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Children's minister criticised for lack of transparency over bootcamps
Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori grilled the government's youth military academies in a scrutiny hearing.
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Visa change for Chinese passport holders announced
10 minutes agoPeople transiting through New Zealand on Chinese passports will be able to use an electronic travel authority from November.
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Melatonin to be sold over-the-counter; magic mushrooms to be prescribed
3:30 pm todayThe change for psilocybin was a huge win for people with depression who had tried everything else, David Seymour says.
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Luxon rejects idea of visa waivers, extended visas on first trip to China
5:36 pm todayThe Prime Minister has poured cold water on the idea of complete visa waivers, or extended visas for "premium" travellers from China.
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Goodbye, Census: five-yearly count to be scrapped
11:53 am todayThe traditional Census will be replaced with a combination of government data and smaller annual surveys.
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'You are disappointing minister': Stanford, Labour in slinging match
1:32 pm todayMPs have clashed over the redress system for survivors abused in state care. Audio
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Minister quizzed over deportations, parent visas, asylum and Gaza
3:03 pm todayThe immigration minister Erica Stanford was quizzed on Tuesday by MPs in the Education and Workforce Committee.
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Scrutiny Week: Q&A with Lawrence Xu-Nan
4:40 pm todayIt's Scrutiny Week at Parliament, when Ministers face Select Committees to defend their budget plans. We asked Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan about the week and the preparation necessary.
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Watch live: Luxon on visas and travel in China
The prime minister says the China visit is important right now given the immense global uncertainty.
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Government to give itself power to override councils on housing
10:00 am todayThe government will take back power from local councils if their decisions are going to negatively impact growth, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says.
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Government to spend $16.5m to help Reserve Bank battle inflation
The government is changing how inflation data is reported.
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Foreign policy critics are shouting 'impotently at clouds': Peters
7:06 am todayForeign Minister Winston Peters says critics of the government's foreign policy reset are ill-informed and shouting "impotently at clouds".
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'Cynical and disappointing': Abuse survivors to get less than a third of government's redress package
12:55 pm todayOfficials are "taking so much away from the pockets of survivors, who deserve better than this", a lawyer says. Audio
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MFAT providing 'extremely vague' advice for Kiwis trapped in Iran
8:30 am todayA friend of a New Zealander stuck in Iran says the government needs to help provide safe passage, and that the advice so far has been "vague and lacking any substance whatsover". Audio
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New standards may be needed for NZ's critical communications infrastructure
7:01 am todayGovernment officials are looking at developing minimum standards for the protection of critical communications infrastructure.
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Deadline set for press secretary sex scandal investigation
17 Jun 2025Michael Forbes resigned as the PM's deputy chief press secretary after it was revealed he had made unconsented audio recordings.
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FMA confirms job cuts
7:41 am todayThe country's leading financial market regulator has confirmed it cut 20 jobs.
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'By Seymour, for Māori?' - Tama Potaka defends Māori targeted funding cut
14 minutes agoThe Māori Development Minister has defended attacks by the opposition arguing he allowed targeted Māori funding to disappear under his watch.
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'The inequities aren't closing' - Māori still a long way from Smokefree 2025 goal
6:57 am todayThe Smokefree 2025 goal is only months away, but Māori smokefree advocates are concerned that Māori smoking rates have remained more than double that of the general population.
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As Luxon heads to China, his govt's pivot toward the US is a stumbling block
7:31 am todayAnalysis:Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand's best…
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'Addressing glaring gap': Cyclists to take buses across Harbour Bridge
17 Jun 2025Currently the only public transport option for those taking bikes across the harbour is to catch a ferry.
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Health figures improve, but more work to do
Health Minister admits more needs to be done to address wait times for elective surgeries and specialist assessments.
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Former ACT Party president appeals sexual abuse conviction and sentence
17 Jun 2025A court has heard former ACT Party president Tim Jago's appeal against his sexual abuse conviction and sentence.
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Labour MPs caught swearing as Seymour faces questions
17 Jun 2025"The amount of swearing from Labour MPs, I've never seen that before," the acting Prime Minister says.
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'There's a policy in place': Domestic violence victims eligible for emergency housing
Minister Tama Potaka says the first he heard of victims being turned away from emergency accommodation was in the House.
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Minister says staff numbers at polytechnics abysmal
17 Jun 2025Despite a reduction in staff numbers, universities' staff to student ratios were still lower than they were in 2016-17.
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Review of early childhood education funding announced
17 Jun 2025Minister David Seymour has asked an advisory group to consider a balance between quality and cost.
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Wellington's Green Party council candidates promote transport proposals
17 Jun 2025They say their proposal to give buses priority on key routes would cut some commuter's trips by 10-15 minutes.
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