climate change is just another policy setting that can be fiddled to the advantage of supporters or to suit ideology.
2012-07-26 10:16:31 // Esther Goh
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Monday-ised holidays are one step closer, with Labour’s holiday amendment bill making it to its second reading in Parliament.
2012-07-19 09:19:01 // Idealog
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The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Bill passed its second reading in Parliament last night.
2012-05-22 15:23:15 // Josh Martin
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National’s economic plans to expand marine-based industries to get the economy moving has certain environmental groups worried, despite encouragement from the Royal Society of New Zealand.
2012-05-15 10:31:02 // Esther Goh
Bosses won't be required to partake in multi-employer bargaining or (in a return to the original Employment Relations Act) have to conclude a collective agreement under a package of employment law measures approved by Cabinet yesterday.
2012-05-03 11:22:37
Legislation is underway to reform the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA) that would open the doors for Fonterra to enable trading among farmers – a proposal that's divided stakeholders and raised the ugly head of the issue that is foreign ownership.
2012-03-05 13:08:15 // James Kevany & Richard Watts
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Very little gets the internet community fired-up as much as the notion of online censorship.
2012-03-05 11:17:50 // Jonathan Shaw
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As any good Kiwi knows, New Zealand’s clean green image is what sets us apart from the rest of the world.
2011-11-22 13:34:30 // Sarah Robson
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New Zealand governments are abusing their ability to pass laws under urgency, say a group of researchers from Victoria University’s Faculty of Law.
2011-11-21 14:38:39 // Hazel Phillips
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National is promising to deliver ‘better’ outcomes for tertiary students and the taxpayers who support them in one of its latest policies – but it could have unforeseen consequences for extramural students, Massey University Extramural Students' Society president Ralph Springett warns.
2011-10-18 16:38:13 // Esther Goh
The election battle is officially heating up, with National promising to sweeten Kiwisaver with auto-enrolment and Labour touting industry-specific minimum wage levels.
2011-10-14 09:22:32 // Idealog
The government will crack down on company registration and directors under a new bill tabled by commerce minister Simon Power, intended to stamp out foreigners using New Zealand as a haven to carry out criminal business activity.
2011-10-10 08:35:48 // Paul S Allen
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The Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill is a mark of laziness – the fact the government has proposed to use retrospective legislation should stand as a warning to all.
2011-09-13 10:26:47 // Esther Goh
Impending legislation that will enable organisations to register a trademark in multiple countries with a single application is a double edged sword for New Zealand companies, according to one patent law expert.
2011-09-09 08:56:16 // Paul Adams
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Until New Zealand adopts a more sensible patent tax regime local innovators should think long and hard about where best to locate their intellectual property.
2011-08-24 10:15:08 // Idealog
GST on international business deals is hurting New Zealand's ability to compete on the global market, according to the government, which is seeking feedback on options for addressing the issue.
2011-08-22 10:20:29 // Esther Goh
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New legislation is about to jumpstart the aquaculture sector after a decade of "missed opportunity", according to industry organisation Aquaculture New Zealand.
2011-07-21 17:14:01 // Idealog
New copyright laws will target file-sharing through P2P and not streaming sites like YouTube, the government has clarified.
