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Anti-racism group weighs in on Te Pāti Māori MP's comments
12 Sep 2025The group has met with the party over comments made by MP Tākuta Ferris.
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Luxon leaves Pacific Islands Forum with assurances on peace
12 Sep 2025Analysis: The prime minister believes the freshly signed Ocean of Peace as a framework for unity among countries in the region.
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Storm-damaged cycle trail gets cash boost
12 Sep 2025The government has announced a $1.6 million funding boost to repair and reopen Tasman's Great Taste Cycle Trail.
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NZ, UK sign new defence cooperation statement
12 Sep 2025Defence Minister Judith Collins says a lot has happened in the 10 years since the previous agreement.
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Law changes will further sideline Māori in health sector select committee told
11 Sep 2025The Health Select Committee has been hearing public submissions on amendments to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act.
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Would Stuart Nash's employer have been able to fire him?
11 Sep 2025The former Labour MP has resigned after a comment he made to the Platform about women.
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'Looking at privatisation': Principal on curriculum changes
11 Sep 2025Finding teachers for many of the new subjects is going to be a problem, a high school principal says. Audio
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Nash resigns from job after comment about women
11 Sep 2025The former Labour MP apologised for comments he made on the Platform.
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NZ to host the 2027 Pacific Islands Forum
11 Sep 2025The Prime Minister says a surge in methamphetamine use and trafficking is something the whole region is grappling with.
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Minister won't rule out label changes for nicotine, tobacco and alcohol
11 Sep 2025'The problem is not the colour of the label,' David Seymour says. Audio
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Government health spending claims 'inflated' - study
11 Sep 2025The Ministry of Health was using old data and including GST to make 'misleading' health spending claims, a new report has found.
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Defence won't have to keep some war records under law change
11 Sep 2025A historian says the change could make any war crimes harder to prove.
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Finance minister's 'heads up' that Orr was on his way out
10 Sep 2025Newly-released text messages show Treasury warned Finance Minister Nicola Willis that then-Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr was on his way out.
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Tākuta Ferris' doubling down on race rhetoric widely condemned
10 Sep 2025Labour and the Greens have condemned Tākuta Ferris' decision to double down on his comments, but Te Pāti Māori has not fronted to media
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Labour calls $44k bill for Luxon's chopper trip a stunt 'gone badly wrong'
10 Sep 2025However, the prime minister says it was money well spent on promoting tourism in Queenstown.
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Prime Minister Luxon meets Pacific leaders in Solomon Islands
10 Sep 2025Christopher Luxon has held bilaterals with counterparts from Fiji and Palau, and more casual exchanges with Cook Islands PM Mark Brown.
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Parliament's workload squeezing out committees
10 Sep 2025Parliament's week is traditionally shaped across three days. That shape is increasingly being squeezed and select committees are being forced into the margins.
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Shane Jones calls for renationalising of power market
10 Sep 2025There are increasing calls for the government to take drastic action over power prices. Audio
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Organised crime fight should be led by one minister - report
10 Sep 2025It says the lack of accountability has led to inconsistency, an absence of prioritisation and a lack of cohesion.
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Luxon talks up Pacific unity ahead of leaders meeting
10 Sep 2025But the prime minister is going into the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting disagreeing with a major aspect of this year's summit. Audio
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Te Pāti Māori MP doubles down on controversial post about race
10 Sep 2025Tākuta Ferris has doubled down, at odds with his party's earlier apology.
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Analysis: Why comparing NZ's economy to Singapore or Ireland is simplistic and misleading
10 Sep 2025The two countries are rare winners in the global race to the bottom to attract foreign capital.
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Adopting Australia's inflation target 'insane economic illiteracy' - Finance Minister
9 Sep 2025Labour's finance spokesperson said they are 'open to a discussion' on shifting the Reserve Bank's inflation target.
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Willis: Not releasing texts about Orr's resignation met transparency expectations
9 Sep 2025The Finance Minister says not releasing texts that informed her of former Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr's potential resignation was appropriate.
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