Myanmar: UN Chief Urges Return To Civilian Rule As Crisis Worsens
Those in conflict-affected areas, including Chin, Kachin, Rakhine and Sagaing regions, are suffering the worst levels of food insecurity. The collapse of Myanmar’s economy, combined with access ...
African Schools Gear Up For The AI Revolution
“It is obvious that our country is lagging behind in terms of new technologies for one reason or another,” says Benjamin Sivanzire, a teacher in Beni, North Kivu Province. “Many parts of the DRC do ...
Emergency Humanitarian Waiver To Foreign Assistance Pause
Implementers of existing life-saving humanitarian assistance programs should continue or resume work if they have stopped, subject to the directions outlined in this waiver. This resumption is ...
Access Now Demands U.S. Lift Sanctions Blocking Syria’s Digital Recovery
Recent developments, including the European Union’s decision to ease certain sanctions on Syria, highlight the urgent need for further relief, and addressing digital barriers is critical to supporting ...
UN Human Rights Office Launches US$500 Million Appeal To Reinvigorate Global Support For Human Rights
GENEVA (30 January 2025) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has launched a US$500 million funding appeal for 2025, to address global human rights needs.
BCITO And NZCB Announce Apprentice Challenge 2025
Entries for the NZCB Apprentice Challenge open on 1 February 2025 and close on 20 March 2025. Entry is open to all apprentices in New Zealand of any age and in any stage of their apprenticeship and is ...
Fiji’s HIV crisis is a regional challenge that demands a regional response
In the words of UNAIDS Asia Pacific Regional Director Eamonn Murphy, rising HIV infections in Fiji “put the entire Pacific region at risk”. Fiji’s minister of health declared an official HIV outbreak ...
Property Owner Wins Dispute Over Expansion Plans
In December 2021, the owner of a Jellicoe St property applied for a building consent to renovate and extend the commercial part of the building and change shared internal walls between the building’s ...
‘Bloody Horrific’: Worm Pest Gains Stronghold In Far North
The top-of-New Zealand’s biggest maize contractor says news of a potential increase in fall army worm populations is “bloody ...
Crown Finally Bows To Tupuna Maunga
The Crown agreed to formally give up ownership of Taranaki Maunga, instead sharing management of the national park with the region’s iwi and officially recognising the peaks as tupuna. The peaks ...
Architect Selected To Design New Pavilion At Blenheim’s A&P Park
A Nelson architect has been picked to design the new pavilion planned for Marlborough’s A&P Park after a dozen proposals were ...
‘Frustrating’: Safer Crossing Lights Delayed In South Wairarapa
The contractor installing pedestrian crossing lighting across South Wairarapa’s three towns is facing liquidation, forcing the council to find a new contractor. South Wairarapa District Council ...