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Too many asylum-seekers making false claims - government
21 Mar 2024The government is looking at how it can cut down on the number of asylum-seekers - saying too many of them are making false claims.
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Government earns $190m from first carbon auction of the year
20 Mar 2024Emitters paid $64 a tonne, the legal minimum the government can sell at, ending a run of failed auctions when no permits sold.
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Vaping crackdown: Govt has no extra money for enforcement
20 Mar 2024There are just 15 people policing the thousands of vaping retailers nationwide - and the government has no money to fund any more. Audio
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'We are going to have to borrow money' - Hipkins on infrastructure
21 Mar 2024New Zealand cannot afford tax cuts and must borrow more money to bring infrastructure up to scratch, Labour leader Chris Hipkins says. Audio
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Sector issues warning over disability funding changes
20 Mar 2024Autism NZ's chief executive Dane Dougan says their inboxes have been flooded by people wondering what's next during a "scary time". Audio
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The IMF has some advice for the government
In its annual health check on the country, the IMF says the government will have to "tread a narrow path to a soft landing".
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Disability announcement was bungled, minister says
20 Mar 2024"I absolutely accept that we haven't been clear enough," Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds says. Audio
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Week in Politics: Landlords and tenants, police and minister
15 Mar 2024Analysis - Interest deductibility for landlords a help for renters or a "cash handout"? The "insulting" police pay offer, and Luxon's uncomfortable press conference.
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Watch: Grant Robertson tearful, humorous farewell toParliament
20 Mar 2024Outgoing MP Grant Robertson gave his valedictory speech to Parliament on Wednesday, mixing jokes and anecdotes, his voice breaking at times. Video
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Disposable vapes to be banned this year
20 Mar 2024The coalition will ban single-use vapes as part of a crackdown on youth vaping, aiming to have all the changes in place by the end of the year.
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Robertson on the job he never got to do
20 Mar 2024Grant Robertson tells RNZ his experience during the Covid-19 pandemic was an "extreme sports version" of government decision-making.
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Winston Peters told to stop using Chumbawamba hit song
19 Mar 2024The Deputy Prime Minister is denying reports he has been asked by an anarchist punk band to stop playing their best-known song at his rallies.
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Journalist and commentator Rod Oram dies
20 Mar 2024Oram's church says he died after having a heart attack while cycling on the weekend.
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Warning cuts could hurt police and defence frontline services
20 Mar 2024The top brass at police and defence have warned MPs the government's spending cuts could see them divest capability or weaken frontline services.
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Deputy PM Winston Peters attacks media over speech reporting
19 Mar 2024Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has railed against the media again, over the reporting of his speech over the weekend.
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Call for schools soft drink ban renewed
19 Mar 2024The New Zealand Dental Association wants the government to enforce water-only policies on schoolgrounds.
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Recap: Govt questioned on Kāinga Ora crackdown, British band wants Peters to stop using their song
19 Mar 2024Chumbawamba have reportedly issued the deputy PM a cease-and-desist notice after he used their song 'Tubthumping' before his state of the nation speech.
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Media Minister says interviews would have been 'boring'
19 Mar 2024Melissa Lee says she received advice from the prime minister's office, but the decision to pull out of the two interviews was hers.
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa honoured for her achievements in Parliament
19 Mar 2024Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has been recognised for her achievements with speeches and waiata in Parliament.
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Why Hipkins has 'sympathy' for the government
19 Mar 2024Labour has conceded it could have done more to deal with disruptive state housing tenants while in government but says the current coalition is going too far.
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Government slashes road user charges for plug-in hybrids
19 Mar 2024The government has agreed to the suggestion from the opposition that was initially voted through by accident.
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Disability funding changes 'callous' and a broken promise, Labour says
19 Mar 2024The government argues the amount of funding has not been cut - just what it can be spent on.
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Christopher Luxon to speak to Winston Peters over Nazi comments
19 Mar 2024Luxon says he doesn't agree with the comments, and he's calling on all political leaders to tone down similar inflammatory language.
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'Not the time for tax cuts': Govt should focus on getting back to surplus - economist
18 Mar 2024The government says it still intends to deliver tax cuts by July, but will not lock them in until they have got them past their coalition partners. Audio
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