Many of the 40 million children, women and men in modern slavery worldwide are producing products that are sold in New Zealand homes and workplaces. It is estimated that around $3.1 billion of ‘risky’ products are imported into New Zealand in a single .
Press Release – Council for International Development Many of the 40 million children, women and men in modern slavery worldwide are producing products that are sold in New Zealand homes and workplaces. It is estimated that around $3.1 billion of risky products are imported into New Zealand in a single …
Many of the 40 million children, women and men in modern slavery worldwide are producing products that are sold in New Zealand homes and workplaces.
It is estimated that around $3.1 billion of ‘risky’ products are imported into New Zealand in a single year.
“As households, we unwittingly spend an average of $34 per week – only slightly less than on our electricity spend – on industries whose products are implicated in modern slavery. Right now, companies do not need to do even the most basic checks,” says CEO of World Vision, Grant Bayldon in a new report, Risky Goods New Zealand Imports.
Wyn Drabble: A trip down memory lane
12 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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The Victorian Precinct, Oamaru. Photo / Waitaki
Hawkes Bay Today
OPINION
After a couple of lattes and Fleur s breakfast blue cod sandwich I m on that same coast road back to Oamaru. This time I search for and discover the exact spot where we used to camp at Campbell s Bay and I stop at All Day Bay to see if there is any sign of my friendly dolphin. No sign. It s got other fish to fry (or frighten), I guess.
I also take the small diversion to Bushy Beach which, in my Oamaru days (aged about 3 to 8), I had never even heard of and, until this day, I have never visited. What an omission!
Try fair trade for a day, Napier Trade Aid shop says
29 Apr, 2021 12:22 AM
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Napier Trade Aid assistant manager Evelyn Henson (left) and manager Maureen Kennedy encourage shoppers to sign the anti-slavery petition.
Napier Trade Aid assistant manager Evelyn Henson (left) and manager Maureen Kennedy encourage shoppers to sign the anti-slavery petition.
Hawkes Bay Today
by Brenda Vowden
Napier Trade Aid is urging shoppers to try fair trade for a day and join the worldwide movement celebrating World Fair Trade Day. And it just happens to be right in time for Mother s Day.
World Fair Trade Day began globally in 1989, with New Zealand adopting the policy 15 years later. On Saturday, May 8, the Hastings St store will offer samples of fair trade tea, coffee, chocolate and ginger beer.