Oceania New Zealand The country has achieved a historic majority of women in parliament, becoming one of the few nations to achieve gender parity, the sixth in history
Oceania New Zealand An award-winning Auckland bakery has temporarily closed after receiving E-grade, the lowest possible food safety rating for a risk associated with its pest control
Oceania New Zealand Major changes to school curriculum and secondary qualifications bring "knowledge-rich" learning from this school year; The reform mandates evidence-based learning in literacy, numeracy and introduces subject-based assessment system in year 12,13
Oceania New Zealand A women meeting in Wellington marked a year since changes to pay equity extinguished some 180.000 claims for equal work of equal value; a request to the UN was made to investigate whether the move amounted to systemic discrimination towards women
Oceania New Zealand More men from the gay and bisexual community will be able to donate blood starting 4 May, as the screening process of the New Zealand Blood Service brings key changes to a number of questions related to sexual activity of donors