Newshub
The Labour leader says Melissa Lee and Penny Simmonds were "never up to the task that they were given".
RNZ
Melissa Lee has been stripped of the Media portfolio, while Penny Simmonds has lost the Disability Issues role.
Point of Order
Buzz from the Beehive Melissa Lee – as may be discerned from the screenshot above – has not been demoted for doing something seriously wrong as Minister of Media and Communications. To the contrary, her career has been besmirched by her failure to do anything – an accomplishment embarrassingly recorded on a blank sheet…
Chris Hipkins spoke after Christopher Luxon stripped portfolios from Melissa Lee and Penny Simmonds.
Newshub
Extensive criticism isn't putting him off.
RNZ
The bill was introduced by the previous government in June last year.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Former Māori development minister Willie Jackson says the Waitangi Tribunal has brought great change for Māori and New Zealand over its 50 years despite almost constant criticism. Today the High Court will rule on whether the tribunal has the power […]
Newsroom
Health Minister Shane Reti says savings sought by Health NZ aren’t part of the Government’s wider public sector cuts
Labour says it shows the target is not just about getting people into work, but the Government says it's a red herring.
NZ Herald
A former member of Black Power says the Government’s proposed gang patch ban will only lead to gang members wearing colours and getting tattoos of gang...
RNZ
Simeon Brown is being encouraged to look at charging for existing roads to relieve pressure on transport funding.
Chhour has turned down a request from the Waitangi Tribunal which is holding an urgent inquiry into the change, to appear to explain why she is doing so.
NZ Herald
The decision to reintroduce Three Strikes is a destructive and ineffective piece of law-making that will only exacerbate an inherently biased and racist...
RNZ
Both ACT's leader and advocates say parts of the End of Life Choice Act need fixing.
In today's media release Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was joined by Associate Justice minister Nicole Mckee to discuss the reinstatement of the three strikes legislation.
Labour justice spokesperson Duncan Webb says the Government is trying "just to look tough".
Newshub
"We are making it clear that repeat serious violent or sexual offending is not acceptable in our society."
Newshub
However, ACT leader David Seymour said it's not the Waitangi Tribunal's role to tell the Government how to govern.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Auditor General warns Parliament over the Governments Fast-Track legislation The submission can be found here: Submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill — Office of the Auditor-General New Zealand (oag.parliament.nz) The Auditor General of New Zealand has taken the unusual step […]
RNZ
At least two businesses invited to apply for the new consents process have donated to National.
Newshub
Sitting down with Newshub's Political Editor Jenna Lynch, Luxon warned we're facing "a more volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous world".
With the budget for school lunches expected to be cut next month Manurewa High School head girl Meletonga Konousi has a message for David Seymour.
RNZ
The Regional Development Minister spoke at a speech at the dawn ceremony celebrating the Waipaoa River Flood Resilience Project yesterday.
David Seymour accused the tribunal of "race fanaticism", while Shane Jones said it had no business operating as a "star chamber" summoning ministers to give evidence.
RNZ
Power Play - Asked for his own assessment of the visit, the prime minister said he was returning home "excited and energised".
NZ Herald
The Government has announced it will restore mortgage interest deductibility for residential investment properties . So, what is interest deductibility now...
RNZ
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