The jury is still out on Budget 2024 among police officers and prison staff. On Thursday, the Government committed $226 million to train an extra 500 police.
Journalists and media workers have criticised comments made by newly-elected Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, who claimed that a 2020 government media funding initiative constituted ‘bribery’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, E tū, in strongly disputing the Deputy Prime Minister’s comments, and urging Peters and other politicians to uphold New Zealand’s proud tradition of press freedom.