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The Children’s Minister is fighting a summons to appear at the Tribunal, while the Prime Minister is warning his ministers about ‘ill considered’ critiques.
Shane Jones and David Seymour have criticised the tribunal's move to summons Children's Minister Karen Chhour to appear at an Oranga Tamariki inquiry.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says as far as he's concerned the Matariki public holiday is staying.
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Shane Jones said he was looking forward to reforming the tribunal while David Seymour suggested it could be shut down.
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But Luxon said there has been no change in position since when Labour was in government.
NZ Herald
The Government is ending a loan scheme designed to help strengthen earthquake-prone apartments , leaving gobsmacked owners in the lurch. Construction work on...
Newshub
"The simple number of people being hired doesn't mean you get better results."
RNZ
The Tribunal had called on Minister for Children Karen Chhour to provide evidence at an urgent inquiry into the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.
Former Australian foreign minister speaks at Labour Party event to discuss security in the Pacific region.
RNZ
The Māori Law Society says his comments breach the principle of the separation of powers and the Cabinet Manual.
The Education Ministry has proposed axing more than 550 full-time roles.
RNZ
The coalition government got rid of the Māori Health Authority in a hurry. What is it doing now instead?
Crown goes to the High Court to try to prevent the Minister for Children being summonsed to appear before the tribunal.
NZ Herald
Mass job-cutting proposals at the Ministry of Education and children’s ministry Oranga Tamariki would see more than 1000 roles axed from the public sector ,...
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says shutting down Te Aka Whai Ora is a wasted opportunity to reset the entire health system.
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"We want to put people before profits."
Nearly 2500 roles have been cut in the past weeks across the public service as departments try to meet Government mandated cost savings.
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They say the cuts put children in danger.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson says the coalition Government has no plan for media in a state of crisis. Yesterday Stuff swooped in with a deal to produce a 6pm news bulletin for TV3 from July when Warner Brothers-Discovery shuts […]
Newsroom
Albatross are being accidentally caught and killed by New Zealand fishing vessels at a rate 350 percent higher than previously reported, writes Marc Daalder
Almost 2000 jobs across 19 departments have already been disestablished, or will soon be.
RNZ
Not even the MPs supposed to be scrutinising the Fast Track Bill are allowed to know which projects could bypass rules.
The Government is not yet clear on what 'reasonable grounds' landlords will have to provide to deny pets in their properties.
NZ Herald
There’s disbelief the Government is considering a mega tunnel underneath Wellington , that will cost several billion dollars, after axing the Cook Strait...
NZ Herald
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has had a full-on schedule while in Vanuatu - home to what is considered to be the strongest kava in the world. Peters...
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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