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The National leader's comments come as Australia looks to open up quarantine travel for Kiwis again.
RNZ
A Ministry of Health programme set up to reduce sudden and unexpected deaths of babies in their sleep has not succeeded, and fatalities actually rose two years into the programme.
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the bulk purchase of additional Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines has simplified New Zealand's path to achieving herd immunity by the end of the year.
RNZ
The NZ Nurses Organisation will not rule out strike action during the mass Covid-19 vaccine rollout if it is unable to reach an agreement on satisfactory pay agreements, it says.
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National's housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says more than 100 written questions were long overdue.
1 NEWS
Bridges recently staged a walkout after another run-in with Trevor Mallard.
RNZ
An independent advisory group is being established to ensure the government continues to improve its response to the pandemic.
RNZ
The National Party caucus is meeting today to discuss the findings of a review that investigated its crushing defeat in last year's election, but MPs remain tight-lipped about the report's contents.
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By Richard Harman - March 9, 2021
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We're "not no longer hearing from them", the Greens MP said of National, adding that, likewise, cannabis law reform shouldn't be a forbidden topic.
Newshub
"The poll really shows how much New Zealand culture has changed."
Newshub
Opposition MPs and medical experts are backing the government's decision to make Pfizer New Zealand's main Covid-19 vaccine.
the Guardian
Prime minister was already under fire for her recent handling of the Auckland Covid outbreak
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The PM is speaking after her weekly Cabinet meeting.
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The Prime Minister's office says it comes after a review of her schedule.
RNZ
Takatāpui are still fighting to stop churches harming their people after colonisation aimed to strip Māori and Pacific gender and sexual identities.
NZ Herald
OPINION: Messages to 'be kind' is a lame substitute for details of a long-term plan.
Newsroom
Kiwis want solutions to the housing crisis, not politicians blaming each other, National's Nicola Willis says.
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By Richard Harman - March 8, 2021
RNZ
The government has poured cold water on the call for an inquiry into the Valentine's Day outbreak.
RNZ
Government publicity and communications about the latest Covid-19 outbreak will be reviewed by Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins, to see if they were effective.
RNZ
Mediawatch looks at how the blame game played out in the media over the latest Covid cluster and the rulebreakers - while the previously-praised Covid communications strategy was called into question by the media, along with the concept of our team of 5 million.
RNZ
Labour has an absolute majority in Parliament. That makes some things easier but the whips that manage ‘the team of 65’ have a huge job.
Stuff
Kiri Allan is out to change the way people view Conservation. She is also driven by a keen sense of mission.
Stuff
The Green Party wants new measures introduced to engineer a “soft landing” for out-of-control property market.
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