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Wellington youth public transport fares to rise after government cuts funding
26 Mar 2024Metlink has confirmed fares for people aged under 25 will return to full price in the Wellington region.
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Childcare subsidies of up to $75 a week to start from July
25 Mar 2024The 25 percent tax rebate on childcare costs will help reduce barriers for families to get into the workforce, the government says.
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Public 'ready to be convinced' as Labour talks tax changes
25 Mar 2024Voters are ready to talk about a capital gains tax, a leading experts says, as Chris Hipkins puts "all options on the table.
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Free school lunches should be expanded - researcher
25 Mar 2024An investment analysis shows the government should continue funding the free school lunches programme, a University of Auckland researcher says.
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Hipkins blasts coalition government in state of the nation speech
24 Mar 2024"In the face of the havoc this government is wreaking, Labour must provide New Zealanders with hope," the Labour leader says.
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As it happened: Luxon announces childcare subsidy package
25 Mar 2024About 100,000 families will benefit from the subsidy over four years, government says.
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PM's Auckland office vandalised again
23 Mar 2024The words "grant the visas" have been painted on the walls of Christopher Luxon's electorate office in Auckland.
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Focus on Politics: Peters navigates troubled waters with India, China
23 Mar 2024New Zealand must pull its weight on defence and security, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says in a sit-down interview with RNZ, after talks with both India and China. Audio
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Rotorua MP seeks extra policing resources for the city
22 Mar 2024Rotorua MP Todd McClay says he has no qualms about calling in police reinforcements to deal with gangs. Audio
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NZDF warns government again it is in dire state
22 Mar 2024Staff have left in droves and the defence force is now looking at making it easier to meet the minimum entry requirements for education, health and fitness. Audio
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Auckland Transport to be stripped of planning powers
22 Mar 2024The transport minister says he will work with Auckland Council to give it the power to set its own 10-year-plan for the city's transport network.
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Hipkins defends increase in public servants on his watch
22 Mar 2024The Labour leader says the government is not justified in axing hundreds of state sector jobs.
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$1m announced for Northland emergency coordination centre
22 Mar 2024A dedicated Northland emergency coordination centre will be built in Whangārei in a bid to improve the region's response to future natural disasters.
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Animal activists demand greyhound racing shut down after three deaths in a week
25 Mar 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he personally backs a ban, but ultimately it is a decision for Racing Minister Winston Peters.
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'That was then and this is now': Hipkins talks up taxes he previously ruled out
25 Mar 2024The Labour leader has changed his tune, with capital gains and a wealth taxes back as possibilities on the table. Audio
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Slash frontline biosecurity staff and 'we're exposed'
22 Mar 2024A new biosecurity collective in Taranaki says any reduction of frontline Ministry for Primary Industries staff is risky.
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'We are not in control': Call for law change after foreign spying revealed
22 Mar 2024The law needs to explicitly prohibit foreign spying or New Zealand risks joining "other people's wars", a lawyer warns.
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National's spend-up on social media ads
22 Mar 2024Christopher Luxon fronted quirky social media videos produced by renowned agency Topham Guerin. But National wasn't the top spender on advertising overall.
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Political editors panel: Cuts, spies and Winston
22 Mar 2024RNZ and NZ Herald political editors Jo Moir and Claire Trevett discuss a week where public sector cuts started coming to the fore. Audio
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GCSB has 'a much different attitude' now - Little
22 Mar 2024It'll be hard to hold anyone to account for a foreign operation run out of the spy agency, the former minister says. Audio
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MBIE calls on staff again to apply for voluntary redundancies
21 Mar 2024It comes on the same day the Ministry for Primary Industries and Ministry of Health proposed getting rid of more than 400 jobs to cut their budgets.
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Ministry of Health job losses "cutting really deep" - union
22 Mar 2024Nearly 200 jobs are under threat from budget cuts - with some losses coming from redundancies and others from vacancies left unfilled.
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Failure to flag foreign intelligence system 'extremely serious'
21 Mar 2024Ministers should have been told the system was being run out of Wellington, but "all checks and balances seem to have broken down", Helen Clark says. Audio
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MPI proposes cutting 231 staff, MOH looks to cut 180 jobs
21 Mar 2024More than 400 jobs could go as the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Health look to cut their budgets.
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