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ACT pledges pushback on supermarket crackdown
Further regulation of the supermarket sector may hit a snag in the form of David Seymour, who is mounting strong opposition to any such move.
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Sovereignty debate sees major parties weighing in for first time
Tributes are flowing from across Aotearoa and around the world after Kiingi Tuuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII died early on Friday morning.
It ends a fortnight in which the question of whether…
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Coalition positions on Treaty principles crystallise at Koroneihana
23 Aug 2024In the pouring rain and whipping winds, politicians arrived at Ngāruawāhia's Tūrangawaewae marae for te Koroneihana, the 18th anniversary of the Māori King's coronation.
The typically apolitical…
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Green for go for coalition's new beneficiary traffic light system
16 Aug 2024With Parliament in recess this week, the coalition used the clear air to clear the decks, rattling through a laundry list of announcements - congestion charging, genetic engineering, and two separate…
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7AA repeal: Why ACT's policy faces heartfelt resistance
9 Aug 2024The repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act was front and centre at Parliament this week, with former Minister in charge of the legislation Tracey Martin telling the government to rethink its…
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Swarbrick opens up about a tense AGM and the Green dream
2 Aug 2024The Green Party is trying to find ways to grow for the future, while doing its best to leave this year's problems in the past.
That laundry list of challenges has been thoroughly aired - but the…
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Abuse in care report delivers survivors' demands for justice
26 Jul 2024The Royal Commission of Inquiry's report into abuse in state and faith-based care unveiled this week lays bare an ugly history, offering damning evidence and denouncing leaders for silencing or…
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Coalition's climate plan falls short of targets
19 Jul 2024The government's draft emissions reduction plan - out this week - puts New Zealand's ability to meet its climate targets in jeopardy. That was the key takeaway for RNZ's climate change correspondent…
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501 deportations: The thorn in the Trans-Tasman relationship returns
14 Jun 2024New Zealand has been hit by a 501 boomerang, with Australia this month backtracking on its commitment around deportations.
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"Every minute counts" in National's cancer commitment clean-up
7 Jun 2024Government ministers hoping to bask in a post-Budget glow this week have instead been trying to tamp down the backlash to a big broken promise.
The clock is now ticking for the coalition to correct…
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Careful cuts with little room for error: Willis' first Budget
At last, the tax cut tease is over, the full details on full display. The Budget's headline was only ever going to be tax cuts - and they arrived almost exactly as promised.
Finance Minister Nicola…
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Fast Track bill hits hurdles of public outrage
24 May 2024A law giving ministers sweeping powers to greenlight infrastructure projects has attracted a wave of criticism and responses at select committee.
With ministers beginning to soften their language…
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Vaping regulations battle 'immeasurably harder' under coalition - campaigner
26 Apr 2024Successive governments have claimed crack downs on youth vaping but retailers are flouting the law, with just one prosecution on the books.
Retailers have until the end of the year to phase out…
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Luxon boosts defence amid rising global tensions
As global tensions escalated this week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was touring South East Asia, strengthening defence and security ties.
Back home, his government was accused of drifting away…
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From lobbyist to legislator: Andrew Hoggard's vision for reform
12 Apr 2024Andrew Hoggard might be new to Parliament, but he's certainly not new to New Zealand's screens and airwaves.
The Manawatū dairy farmer was president of Federated Farmers from 2020 to 2023, and one of…
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Aim and fire? Public service targets return amid job cuts
5 Apr 2024Public Service Targets are set for a comeback but with job cuts looming over ministries and agencies, unions fear public servants are only being asked to do more with less.
Originally introduced by…
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Winston Peters navigates troubled waters with India, China
22 Mar 2024New Zealand must pull its weight on defence and security, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says in a sit-down interview with RNZ, after talks with both India and China.
While trade was a driving…
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Labour prepares to be prepared for power
15 Mar 2024Humiliated and humbled in last year's election, Labour has spent its first months back in opposition licking its wounds.
At the party's caucus retreat this week - a gathering of its MPs at a remote…
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Clock stops on coalition's urgency-filled 100-day plan
8 Mar 2024The House has been in full swing for four weeks, with MPs sitting long hours as the government pushes through legislation under urgency to complete its 100-day plan.
What's in it? Did the government…
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Fa'anānā Efeso Collins' death brings unity in grief
23 Feb 2024Parliament was brought to a standstill on Wednesday, with politics set aside after the sudden and shocking death of first-term Green MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins.
A champion for his people, a tireless…
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Councils get their Three Waters wish - but will they regret it?
16 Feb 2024The coalition has ticked off another objective - repealing the troubled Three Waters programme - but in doing so may have just delayed the bigger problem for another day.
In this week's Focus on…
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Government faces the music at Waitangi
9 Feb 2024This year's record-breaking Waitangi celebrations drew 80,000 people to the Treaty grounds over four days, half that on Waitangi Day alone.
With the dust settling on the event's biggest turnout in…
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