Collected stories - 1 December 2022 to 28 February 2023
Democracy Project
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ policy bonfire yesterday is exactly what the Labour Government needed to do. It sends the most powerful signal yet that with Jacinda Ardern’s departure, a new direction is being embarked upon – one that is less concerned with ideological pet projects, and more about del
The Standard
Chris Hipkins has announced the great policy reset and there are no surprises.
Newshub
The Prime Minister has ditched a raft of unpopular Government policies.
Newsroom
Chris Hipkins’ policy purge gives far more insight into how he will govern than the reshuffle he announced last week. Hate speech, biofuels, the media merger and social insurance have been dumped in the worthy, but not important bin, writes political editor Jo Moir.
RNZ
Businesses and unions have found themselves celebrating and criticising the government's first round of reprioritisation measures - for opposite reasons.
RNZ
Businesses which face closure or a significant impact on their operations since the floods can draw on a new fund, the prime minister says.
Stuff
A crowd packed the Rangiora Town Hall to listen to Christopher Luxon. It wasn't a lovefest with the party faithful however.
However, a student union leader says the increase won't have enough impact.
Newshub
Here's how parties reacted.
Newshub
Here's what we know.
RNZ
The PM has confirmed what pundits have predicted for weeks: the plan for a public media entity has been scrapped – before they even settled on a name for it. It’s the second time in five years Labour’s backed away from its public media policy, leaving RNZ and TVNZ in limbo again.
RNZ
Chris Hipkins says the mechanism already exists through the existing Treaty settlement process.
NZ Herald
People can access temporary accommodation while their house is repaired.
Pundit
At Chris Hipkins’ first post-cabinet press conference as PM we got introduced to the new language of Chipp-ese. So reading between the lines, what did his words really mean?
Democracy Project
In recent decades the Labour Party has lost its traditional connection with working class voters, becoming more of a middle class party of liberalism. This is especially true of Labour’s historic connection with working class Māori. This is a constituency that the party used to monopolise. But ev
werewolf.co.nz
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Newshub
Christine Fletcher wants a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the underlying infrastructure issues revealed by the floods.
NZ Herald
The last Prime Minister to speak with Mike Hosking was Jacinda Ardern in 2021, but now Chris Hipkins joins the show Wednesday morning. Video / Newstalk ZB
A year ago, protesters covered almost every inch of the grounds with tents and stalls while vehicles clogged the surrounding streets for nearly a month.
RNZ
ACT leader David Seymour has delivered a speech painting National and Labour as two sides of the same coin, and calling co-governance a "culture war".
NZ Herald
David Seymour has used his first speech of the year to say Govt. judges NZers by race.
Democracy Project
Chris Hipkins has become New Zealand’s 41st prime minister following Ardern’s unexpected resignation—perhaps the bold and unpredictable move Labour needed to improve its election chances. Just six days into his premiership and Labour had its first lead over National in thirteen weeks. National has h
Newshub
Meanwhile, Christopher Luxon was absent from the morning's dawn service.
NZ Herald
Requests to skirt politics brought awkwardness and eloquence.
NZ Herald
Former Police Commissioner Mike Bush has been appointed to head the review.
RNZ
Jacinda Ardern left office as the most internationally renowned New Zealand political leader in a generation. She was admired for her unique leadership style. She wielded power with unmatched rhetorical skill. But Ardern ultimately did not achieve many of the lofty goals she asked to be judged on. She gave up - in her words - the “chance to change everything”.
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