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Funding and contract wording 'not a gag order', ministry says
13 Nov 2025Teacher subject associations are being offered contracts worth more than $100,000 a year - but only if they agree to support the new school curriculum.
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Climate change minister defends weakened methane target
13 Nov 2025Simon Watts says he is prepared for questions about New Zealand's lowered target when he heads to the annual UN global climate summit in Brazil.
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Further inquiries possible after IPCA report - Police minister
13 Nov 2025The prospect of a broader inquiry would "definitely" be discussed, but at the moment the focus is on the IPCA report, Mark Mitchell says.
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Earth's weakest link may be in space
13 Nov 2025Space terrorism is no longer relegated to sci-fi movies: it's happening already, and one legal expert warns we're far from prepared
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Calls for promises to be kept, one year after abuse in care apology
12 Nov 2025At last November's apology, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told survivors that a new independent redress scheme would be established. Audio
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Government must stop 'short-sighted' FENZ cuts - PSA
12 Nov 2025Fire and Emergency is circulating a restructure proposal to its staff this afternoon but told RNZ it would not release it publicly.
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The rise and fall of Andrew Coster
12 Nov 2025Analysis - Once a liberal darling and champion of progressive policing, the former police commissioner has gone to ground, his reputation and legacy in tatters.
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Labour gains points after capital gains tax: poll
12 Nov 2025But coalition parties would still have a majority, according to a new Curia-Taxpayers Union poll,
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Chris Hipkins comfortable to be called a socialist
12 Nov 2025The Labour leader tells 30 with Guyon Espiner the state has a bigger role to play, and Labour will be announcing policies to tackle profits by supermarkets and banks.
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Minister says 36 emails with allegations about McSkimming were kept from him
12 Nov 2025Mark Mitchell says a protocol was put in place by the Commissioner's office so the Minister didn't see the emails. Audio
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Law ensuring approval of new medicines allowed in other countries passes
12 Nov 2025It passed with support from all parties other than the independent MPs Tākuta Ferris and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi.
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Amendments to proposed anti-stalking law a good start, advocacy group says
12 Nov 2025But advocacy group Aotearoa Free From Stalking says the amendments do not go far enough.
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Coster refuses to comment on damning McSkimming report
12 Nov 2025He has been placed on leave from his role as chief executive of the Social Investment Agency.
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NZ plummets 50 places in global tobacco control ranking
An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace". Audio
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National Iwi Chairs Forum files court proceedings over RMA reforms
12 Nov 2025It's seeking clarification on how the Crown must uphold Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
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Former Police Commissioner placed on leave after damning report
11 Nov 2025The report found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police, including Andrew Coster, who is now chief executive of the Social Investment Agency.
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Advocacy group calls for drug law reform, government says no
12 Nov 2025Researchers, advocates and those who've struggled with addiction are renewing appeals for a complete overhaul of the 50-year-old Misuse of Drugs Act. Audio
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Automobile Association supports introduction of congestion charging in principle
12 Nov 2025But it says there are many questions about the implementation of the government's new legislation that need to be answered. Audio
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Nine to Noon live: Survivor advocate Louise Nicholas on police cover-ups and the McSkimming case
12 Nov 2025More to come on this breaking story.
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'Could have been avoided': Collins says senior police lacked integrity
11 Nov 2025The government will appoint an Inspector General of Police, after a damning report into handling of the Jevon McSkimming case.
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'So relieved': Gun control advocates on Arms Act rewrite
11 Nov 2025Gun Control co-founder Philippa Yasbek said news the effective ban on military-style semi-automatic firearms had survived the overhaul was a relief.
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The four drugs police will soon be able to test drivers for
11 Nov 2025Police are poised to begin testing drivers for drugs with a device that involves a quick swipe of the driver's tongue.
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Congestion charging legislation passes third reading
11 Nov 2025The Bill establishes a framework permitting local authorities to set up a congestion charging scheme, by notifying NZTA.
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Expelled MPs cast first votes as independents
11 Nov 2025Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris have delivered their first votes as independent MPs from afar, using the Green Party as proxies.
