The Government will spend $16.4 million of grants to support
six community housing providers to complete social housing
developments in Auckland, Northland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty,
Wellington, and Canterbury.
The United States wants to continue a criminal data matching
scheme for assessing risks of threats that it began with New
Zealand in advance of the Rugby World Cup.
Prime Minister John Key does not believe Parliament's hours
should be reduced to make it more "family friendly", saying
having children while in Parliament was "challenging but
do-able" and it was up to each party to ensure nursing
mothers had the support and time out needed.
Foreign Minister Murray McCully met US Secretary of State
John Kerry in Washington early today (NZ time) and most of
their meeting was spent discussing the Middle East.
