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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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Anti-trans rant, abuse of MP disrupts select committee
21 Mar 2024A member of the public momentarily derailed the meeting with abuse of an MP.
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Updates: Foreign agency ran spy operation out of GCSB for years
21 Mar 2024A foreign agency ran an operation out of the New Zealand spy agency for years, and ministers were never told.
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Changes to disability support funding 'disturbing' - Rare Disorders NZ
21 Mar 2024Its chief executive says families should be trusted to decide themselves how best to use support funding.
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Mental health service to be rolled out at EDs
21 Mar 2024The Mental Health Minister has announced the scheme, at a cost of $500,000 per hospital.
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How three men get unprecedented power from a coalition bill
21 Mar 2024What is the Fast Track Approval Bill and why do experts say it's a step beyond even the Muldoon era?
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Foreign agency ran spy operation out of GCSB for years
21 Mar 2024A foreign agency ran a spy operation out of one of New Zealand's spy agencies for years without ministers knowing.
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NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement to come into force in May
21 Mar 2024The kiwifruit industry alone will save $47m per year, while seafood exporters will save $20m, trade minister says.
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Watch live: Chris Hipkins speaks from Polyfest
22 Mar 2024The Labour leader faces questions as he visits the festival in Tāmaki Makaurau.
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Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen
21 Mar 2024Opinion - I was hopeful about the future. This is not what that future looks like. This is a massive step backwards into the past, Henrietta Bollinger writes.
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NZ urged to help evacuate Palestinians from Gaza: 'The difference between life and death'
21 Mar 2024The government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with ties to this country. Audio
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Disability funding changes: 'We just want to be parents'
20 Mar 2024A Christchurch mother is furious after the Disability Issues Minister accused families of rorting the system when explaining changes to disabled peoples' funding.
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