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Kindergarten teachers say this week's strike will be the first time they have joined their primary and secondary colleagues in walking off the job.
Collected stories - 1 March 2023 to 31 May 2023
Kindergarten teachers say this week's strike will be the first time they have joined their primary and secondary colleagues in walking off the job. Keep Reading
Figures from the National Party show there were 292 retail crime incidents every day in 2022. Keep Reading
The prime minister defended co-governance of water assets on Q+A, but said decisions are yet to be made on the arrangement's future. Keep Reading
It's the first time the celebration of the rainbow community has been held since 2021. Keep Reading
Speaking on Q+A, the Prime Minister said he didn't have official advice to back this view. His own ministers said it would lead to a "significant" emissions increase. Keep Reading
It comes after the organisation released numbers that showed emergency department wait times as being much shorter than they actually were. Keep Reading
Disaster has given opportunity to show decisive leadership but issues raised by climate change could be a political landmine Keep Reading
She beat out Camilla Belich, who was considered the favourite of the party establishment but wasn't a local of the electorate. Keep Reading
After a tumultuous week, Ayesha Verrall sat down for an extended interview with Newshub Nation. Keep Reading
Consultants and contractors are a favourite punching bag for opposition parties - of all colours - and National is just the latest to land a solid blow, leaving Labour off-balance. The numbers show public service spending on consultants and contractors has recently surged, and the prime minister has largely left it to the sector's watchdog to defend that. In this week's Focus on Politics Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch drills into the public service consultant and contractor numbers, the policies and politics. Keep Reading
Political parties are falling over themselves to provide solutions to our truancy rates. Aaron Hendry explains why we need to move away from viewing schools as simply educational institutions - and how. Keep Reading
Newshub reports: The Health Minister is in another political neutrality mess after Te Whatu Ora paid for a puff profile of her in a southern newsletter. Dr Ayesha Verrall - who sacked the chair of Te Whatu Ora last week for not being politically neutral - has called the piece an "inappropriate use of public Keep Reading
ANALYSIS: In one short week politics went back to normal, while also doing a bit of time-travel back to late last year. Keep Reading
PM doesn't expect there will need to be a law change to allow police to continue to photograph and take fingerprints of young people, after fierce criticism. Keep Reading
OPINION: What’s problematic for the Prime Minister is that he ferociously opposed National’s use of consultants while Labour was in Opposition, only to see enormous increases in consultancy invoices. Keep Reading
But they say it's not all black and white as the issue becomes a hot button topic for this year's election, with National pledging to make big spending cuts. Keep Reading
The Health Minister has ordered an advertisement she features in to be taken down, following questioning from National. Keep Reading
The Health Minister sits down for a chat with the NZ Herald's Thomas Coughlan. Keep Reading
But he said it will "happen from time to time". Keep Reading
Friday means Morning Report's weekly political panel. This week Newshub's Political Editor Jenna Lynch, joined RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson. Keep Reading
Te Whatu Ora to re-investigate whether community nurses are missing out. Keep Reading
To recapture the momentum it lost through its summer silence, National must now complement its childcare tax rebate policy with more announcements over coming weeks, says @honpeterdunne Keep Reading
Labour has regained the lead in the Taxpayers' Union political poll for the first time since March last year – but it wouldn’t have enough MPs to form a... Keep Reading
Watercare has bolstered Labour's Three Waters argument. Keep Reading
Labour has overtaken National in the latest Taxpayers Union-Curia poll but would be unable to form a government on the numbers. Keep Reading
Your voice is important and you can help shape the outcome for all New Zealanders by putting your views before Parliament. Be sure to have your say so Parliament is better informed. Keep Reading
Parliament changed a long-standing rule this week and will now leave the counting of votes to the experts. It turns out MPs just aren’t that good at counting. Keep Reading
As she prepares to deliver of her valedictory statement to parliament, Jacinda Ardern will be remembered as an outstanding prime minister – though perhaps not for reasons of her own choosing. Keep Reading
Latest collected news stories and opinion articles on the current New Zealand political scene. Keep Reading
Latest collected news stories and opinion articles on the anti virus mandate occupation protests in Wellington. Keep Reading
Collected notifications and news from Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle Keep Reading