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The Regional Development Minister spoke at a speech at the dawn ceremony celebrating the Waipaoa River Flood Resilience Project yesterday.
The Regional Development Minister spoke at a speech at the dawn ceremony celebrating the Waipaoa River Flood Resilience Project yesterday. Keep Reading
David Seymour accused the tribunal of "race fanaticism", while Shane Jones said it had no business operating as a "star chamber" summoning ministers to give evidence. Keep Reading
Power Play - Asked for his own assessment of the visit, the prime minister said he was returning home "excited and energised". Keep Reading
The Children’s Minister is fighting a summons to appear at the Tribunal, while the Prime Minister is warning his ministers about ‘ill considered’ critiques. Keep Reading
Shane Jones and David Seymour have criticised the tribunal's move to summons Children's Minister Karen Chhour to appear at an Oranga Tamariki inquiry. Keep Reading
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says as far as he's concerned the Matariki public holiday is staying. Keep Reading
Shane Jones said he was looking forward to reforming the tribunal while David Seymour suggested it could be shut down. Keep Reading
But Luxon said there has been no change in position since when Labour was in government. Keep Reading
The Government is ending a loan scheme designed to help strengthen earthquake-prone apartments , leaving gobsmacked owners in the lurch. Construction work on... Keep Reading
"The simple number of people being hired doesn't mean you get better results." Keep Reading
The Tribunal had called on Minister for Children Karen Chhour to provide evidence at an urgent inquiry into the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act. Keep Reading
Former Australian foreign minister speaks at Labour Party event to discuss security in the Pacific region. Keep Reading
The Māori Law Society says his comments breach the principle of the separation of powers and the Cabinet Manual. Keep Reading
The Education Ministry has proposed axing more than 550 full-time roles. Keep Reading
The coalition government got rid of the Māori Health Authority in a hurry. What is it doing now instead? Keep Reading
Crown goes to the High Court to try to prevent the Minister for Children being summonsed to appear before the tribunal. Keep Reading
Mass job-cutting proposals at the Ministry of Education and children’s ministry Oranga Tamariki would see more than 1000 roles axed from the public sector ,... Keep Reading
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says shutting down Te Aka Whai Ora is a wasted opportunity to reset the entire health system. Keep Reading
"We want to put people before profits." Keep Reading
Nearly 2500 roles have been cut in the past weeks across the public service as departments try to meet Government mandated cost savings. Keep Reading
They say the cuts put children in danger. Keep Reading
Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson says the coalition Government has no plan for media in a state of crisis. Yesterday Stuff swooped in with a deal to produce a 6pm news bulletin for TV3 from July when Warner Brothers-Discovery shuts […] Keep Reading
Albatross are being accidentally caught and killed by New Zealand fishing vessels at a rate 350 percent higher than previously reported, writes Marc Daalder Keep Reading
Almost 2000 jobs across 19 departments have already been disestablished, or will soon be. Keep Reading
Not even the MPs supposed to be scrutinising the Fast Track Bill are allowed to know which projects could bypass rules. Keep Reading
The Government has announced it will restore mortgage interest deductibility for residential investment properties . So, what is interest deductibility now... Keep Reading
A round-up of news in brief from around the region. Keep Reading
You may have noticed Parliament has been sent into urgency with some regularity of late – so why the rush? Keep Reading
Latest collected news stories on the current Aotearoa New Zealand political scene. Keep Reading