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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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Climate activists demand council include cruise ship emissions in targets
20 Mar 2024Climate activists are urging the Christchurch City Council to count cruise ship emissions in the city's climate targets.
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Luxon's tobacco claims at odds with evidence, documents reveal
21 Mar 2024The Prime Minister's office circulated 'talking points' on tobacco for his ministers that were completely at odds with official advice.
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'We can sue him': Chumbawamba on Winston Peters' use of their song
21 Mar 2024"We can sue him," says one of Chumbawamba's founders, if Winston Peters continues to useTubthumping song. Audio
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Too many asylum-seekers making false claims - government
21 Mar 2024The government is looking at how it can cut down on the number of asylum-seekers - saying too many of them are making false claims.
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Government earns $190m from first carbon auction of the year
20 Mar 2024Emitters paid $64 a tonne, the legal minimum the government can sell at, ending a run of failed auctions when no permits sold.
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Vaping crackdown: Govt has no extra money for enforcement
20 Mar 2024There are just 15 people policing the thousands of vaping retailers nationwide - and the government has no money to fund any more. Audio
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'We are going to have to borrow money' - Hipkins on infrastructure
21 Mar 2024New Zealand cannot afford tax cuts and must borrow more money to bring infrastructure up to scratch, Labour leader Chris Hipkins says. Audio
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Sector issues warning over disability funding changes
20 Mar 2024Autism NZ's chief executive Dane Dougan says their inboxes have been flooded by people wondering what's next during a "scary time". Audio
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The IMF has some advice for the government
In its annual health check on the country, the IMF says the government will have to "tread a narrow path to a soft landing".
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Disability announcement was bungled, minister says
20 Mar 2024"I absolutely accept that we haven't been clear enough," Minister for Disability Issues Penny Simmonds says. Audio
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Week in Politics: Landlords and tenants, police and minister
15 Mar 2024Analysis - Interest deductibility for landlords a help for renters or a "cash handout"? The "insulting" police pay offer, and Luxon's uncomfortable press conference.
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Watch: Grant Robertson tearful, humorous farewell toParliament
20 Mar 2024Outgoing MP Grant Robertson gave his valedictory speech to Parliament on Wednesday, mixing jokes and anecdotes, his voice breaking at times. Video
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Disposable vapes to be banned this year
20 Mar 2024The coalition will ban single-use vapes as part of a crackdown on youth vaping, aiming to have all the changes in place by the end of the year.
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