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New stalking legislation to bring in restraining orders
10 Nov 2024The new legislation set to be introduced by the end of the year would make stalking illegal, with offenders facing up to five years in prison.
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Treaty Principles Bill to put rookie MPs to the test
9 Nov 2024Analysis - The MPs on Parliament's justice select committee may face an even tougher job ahead than the bill's champion David Seymour.
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Auditor-General rejects call for heated tobacco tax cut probe
8 Nov 2024The Serious Fraud Office and Commerce Commission may be better placed to investigate, the watchdog says.
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Watch: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks in Christchurch
8 Nov 2024It comes after the Auditor-General rejected a request to investigate the government's tobacco tax decision.
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Auckland rail network to shut nearly 100 days next year
8 Nov 2024Up to 96 days are now set for total shutdowns, another 54 for "partial closures" in a bit to prepare for the CRL opening, Simeon Brown says. Audio
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Greens 'save the memes' bill heads to Parliament
8 Nov 2024A law change to protect comedians, critics and artists who poke fun at others with copyright material has been pulled from the ballot.
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Nicola Willis announces Social Investment Board members
8 Nov 2024Former Treasury Secretary Dr Graham Scott - who previously stood for ACT - will lead the group, with Te Ururoa Flavell and Mike Williams also among the nine members.
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NZQA defends exams students say were 'ridiculous'
8 Nov 2024'Excellence' grade questions are supposed to be hard, officials say, as students launch a petition.
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The Māori activist group rallying a year of protest
8 Nov 2024The early introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill hasn't deterred a planned hīkoi to Parliament in protest. Toitū te Tiriti have mobilised Māori around the country this year, but who are they?
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NZ should copy Oz social media ban for kids - expert
8 Nov 2024Under the new Australian law, platforms like X, TikTok and Instagram would be responsible for blocking children under 16. Video, Audio
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The Treaty Principles Bill has been released: Here's what's in it
8 Nov 2024The controversial bill - which only ACT supports - has officially been introduced at Parliament. Here's a first look.
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Photo essay: Fighting the wind to fly the flag
8 Nov 2024The House: Atop the Beehive a lone national flag is tortured daily by Wellington's gales. We join its handlers up on the roof to chat, watching as its fraying edges whip the sky. Audio
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'Stop treating us as criminals', gun club members tell MPs
7 Nov 2024Firearms clubs across the country have made an impassioned plea to MPs to vote in favour of reducing regulation for ranges.
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Treaty Principles Bill protest lands on Seymour's electoral doorstep
7 Nov 2024Protesters holding signs reading Honour Te Tiriti and 'SHAME' are marching through Newmarket, starting at ACT's Epsom electorate office.
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Nurses beg govt to honour Dunedin Hospital promise
7 Nov 2024NZNO says the cutbacks are a broken promise, that the government cares more about money than patients - and downgrading the hospital will lead to deaths.
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DOC asking for donations to fund work
7 Nov 2024The cash-strapped agency announced a partnership with the NZ Nature Fund.
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JD Vance, America's next VP, offers glimpse of Republican Party's future
7 Nov 2024Vance, 40, was the first millennial on a major US party's presidential ticket and will become the third-youngest vice president in American history.
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Kāinga Ora job losses hit 540
7 Nov 2024The total number of jobs to be lost is slightly lower than the 321 it proposed in September.
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'Dishonourable' - Māori leaders furious with Treaty Principles Bill's early introduction
7 Nov 2024The legislation is being introduced to Parliament today - more than a week earlier than expected - and will be read for the first time next week. Audio
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Luxon, Peters congratulate Trump presidential victory
6 Nov 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters have joined other world leaders to congratulate Republican candidate Donald Trump's US presidential win.
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The House - Harmony and discord in Parliament's inconstant chamber
7 Nov 2024The House - Parliament is a mercurial place. Debate can flick from amity to antagony with each shift in topic, especially if that topic is climate change. Audio
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Prime Minister won't be in country for Treaty Principles Bill reading
6 Nov 2024Act Party Leader and Minister responsible for the bill David Seymour denies the Treaty Principles Bill has been brought forward and says it is a normal part of parliamentary business.
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Early Question Time sparring may indicate themes
6 Nov 2024The House -The beginning of a new sitting block at Parliament is like the opening minutes of a boxing match. Audio
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'Be professional and neutral,' public servants told
6 Nov 2024The new Public Service Commissioner has joined coalition voices in criticising a health official as "unprofessional" for characterising some ministerial work as "crap" in an internal email.
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