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Māori, Pacific removed from extra education funding priorities
7 Jun 2025Subsidies for disabled and students with low prior educational achievement will continue.
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The David Seymour 'bots' debate: Do submission tools hurt democracy?
6 Jun 2025The ACT leader's comments raise questions about how forms are changing the way people engage with politics. Audio
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Vast majority don't think Trump has been good for NZ - poll
6 Jun 2025Supporters of every political party in Parliament took a more negative view of the presidency than positive, though there are still many who are neutral on the man in the Oval Office. Audio
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'We will never be silenced': Te Pāti Māori MPs suspended from Parliament
6 Jun 2025Opposition parties tried to reject the recommendation, but did not have the numbers to vote it down. Audio
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Transport investigators want government to give Maritime NZ legal power to ban ships
6 Jun 2025The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has released its final report into the container ship Shiling, which twice had to be rescued and towed back to port in Wellington in 2023.
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Phones of press secretary seized by police during investigation
6 Jun 2025Police say any new information against Michael Forbes will be 'thoroughly considered'.
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Tribunal urges crown to engage with Māori on coastal rights funding changes
6 Jun 2025The Waitangi Tribunal says the government waited too long before it declined to up Takutai Moana's funds.
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'No upside and very considerable downside' in annoying China: Helen Clark and Don Brash warn
6 Jun 2025Two former prime ministers and an ex-governor of the Reserve Bank have put their names to a letter questioning the coalition government's foreign policy.
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Te Pāti Māori co-leaders suspended from Parliament for 21 days
5 Jun 2025Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi have been suspended from Parliament for 21 days and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been suspended for 7 days.
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Christopher Luxon demands answers as press secretary Michael Forbes resigns
5 Jun 2025Deputy chief press secretary resigned after accusations he recorded audio of sessions with sex workers.
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Politicians open to law changes after 'disturbing' allegations against press secretary
5 Jun 2025Police investigated the allegations but did not pursue charges.
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Resignation of PM's press secretary highlights gaps in NZ law on covert recording and harassment
5 Jun 2025The police have said the case did not meet the threshold for prosecution.
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'An issue for all women' - Brothel madam on press secretary's alleged recording
5 Jun 2025A Wellington brothel manager has spoken of the moment she was told Michael Forbes had allegedly recorded audio of a session with a sex worker.
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Health Committee hears submissions on Medicines Amendment Bill
5 Jun 2025The Health Committee has heard oral submissions on the government's Medicines Amendment Bill, which aims to speed up the approvals process for medication.
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More than half of voters back proposed penalty, or harsher, for Te Pāti Māori MPs, poll suggests
5 Jun 2025The Privileges Committee proposed a 21-day suspension for three MPs over the Treaty Principles haka. Audio
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Internal Affairs to attempt modernising births, deaths and marriages registry, again
5 Jun 2025After writing off $22.9m on the project abandoned last year, DIA will once again look at options.
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Why wasn't PM told about police probe into his senior press secretary?
5 Jun 2025Michael Forbes has left his job after accusations he recorded audio of sessions with sex workers. Audio
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'Unnerving': Pay changes add more anxiety in childhood education
5 Jun 2025Some say centres are struggling with teacher shortages, low enrolments and inadequate government funding.
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NZ soldiers leave for Southern Hemisphere's leading military exercise
5 Jun 2025Talisman Sabre is a bilateral Australia/US military exercise with 17 other nations taking part.
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PM's press secretary resigns after reportedly recording sex workers without consent
4 Jun 2025Michael Forbes also reportedly took intimate photos of women in public.
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'We have massive problems': Seymour defends Regulatory Standards Bill
4 Jun 2025Deputy PM hits back at criticism of his flagship bill, defending it against claims it breaches Treaty of Waitangi principles.
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Majority of Kiwis support social media ban for kids
4 Jun 2025While political parties can not agree on a ban, the latest RNZ ReidResearch poll shows more than half of New Zealanders support it for children under 16.
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Inside Pint of Order, Parliament's new in-house bar
4 Jun 2025Parliament, with an early history saturated in alcohol, has had no bar at all for months. The Pint of Order has now opened, and its dinky size may show just how much Parliament has changed.
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Watch: How Jacinda Ardern sees her time as leader
4 Jun 2025The former prime minister says her dad once warned her she was too thin-skinned for politics and 'he was right'.
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