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Government on track for increased deficit despite fall in spending - Treasury
7 May 2024The government books are worsening as a fall in tax outpaces cuts to spending, leaving it on course to post a sizable deficit.
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Watch: Sepuloni avoids questions on reality show reports
7 May 2024The new season of Celebrity Treasure Island is due to hit New Zealand screens later this year.
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MP, who wanted to keep councillor pay too, changes his mind
7 May 2024Jamie Arbuckle, the district councillor who became an MP but decided to keep getting paid for both roles, will instead donate one salary to charity.
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The big problems NZ needs to fix, according to the OECD
6 May 2024The country is being told it needs to get inflation under control, balance the books, raise educational achievement, and lift productivity.
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'Māori Seabed, For Shore!' - Two decades on from the largest hīkoi in a generation
5 May 2024Twenty years has passed since the historic hīkoi against the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act reached Parliament.
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A lot to learn from kura kaupapa Māori - Education Minister
2 May 2024Despite low literacy rates in mainstream schools amongst Māori, the results are the complete opposite in kura kaupapa, Stanford says.
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National first introduced piece of legislation it now seeks to repeal - Jackson
30 Apr 2024A Waitangi Tribunal inquiry report has warned government that a repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act could cause harm to children in care.
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Bid to remove heritage protections from Wellington buildings rejected
8 May 2024Council did not provide sufficient evidence to support its reasons for removing the 10 buildings from the Heritage schedule, Chris Bishop says.
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Government quiet on costs, building plan for Waikato prison expansion
8 May 2024The extra beds would take longer than the four-years covered in this week's budget announcement to deliver, the Corrections Minister told RNZ.
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Budgeting service cuts: 'It's like watching a train derail'
7 May 2024With some services facing closure after missing out on the latest government funding, there are concerns for some of NZ's most vulnerable people.
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'Pretty dire' situation for patients as junior doctors strike over pay cuts
7 May 2024Disruption to patient care from a nationwide junior doctors strike is bordering on unsafe, a senior doctor claims, despite what health officials say.
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'He's doing a good job' - PM backs Corrections Minister after muddled announcement
7 May 2024The prime minister is backing Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell, saying he "quickly clarified" a confusing media conference announcement. Audio
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Live: 'He got it mixed up' - Luxon on minister's confusing prison announcement
7 May 2024The Corrections Minister admits he "muddied the water" after he and the Prime Minister repeatedly provided incorrect information about a $1.9 billion prison spend-up. Audio
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More questions than answers at government press conference
6 May 2024The Prime Minister and Corrections Minister repeatedly provided incorrect information about their $1.9 billion planned prison spend-up.
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PM Christopher Luxon announces $1.9 billion plan to make NZ safer
6 May 2024The Prime Minister says there will be a "significant investment" in funding for frontline Corrections staffing and services.
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Voluntary redundancies bring MBIE job losses to 341
6 May 2024The latest round of voluntary redundancies at the ministry has lifted RNZ's count of public sector job cuts to more than 4000.
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Labour says Government's water plan will see some councils 'left out in the cold'
6 May 2024Meanwhile, the party and National are also odds about whose plan to fix the pipes will cost more. Audio
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Government climate advisor has shipping in its sights
6 May 2024The Climate Change Commission is floating the idea of bringing international shipping into New Zealand's carbon-cutting targets.
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GCSB foreign spying capability under scrutiny
5 May 2024The Government Communications Security Bureau denies hosting a foreign spying capability flagged by the watchdog, differentiating it from the system recently criticised.
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New Zealand signs deal with Germany on Antarctica cooperation
4 May 2024The memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute is expected to foster cooperation between the two polar science bodies.
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Government begins weekly reporting of school attendance figures
7 May 2024Schools should aim to have 94 percent of their pupils in class every day, David Seymour says.
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MP to keep job as councillor - and two salaries
6 May 2024Jamie Arbuckle, a councillor who has become an member of parliament, says he has settled into having two roles so comfortably he's going to keep both pay cheques.
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Auckland's new water plan unveiled
5 May 2024The government claims Aucklanders will avoid a projected 25.8 percent water rates increase with the coalition's Local Water Done Well plan.
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Ministry of Māori Development proposes to cut 38 positions
30 Apr 2024A recruitment pause put in place last year had reduced the scale of job losses necessary, says the secretary for Māori development.
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