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Family violence funding review could see services lose out - critics
16 Dec 2024Labour and the Greens are concerned the government is "pulling away" from existing services, but minister says that's not the case. Audio
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Polytechnics losing foreign enrolments due to study visa wait times
16 Dec 2024NZ is in a "global market" for international students, Te Pūkenga boss says, and those facing delays will often opt to go to other countries.
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Govt launches new plan for reducing family and sexual violence
15 Dec 2024The second Te Aorerekura - the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence - has been launched.
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'No place for compulsory care' in new Mental Health Bill
15 Dec 2024The legislation is "completely inconsistent with expert advice and international law and best practice", associate professor says.
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Parliament on the home stretch, but first, a 30-hour sitting week
15 Dec 2024The House - This week, both the media and public honed in on the hullabaloo around ferries and speakers' rulings. Meanwhile, more than 30 hours of urgency were used to consider 11 bills. Audio
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Some mental health services falling short - govt report
13 Dec 2024There is "still work to do" around getting people timely treatment when they go to ED for mental health.
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Govt's cuts to contractor and consultant spending ahead of schedule
13 Dec 2024The government says it is well ahead of its target to cut contractor and consultant spending.
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Māori leaders ask King Charles to intervene over 'attack' on Te Tiriti
12 Dec 2024Hundreds have signed an open letter asking the King to step in over the government's policies relating to Māori.
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Health New Zealand cuts: 569 staff take voluntary redundancy
13 Dec 2024Almost 600 staff have taken voluntary redundancy in job cut proposals laid out to staff today, it has been confirmed.
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Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill officially put on hold
13 Dec 2024The government has put legislation that would force tech giants to pay media companies for journalism on hold.
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The three new highways the govt has agreed to toll
13 Dec 2024The new highways in the North Island will become the first new toll roads in years. Audio
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New three-strikes regime passed into law
15 Dec 2024The Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill was among a raft of legislation debated under urgency on Thursday.
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New laws to protect ground-based space infrastructure from foreign spies
13 Dec 2024Laws will be introduced to stop foreign military or intelligence interference in radar and other space infrastructure being built here.
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Hairdressers didn't know of rules ACT wants to cut
13 Dec 2024David Seymour is spearheading a review of the hairdressing industry to address what he views as "unnecessary" regulations.
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Government goes back to drawing board on holiday pay
13 Dec 2024Thousands of employers have had to pay, or are still arranging to pay, billions of dollars in back pay due to problems with applying a law for years.
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Taranaki council quashes Treaty talk despite Seymour's debate call
11 Dec 2024Taranaki councillors have shut down a discussion on the Treaty Principles Bill, despite the legislation's cheerleader wanting everyone to read and debate it.
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Funding research for economic return sounds good – but that's not how science really works
6 Dec 2024The announcement that half of New Zealand's sole fund for fundamental science won't cover social sciences and the humanities came as a shock to many, writes Nicola Gaston.
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Ōtaki highway tolls to reach vital services unfair - mayor
14 Dec 2024Ōtaki and surrounding communities could be split off from vital resources they depend on - or hit in the pocket - if a planned toll goes ahead on State Highway 1, a mayor says.
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Industry supportive of government's planned KiwiSaver changes
The government wants to loosen the rules to allow KiwiSaver funds to invest in private assets, housing and infrastructure projects.
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Toxic workplaces: 'No job is worth sticking out a terrible manager'
13 Dec 2024The job sounded tempting. Then the shouting and micromanagment began.
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Commerce minister proposes capital market shake-up
The government wants to broaden the range of potential investments for Kiwisaver and make it easier to list on the stock exchange.
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No plans for scaling back of Whangārei's hospital redevelopment
13 Dec 2024Health Minister Shane Reti says stage one is still on budget and on track to be completed by 2031.
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New Mental Health Act a 'potentially wasted opportunity'
13 Dec 2024A group of mental health professionals say the new bill is just "the old act, with some new lipstick".
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Fungal cream wins full funding from Pharmac
13 Dec 2024Pharmac will next year fully fund a cream to treat fungal skin infections which it says will benefit almost 800 people.
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