Today’s end of year edition of NewsRoom_Digest features 4 resourceful links of the day and the politics pulse from Wednesday 23rd December. It is best viewed on a desktop screen.
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Noteworthy stories in the current news cycle include the release of the sixth and final document by the Waitangi Tribunal in its report on the Crown’s dealings with the people of Te Urewera, EMA chief executive Kim Campbell and Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce are at odds over whether there is any chance the Government will achieve its goal of lifting exports from 30 to 40 per cent of GDP by 2025, and a ruling was delivered, subject to appeal, that Kim Dotcom and his three associates Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato were eligible for extradition to the US.
POLITICS PULSE
Media releases issued from Parliament by political parties today included:
Government: East Frame development gets final approval; Stay safe on the water these holidays; Keep safe on the roads these holidays
New Zealand First: $3m Commerce Commission Nait Fines Stun Agriculture
LINKS OF THE DAY
IMPORTS RISE: The value of total goods imported was $4.9 billion in November 2015, up $535 million (12 percent) from November 2014 according to Statistics New Zealand. More details at: http://bit.ly/1O87Kdd
SHELLFISH WARNING: A new service to email warnings to shellfish gatherers about toxin levels in shellfish has been introduced for summer by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Read more:http://mpigovtnz.cwp.govt.nz/travel-and-recreation/fishing/shellfish-biotoxin-alerts/
TE UREWERA REPORT: The final part of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Te Urewera Report was released today. The full report can be downloaded here: https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/WT/reports/reportSummary.html?reportId=wt_DOC_99761543
VISITOR ARRIVALS: The latest edition of International Visitor Arrivals to New Zealand (IVA) is now available on the Statistics New Zealand website. Click here for more:http://bit.ly/1Md0Lke
And that’s our sampling of “news you can use” for Wednesday 23rd December.
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