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Health minister seeking advice on nitrous oxide
21 Aug 2024The health minister says he has sought advice on nitrous oxide, to see whether more needs to be done to address its recreational use.
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'Ridiculously high' power prices threatening manufacturers - Jones
21 Aug 2024Businesses are being put "in a perilous situation" by gentailers who show no regard for the country's interests, the energy minister says. Audio
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Iwi's challenge to Seymour: Kill the Treaty Principles Bill or front up
21 Aug 2024An iwi says it's disappointed by the ACT leader's "divisive rhetoric" and he needs to change course.
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New Zealand can't afford to own banks, ANZ's boss says
21 Aug 2024Antonia Watson says the sector is extremely competitive, despite a major report finding otherwise and the Finance Minister calling it a "cosy pillow fight". Audio
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'Granny flats' should be accessible homes, not poverty traps of the future
14 Aug 2024Opinion - The government should be incentivising people to build good homes that are accessible to our diverse population, Prudence Walker writes.
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Police to axe 170 roles in bid to save $53 million
21 Aug 2024The police commissioner has confirmed no frontline roles are part of cost-cutting measures. Audio
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'Feels like a historic moment' - Ardern speaks at US Democratic Convention
21 Aug 2024Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it's a "real privilege" to attend the US Democratics' convention.
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Benefit cut after one missed appointment
21 Aug 2024One missed meeting is all it took for one former public servant to lose his benefit: "I felt like I'd been betrayed".
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Darleen Tana 'grasping at straws' by staying in Parliament - law professor
21 Aug 2024The former Green MP is relying on one quote from one judge, Andrew Geddis says. Audio
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Watch: Reti to look at possible regulation over 'nangs'
21 Aug 2024The Health Minister has been speaking to media at Wellington Regional Hospital as it reveals the first of eight new radiology machines.
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'The Crown is sovereign', Luxon says
20 Aug 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told Parliament he believes Māori ceded sovereignty to the Crown.
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Govt says petrol will only rise 3c a litre as it moves to raise carbon price
20 Aug 2024The carbon price is expected to rise on news the government is slashing the number of tonnes of planet-heating emissions for sale by more than half.
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Darleen Tana formally refuses to resign
20 Aug 2024The former Green MP has responded to the party and says they have no intention of quitting.
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Human Rights Commissioner to be 'very careful' in future comments - Minister
20 Aug 2024The appointment of Stephen Rainbow has prompted concern from some over his pro-Israel views and previous comments about "a trans agenda".
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Sexual abuse complainant went to police after seeing former political figure in news
20 Aug 2024The defendant has pleaded not guilty to nine charges of indecent assault.
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Māori men more likely to be stopped, tasered by police due to 'bias' and 'structural racism'
21 Aug 2024The findings are part of a three-year investigation launched by police.
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18-year detention of autistic man heads to Supreme Court
20 Aug 2024The mother of a man who has spent half his life locked away will argue that her son is arbitrarily detained and his human rights breached. Audio
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Budget 2024: $17 million to support councils recover from Cyclone Gabrielle
20 Aug 2024Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell says local councils need extra support to get a move on with progress in their areas.
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'Our government won't be cowered by the big four banks' - Willis
The Finance Minister says she's expecting "action" on the Commerce Commission's recommendations for the banking sector.
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Labour leader to speak to MP about comments on benefit sanctions
20 Aug 2024Greg O'Connor is reported to have said sanctions are not necessarily a bad thing, and could be a good thing - particularly for those aged under 21.
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Live: Willis vows inject 'genuine competition' into banking
20 Aug 2024The current market is a less of a battle and more of a "cosy pillow fight", the Finance Minister says as a major Commerce Commission report calls for changes.
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Immigration New Zealand looking at expanding overseas staff
20 Aug 2024It comes less than three years after it closed its last major offshore office.
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No lifeline for Seymour's bill after Koroneihana
20 Aug 2024Analysis - ACT's coalition partners have very publicly killed the Treaty Principles Bill, writes political editor Jo Moir. Audio
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‘Māori can never be united people’ - National Party Facebook page comments on Koroneihana livestream
20 Aug 2024A National Party member forgot to switch back to their personal account before making the comment.
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