Collected stories - 1 June to 31 August 2022
The Standard
This morning on Morning Report Christopher Luxon was well and truly Susied as Susie Ferguson asked him how can we have tax cuts yet improved public services.
RNZ
Hipkins said he has written to the New Zealand journalist apologising for errors in comments he made earlier this year and for the inclusion of personal information.
Newshub
Immigration NZ has not told its education counterparts about the immigration influx.
RNZ
The new Police Minister acknowledges crime statistics will be a partial measure of whether he's making a difference in the job. Chris Hipkins has taken over from Poto Williams who was moved on following heavy criticism from the opposition and a flare-up in gang violence and youth-driven ram raids in Auckland. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the narrative around the portfolio had become distracting. "With all of these things there's always a bit of a bit of backwards and forwards with the PM, when she's considering a reshuffle. But police is something that I do feel quite strongly about," Hipkins told Checkpoint.
The Finance Minister says it's been a tough few months.
RNZ
The health minister is "dreaming" if he thinks the health system is not in crisis, his National Party counterpart Shane Reti says.
Building Minister Megan Woods has been holding crisis meetings in recent weeks as builders continue to struggle to access plasterboard products.
RNZ
The NZ First fraud trial hears why an ex-president quit after refusing to sign off accounts, citing party practices that were against his moral and business values, Tim Murphy writes.
RNZ
The government is considering offering free flu vaccinations to more people, Health Minister Andrew Little says, as hospitals struggle with winter illnesses and staff shortages.
Newsroom
The NZ First fraud trial hears why an ex president quit after refusing to sign off accounts, citing party practices that were against his moral and business values
Newshub
It comes after a spate of gang shootings.
Newshub
They say they aren't the long-term solution to the staffing crisis.
RNZ
Four years after Waka Kotahi was slammed for not doing its job of keeping roads safe, a core unit of it has been labelled so ineffective it is being pulled apart.
Stuff
A state abuse survivor says the Government's push to implement the Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill is nothing short of insulting.
Newshub
"Some quite serious concerns have been raised around whether or not that is the case for the school in question."
NZ Herald
Jacinda Ardern will fly to Europe on Sunday to talk war and trade.
The Prime Minister leaves this weekend for trade, tourism and foreign policy trips in Europe and then Australia.
RNZ
Opinion - Jacinda Ardern's decision to attend the NATO summit in Spain but skip the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda symbolises the changes she is making to New Zealand foreign policy.
Adrian Rurawhe says he's bringing a fresh perspective into the role of Speaker.
The Standard
What started out as an ego driven campaign is now developing into full blown Trumism as Leo Molloy thrashes around attempting to court attention in the belief, Trump like, that it will convert into political support.
Newshub
"I just am personally finding it really tiring day in, day out with the demand."
Stuff
Proposed new rules would make parties upfront about who is contributing to their election war chests - but the National Party objects.
Stuff
OPINION: Refugees settled in New Zealand have embraced their new home, but families remain divided. The solution is with the Government.
Newshub
Allan also wanted to prioritise violent crime, and was asking officials to give her an overview of what was being done to curb crime.
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