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UK: House-build boost, Labour anti-semitism row
Audio 15 Feb 2024UK correspondent Lara Spirit talks about the government's plan to encourage more housing development and Labour's investigation into antisemitism. Audio
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Govt pushing ahead to index benefit rates to inflation
The Government is pushing ahead with its plan to index benefit rates to inflation, a move forecast to save it 670 million dollars over the next four years.
In 2019, the Labour-led government linked… Audio
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Sepuloni: govt benefit changes will compound poverty
Time now for our weekly check-in with the deputy leader of the Opposition, Carmel Sepuloni. Audio
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Midweek Mediawatch
Colin Peacock recaps New Zealand supermarkets' rodent problems, Tucker Carlson's Vladimir Putin interview, and some controversial Waitangi Day interviews. Audio
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Water reforms down the drain after repeal bill
The Water Services Acts Repeal Bill has passed through all stages while Parliament went into urgency. Audio
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LGNZ says 4-year term for councils good test case
Local Government New Zealand says a four-year term for councils could be a good test case for Parliament, but warns against two elections in one year.
It follows government plans for legislation that… Audio
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National and Labour trade blows over Three Waters repeal
The Government is making good on its promise to repeal Three Waters - pushing legislation through most of its stages last night ahead of a final vote soon.
It wasn't without a fight, with Labour… Audio
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Trump's campaign from a courtroom
The convoluted legal troubles of former -- and maybe future -- US President Donald Trump are playing out in court rooms across America Audio
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Marathon sitting block underway with more repeals
An unusually long sitting block begins today at Parliament, beginning with another repeal of law passed by the previous government. Audio
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Calls for PM to ban greyhound racing after deaths
There are calls for the Prime Minister to put his money where his mouth is and ban Greyhound racing, after two deaths during race days in Christchurch in recent weeks. Animal organisation SAFE said… Video, Audio
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Opposition asking why Luxon lets Seymour undermine him
The Opposition is trying to wedge open cracks in the Coalition, questioning why the Prime Minister is allowing David Seymour to undermine him. It's just the latest episode in the ongoing back and… Audio
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Oral Questions for 13 February 2024
SUZE REDMAYNE to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on New Zealand's fiscal position? RT HON CHRIS HIPKINS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all of his Government's… Audio
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Fears strained court system could be impacted by spending cuts
Bridgette Toy-Cronin, an associate professor from Otago University's faculty of law, warns if cuts impact the courts, it could become a constitutional issue. Audio
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Concern NZ is not on top of spread of exotic weeds
There's frustration at the rate of progress to enact a national action plan for managing invasive weed species. Audio
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Nicola Willis keen on lobbying mandatory code of conduct
To politics now and Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced Budget Day will be May the 30th. Ms Willis was grilled on the planned public service cuts in the Finance and Expenditure Select… Audio
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BBC World lookahead with Pete Ross
Pete Ross joins Emile Donovan to talk Keir Starmer's green policy u-turn, the big Indonesian elections, and Turkish President Erdogan's trip to Egypt. Audio
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Govt plans to repeal Labour's Three Waters end of next week
The government plans to repeal Labour's Three Waters legislation by the end of next week. The repeal will disestablish the planned ten water entities, instead keeping water assets in councils' hands… Audio
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Political commentators Brigitte Morten and Neale Jones
Audio 12 Feb 2024Brigitte and Neale reflect on this year's Waitangi Day commemorations, and the Government's decision to scrap Auckland's regional fuel tax. Also, a look at how Labour is adjusting to its position as… Audio
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Lobbyist code of conduct might not work says academic
Audio 12 Feb 2024An academic says a voluntary code of conduct for lobbyists might not achieve anything as it would have no consequences for breaches.
RNZ has obtained a Ministry of Justice document outlining a new… Audio
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Studying the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Two AUT academics are taking their Taylor Swift obsession to the next extreme at a Swiftposium in Melbourne, ahead of the star's Australian tour Audio
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Do New Zealanders really want a Treaty referendum?
For over thirty years Rangahau Aotearoa Research New Zealand has helped dozens of government and not-for-profit organisations understand what Aotearoans are thinking across a range of social issues… Audio
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Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media
In past years some media outlets were ambivalent about Waitangi Day - some even hostile at times. But new moves by the new government and a strong pushback from Māori gave it an extra edge this… Audio
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Mediawatch for 11 February 2024
Audio 11 Feb 2024Waitangi tensions test politicians - and the media; Why is Sky screening more top-dollar sport for free? Audio
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Parliament's new bible
Parliament's Clerk has just published a new edition of Parliament's own bible, a vast and fascinating compendium of our democracy - Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand. Audio
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The crowds, politics and culture of Waitangi Day
Mapuna takes a look back at this year's Waitangi Day commemorations as tens of thousands of people packed into the treaty grounds. Julian Wilcox and the rest of the RNZ team were there every step of… Audio
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AUKUS must align with a Nuclear-free Pacific - Fiame
Samoa's Prime Minister tells New Zealand keeping the Pacific nuclear-free needs to be central to any AUKUS discussions. Audio
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12 MPs have ditched PNG Govt amid talks of no confidence vote
More MPs leave Papua New Guinea government amid talks of a potential no confidence motion. Audio
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Government faces the music at Waitangi
This year's record-breaking Waitangi celebrations drew 80,000 people to the Treaty grounds over four days, half that on Waitangi Day alone.
With the dust settling on the event's biggest turnout in… Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
it's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
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