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Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has announced plans for vaping starter kits to help move people off smoking cigarettes.
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The Children’s Minister has lambasted a group of youths who climbed on to the roof of a youth justice facility in Auckland . On Monday night, Oranga Tamariki...
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As Winston Peters pivots from statesman to tub-thumping campaigner, can his party defy their history of getting turfed out of Government?
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The Medical Council is tripling the number of places for NZREX exam spots for international candidates next year.
Workers from iwi and hapū, Te Pāti Māori staff, activists and individuals have been busy helping whānau make submissions on the rewrite of the principles used to interpret Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The Ministry for the Environment posted an update on its website saying four of five policies for waste minimisation had been put on hold.
"Just build the damn hospital." That’s one Dunedin nurse’s straightforward appeal to the government — rejecting a "mind-boggling" proposal to...
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In the aftermath of the 2023 election, 2024 loomed as quite a challenging 12 months for the Labour Party and its leader Chris Hipkins . Receiving just 26.9%...
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The coalition Government has ended the year with a number of policy wins under its belt — but which ones performed the best, and where did they stumble? For...
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Officials argued a global transparency initiative was costing too much and delivering too little.
NZ Herald
The search for a replacement to the RNZAF’s aged Boeing 757 airplanes has been narrowed down to two options, a Boeing 737 Max 8 or Airbus A321 NEO. A news...
RNZ
The last two quarterly figures for the economy are the worst since the late 2021 Covid-19 lockdowns.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will not attend Waitangi Treaty Grounds events on Waitangi Day next year, prompting Te Pāti Māori to accuse him of...
The proposed changes will set clear expectations on how universities should approach freedom of speech issues.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he has chosen to take part in celebrations elsewhere.
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A Hercules plane carrying urban rescue staff to Vanuatu was stranded in New Caledonia after an engine fault.
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Erica Stanford has announced a redress scheme for those who survived torture as children at the Lake Alice Unit.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks about New Zealand's response to the Vanuatu earthquake. Video / Mark Mitchell
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Government agencies are giving themselves a 'get out of jail free card' on Official Information Act requirements, observers say – and new guidelines appear unlikely to make a meaningful difference.
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The contentious Fast-track Approvals Bill is now law - but it hit a few speed bumps on the way.
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Contentious mining and marine farming projects, previously killed off by the courts and consenting panels, will now walk again. Fox Meyer reports.
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The contentious Fast-track Approvals Bill has passed its final reading in Parliament . It’s one of the final items left on the Government ’s fourth-quarter...
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Nicola Willis says the changed forecasts are a result of unwinding "overly optimistic assumptions", not Government policies or decisions.
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The PSA says the reckless drive to cut costs shows the government is prepared to put dollars ahead of Kiwis' lives.
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The House - This week, both the media and public honed in on the hullabaloo around ferries and speakers' rulings. Meanwhile, more than 30 hours of urgency were used to consider 11 bills.
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