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NZ embeds itself in US Space Force as it talks up threats
24 Jun 2024US documents show Aotearoa is increasingly aligning itself with America's big push to bring allies into its defensive and offensive space plans.
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'No evidence' government's boot camp plan will work - critics
24 Jun 2024Christopher Luxon says it's time for a "different approach" - but it's been slammed as a "punitive" plan that will harm children.
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Government still hasn't slashed enough public service jobs - David Seymour
23 Jun 2024The ACT Party leader says NZ previously got by just fine with fewer public servants.
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'I'm sick of it, Kiwis are sick of it' - Luxon announces new crime measures
23 Jun 2024The government has put forth new efforts to tackle youth crime and gang activity, as well as a dramatic increase in police for some cities.
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Job seekers now required to attend a seminar after six months on the benefit
24 Jun 2024The change is part of the government's wider "reset" of the welfare system.
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Golriz Ghahraman to be sentenced over shoplifting
24 Jun 2024The former Green MP will be sentenced for stealing nearly $10,000 worth of clothing.
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KiwiRail board chair David McLean quits
23 Jun 2024The government has said the timing is not related to the recent grounding of the state-owned enterprise's ferry Aratere.
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Transport Minister raised alarm over ferry maintenance
22 Jun 2024The government was "highly unimpressed" with KiwiRail's ferry maintenance standards, Simeon Brown said earlier this week.
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Call for more meningococcal vaccines to be included in Pharmac funding boost
22 Jun 2024The current vaccine approach is "patchy at best" and "ultimately ineffective", Meningitis Foundation says.
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Christopher Luxon gets a 'C' on Japan trade trip
22 Jun 2024Power Play - The trade mission was overshadowed by a distraction for which the prime minister has only himself to blame.
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It really has been 'scrutiny week' for the government
21 Jun 2024Analysis - The PM's plane breaks down, but Luxon tries to keep things rolling, while MPs face tough questions at home, Peter Wilson writes.
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Former Green MP Keith Locke dies, age 80
21 Jun 2024Locke, known as a human rights and anti-war advocate, was in Parliament from 1999 to 2011.
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'A pylon should not just fall down' - Energy Minister
21 Jun 2024Simeon Brown has ordered the Electricity Authority to review the Northland outage.
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Fast Track bill has more supporters than opponents - poll
21 Jun 2024A Taxpayers Union-Curia poll suggests more New Zealanders support the government's fast-track bill than oppose it.
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Education Ministry staff 'constantly in tears' during 'unfair' job loss process
22 Jun 2024The redundancies have been an "emotional rollercoaster", workers say, with flip-flops on decisions and managers ill-informed of changes.
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Cabinet to consider Pharmac boost for promised cancer drugs
21 Jun 2024Cabinet ministers will consider a major cash injection for Pharmac after backlash from cancer patients, RNZ understands.
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Green MP OK'd migrant on fruit-picker visa for job in husband's bike shop
21 Jun 2024Green MP Darleen Tana has been stood down since initial allegations of migrant exploitation at her husband's bike business. Now a worker's messages raise fresh questions.
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'Astonishing': PSA secretary slams MOE head's comments
21 Jun 2024The union has told the Employment Relations Authority the ministry has grossly underestimated its obligations to staff.
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What it's like inside the Prime Minister's plane
21 Jun 2024With the NZDF's 757s past their best-before date, RNZ's Anneke Smith and Nate McKinnon reveal what they're like inside and the case for buying new ones.
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Political Editors Panel: Scrutiny week, Luxon's plane problems
21 Jun 2024RNZ Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch and Newsroom Political Editor Laura Walters look back on the first "scrutiny week", and the PM's trip to Japan. Audio
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Rules for quake-prone buildings likely to 'become less onerous'
21 Jun 2024A review into better managing the risks of earthquake-prone buildings has kicked off. Audio
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Politics clouding cancer drugs process - Pharmac minister
20 Jun 2024There is a danger cancer patients are being overlooked in the political points-scoring that has arisen, David Seymour says. Audio
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Coalition shrugs off attrition concerns over 500 police promise
20 Jun 2024The coalition is confident it can deliver on its promise by the end of next year - despite questions over attrition.
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Transport Minister celebrates 'record investment' in public transport
20 Jun 2024Simeon Brown also announced the roll-out of contactless debit and credit card payments for use on public transport, starting this year.
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