Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and French President Emmanuel Macron announced today they were setting up a new non-governmental organisation, the Christchurch Call Foundation.
It will coordinate the work of the Christchurch Call to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online. Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern, who was instrumental in setting up the Christchurch Call after the 2019 terrorist attacks in Christchurch, will be Patron of the Call.
“I’d like to thank Dame Jacinda Ardern for her advocacy and leadership of the Christchurch Call, which has curtailed violent extremism online. I wish her and the Christchurch Call well as they evolve in the next phase of their development,” Luxon said.
Macron said he was confident the new organisation would provide a solid basis for the future and deal with new challenges, including AI-generated content.
The Foundation has attracted pledges from members of the Call community and philanthropic donors.
Buyers may be back in the housing market, but they are dithering.
April’s Real Estate Institute numbers are a mixed bag, but in general reflect the fact that prospective buyers are taking longer to pull the trigger on formal offers, in the hopes of securing a better price.
The institute’s house price index, as a measure of inflation, is down 0.8% on the prior month, though up 2.8% year-on-year.
That’s less than half the average annual growth of 5.8% in the residential market experienced over the past five years, and 15.1% below the 2021 peak.
Meanwhile, the number of concluded sales, at 5559, was up by more than a quarter (25.3%) on last April, but down 17.3% on the prior month’s 6721.
And while there were more listings last month, up 34.9% to 9636 on last April, it’s taking longer to conclude deals, particularly in Auckland, which has hit a 23-year high of 44 days.