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Minister questions mining company's fast-track 'invite' claim
9 Apr 2024Chris Bishop has accused Trans-Tasman Resources of "being misleading" by calling a generic letter sent to 200 organisations a "formal invite".
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Govt's Māori wards reversal labelled 'complete overreach'
4 Apr 2024Reversing councils' ability to decide on Māori wards is "complete overreach by central government", LGNZ says.
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Kāpiti Expressway 110km/h consultation to begin soon - Minister
9 Apr 2024The government is celebrating plans to consult on increasing the speed limit for Kāpiti Expressway north of Wellington to 110km/h.
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Coalition parties down, opposition up in Taxpayers Union-Curia poll
9 Apr 2024The poll has all three governing parties losing support and all three opposition parties gaining, with smaller parties marking the biggest changes.
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Niwa proposes to cut up to 90 jobs - union
9 Apr 2024The proposed cut amounts to about 13 percent of Niwa's workforce, the PSA says.
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'So who's running the show?': Labour on government truancy announcement
9 Apr 2024Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the government's school attendance target is hardly ambitious, with a baseline from during the pandemic.
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'Not every ailment means you should not attend school' - Seymour
9 Apr 2024The government has announced plans for a traffic light system with "clear obligations" for students about attending school. Audio
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Ratepayers must decide: 27% rates hike, or 44%?
8 Apr 2024West Coast ratepayers face an either 27 percent or 44 percent rates hike after increases were "held artificially low for too long".
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Winston Peters lays into UN Security Council, says Gaza 'a wasteland'
9 Apr 2024Use of the veto has seen the Security Council fail in its responsibility to maintain peace, the foreign minister says.
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School truancy tracking plan announced
9 Apr 2024RNZ understands David Seymour plans to eventually move to daily snapshots in order to treat truancy as a crisis.
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Dozens of jobs set to be axed at Commerce Commission
9 Apr 2024RNZ understands 35 to 40 jobs will be cut - around 10 percent of the ministry's workforce. Audio
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Government's targets: 'Where is the action behind these?'
9 Apr 2024The opposition and victim support services are calling for more detail on how the government plans to achieve its nine targets.
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MPs 'probably' deserve pay rises, former minister says
8 Apr 2024Backbench MPs are paid twice as much as the average full-time worker, but their salaries are "way behind" what is appropriate, Chris Finlayson says. Audio
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Revealed: The government's nine targets for the next six years
8 Apr 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced nine targets spanning health, crime, social support, education, and climate.
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Luxon and business leaders to travel to South East Asia
8 Apr 2024The PM says he hopes to build new connections and renew "relationships with partners and customers".
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Ministry for the Environment asks for voluntary redundancies
8 Apr 2024It is the latest in a stream of government ministries cutting staff to save money.
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Watch: Govt targets will need public sector to 'dig deeply' - PM
8 Apr 2024The Prime Minister says progress on the targets will be reported publicly every quarter so Kiwis can "see what results they are getting from their taxes".
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Companies 'not interested' in public-private partnerships for schools
8 Apr 2024Construction suppliers are worried about the risk involved in building and operating schools, according to official advice.
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Why a new $300m, 150-bed hospital building is still empty
8 Apr 2024A building the size of a provincial hospital is sitting empty on Auckland's North Shore and has no opening date. Audio
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Firearms Minister accused of misleading public on gun stats
8 Apr 2024Nicole McKee has repeatedly said more than 6600 NZers are licensed to possess semi-automatics - but the data says otherwise.
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Methane science already settled, watchdog says
Politicians could save money by using "comprehensive" research that's already been done - twice, economist says.
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Immigration tightening might only be temporary - Minister
8 Apr 2024While she is turning the tap down for now, Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says the reverse might be the case next year. Audio
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Minister 'not convinced' Fire and Emergency needs further levy boost
7 Apr 2024The Internal Affairs Minister is asking Fire and Emergency to prove it needs a further boost to the levy they collect on insurance.
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Want to be an MP? The careers most likely to get you there
7 Apr 2024A look at New Zealand's 54th Parliament shows its 123 members having had 216 careers between them - but there are strong similarities in their backgrounds.
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