Collected stories - 1 March 2023 to 31 May 2023
Stuff
Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer performed an unapproved waiata for former Labour MP Meka Whaitiri’s return to Parliament.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
We will not be silenced.
RNZ
Chris Hipkins says he still has not heard from former Labour minister Meka Whaitiri who defected to Te Pāti Māori last week, but he is focused on moving on.
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Coming Home: Very few commentators were willing to call Chris Hipkins’ decisions what any reasonable observer could hardly avoid calling th...
Newsroom
Labour’s Māori caucus MPs have invited Meka Whaitiri to meet with them at Parliament this week. The former Labour minister intends to make a personal statement in the House on Tuesday from Te Pāti Māori’s front bench seat, writes political editor Jo Moir.
In the UK, he's been attracting media attention for his love for sausage rolls. Back home, the headlines aren't quite as fun.
Newsroom
Official advice sheds light on a long-suspected loophole, in which the Government proactively releases material with redactions so it can circumvent freedom of information laws.
Newshub
"The largest pay increase to our hardworking Defence Force personnel in decades."
Stuff
Teachers across the country will strike again this week, despite a last minute offer from the Ministry of Education.
Newshub
Here they are.
RNZ has released two comments made by the Cabinet Minister at the farewell for her partner where she urged the public broadcaster to have a look at its culture.
RNZ
Power Play - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will be travelling back to New Zealand feeling grateful for sausage rolls.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Parliament’s cross-benches are filling up, with list MP Elizabeth Kerekere quitting the Green Party on Friday evening. Dr Kerekere told the party she intends to sit as an independent MP until the October election, when she will retire. She could […]
Newshub
But Hipkins admits, "from time to time, there will be things that crop up".
NZ Herald
The Government will announce a Budget boost for defence today.
Māori Television
Source / File Willie Jackson maintains his colleagues in Labour's Māori caucus are "traumatised" by Meka Whaitiri's defection to Te Pāti Māori and says he...
NZ Herald
Members are processing the MP's decision to quit.
Newsroom
While the Kerekere drama may be allowed to fade from the headlines, the identity crisis at the centre of the Green Party is no closer to being settled.
Newshub
"That should have been her focus, not personal ambition."
The Immigration Minister and top officials, including acting Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni, attended a public meeting this morning.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Dr Elizabeth Kerekere resigns from Te Pāti Kākāriki and will remain in Parliament as an Independent MP.
RNZ
A meeting has been held in Auckland between the government and those who lived through dawn raids past and present.
RNZ
Environmental lobby group Kiwis Against Seabed Mining has panned the government's decision to set up an inquiry into the controversial practice, while mining company Trans-Tasman Resources has welcomed the move.
Stuff
Denying she called Chloe Swarbrick a "crybaby", Green MP hits out at co-leaders Marama Davidson and James Shaw. Then she resigned.
Newshub
"I'm hugely disappointed that Labour is proposing such weak action."
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.
RNZ
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.
The Conversation
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.
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