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Govt cuts wait times for medicinal cannabis licences by 36%
The Government has slashed the time it takes to issue export licences to medicinal cannabis firms. Associate Health Minister David Seymour, in a statement, said the average time since January 1 for Medsafe to issue a licence was 6.4 working days, down from 10 working days in 2024/25, 17.8 in 2023/24 and 22.5 in 2022/23. Over the same period, the number of applications processed has steadily increased. Medicinal cannabis firms are required to get a licence for every shipment of their product that is exported from New Zealand. Seymour said faster times meant product was moving more quickly and cash flow was improving for exporters. He said he expected processing times to continue to fall and more applications to be processed, as Medsafe improved its processes following a review last year. He added that the Government was also considering giving licensed medicinal cannabis firms permanent export licences.
Net migration and tourism boost recorded in February
Annual net migration to New Zealand has continued to rise as arrivals outpace departures. Statistics NZ data today showed an annual net migration gain of 25,200 people in the year ended February, compared with a gain of 17,700 the previous year. There were 136,200 migrant arrivals compared with 111,100 departures over the latest period. On a monthly basis, there was a net migration gain of 6700 in February, up from 4700 in the same month last year. Annual net migration peaked in the year to October 2023, with a gain of 135,500. Meanwhile, New Zealand also recorded a boost in tourists during the last month of summer, with 408,100 tourist arrivals, up 53,700 from February last year. There were more holidaymakers from China, Australia, Taiwan, the UK, and Hong Kong.
Court upholds Tony Gibson guilty verdict and fine
The Auckland High Court has upheld the guilty finding and sentence of Tony Gibson, after the former Port of Auckland chief executive was held liable in November 2024 for the death of stevedore, Pala'amo Kalati, four years earlier. Maritime NZ had prosecuted Gibson – the CEO of the port for 10 years prior – under section 48 of the Health and Safety at Work Act and he was found to have failed to exercise due diligence to ensure the port complied with its primary duty of care to ensure the health and safety of its workers. The District Court had fined Gibson $130,000 and ordered him to pay costs of $60,000. The 2020 death had been the fourth fatality at the terminal in as many years, and netted the council-owned operator a fine of $561,000. It also paid separate reparations to Kalati's family.
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