Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a $1.9 billion plan to make New Zealand safer.
Luxon said there would be a "significant investment" in funding for frontline Corrections staffing and services.
Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell said the coalition government would spend $1.9 billion over the next four years on more prison beds, prison officers and rehabilitation for remand inmates.
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Councils from Horowhenua, Kāpiti, Wairarapa, the Hutt Valley, Porirua and Wellington City will meet this Friday to work together on a plan for a Greater Wellington region water deal.
The Climate Change Commission is floating the idea of bringing international shipping into New Zealand's carbon-cutting targets.
The government claims Aucklanders will avoid a projected 25.8 percent water rates increase with the coalition's Local Water Done Well plan.
The 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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