Collected stories - 1 December 2022 to 28 February 2023
Newshub
"We've spent the last year trying to get workers in the country and it's taken months and months and months."
Newsroom
National has missed so many opportunities to set the year's political agenda. The only policy proposals from the centre-right are from its coalition partner-in-waiting, ACT, says @honpeterdunne
Newsroom
Council advised disastrous one-two punch should provoke a rethink about how important transport infrastructure like bridges are built.
Newshub
Regulation is just one possible step in the reconstruction.
Newshub
Other officials are more optimistic about when power will be restored.
Newshub
Watch the full interview here.
Stuff
The Government's formal apology in 2002 was delivered in Mandarin, a language that poll tax payers and their descendants did not speak.
Chris Hipkins has managed to return to Wellington after being stuck in Auckland.
Act deputy leader Brooke Van Velden said you 'can't suspend democracy because of weather'.
RNZ
The cyclone has also disrupted what was supposed to be Parliament's first sitting week of 2023.
RNZ
With six regions declaring local states of emergency as they respond to Cyclone Gabrielle's fury, the government has National's full backing, leader Christopher Luxon says.
Newsroom
The Prime Minister and Opposition leader took different factors and advice into account when deciding whether to be in Auckland when Cyclone Gabrielle hit. Chris Hipkins made the smarter political move, writes political editor Jo Moir
RNZ
National and Labour are neck-and-neck in the latest poll from The Taxpayers Union/Curia, but National and ACT would still be able to form a government on its numbers.
Newsroom
How do the proposed budget cuts to council services stack up when the climate emergency has truly touched ground in Auckland?
E-Tangata
“As much as we may wish to point the finger solely at the Crown and call all of this yet another example of colonial mal-intent, these empty and part-gestures still depend on Māori endorsement to be effective.” — Tina Ngata.
Stuff
A new poll shows the Labour Party leading National, but the Māori Party could be the decisive factor if the election were held tomorrow.
Democracy Project
This week’s bonfire of policy was also a bonfire of cash. The Hipkins-led Government finally ditched the RNZ-TVNZ media merger, but only after wasting about $23m on consultants to design the failed project. Other ditched policies also incurred millions of dollars in business consultancy fees. Muc
RNZ
Analysis - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announces the government's awaited policy reset and meets his Australian counterpart in Canberra, while politicians tone down their Waitangi speeches and the weekend passes peacefully.
NZ Herald
Anger and sadness linger in some as protesters gather to remember, one year on.
Newsroom
Cantakerous, cranky and communicatively challenged - our politicians turned out all varieties of sub-par this week. James Elliott breaks it down.
ZB
Today on The Huddle, Nick Leggett, Chief Executive of Transporting NZ and Neale Jones from PR firm Capital joined in on a discussion about the following to
NZ Herald
Leaders defend their records on climate change and trade barbs over a lack of ideas.
Newsroom
When the rubber hits the road, Chris Hipkins has shown he'd rather keep petrol cheap and carbon intensive than fight climate change, says @marcdaalder
RNZ
"There's an argument about whether money is wasted or money is spent," the finance minister told Morning Report.
Māori Television
Te Pāti Māori says a 'transformative' defence and foreign affairs policy, will see it vote against any forms of overseas military support, by New Zealand...
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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