Collected stories - 1 September to 30 November 2022
RNZ
Comment - RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch pulls back the curtain on some of the lighter moments behind the scenes and on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
RNZ
This week Parliament debated a members' bill from Rachel Boyack that aims to combat official gobbledegook. Some MPs fought it tooth and nail as tantamount to balderdash, gadzooks!
RNZ
After a two-year Covid-induced hiatus, the United Nations' leaders' summit returned with gusto this week, but against a far darker backdrop than Jacinda Ardern's last time there.
MP Golriz Ghahraman, who is Iranian-born, joined the Wellington protest where a group of women cut their hair in line with Kurdish grieving tradition.
Newsroom
Nicola Willis’ distance from the Sam Uffindell saga raises questions about whose political brand is more important to the National Party – hers or Christopher Luxon’s. Political editor Jo Moir reports.
RNZ
Just days after the Kremlin threatened nuclear warfare, Jacinda Ardern has taken to the United Nations podium to condemn Russia and call for a complete ban on all nuclear weapons.
RNZ
Analysis - Sam Uffindell is back in National's fold but Luxon's refusal to release the report on his behaviour creates uncertainty over its findings, writes Peter Wilson.
Stuff
Antonio Guterres thanked the PM for New Zealand's “stalwart support” and commitment to global co-operation on her penultimate day with other world leaders in New York.
Newsroom
National’s newly appointed campaign chair Chris Bishop says plenty of lessons have been learnt from the last election and the party is in 'markedly different shape' going into next year
NZ Herald
Business leaders' mood darkens.
NZ Herald
The Greens say the Labour Government is putting mining interests over conservation.
Newsroom
In the Clark and Key governments a year out from their third election win, all the indicators were good but today's governing party faces an increasingly uphill battle, says @honpeterdunne
RNZ
The government could be inching closer to expelling the Russian ambassador, as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia escalates.
NZ Herald
Ninety per cent of schools will see a boost while 10 per cent a decrease in funding.
NZ Herald
Jacinda Ardern met twice with Ukraine's prime minister at the UN event.
Newshub
"It's truly pathetic that we have a Prime Minister who spends all this time ineffectually grandstanding."
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered a speech on behalf of Prince William at a star-studded New York event focusing on climate change solutions.
Stuff
Jacinda Ardern says Vladimir Putin's escalation in the Ukraine invasion is "illegal and immoral" and the world must act.
todayfm.co.nz
"Christopher Luxon says this is on his radar. Education is on his hit list. It should be. National started this mess, and Labour has done nothing to improve it."
The new Dunedin hospital could have 58 fewer beds and two fewer operating theatres because of budget pressures, National Dunedin list MP Michael...
Stuff
An income insurance scheme paid by a levy on wages could be law before the 2023 election. But political and business opposition is mounting.
Newshub
"[They were] screaming and yelling at me that I was a paedophile."
Ram raids are trending up, but prosecutions and convictions have hit record lows in the latest crime statistics.
Newshub
One government ministry even recommended against it the plan.
RNZ
National MPs have not seen an executive summary or the report into Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell, and say they would not expect to.
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