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The never-ending visa queue for a visa
23 Jul 2025The Refugee Family Support Category is supposed to allow refugees to reunite with family. Instead, it's a waiting game which could take another decade to clear.
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No national funding for programme that could get patients off surgery waitlists
23 Jul 2025A five-month trial saw physiotherapists triage and treat more than 1200 orthopaedic patients in six regions, each of whom had been waiting over a year for a specialist appointment. Audio
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Fonterra meeting with Finance Minister 'constructive'
23 Jul 2025Willis had earlier said the conversation would look at what goes into the cost the cost of butter.
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Luxon snaps back at 'frickin' Hipkins over claims of 'flop'
22 Jul 2025Watch: The Prime Minister has challenged Labour to front up with its own policy, as he comes under pressure over FamilyBoost numbers.
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'Times do need to change': RSA to modernise to support younger veterans
22 Jul 2025New initiatives are aimed at "relaunching" the organisation.
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Peters calls for Gaza ceasefire; opposition say more action needed
22 Jul 2025Peters told the House the international community was united in its revulsion to the events in Gaza
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'Gaza not a religious issue': Advocates split on govt harmony accord
22 Jul 2025Some of New Zealand's Muslim and Jewish leaders have signed a harmony and peace accord, but not everyone's happy with the idea.
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Health NZ makes hundreds of millions in savings - but says more are needed
22 Jul 2025The deficit for the recently-ended financial year was expected to be $1.1 billion.
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Education Ministry says new curriculums are much clearer; principals disagree
22 Jul 2025The Principals Federation president said the curriculum changes were chaotic and imploding. Audio
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Willis 'not on the side of whining councillors'
22 Jul 2025Rates rises are pushing up inflation and councils need to stop the waste, the Finance Minister says. Audio
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NZ and allies condemn 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza
22 Jul 2025"We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs," the statement from 25 countries says. Audio
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Nicola Willis to ask Fonterra about high price of butter
22 Jul 2025The Finance Minister says she wants to discuss what gets added to the cost at retail and wholesale level.
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A bellwether battle for the Māori vote and voice in Auckland
22 Jul 2025Henare vs Kaipara: Legacy, loyalty and the fight for Māori representation in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election
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The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas
22 Jul 2025Depending on who you ask, these classrooms were an opportunity to foster collaboration and flexibility or an exercise in organised chaos.
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All the changes to schools so far this year - and what's coming next
22 Jul 2025Explainer - It's been a busy year so far for education policy, with a series of announcements by the government and curriculum changes.
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Council staff's lack of financial knowledge led to rates blunder - report
22 Jul 2025Plymouth District Council could have lost $20 million in revenue over a GST error.
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Defence cuts 255 civilian roles to focus on front line
21 Jul 2025The agency says the changes will help it focus on 'maintaining combat readiness and delivering on core military activities'.
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Financial support considered for greyhound trainers when industry ends
22 Jul 2025In December the government announced the practice would be banned in New Zealand after ongoing concerns about animal welfare and three reviews into the industry.
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Waikato University promises planned new medical school won't be downsized
The government has announced it will put much less money than originally expected into the project.
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New working group looks to demystify Pharmac fund
22 Jul 2025"It is not a healthy process," the group's chair says. Audio
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Defence spoke to tech company behind US-Mexico border security towers
22 Jul 2025Meanwhile the government also wants to up its own game in supplying international markets with high-tech military systems.
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'Great Rides' need double the money to keep running smoothly
21 Jul 2025Maintenance funding for the country's 'Great Rides' trails will need to double in the next decade, or some will degrade so much they will lose that status. Audio
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Watch: New Waikato medical school gets government go ahead
21 Jul 2025The government has green-lit a new medical school at the University of Waikato, ending months of delays due to coalition wrangling.
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Watch: Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet media conference
21 Jul 2025Luxon is holding a post-Cabinet media conference following the news that inflation has hit a 12-month high.
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