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We're in a recession - so what's the government's plan?
23 Mar 2024Analysis - If you live in New Zealand and you're feeling poorer, you're not imagining it, writes Grant Duncan.
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Fiscal bombs, Nazi comments and high-octane coverage for Peters
22 Mar 2024Analysis: The NZ First leader dropped a problem on his own government and then got into a bizarre row, Peter Wilson writes.
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Why fast-tracking large infrastructure projects is bad news for biodiversity
19 Mar 2024Analysis - Leaders of 10 scientific societies that conduct biodiversity research in Aotearoa have called on the government to slow down the pace of reform, researchers say.
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'Hypocrisy and incompetence': Opposition denounces Budget Policy Statement
27 Mar 2024Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the delay to announcing the Budget allowance shows the "level of dysfunction that this government seems to be operating under".
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Wait times to see health specialists rise, childhood immunisations fall
27 Mar 2024In the three months to December 2023, 37 percent of patients had been waiting more than four months to see a specialist.
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Willis promises tax cuts as late return to surplus revealed
The government's books are in worse shape than thought but the Finance Minister says she will deliver. Audio
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Disability Minister should be sacked - Hipkins
27 Mar 2024Labour is doubling down on criticism of the minister's handling of disability funding changes, calling for her to be sacked.
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Ministry for Pacific Peoples looks to cut 63 jobs
28 Mar 2024The move to slash 40 percent of its roles would have far reaching consequences for the health and wellbeing of Pasifika families, PSA says.
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Five arrested after returning to Gisborne's rainbow crossing with paint cans
27 Mar 2024A group of protesters allegedly returned to the newly repainted rainbow crossing with paint cans and blocked the road.
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Government rejects Auckland mayor's demands for more money
27 Mar 2024The prime minister has dismissed Wayne Brown's plea to the government to pay rates on its properties in the region and give GST back. Audio
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'We are sorting it': Official messages Fred Again about Kiwi DJ's passport application
27 Mar 2024The message was inappropriate, says Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden.
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New advisory groups for science and tertiary sectors
27 Mar 2024The government has announced two new advisory groups, one for science and the other for university sectors, in a bid to boost the economy.
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Call for government to 'step up' amid library show protests
27 Mar 2024Labour's rainbow spokesperson Shanan Halbert says a recent protest against drag queens performing at a library shows "vicious discrimination against young people and their families". Audio
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Spy agency's surveillance powers too broad, Inspector-General warns
27 Mar 2024The spy watchdog has warned the NZSIS has too much leeway to decide who it places under "highly intrusive" surveillance.
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China-backed hacking of parliament : NZ had to respond, says expert
27 Mar 2024New Zealand has sent a clear message to China: stop interfering or it will escalate its response, says an international relations expert. Audio
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Lower Hutt long-term plan, with 16.9% rates hike, out for consultation
27 Mar 2024Lower Hutt residents will be able to have their say on Hutt City Council's long-term plan from next Tuesday.
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Taking MPs at their word, or not
27 Mar 2024The House - The principle that all MPs are honourable and that they should be taken at their word has been tested multiple times this week in Parliament. Audio
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Spy watchdog won't ask if foreign system was used for war
27 Mar 2024The spy agency watchdog has not asked a foreign agency if it used espionage equipment based in New Zealand for military action.
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Seven ex-NZDF staff hired to train People's Liberation Army - SIS boss
26 Mar 2024Intelligence agencies have revealed a further threat from China, telling MPs seven former Defence Force personnel were hired to help train the People's Liberation Army. Audio
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Parliament network breached in China-led cyberattack, Judith Collins reveals
26 Mar 2024The Chinese embassy has rejected what it calls "groundless and irresponsible accusations" that China was behind a cyberattack targeting two Parliamentary agencies in 2021.
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Minister acknowledges recession could lead to brain drain
26 Mar 2024Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston has admitted New Zealand could lose some of its "best and brightest" overseas while in recession.
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$18m boost for New Zealanders needing to travel for health treatment
26 Mar 2024New Zealanders needing to travel for specialist health treatment will receive an $18 million boost to cover costs, the government says.
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KiwiRail seeks advice to extend life of Kaitaki ferry
26 Mar 2024KiwiRail is looking into whether it is possible to extend the life of the Interislander's Kaitaki ferry.
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Fiscal holes, recession and the language of economic doom
The Detail - Fiscal holes, a double dip recession and a shrinking economy. How bad are the figures and what do they really mean?
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