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Opinion: Voters expect to see National achieve its key election promises – reducing the cost of living and improving the health system, writes Peter Dunne
Opinion: The cosy relationship between the alcohol industry and politicians extends to how the alcohol levy fund is administered, argues Peter Adams.
The Conversation
The big financial returns from mining often flow overseas. Here are four ways the government could ensure the country benefits more if it expands mining.
Newsroom
The intersection where central and local govt relations broke down ... and a new regional deals solution to fix this chicken-and-egg problem. Jonathan Milne reports.
The Conversation
The Cook Strait ferry fiasco is just another symptom of a wider malaise: an inability to deliver, on time and at cost, the infrastructure that keeps the economy moving.
Newsroom
Former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer analyses what's wrong with the Bill and whether we've reached a new low in NZ political life.
Newsroom
Today from The Detail: A look at what the Regulatory Standards Bill will do, and why there's no clear answer to the question of whether it will achieve its aims.
E-Tangata
“I was recently quoted as saying the Regulatory Standards Bill ‘will stop lawmakers considering broader public health.’ This exchange led Minister Seymour to question my sanity in a public forum. I stand by my statement.” — Dr George Laking.
Stuff
OPINION: There's a chance the Act leader's inflammatory brand will piss off an important group of Kiwi voters.
Newsroom
The Regulatory Standards Bill has drawn surprisingly strong opposition. Is it down to the bill's significance, or David Seymour himself?
The Conversation
Even when forestry companies fully comply with current standards, slash discharge and erosion can happen. New rules must set size and location limits on clear-felling.
The Conversation
While young people who spent the first year of their lives in public housing started with higher levels of behaviour difficulties, by 12 they had closed the gap.
RNZ
More than 9000 people aged over 65 earn more than $200,000 a year, according to 2023 Census data.
Newsroom
Analysis: The pleas of an army wife and mum are finally heard, as an independent commission prioritises investment in Defence housing and bases. Jonathan Milne reports.
The Conversation
Census data has underpinned nearly every aspect of political decision-making and policy development for decades. The new system is a leap into the unknown.
Newsroom
Labour says the Government’s ‘divergent narratives’ on China create a ‘vulnerability’ for New Zealand’s national interests
E-Tangata
“Aotearoa deserves a lawmaking system that reflects its people, landscapes, and histories, not one that repeats the exclusions of the past.” Jodhi Warwick-Ponga on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
E-Tangata
“There are discrepancies in how the privileges committee works, and there is no single explanation. But racism is undoubtedly a factor, and Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke was right to ask: “Are our voices too loud for this House?” — Professor Dominic O’Sullivan.
Newsroom
Opinion: Nine reasons why Act's legislation on regulation is flawed and should not pass
RNZ
A dispute over funding has been revealed as the reason for Adrian Orr's abrupt resignation as governor.
The Conversation
ACT won’t work with Labour, Labour won’t work with NZ First, National won’t work with Te Pāti Māori … What happened to the cross-party compromise MMP was meant to foster?
A massive digital billboard looming over Wellington’s parliamentary precinct is turning heads, but is it making change?
"There was a huge culture of fear around our regulator for health and safety," the Workplace Relations Minister says.
E-Tangata
“I get so many messages from people telling me how scared they are by what this government is doing. But they also say that watching me speak up gives them hope. I think thats why my tīpuna gave me such a big waha. So that I could use it.” — Tania Waikato.
E-Tangata
“The compulsory Te Tiriti education at the University of Auckland is not a burden. It’s a necessary starting point for migrants, especially for caste-privileged Indian migrants like Dr Parmar, to begin undoing the toxic ideologies we bring with us.” — Mohan Dutta.
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Waatea Team Posted On June 1, 2025
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