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The 800-page Royal Commission of Inquiry into the 2019 terrorist attack that left 51 dead was released today.
the Guardian
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern apologises for police and security failings but says they would not have stopped the attack
RNZ
The rate of people who own their own home has hit its lowest point in 70 years, as a grim portrait of the housing crisis is revealed in a report by Stats NZ.
Newshub
"I'm not looking for handouts - neither are a lot of the families in this situation."
The Spinoff
And it's not the only existing provision the Inland Revenue could look at enforcing in the face of runaway house prices and wealth inequality, writes Terry Baucher. Thirty-one years ago this month, then-Labour finance minister David Caygill proposed a comprehensive capital gains tax including th
The Standard
The latest Colmar Brunton poll results have been released just in time to get the summer BBQs firing. And the results would not have pleased Judith Collins.
CNA
The Prime Minister declared a climate emergency but for it to be more than an empty promise it must take into account all stakeholders in the ...
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The Royal Commission into the Christchurch terrorist attack is to be released tomorrow.
1 NEWS
National's leader has dropped to 12 per cent as preferred PM following her party’s crushing election defeat.
RNZ
A legal bid is underway to get the results of the cannabis referendum thrown out. A group of more than 350 people is asking the High Court to void the vote on the Cannabis and Control Bill claiming poor and inaccurate information generated confusion among voters. And it claims the Electoral Commission reinforced that misinformation. The bill that would have legalised cannabis was narrowly defeated with 50.7 percent of those who voted voting against it, and 48.4 percent for it. Drug Reform advocate Blair Anderson is one of the people taking the case and he says we heard far too much from the "no" vote during the campaign.
Newshub
"It's not all about me."
Newshub
The Opposition leader made a justification for the leadership coup of Simon Bridges.
RNZ
High-tech investigative tools being imported by the police are attracting controversy overseas.
1 NEWS
The Prime Minister has once again defended her Government's record.
RNZ
Not all of those affected by the Christchurch terror attacks will get to see the Royal Commission of Inquiry findings before it is made public.
Stuff
Fed up with waiting, NZ's employment rights watchdog has launched her own inquiry into the nation's lowest paid workers.
Newshub
"Rents and the price of affordable housing are likely to continue to rise faster than incomes."
Stuff
RBNZ accused of 'backing Goliath' with cheap money in fight between big Aussie banks and NZ firms trying to keep them honest.
Stuff
The original negative of one of New Zealand's most famous photos have been discovered at Te Papa.
The Standard
Don’t expect a jellyfish to grow a spine, they just bob along on the current and keep moving, gently, slowly, kindly.
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern believes New Zealand is ending 2020 with its relationship with China as strong as when the year began.
1 NEWS
Sue Moroney says the Government had the mandate to start tackling inequality in New Zealand.
1 NEWS
TVNZ1's Q+A reporter Whena Owen looks back on her 2020 stories and highlights of the political year.
RNZ
MPs have raced through four bills in their first proper week of Parliament passing new laws on festival drug testing, Covid-19, and income tax.
Stuff
Despite everything that's happened in 2020, house prices keep going up. So Stuff asked the experts what we should do to fix our property market.
RNZ Summer
2020 was a punishing and relentless year in politics, both abroad and at home. We take a look back at the ‘unprecedented’ year.
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