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Government accused of 'overreach' with council intervention
23 Oct 2024Simeon Brown has set a "deeply worrying" low bar with his stated reasons for stepping in, a professor says. Audio
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'Broken promise': Research centre on white supremacy loses funding
23 Oct 2024The government has pulled funding from the country's flagship research centre into white supremacy and violent extremism.
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Principal gives thumbs down to Seymour's revised school lunches
23 Oct 2024At least one principal is unhappy with the changes to the school lunch programme. Audio
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Bayly's 'loser' comment reveals government attitude to workers - Hipkins
23 Oct 2024And Bayly would be gone if he were a Labour MP, the opposition leader says. Audio
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St John to get extra $21 million
23 Oct 2024Earlier this year, ambulance workers and call takers took strike action for the first time
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Mayor calls for clarity from Minister as Wellington observer appointed
23 Oct 2024Lower Hutt's mayor says most metropolitan councils will soon face the same problem Wellington does on funding water infrastructure. Audio
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Are there really 'secrets banks don't want you to know'?
23 Oct 2024You've probably seen the ads - but can you really 'pay off your mortgage in seven to 10 years'?
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Weedkiller deemed OK in NZ pulled off Australian shelves
14 Oct 2024The Environmental Protection Authority issued new rules for using the herbicide in September.
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Jumbo, 75-point OCR cut possible - experts
22 Oct 2024Debate is growing about whether the Reserve Bank should make a massive cut to the official cash rate next month.
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Watch: David Seymour tries the new free school lunch menu
22 Oct 2024David Seymour says the beef rissoles dish is "one of the best meals that you're going to have".
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Watch: Andrew Bayly faces Parliament over 'loser' comments
22 Oct 2024The Prime Minister has defended Bayly - saying that although his behaviour had fallen short he had "unreservedly" and "genuinely" apologised.
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'I welcome his intention to bring in an observer' - Wellington mayor
22 Oct 2024Tory Whanau says her council will work collaboratively with the government, after its decision to appoint a Crown Observer.
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What to watch this week at Parliament
22 Oct 2024This week, Parliament's key action is happening both in the House and in select committees, and includes the RMA, mental health, and a request to expand the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Recap: Crown Observer appointed for Wellington council, Darleen Tana removed from Parliament
22 Oct 2024Everything you need to know about today's political events.
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Government unveils rebooted school lunch menu
22 Oct 2024It says the new menu will save more than $130 million a year.
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Darleen Tana removed from Parliament
22 Oct 2024The Green Party had applied to use the waka jumping legislation to remove their former MP, the Speaker has announced her seat is now vacant.
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Auditor-General asked to investigate heated tobacco tax cuts
22 Oct 2024Labour's Ayesha Verrall has laid a formal complaint over the policy, saying it lacks justification and claiming there are indications of industry influence. Audio
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Decision to rename Petone now sits with Minister
18 Oct 2024Chris Penk will have the final say on if the suburb returns to its former name.
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Spy agencies tight-lipped over top secret document leak
22 Oct 2024New Zealand spy agencies and the government have been caught up in a leak of secret documents assessing Israel's plans to attack Iran.
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Government wants to toughen three strikes law
22 Oct 2024The Associate Justice Minister is defending the coalition government's new 'three strikes' law, saying if violent criminals are "locked up in prison" they will not be in communities "creating harm and… Audio
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Mill Road fast tracking overcomes 'insufferable ideological opposition'
22 Oct 2024Those who oppose the project have no idea what it's like to travel on the road, an Auckland councillor says.
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Bayly complaint: Email disappeared from Labour MP's inbox
21 Oct 2024The Speaker of the House has been asked to investigate how an email complaining about Andrew Bayly's behaviour was received and then later disappeared from a Labour MP's parliamentary inbox.
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Why hasn't the government hired a chief science advisor?
21 Oct 2024The Coalition government is implementing policies that do not have any basis in evidence, one of its former science advisors has claimed. Audio
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'There won't be this behaviour again' - Luxon on MP Bayly's conduct
The prime minister answered questions about MP Andrew Bayly's conduct after a regular meeting of the government's top ministers.
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