Collected stories - 1 June to 31 August 2022
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Members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters' Union will start strike action on Monday morning in their fight for reasonable wages and safer workin
Stuff
OPINION: Be wary of tough-talking politicians - hardline policies bring their own problems and injustices.
Stuff
OPINION: Labour’s recent social media attack on Christopher Luxon is a sure sign they are worried enough about their current position to risk going negative. But is this wise?
RNZ
Opinion - The government is pressing forward with its plans to redefine how three waters infrastructure is operated in New Zealand through centralisation, but a faction of district councils, including Ashburton, are trying to stop it in its trac...
Stuff
Traditional National Party allies say its new gang policy is pro-censorship and simply unenforceable.
Newshub
"After five years, Labour is taking New Zealand and New Zealanders in the wrong direction."
Newsroom
Business leaders have been accused by the workplace relations minister of bringing a “vexatious” case against Fair Pay Agreements to the International Labour Organisation, which has given the green light to the flagship reform, writes Rebecca Macfie
todayfm.co.nz
There are calls for mental health and wellbeing to become top priorities in the soon-to-be restructured health system
RNZ
The National Party is proposing four steps to give police new powers to tackle the gang problem.
National's leader is speaking to media after making a speech at the party's northern regional conference about gangs.
Democracy Project
The New Zealand First donations scandal trial began in the High Court this week. And it’s already showing why the political finance laws in this country need a significant overhaul. The trial is the outcome of a high-profile scandal that unfolded in the 2020 election year, when documents were mad
Stuff
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised more work will be done on the issue of New Zealanders living in Australia
Stuff
OPINION: Of the top 20 issues worrying Kiwis, National was viewed as a more capable manager than Labour for eight of them.
the Guardian
Jacinda Ardern welcomes ‘reset’ in trans-Tasman relationship after years of tension over visa cancellations on character grounds
RNZ
Australian PM Anthony Albanese might not be committing to a change to the country's deportation policies, but Jacinda Ardern says significant steps are being taken.
Newshub
Watch it here.
Stuff
Jacinda Ardern is in Australia for one day of talks with the new PM Anthony Albanese, and is the first foreign leader to be hosted by the new Australian government.
Newshub
Watch the exchange here.
todayfm.co.nz
Lloyd discusses the potential complications surrounding New Zealand's current political structure.
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will sit down with her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese today for their first formal talks since his election.
Democracy Project
New Zealand may have finally jumped off its foreign policy tightrope act between China and the US. Last week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern effectively chose sides, leaping into the arms of the US, at the expense of the country’s crucial relationship with China. That’s the growing consensus among
Stuff
OPINION: With the heat and noise of the Parliament protests largely gone, can the groups involved hope to translate it into electoral relevance?
Stuff
OPINION: After a successful trip to the US, arriving home was all bad news for the PM: cost of living concerns, gang warfare and terrorised neighbourhoods.
Stuff
OPINION: Laws were over-ridden, dissenters vilified, society divided and people radicalised. Can we do better?
Newshub
He's just been overseas with Judith Collins, who shared a video of her with cow
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