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ACT wants a referendum on the Treaty. But the party is asking another question entirely - one with an insidious, but deniable, subtext.
Today's political drama hits different for Labour, 1News political editor Jessica Mutch McKay writes.
RNZ
Thursday's meeting ended without a decision, despite a partial backdown from the mayor on selling shares in the city's airport.
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It grates when politicians are in a gotcha battle, writes Lloyd Burr.
Newshub
The current PM says he wished he had been told earlier.
RNZ
The Education Minister has told the Privileges Committee a delay in correcting a statement she made in Parliament is an error of judgement she deeply regrets.
The mayor has hiked rates further and backed away from the plan to sell all of the council's airport shares in a new compromise proposal.
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Wood said he hadn't spoken to the Prime Minister since selling the shares.
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His shares trust was missing from Michael Wood’s 2018 return. Here’s why.
RNZ
A formal Parliamentary inquiry into whether minister Michael Wood has complied with his obligations to declare certain interests under Parliament's Standing Orders is being launched.
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In a speech that subtly criticised China, the foreign minister said the Government would be working with countries that don't “exclusively” share NZ’s views to be secure.
Newsroom
As New Zealand First tries to win its way back into Parliament, its controversial fundraising foundation will be back in court at the peak of the general election campaign.
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ANALYSIS: The suspended transport minister's behaviour is inexplicable - no one thinks he tried to profit from his shares, but no one can work out why he didn't sell them.
ZB
Senior Labour Minister Michael Wood was fighting for his political life on Wednesday after revelations he was reminded 12 times by the Cabinet Office to se
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OPINION: David Seymour's proposed Ministry of Regulation idea revisits some of Rodney Hide’s clever, but ultimately fruitless ideas from ACT’s last stint in the Beehive.
The council owns 18% of Auckland International Airport, the biggest single shareholding.
RNZ
Priyanca Radhakrishnan claims the interests of ethnic communities would be "under threat" if ACT and National form the next government.
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It's either intentional negligence or gross incompetence.
RNZ
Calls for Michael Wood to be sacked from Cabinet are growing after more details emerged about decisions he made as Transport Minister while a shareholder in Auckland Airport.
RNZ
The National leader says the He Waka Eke Noa plan is 'no longer a bipartisan process' because the government has gone its own way.
RNZ
Primary teachers have voted to accept the latest Ministry of Education collective agreement offer.
Newsroom
War chief Te Peehi Tūroa fought off raiders before – now his descendants vow to fight any hasty sale of the North Island ski fields to corporate raiders. Jonathan Milne reports.
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OPINION: I think I have heard every cuss word launched at me on the doorstep, some meant for me, some for my opponents, sometimes all candidates generally.
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ANALYSIS: Michael Wood might not be political chum, but Chris Hipkins has had to deal with far too many careless 'mistakes'. It's a real momentum killer.
The Conversation
A referendum on changing New Zealand’s parliamentary term to four years would be the third such exercise in under 60 years. Why would the outcome be any different this time?
