Collected stories - 1 March to 31 May 2022
RNZ
Cabinet has confirmed New Zealand will send a further 30 NZ Defence Force personnel to the UK to train Ukrainian in using a light artillery gun.
Stuff
OPINION: Australian elections, European war, Chinese expansionism - there are plenty of pieces to this puzzle.
Jacinda Ardern says it would not have been possible for the 2022 Budget to make all cost of living pressures go away.
RNZ
The prime minister says there is goodwill on both sides to make a White House visit happen while she's in the United States.
todayfm.co.nz
A rest home worker in Wellington provides an update on the situation of aged care and support workers in NZ.
Democracy Project
Jacinda Ardern’s trip to the United States this week has been months in the making. A stop in Washington DC is already locked in, but the Prime Minister’s recent positive test for Covid-19 has delayed the official announcement of a meeting with President Joe Biden. Reports now suggest Ardern is l
NZ Herald
PM's Covid-19 resulted in logistical headache for her US trip, including the White House.
Stuff
Those expecting tensions over deportees from Australia to suddenly vanish are likely to be disappointed.
NZ Herald
Albanese beat Morrison, ending the conservative coalition's almost decade-long reign.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Lockdowns, debt run-ups and wage support may have saved hospitals from being overrun, but for outgoing PM Scott Morrison, the political bill has come due.
RNZ
In today's Focus on Politics podcast Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch runs the numbers on the Budget and its political implications.
I thought I had seen everything from this Government, or should I say from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, because it does appear...
Stuff
Outgoing mayor K Gurunathan on his life, and literally sacrificing skin tone for the chains.
the Guardian
In previous years we saw a tantalising glimpse of Grant Robertson as ‘Red Robbo’ – but moderation may win back centrists
Newshub
He says it's not unusual to disagree.
RNZ
Minister of Health Andrew Little has been explaining Budget spending to health leaders in Auckland this morning, outlining just how big the new Health NZ organisation will be.
todayfm.co.nz
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen gives his two cents on Thursday's budget announcement.
Budget 2022 is not the Budget many people needed, but it is perhaps the Budget the country needed to have.
Newshub
Watch it here.
RNZ
A public transport campaigner is giving the government's Budget just three and a half out of 10.
NZ Herald
The cost-of-living payment has been criticised for not going far enough.
Stuff
OPINION: How many families have their children and grandchildren spread around the world and grandparents saving to visit? Look at your own friends.
Stuff
The Crown says the new pastoral bill is there to protect the land, but high country farmers say they are good stewards who are now being over regulated.
Newshub
Both appeared on the Newshub Nation Budget 2022 special
Newshub
"It's a decision politicians are now making for people to die."
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