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Fast-track bill: Hundreds will miss out on speaking at committee
14 May 2024The Select Committee has six weeks to hear submissions and its chair said it simply did not have enough time to get through everyone.
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Te Pāti Māori slams tabling of bill during Parliament recess
13 May 2024The bill to repeal Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 was introduced to Parliament on Monday.
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New 'Roads of Regional Significance' announced
13 May 2024The government its expanding Roads of National Significance to regional routes, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.
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NZTA tells dealers to repay Clean Car rebates on almost 200 EVs
13 May 2024Waka Kotahi has found almost 200 cases where car dealers pocketed electric vehicle subsidies, then broke the law.
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Heath funding fails to keep up with inflation or demand - doctors' union
13 May 2024Some experts argue it's time to consider alternatives ways to pay for healthcare which could take politics out of it.
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Peters meets with new Solomon Islands PM
12 May 2024The foreign affairs minister has landed in Solomon Islands for the first leg of his Pacific tour, and an audience with the newly elected Prime Minister.
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ACT's Treaty interpretation misleading - claimants tell Tribunal
9 May 2024Speaking to the Waitangi Tribunal, Ngāpuhi Kaumātua Hone Sadler said ACT's interpretation is not in tune with the intent of Te Tiriti.
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'Gang numbers will fall': Commissioner announces new 'National Gang Unit'
14 May 2024Police are setting up frontline teams to tackle crime and intimidation by gangs, Andrew Coster has announced.
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Pākiri supporters would be 'crushed' if sand mining fast-tracked
13 May 2024A provision in the proposed fast-track law allowing previous court rulings against consents to be put aside would be a 'travesty of justice', they say.
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Fast-track bill: Chief Ombudsman calls for accountability by law
Democracy will be the "loser" if sweeping executive powers are granted to ministers under the new bill, the Chief Ombudsman warns.
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AUKUS could 'crush' Australia's defence industry - report
11 May 2024An Australian Strategic Policy Institute report says Pillar Two could raise the industry to state of the art capability - or "crush" it "under the weight of the globe's biggest player".
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Protest against Fast Track Approvals Bill marches to Parliament
8 May 2024Iwi would not allow the government to degrade its whenua, moana or awa for the purpose of urban development, ministers were told.
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Pre-Budget teasers increase exposure - and scrutiny
12 May 2024Mediawatch looks at how one pre-Budget announcement played well for a minister last week - but this week, one was badly botched.
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Mayor told about Auckland parking changes in April, AT claims
13 May 2024The head of Auckland Transport is a "little bit surprised" by the mayor's claim he was blindsided by the changes. Audio
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'A finely balanced decision': NZ supports 'enhancing Palestine's status' at UN, Peters says
11 May 2024New Zealand has voted in favour of a resolution to broaden the Palestinian role at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Why the Defence Force has been calling for a Budget boost
10 May 2024Failing accommodation, tarmac problems and a deteriorating naval base were all laid bare before a $571 million spend-up was unveiled today.
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Proposed repeal of section 7AA a breach of Treaty - Tribunal
10 May 2024The government is planning to repeal Treaty obligations from the Oranga Tamariki Act.
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What would it take for Luxon to win back unimpressed voters?
2 May 2024Opinion: The Prime Minister's coalition partners are testing - even undermining - his authority and credibility.
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Cold houses to blame for people needing to 'blast the heater' - Green Building Council
11 May 2024New Zealand's housing building standards are decades behind most other countries in the OECD, green building advocates say.
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Who will complete the Transmission Gully roading project?
10 May 2024Failing to anticipate the complexity of the consenting system is being cited as the the current builder's shortcomings, an Infrastructure Commission review says.
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Week in Politics: Triumph and disaster, but no austerity
10 May 2024Analysis - A big announcement about Auckland's water woes was overshadowed by a chaotic press conference about prisons, Peter Wilson writes.
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'A pretty dire state': Collins announces $571 million Defence spend-up
10 May 2024An extra half a billion dollars is going to Defence in this year's Budget for pay and equipment upgrades, the Defence Minister has announced.
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What's being done to prevent more power shortages?
10 May 2024Officials are looking at better ways of choosing who gets the power during shortages amid relentlessly growing demands.
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A fourth urgent inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal
8 May 2024The Tribunal is conducting another urgent inquiry into plans to require councils to hold a binding referendum on Māori wards.
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