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'Hard to not feel dehumanised': On tenterhooks awaiting job cuts
13 Apr 2024Education Ministry staff have told RNZ about their crippling anxiety as they and Oranga Tamariki staff wait to learn next week if they have lost their jobs.
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Minister's fast-track letter reveals some 'were invited to' apply
12 Apr 2024A letter from Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop shows some project owners had been "invited to" submit to the fast-tracking process.
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Department of Internal Affairs announces cuts, winds up water reform teams
13 Apr 2024Twenty-eight jobs will be cut at the Department of Internal Affairs' National Library and the Māori, Strategy and Performance branch, the agency has confirmed.
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Health NZ chairperson resigns after less than a year in position
12 Apr 2024Dame Karen Poutasi has resigned after just over nine months in the job.
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Urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry held into government Oranga Tamariki change
12 Apr 2024The Government has been warned against repealing Oranga Tamariki's Treaty commitments.
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The week in politics: Targets, truants and MPs' pay pickle
12 Apr 2024Analysis - A look back at "ambitious" public service targets, plans to fix school attendance and pay rises for politicians.
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Birthday cake for Peters at Washington visit
The Foreign Affairs Minister got a surprise for this 79th during a diplomatic visit. Audio
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How much the Charter Schools establishment board will get paid
12 Apr 2024The eight-member board will provide strategic oversight and advice on the model for the schools.
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Pseudoephedrine could be back on the shelves by winter
12 Apr 2024Medsafe has approved 11 cold and flu medicines containing the medicine.
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Which projects could the fast track bill resurrect?
12 Apr 2024There is consensus among advocates on which projects are most likely to try their hand at a path of lesser resistance.
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Fears cuts at DOC will cause species extinction
11 Apr 2024"DOC won't have the capacity to deliver on species conservation programmes," an academic says. Audio
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Corrections defends pace of change: 'There is no reluctance'
11 Apr 2024Corrections is pushing back against claims it's been too slow to make changes after Covid.
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Easter alcohol bill drawn from ballot
11 Apr 2024"It's quite simple: If you want to trade, you can," says ACT MP Cameron Luxton explaining his proposed law.
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Former Green Party co-leader James Shaw to leave parliament next month
11 Apr 2024James Shaw will deliver his valedictory statement on 1 May.
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Aucklanders face possible 25% increase in water rates
12 Apr 2024Auckland's water provider chair says she knows struggling residents won't welcome the prospect.
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School attendance stats held back by sickness
12 Apr 2024Just over half of students regularly attended school in term four last year, up on the same term in 2022.
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Prisons 'like a people storage unit' as Covid culture lingers - Ombudsman
11 Apr 2024The Ombudsman is warning prisons have not adjusted their approach since Covid lockdowns, with some prisoners left in isolation for 23 hours a day.
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'We have to give this idea a chance': Cautious approach to boot camps advised
11 Apr 2024They must take a therapeutic approach, rather than a 'scare-them-straight' attitude, the Human Rights Commission says.
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NZ being considered as potential AUKUS partner - Korean media
11 Apr 2024It is the strongest signal yet in an on-and-off again dance over the controversial US-UK-Australia military arrangement.
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Chief Ombudsman to stay, despite resigning over age rule
11 Apr 2024Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has been asked to continue in his role - despite the law saying he must resign at age 72.
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Changes to tenancy laws to come into force next year
11 Apr 2024As part of the changes, landlords will again be able to end periodic tenancies without a specific reason.
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Officials tell government softer is better for boot camps
11 Apr 2024Tough boot camps won't work and could be detrimental, the government's own officials told it. Audio
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Reserve Bank holds OCR at 5.5 percent
10 Apr 2024The Reserve Bank has left the official cash rate unchanged for a sixth consecutive meeting.
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Wellington workforce reeling from job cuts
10 Apr 2024The job market in Wellington is dire, with plenty of candidates but no work, a public sector recruitment agency says.
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