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Budget 2024: Light at the end of the tunnel
The House - The government's maiden Budget is finally reaching the end of its long approval process, and it's going to be just in time. Audio
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Ministers defend level of scrutiny on gang patch ban changes
18 Sep 2024Two ministers have argued politicians' scrutiny - by Cabinet and Parliament - is enough, and the Attorney-General says it wasn't necessary to examine the…
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Doctors confront minister on hiring freeze that 'should not be happening'
18 Sep 2024Psychiatrists who heard Matt Doocey's comments shook their heads in apparent disbelief and started murmuring.
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'Cocktail of issues' at Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ says Commissioner
18 Sep 2024Its "precarious" financial position isn't the most pressing, Lester Levy says.
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AUKUS partners in talks with NZ over defence projects
18 Sep 2024The leaders said that new partners could contribute to the so-called AUKUS "Pillar Two", which does not involve nuclear submarines.
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Nurses tell health minister targets not possible without more funding
18 Sep 2024In response Shane Reti said they had more funding than ever, and now needed "bold new thinking".
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Funding cuts could see 'significant change' for Whakaata Māori
18 Sep 2024Its chief executive says the organisation is looking "at everything possible" to achieve cost savings and ensure the next 20 years for Whakaata Māori.
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NIWA's detailed climate projections released to the public
18 Sep 2024Anyone can visit the public database and select whether they are interested in drought, rainfall, wind or temperature, which season they are interested in and whether they would like to see…
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Labour demands consultation after gang patch ban amendment
18 Sep 2024Labour is calling on the government to send the gang patch ban back to select committee for consultation after yet another last-minute amendment.
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Added insulation costs small fraction of figure given by minister - research
17 Sep 2024The building minister says he expects the new research to be factored into the government's review looking at rolling back the standards.
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Te Whatu Ora spent $85m on tech now deemed 'unachievable'
17 Sep 2024A project to replace a system that dishes out $12 billion of health payments every year is in trouble. Audio
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Families consider leaving area due to a lack of access to healthcare
18 Sep 2024Patient Voice Aotearoa delivered a petition to Parliament today calling on the government to urgently fix staffing shortages at Buller Hospital.
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'Just don't get caught': Justice Minister's advice to gangs
17 Sep 2024The coalition is under fire from officials, the Law Society and the opposition for adding a controversial clause but Paul Goldsmith says the charges are easy to avoid. Audio
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Rules change for scheme which pays authors for library books
17 Sep 2024The government is making a change so authors whose books are held in public libraries will no longer have to reapply every year for payments.
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Nursing jobs 'ghosted' as Health NZ cuts costs
17 Sep 2024Te Whatu Ora insists recruitment has continued, but staff say their colleagues aren't being replaced. Audio
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Why the case for higher speed limits is fatally flawed
18 Sep 2024Analysis - Proponents argue even marginal time savings for some drivers justify the changes, Timothy Welch writes, but at what cost?
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Are New Zealanders really 'sick and tired' of cycleways?
10 Sep 2024Analysis - The transport minister's claim is not backed up by the facts, a survey shows.
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How the Treaty 'principles' evolved and why they don't stand up to scrutiny
10 Sep 2024Analysis: The debate has exposed deep ignorance, among political leaders and others about te Tiriti.
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'No way' a 'one-size-fits-all' health approach will work - report author
17 Sep 2024A new study shows Pasifika children in Aotearoa are 115 times more likely to be hospitalised with acute rheumatic fever than European children.
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30,000 more victims of violent crime for year
17 Sep 2024It's a stark reversal of the government's goal: 20,000 fewer victims by 2030. Audio
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Live: 'We're being way too nice': Luxon on sharply rising violent crime figure
17 Sep 2024The Prime Minister can't put a timeframe on when law and order policies will start to reduce the number of victims.
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Hipkins loses support in latest TPU-Curia poll
16 Sep 2024Labour leader Chris Hipkins has lost support in a new Taxpayers Union-Curia poll showing small gains for National and Labour, and mostly small losses for minor parties.
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Government at risk of not meeting two of its nine public service targets
16 Sep 2024The government has identified education and reducing violent crime as the biggest problem areas.
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Government extends alternative to tough literacy and numeracy tests
16 Sep 2024Students will have until the end of 2027 to get literacy and numeracy standards by internal assessment, rather than tests - two years later than planned.
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Government releases list of 35 critical minerals as part of mining strategy
16 Sep 2024"Why should we continually say we're going to import everything if we've got it here and we can turn it into an export industry," Shane Jones says.
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Experts oppose speed limits increase
16 Sep 2024A coalition of leading academics, health professionals and road safety experts have issued an open letter, urging the government to reconsider plans to increase speed limits. Audio
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Politically charged document minister tried to hide revealed
26 Aug 2024Casey Costello denied it existed. Now she says she does not know who wrote - or even how she got - a tobacco policy document sent to officials. Audio
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Seymour's plan for tipping millions of dollars into Pharmac - and Big Pharma
The Act Party minister is plotting a huge expansion of the state-run drug buying agency, despite being a proponent of small government. Audio
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