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The Teaching Council is urging the government not to make early childhood education and care centres less attractive places to work.
Chris Bishop says he should have kept his comments to himself after saying "what a load of crap" during a performance at Thursday night's Aotearoa Music Awards in Auckland.
Peters, who is on a two-day visit to India, said that the negotiations were “going with real meaning now", calling them “a breakthrough".
NZ Herald
The Government’s recent Budget has tested poorly with voters, according to the results of a new Talbot Mills Research poll. Asked whether they thought the...
NZ Herald
Act leader David Seymour is condemning an “immature” challenge to a charity fight from prominent Treaty activist Eru Kapa-Kingi. In a video posted to social...
"With around 22,000 vehicles using the road daily, it provides important regional resilience and a safe, modern, reliable route for all road users," Chris Bishop said.
RNZ
But ACT's leader has vowed to keep speaking freely as he takes over as deputy prime minister.
NZ Herald
Act leader David Seymour says there will “almost certainly” be prosecutions against parents of absent students this year as the Government intensifies its...
Legislation being introduced could mean two big Australian-owned lenders avoid paying millions of dollars in refunds.
RNZ
David Seymour was speaking at a Waikato Chamber of Commerce event on Thursday.
NZ Herald
New Media Insider podcast launches today: Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith on TVNZ’s financials and RNZ’s radio ratings: ‘They should never...
RNZ
As Parliament reaches the mid-point of the political term, RNZ sat down with both the prime minister and Labour's leader to reflect on the past 18 months.
An expert lawyer has called on the government to grant an extension for submissions on the proposed Regulatory Bill after a technical system failure prevented the public from filin
NZ Herald
Simeon Brown has stepped in over the Ministry of Health’s decision to reduce its use of social media site X, formerly Twitter, for the lesser-known BlueSky....
Newsroom
Dr Mac Gardner is no political obsessive. He's not a wealthy ideologue. His big billboard campaign this month is for his community – because he won't be here when the delayed hospital finally opens. Jonathan Milne reports.
RNZ
RNZ revealed a police directive to staff said they would no longer be investigating shoplifting below $500 .
Newsroom
Taxpayers spend more than $161,000 a year for each prisoner, forcing the Govt to increase the Corrections budget by $400m, reports Laura Walters.
Newsroom
A decision to overturn law school regulation has raised eyebrows among some legal experts.
RNZ
The government could face an unbudgeted funding gap because of one of its own policies, the Green Party says.
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The National and ACT parties are celebrating the introduction of new welfare sanctions, one of which will force some beneficiaries to do community labour.
NZ Herald
Social Development Minister Louise Upston is defending the introduction of more sanctions for beneficiaries who don’t meet their obligations, despite...
NZ Herald
Next week Act leader David Seymour will take over from Winston Peters as Deputy Prime Minister - he says they’ll be big shoes to fill. “I’ll have to comb my...
RNZ
A $77 million write-off of the Navy ship HMNZ Manawanui, which sunk off Samoa last October, is contained in the Budget papers on defence.
RNZ
Labour's leader has used his second speech in a series of regional conferences to attack the government's budget as a series of "strange and unnecessary decisions".
The Government’s announcement yesterday has attracted strong criticism over the cuts made to Māori initiatives and pay equity claims.
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