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Prime Minister defends Peters' climate comments
29 Aug 2024Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has been labelled a climate denier by the opposition after downplaying the climate crisis while visiting the Pacific.
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Planned marine title changes not Treaty compliant, Crown witness admits
28 Aug 2024The Crown's sole witness has told the Waitangi Tribunal planned changes to customary marine title have not been Treaty compliant.
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Northland Regional Council votes to keep Māori wards
28 Aug 2024The council will hold a binding poll with the 2025 regional council elections.
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Greater Wellington to vote on Māori ward in 2025 elections
27 Aug 2024The regional council had already decided to create a special ward, but the coalition government has forced it to hold a poll on the issue.
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MPs' comments amount to attacks on judiciary, lawyers say
28 Aug 2024The NZ Bar Association is concerned about the risk of political interference in the courts.
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Auckland Council to consider date for introduction of new off-licence alcohol rules
29 Aug 2024Auckland Council are set to decide when supermarkets and liquor stores in the city will not be able to sell alcohol after 9pm.
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Jones says Hipkins 'ideological snake in the grass'
29 Aug 2024Labour won't commit to honouring future consents under the coalition government's fast-track legislation, prompting the accusation from Shane Jones.
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Winston Peters defends climate change comments
29 Aug 2024He says he does believe humans had a role in causing climate change.
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Darleen Tana takes legal action to stay in Parliament
28 Aug 2024A hearing is set for 10am on Thursday at the High Court in Auckland.
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'Everybody needs to have a choice': Petition calls for expansion of End of Life Choice Act
28 Aug 2024The ACT Party plans to introduce a member's bill to expand eligibility.
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Diplomacy on the sidelines: PM promotes women's rugby in Tonga
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stepped out of the Pacific Islands Forum to throw a rugby ball around with some young female players from Tonga.
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Army gets first woman chief as new Defence Force leadership announced
28 Aug 2024Commodore Garin Golding will be promoted to Rear Admiral and Brigadier Rose King to Major General - the first ever woman in that role.
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