A measles outbreak in the face of low childhood vaccinations is a key concern for Health Minister Dr Shane Reti.
Newshub
That's despite them already scaling back the promised policy.
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PM Christopher Luxon is talking after meeting with Cabinet ministers. 'This is all about improving life for renters'.
RNZ
The prime minister speaks after Cabinet's meeting, as the government faces backlash over landlord tax changes and the removal of climate change from its transport policy.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
The Greens’ Pacific Peoples’ spokesperson Teanau Tuiono is lobbying for his private members bill to restore New Zealand citizenship to about 5000 elderly Samoans. They’re the survivors of a group whose citizenship stemming from New Zealand’s control of the islands […]
As the self-titled tangata tiriti party, Chlöe Swarbrick says it makes sense to formalise a working relationship with Te Pāti Māori
RNZ
"The 60s have called Simeon Brown and they want their transport plan back," a critic of the government's shake-up says.
Newshub
The Government announced the reintroduction of interest deductibility on Sunday.
RNZ
National promised ACT landlords' tax breaks would be backdated - but that's not how it's worked out.
NZ Herald
As Education Minister, Chris Hipkins considered banning sugary drinks in schools to combat obesity and poor dental health, but Labour deferred work on the...
RNZ
Landlords will once again be able to claim tax deductions for interest on residential investment property from the start of next month, David Seymour says.
The Auckland Central MP replaces James Shaw as party co-leader alongside Marama Davidson.
Newshub
"It is inconsistent with the bank's single mandate to focus on price stability."
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At the Treasury building, just a stone’s throw from the Beehive in central Wellington, hundreds of public servants would usually be under extreme pressure and working all-hours to finish the May 30 Budget.
About $165 million went on consultants and contractors for two projects alone, project that have now been canned.
RNZ
Analysis - Christopher Luxon gets a roasting, when is a tax not a tax, and there's another debacle, Peter Wilson writes.
RNZ
Labour's health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall is responding to the government's announcement of "five major health targets" earlier today.
Newshub
It's not good news for either of the major parties.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says the coalition Government’s 100-day plan will create more trauma and inter-generational harm for Māori. The 100 days is up today, and the Government has put an unprecedented volume of legislation through under urgency, with […]
‘We've got to get over the stone throwing from this government to that government’
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It comes after RNZ reported some students are getting big handouts from their parents, while also getting a student allowance.
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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says there is no Māori voice on the Government’s housing committees. The previous Labour Government had a dedicated associate minister for Māori housing and earmarked almost a billon dollars for Māori initiatives. Mr Waititi […]
RNZ
The Infrastructure Minister is not ruling out new mines being approved on DOC estates.
RNZ
The legislation is being labelled an anti-environment approach that'lll make NZ a "banana republic" - but businesses groups, unsurprisingly, are all for it.
The Government's move to prohibit gang patches in public places would be inconsistent with the rights to expression, association and peaceful assembly, a report by the Attorney-General Judith Collins has found.
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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