Collected stories - 1 September to 30 November 2022
Stuff
Auckland's new mayor - shielded by a minder - again declined to be interviewed as he attended a public meeting.
Newsroom
Willie Jackson’s preparing for a frank conversation with the authors of a draft United Nations’ Declaration Plan, who are now four months behind Cabinet’s schedule.
NZ Herald
National wants wealthy Kiwis to be able to donate to a social investment fund.
RNZ
All bets are off in Hamilton West, with political parties largely tempering expectations of a by-election win.
RNZ
The National Party is criticising the government's level of spending, after the latest inflation figures yesterday.
RNZ
National is proposing the new fund as an election policy, saying it will help in identifying and funding social programmes that work.
Māori Television
A number of Covid-19 measures will be retained under a basic legal framework, such as the seven-day isolation period for cases and mask-wearing in healthcare...
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has pledged to offer the Three Waters sector some certainty, acknowledging staff needed clarity and job...
Democracy Project
It seems beyond belief that a three-term MP could not have understood that there was a clear conflict of interest in being the shadow Minister of Agriculture Biosecurity and Food Safety, while having a personal dispute with the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI). National MP for Taranaki – King
Newshub
The comments come after a fiery Question Time on Tuesday.
NZ Herald
Mayor Brown has promised to fix Auckland - here's where he can hit the ground running.
Stuff
A by-election has been triggered in Hamilton West by ousted MP Gaurav Sharma's resignation, but no one is ready to throw their hat in the ring yet.
The Prime Minister is set to meet Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, who yesterday asked Watercare to stop work on the Three Waters project.
RNZ
Gaps in information mean the government can avoid robust scrutiny of its environmental spending, a new report says.
NZ Herald
Opposition throws Labour, Reserve Bank in the pot as tensions heat up over inflation.
Stuff
Auckland’s new mayor Wayne Brown wants the council and its water company to halt work on the government’s Three Waters reforms. But can he do that?
NZ Herald
The Prime Minister has hit back, calling high inflation 'a global phenomenon'.
RNZ
The Hamilton West MP says he will be standing in the upcoming by-election, and plans to launch a new centrist party.
Newshub
Inflation has barely budged, increasing 7.2 percent annually in the September quarter.
Democracy Project
Lobbyists are currently facing increased scrutiny, especially in terms of their propensity to shift back and forwards through Parliament’s “revolving door” – most starkly illustrated by former Cabinet Minister Kris Faafoi setting up a lobbying company only months after leaving the Beehive, where his
Newsroom
Newsroom explains what some of the incoming Mayor's least favourite council-controlled organisations do.
Newshub
Here's what we know.
Newshub
Creative New Zealand declined the proposal of $31,000 which would go towards funding the centre from 2023 to 2025.
Newshub
"Teachers said some students were surviving on food provided at school."
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Winston Peters' comments criticising the Labour government over the weekend were merely 'politicking' and it is up to voters to decide what any future government will look like.
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