New Zealand Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017
NZD 2 billion pay equity settlement for 55,000 predominantly-female care and support workers, enacted June 2017. Wages rose 15-50% (minimum-wage workers: +21%). …
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NZD 2 billion pay equity settlement for 55,000 predominantly-female care and support workers, enacted June 2017. Wages rose 15-50% (minimum-wage workers: +21%). …
A Far North iwi media organisation crowdsourced 300+ hours of te reo Māori speech in 10 days, then built a 92%-accurate speech …
In 2010 New Zealand became the first country to make WCAG conformance mandatory for government websites; the standard now requires WCAG 2.2 …
Since 2019, New Zealand's NZD 24 million Marae Digital Connectivity Programme has connected 676 of 877 eligible marae to free broadband, Wi-Fi …
Community-run four-week smartphone course for people over 60 in Otago; a pre/post evaluation of 98 learners found significant gains in knowledge, skills …
A free smartphone course for New Zealanders aged 61+, run by Age Concern Otago at six locations, produced statistically significant gains in …
Skinny Jump delivers heavily subsidised 4G broadband at NZD $5/35 GB — a quarter of commercial pricing — to low-income New Zealand …
New Zealand's Public Service Commission runs a tripartite gender, Māori and ethnic pay-gaps action plan across core public service agencies. The gender …
National programme launched in June 2021 providing free period products in 2,100+ state schools, covering 97–98% of students. Over 600,000 packs distributed …
Waka Kotahi's ~NZD 24m Innovating Streets fund paid 32 councils to trial 89km of low-cost cycleways, parklets and traffic calming in 2019–2021. …
New Zealand's Ministry of Social Development gives sole parents on welfare — over 80% women — dedicated, work-focused case managers. A 2019 …
New Zealand's Ministry of Justice has funded ~48 non-violence programme providers since 2014, handling 6,000+ referrals yearly. A 2018 study found 46-49% …
National programme paying contractors to eliminate invasive wilding conifers from ~180,000 ha/year; wilding conifers remove up to 40% of catchment water. NZD …
New Zealand's Inland Revenue uses ML to screen 3+ million tax returns for compliance risk. In H1 2024 this drove a 50% …
Founded in 2011 by disability advocate Minnie Baragwanath, New Zealand's Be. Lab (formerly Be. Accessible) trains businesses and government teams in inclusive …
Since 2011, KiwiNet has pooled New Zealand's university and Crown Research Institute commercialisation efforts, backing 82+ spin-outs and $560m in cumulative returns …
In 2016 Auckland upzoned roughly three-quarters of residential land. Synthetic-control studies find permits roughly doubled and rents 22–28% below the counterfactual, though …
New Zealand's Algorithm Charter, launched in July 2020 by Stats NZ, saw 21 agencies commit to six transparency and fairness principles for …
DOC manages the 10,201 ha Kopuatai Peat Dome, New Zealand's largest unmodified restiad bog and a Ramsar site since 1989, whose peat …
New Zealand's oldest university commercialisation company: 45 active spin-outs worth a combined NZ$2.2bn, 540+ patent families licensed, and NZ$60m commercialisation revenue in …
Wellington's leading startup hub (est. 2004), Creative HQ has supported 1,500+ founders and 450+ companies in 20 years, generating NZ$128M in annual …
Te Hiku Media's Papa Reo project (NZD 13 million, MBIE 2019–2026) built AI speech recognition (92% accuracy) and a pronunciation app for …
New Zealand's 2019 Wellbeing Budget was its first built around a wellbeing framework rather than GDP growth, committing NZ$320 million to family …
A nationwide network of 48 Ministry of Justice-accredited providers delivering mandated and voluntary group programmes for men who use family violence. Oldest …
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