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Watch: Three strikes policy to return with tweaks
The coalition will reintroduce the sentencing law later this year - but it will be slightly different than last time.
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Peters puts off recognition of Palestine despite Labour request
22 Apr 2024The foreign minister says diplomatic recognition of Palestine is a matter of "when not if", but doing so now could impede progress towards a two-state solution.
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Labour questions National donors on fast-track list
22 Apr 2024At least two businesses invited to apply for the new consents process have donated to National. Audio
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Focus on Politics: Luxon boosts defence amid rising global tensions
As global tensions escalated this week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was touring South East Asia, strengthening defence and security ties. Audio
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Government announces lending changes
21 Apr 2024The government has announced it will reform financial services in a bid to make it easier to get home loans and other lending, and strengthen customer protections.
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Mayor hits out at government's Māori ward changes
22 Apr 2024Moko Tepania says the government's plan is 'disheartening' when they are already on the back foot with issues facing the region.
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Nearly 140 roles proposed to go at Customs and DIA
22 Apr 2024Nearly 140 roles are proposed to go at Customs and at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), a larger number than PSA announced this afternoon.
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Health NZ denies it's ordered a hiring freeze
22 Apr 2024The agency says it is still recruiting to fill shortages after writing about a ban on double shifts and closing some vacant roles. Audio
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Wait for passports blows out to eight weeks
22 Apr 2024And the wait time for an urgently required passport has increased.
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Worries wind-back of lending rules could expose borrowers to loan-sharks
22 Apr 2024The government is reforming the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA), which it says has created unnecessary compliance costs, and blown out the timeframes for accessing a loan. Audio
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Govt agrees to raise concerns about forcible deportation of Afghans with Pakistan
21 Apr 2024The government has promised to raise concerns about the forcible deportation of Afghans with Pakistan.
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PM advancing 'foreign policy reset' with Southeast Asian trip
Political issues such as the war in the Middle East had not overshadowed Southeast Asian mission, Christopher Luxon says.
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Firms invited to apply for fast-track consents include 'environmental destroyers' - Greenpeace
20 Apr 2024Environmentalists have slammed a list of organisations who have been invited to apply to the Government's proposed fast-track approvals scheme.
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Who has been invited to apply for fast-track consents?
19 Apr 2024The government's released the list of organisations provided with information on how to apply - just hours before public submissions on the bill close.
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Week in Politics: Job cuts surge, tribunal trouble
21 Apr 2024Analysis - It's been a grim week for public servants and trouble is brewing between the government and Waitangi Tribunal.
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Nothing more energising than seeing growth - Luxon
19 Apr 2024The PM has defended how he's talked up NZ trade on his trip to Southeast Asia, after criticism from his own delegation.
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Luxon: Waitangi Tribunal comments 'ill considered'
19 Apr 2024Comments from ACT and NZ First ministers about the Tribunal were "ill considered" and "that message will be underscored" to them, the PM says. Audio
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'We are not waste' - Public sector leaders criticised over job cut announcements
20 Apr 2024Staff are shell shocked and frustrated, and say leaders handled the announcements poorly.
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Ministry proposes cutting one of its two senior fire engineers
19 Apr 2024The public sector cuts are poised to take out a big chunk of expertise at the country's building regulator.
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Government sent 'please explain' to council over Golden Mile
19 Apr 2024The contents were revealed in correspondence from Simeon Brown and Chris Bishop to Wellington's Mayor.
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Government signs off $41m clean energy deal with Asian Development Bank
The government has committed $41 million to clean energy transition at the Asian Development Bank's Energy Transition Mechanism.
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Department of Conservation closing Dunedin centre
19 Apr 2024Visitor habits are changing and DOC needs to adapt in a financially sustainable way, its operations director says.
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Behind the numbers of Auckland's rising dog attacks
19 Apr 2024Roaming dogs are responsible for more than a thousand attacks on animals each year, and the number is growing. Audio
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NZ and Philippines pledge defence cooperation amid rising tensions
19 Apr 2024The commitment came after a sit-down meeting between Christopher Luxon and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr overnight. Audio
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