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Government to 'flood' cities with housing in new planning rules
4 Jul 2024Housing Minister Chris Bishop is set to announce major changes to allow more building.
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Goverment looking at AI tutors for kids
3 Jul 2024Artificial Intelligence has a big future with tasks from helping kids learn to assessing medical results, says Judith Collins says.
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Christopher Luxon to visit United States, attend NATO summit
3 Jul 2024At the NATO summit, Luxon will join counterparts from Australia, Japan and Korea in a meeting of the Indo-Pacific Four.
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'We weren't there listening': Labour's plan to win back Auckland
3 Jul 2024The party admits they didn't reach Super City residents ahead of last year's election.
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'Terrible precedent' - Expert concerns about online media bill
3 Jul 2024A media lecturer and campaigner says the Australian model is a "terrible precedent" to follow. Audio
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Boot camp policy will 'punish trauma' - abuse survivor
3 Jul 2024The government's boot camp policy will not work and only further punish those suffering trauma, an advocate for abuse survivors says.
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Government to fund relocation of cyclone-wrecked marae, homes on Māori land
3 Jul 2024No plans for relocation are set in stone yet, and eight months after council buyouts of other homes began, marae representatives say the process has been too slow.
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Nine questions with the climate minister
Simon Watts says the methane review will "timebox" the contentious issue and help farmers move on with lowering their climate impact.
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Free driver's licence re-sits cut back
The government is cracking down on waitlists for driver's licences by scaling back the eligibility for free re-sits.
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Oranga Tamariki's legal difficulties an 'operational matter' - minister
2 Jul 2024The children's minister's office says the inability of social workers to handle their statutory legal duties is an "operational matter".
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ACT likely the stand alone against online news bill
2 Jul 2024Opposition parties are all voicing in-principle support for the law, which would force tech giants to pay for local news content. Audio
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What the Supreme Court's immunity ruling means for Trump
2 Jul 2024And what comes next after the monumental decision.
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Families cut back on holidays amid truancy crackdown
2 Jul 2024Parents of school-aged children are choosing not to take their children out of school to travel, new data shows. Audio
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The making of NZ's newest government organisation
1 Jul 2024A new Sports Integrity Commission has launched after six years of damning reviews.
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Police float tighter alcohol laws and price hikes
4 Jun 2024Drinking is causing harm 20 times worse than meth, police believe. Audio
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Kāinga Ora chair at odds with Luxon after chief quits
2 Jul 2024Its boss has made "an enormous difference" despite the prime minister's claim the agency is underperforming, the new chair says. Audio
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Government reveals updated $55m contestable research fund
2 Jul 2024Judith Collins says the fund is crucial for rebuilding the economy.
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Digital news Bill backing a big shift by government
2 Jul 2024Analysis: The coalition government has spent much of its first months in power reversing initiatives put in place by the former regime. But not this time.
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'How about backing what works' - NGO on boot camps
2 Jul 2024The prime minister says while the Defence Force "advised" on the course, it will be run by Oranga Tamariki. Audio
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Granny flat rule changes: The gritty detail, explained
2 Jul 2024What exactly is being proposed, and how easy will it actually be to build a self-contained dwelling in the backyard? University of Auckland's Bill McKay has the answers. Audio
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Watch: Govt marks its own work, PM speaks at postcab briefing
1 Jul 2024The PM is unveiling the government's plan for the next three months - and it has scored itself highly for recent efforts.
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Kāinga Ora CEO Andrew McKenzie quits over govt changes
1 Jul 2024The social housing boss is stepping down because an overhaul of the organisation is not what he signed up for.
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Ministry of Justice workers call researcher a 'bitch'
1 Jul 2024Researcher Barbara Sumner discovered the "deeply disturbing" conversation through an Official Information Act request. Audio
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Minister defends under-fire proto boot camp
1 Jul 2024Documents show staff running the course suffered severe distress and physical assaults, and Labour says the money could be better spent elsewhere. Audio
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