Nash dismissed from all ministerial portfolios
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It comes after further allegations have emerged of him breaking Cabinet Manual rules.
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Government announces plan to electronically tag asylum seekers who may pose risk | RNZ News
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Courts would be able to order that anyone claiming refugee status be monitored, with other conditions such as residency requirements and curfews.
Marama Davidson refuses to apologise publicly over 'white cis men' comment | Newshub
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She repeatedly said she had clarified her comments.
Luxon suggests Davidson apologise to white cis men for violence comments
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Davidson has apologised to the prime minister but not publicly.
Marama Davidson was factually wrong 'in regard to ethnicity' on male violence comments - PM | Stuff.co.nz
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Chris Hipkins said he did not think the Green co-leader “bringing ethnicity into the debate was particularly helpful”.
Lobbyist Holly Bennett is lobbying her own colleagues to be more accountable to the public | RNZ News
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A lobbyist has written to industry peers arguing "there's no accountability to the public" in what they do.
Friend of Wayne Brown gets permanent role in the mayor's office, but isn't on the payroll | Stuff.co.nz
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A friend of Wayne Brown has got a permanent unpaid role in the Auckland mayor's office with the same access as staff, but without being bound by the council’s code of conduct.
Green Party co-leader James Shaw in support of Marama Davidson following violence comment
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"I think if I had just been hit by a motorcycle as well, it's not likely I would be completely clear in what I was saying too," James Shaw told Lloyd Burr.
PM Chris Hipkins addresses Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson’s ‘white cis men’ comments at post-Cabinet press conference - NZ Herald
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Chris Hipkins is also expected to face questions about violence facing politicians.
Marama Davidson blames being hit by motorcycle for lack of clarity in 'white cis men' comments | Newshub
Newshub
"That is white cis men who cause violence in the world."
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta discusses Pacific security, Ukraine invasion with China | Newshub
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"We take seriously the way in which we look after the relationship with China."
Nanaia Mahuta - 'We take seriously' New Zealand's relationship with China | RNZ News
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The foreign minister has returned from a visit to China saying the relationship is very important and complex, requiring "continual management" to make sure the two countries do not lose sight of each others' views and perspectives.
Posie Parker protest: Christopher Luxon says right to free speech must be protected | RNZ News
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National Party leader Christopher Luxon says a controversial British activist has the right to free speech in New Zealand, following the clash at Auckland's counter protest on Saturday.
Benefits increasing but more investment needed, minister claims
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Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni said the government hasn't fostered a culture of dependency, but has ensured Kiwis on welfare are supported.
Wayne Brown just helped the Government in its grab for local power | Stuff.co.nz
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OPINION: Labour is hollowing out local government, writes Andrea Vance, and Wayne Brown just made its job a whole lot easier.
'The Crown offers this apology' - Treaty settlement marked after 30 years | RNZ News
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The Treaty Negotiations Minister says the Crown is deeply sorry for the way a Wairarapa iwi has been treated.
New Police Minister Ginny Andersen promises 'wrap-around support' for families of youth offenders | Newshub
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"We will be working with a range of other government agencies."
Newshub Nation host Rebecca Wright grills Winston Peters on choosing Labour in 2017 after claiming 'we need to take the country back' | Newshub
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"The great irony is… you were the person who put them there."
China's top diplomat: Confident about ties with New Zealand | RNZ News
RNZ
China's top diplomat is reported to have told Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta that China sees New Zealand as an important partner, and the two countries should upgrade their economic and trade co-operation.
Lobbyists in New Zealand enjoy freedoms unlike most other nations in the developed world | RNZ News
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When a big corporate is alarmed about possible law changes, it asks its well-connected lobbyist to intervene. A text message exchange between a Cabinet Minister and his lobbyist "mate" follows.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi confident about ties with New Zealand after Nanaia Mahuta's trip | Newshub
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"China-New Zealand cooperation has great potential."
ACT declares almost $1 million in one day from big money donors | Stuff.co.nz
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The donations total $950,000 from one company and 12 high net worth individuals, including New Zealand's richest man Graeme Hart.
Government must invest in rehabilitating family violence offenders, national network says | RNZ News
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Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga (the National Network of Family Violence Services) has launched a call to action, encouraging the government to invest in rehabilitating offenders.
LGNZ disputes Wayne Brown's Bay of Islands party claims
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Auckland's mayor said his band "regularly" played Local Government NZ conferences in the Bay of Islands, where people got "completely pissed".
Winston Peters claims Kiwis' identity under 'full-scale attack', will ditch 'woke virtue signalling', takes aim at Jacinda Ardern's resignation | Newshub
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His State of the Nation speech included several re-heated New Zealand First policies.
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