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  • A chance to recognise unpaid work

    Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter is celebrating the value of unpaid work to celebrate International Women’s Day 2019. “This year, my partner and I have welcomed the birth of our first child. As a full time working mum, I rely on unpaid work by my partner to enable me to do my job,” says Ms Genter.   “The caring work that has traditionally been shouldered by women needs to be recognised as productive and valuable work, and shared between all genders. “The Government is delivering its...
  • Funding to back nature and save our wildlife

    New Government funding will see the Department of Conservation invest an extra $76 million over the next four years to address New Zealand’s biodiversity crisis. “More than 4000 of our native plants and wildlife are threatened or at risk of extinction,” said Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage. “In the 750 years since humans arrived in New Zealand, more than 50 native bird species have gone extinct, three frogs, at least three lizards, one freshwater fish, four plants and an unknown number...