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Local Government minister tells councils to ask for help
27 Feb 2025Simon Watts has encouraged local governments to get in touch before submissions are needed for each council's Water Services Delivery Plan on 3 September.
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How will the four-year parliamentary term proposal work?
27 Feb 2025Any change will have to go to a referendum first, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.
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Police Association slams beefed-up citizen arrest powers
27 Feb 2025"It's not worth getting hurt, or even killed, for a few dollars or some cigarettes." Audio
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Collins 'aware' of Chinese nuclear submarine reports
27 Feb 2025Australian Defence officials have not ruled out that a nuclear-powered submarine might be with the three vessels in the Tasman Sea and could be gathering intelligence.
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'How many days in a row can you eat this?' - Schools slash lunch orders
"For the last eight days in a row we've had food that has been produced by Pita Pit," one principal at a school cutting back says.
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China ship saga a 'failure' in China-NZ relationship, Peters says after talks
27 Feb 2025Live-fire naval exercises in the Tasman sea dominated talks between Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his counterpart. Audio
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New Zealand and Vietnam sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
27 Feb 2025The Prime Minister and his counterpart Phạm Minh Chính signed off on the deal in Hanoi. Audio
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'I'm lucky, I'm an extrovert': Christopher Luxon on his favourite music, books, TV and films
26 Feb 2025He doesn't need much sleep, watches television in 20 minute chunks and goes to the movies with his bodyguards. The PM talks to RNZ about his cultural highlights. Audio
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School lunch provider's boss says it's 'mission critical' to meet KPIs
26 Feb 2025It comes after Compass Group admitted halal meals it delivered to schools were not halal certified. Audio
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Watch: RNZ’s Corin Dann in Beijing ahead of foreign ministers meeting
26 Feb 2025Foreign Minister Winston Peters has noted New Zealand and China will not always agree, in his opening remarks at today's bilateral meeting with the vice president in Beijing. Audio
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Treaty Principles Bill is legislation of 'consequence' - Ruth Richardson
26 Feb 2025Former Finance Minister Ruth Richardson has spoken in support of the Treaty Principles Bill, saying it is legislation of "consequence, whose time has come".
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PM calls for transparency in the Indo-Pacific
26 Feb 2025The Prime Minister earlier addressed an Association of South East Nations 'future forum' while in Hanoi, ahead of meetings with Vietnamese heads of government.
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No-confidence vote against Cook Islands PM fails
26 Feb 2025Prime Minister Mark Brown has survived a motion in parliament aimed at ousting his government.
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Cook Islands PM breaks silence in communications to Luxon
26 Feb 2025A spokesperson for Prime Minister Luxon told RNZ a letter had been received.
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MPI investigating complaint over school lunch programme
26 Feb 2025New Zealand Food Safety's deputy director general said the complaint was that special dietary meals- such as those for students with allergies - were labelled for the wrong student.
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Seymour calls China flotilla a 'tactical error'
26 Feb 2025Acting Prime Minister David Seymour took questions from the media on Wednesday afternoon.
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Number of children being abused in state care has increased, report finds
26 Feb 2025The Independent Children's Monitor says Oranga Tamariki "need to do better".
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Retailers have 'grave concerns' over new citizen's arrest powers
26 Feb 2025The industry fears government plans to widen powers will see violence against staff who "don't go to work to do law enforcement". Audio
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Watch: Greens deliver 'State of the Planet' speech
26 Feb 2025The party plans to deliver a Green Budget this year to offer an alternative to "trickle-down economics and austerity politics".
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Prime Minister must prioritise visiting China
26 Feb 2025Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Foreign Minister Winston Peters must have a frank and open conversation with his Chinese counterpart about China's warships in the Tasman Sea. Audio
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MPI staff pulled from Rural Communities Minister's office
25 Feb 2025The Ministry for Primary Industries has stopped providing staff to Rural Communities Minister Mark Patterson's office.
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Details of new citizen's arrest rules unveiled
26 Feb 2025A law change means members of the public will be able to try to stop crimes at any time, and can defend property using "reasonable force".
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Peters to seek answers from China over warships, Cook Islands deal
26 Feb 2025The foreign minister will be raising the matters of the warships and the controversial Cook Islands deals in three high-level meetings in Beijing this week. Audio
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Luxon intent on 'stepping up tempo' in ties with Vietnam
26 Feb 2025The Prime Minister has arrived for his first trade mission of the year, with a business delegation of tech, food and beverage, and education heavy-hitters in tow. Audio
