Collected stories - 1 March to 31 May 2022
Stuff
After 19 children and two teachers were killed at school, the PM's pitch to US lawmakers changed from regional security and reconnecting to gun reform.
Newsroom
The central bank is looking to balance its obligation to manage inflation with the necessary costs of cutting emissions, in consultation on its remit.
Newsroom
The advisory group charged with checking the response to the March 15 terror attack has expressed concern to the Government about delays to key recommendations from the Royal Commission.
RNZ
While the current escalation of gang violence is obviously concerning, it's just part of the usual cycle of gangland tensions, an expert says.
ZB
A new poll has Labour slightly ahead of National, with just enough support to govern, provided Te Pāti Māori did not back National and Act. The Talbot-Mil
Newsroom
No more “black box decisions”, says Productivity Commission after analysing the effect of immigration settings on the efficiency of New Zealand’s economy
The Standard
In 21 tweets Clint Smith has set out why National’s tax cut policies and its rhetoric are absurd and how the media is doing us a disservice by not asking the hard questions like what will be cut and how the promised tax cuts will be paid for.
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Dangerous Political Narrator? What this Labour Government risks is the emergence of what might be called a “super-narrative” in which all th...
ZB
There is confidence the Government's moves to tackle the supermarket duopoly will increase competition. It's matched 12 of the 14 Commerce Commission recom
RNZ
A suite of immigration recommendations has been made by the Productivity Commission, including urging government to publish policy on the country's ability to settle people.
Stuff
Ahead of the White House meeting in the early hours of Wednesday, the US and China's role in the Pacific looms large.
RNZ
The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's high-profile trip to the United States is coming to an end. The Detail asks, what's in it for New Zealand, what's in it for the US, and where to next for the relationship?
Newsroom
The Official Information Act must not be manipulated or undermined, the Chief Ombudsman says as he prepares to ramp up reporting on delays by ministers and agencies.
Newshub
The poll is the first since the Budget earlier this month but also coincides with a cost of living crisis.
RNZ
The government's clampdown on the supermarket sector will include a new industry regulator, compulsory unit pricing and a mandatory code of conduct. Watch the announcement here.
NZ Herald
The Government says it is acting on a lack of competition in the supermarket sector.
Stuff
OPINION: Second hand jumpers and charity events aren't going to raise the $87m shortfall hospices need to survive.
RNZ
The MP behind a Member's Bill which targets online grooming of children by adult predators hopes for it to be widened in scope to include offline or ‘real life’.
RNZ
Almost 200,000 people have now applied to become residents under the fast-track visa, and one in four has been approved.
NZ Herald
PM meets California Governor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco; Amazon, Microsoft in Seattle.
RNZ
New Zealand has formed a partnership deal to work together with California on climate change.
Newsroom
The only reminders of the pandemic on busy American streets are the mostly empty Covid testing stations and the occasional mask. Political editor Jo Moir gives a sneak peek of life travelling with the Prime Minister in the US
Amazon needs 100,000 people with a specific skillset for jobs in New Zealand and training was already being rolled out locally, Prime Minister...
RNZ
Explainer - The government is forging ahead with revised water system reform despite criticisms. So what's changed? RNZ is here to clear it all up.
Stuff
Signed by Jacinda Ardern and California Governor Gavin Newsom, the deal will aim to help each jurisdiction race to reach net-zero emissions by the middle of the century.
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