Collected stories - 1 June to 31 August 2022
Stuff
The iwi says Crown reps have been “disingenuous” in trying to avoid paying a lump sum for damages - in the region of $18m - as part of its treaty settlement.
RNZ
Workers and employers took up predictable positions over legislation to usher in Fair Pay Agreements now being scrutinised in Parliament. A concerted campaign to have them declared illegitimate has been labeled as ‘misinformation’ by critics - and it’s given the media a problem too.
Stuff
As next year's election approaches, political parties are beginning to fill their war chests.
Stuff
OPINION: The NZ First trial is a fascinating window into a web of privileged access.
Sam Uffindell of the National Party is Tauranga's new MP.
RNZ
National's Sam Uffindell has easily won the Tauranga parliamentary by-election for Simon Bridges' former seat.
Newshub
But Health Minister Andrew Little says it's not that simple and we need to look at system capacity.
National has extended its lead over Labour in the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll, scoring 37.4 per cent, up 0.6 points from last month's poll....
Newshub
Anthony Albanese, Fumio Kishida and Yoon Suk-yeol have already accepted the invitation.
Māori Television
Photo / File Peeni Henare is happy with how he has looked after the Pacific in the two years he has been NZ's Defence Minister, despite the Solomon Islands'...
Stuff
OPINION: "There’s a sense [Ardern's] not getting on with the business that more than half of Kiwi voters brought her to power on ..."
Newsroom
Awful, awful and awful - punters had some choice words for those shuffled around and right out of the parliamentary deck this week.
RNZ
Tauranga's by-election candidates are split on how to tackle the city's crime.
NZ Herald
The poll points to a mood for change.
RNZ
Trevor Mallard is calling time on his parliamentary career. What's he achieved as Speaker of the House of Representatives?
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Labour's total grip on the Government appears set to end in the 2023 election, as voters restore the National Party to a level of support it enjoyed when Covid-19 was a faraway concern.
RNZ
The review found the fund created over 8400 job and while minister Stuart Nash said it "built communities", he also admitted there were flaws.
Stuff
What will the surprise fall in economic activity mean for interest rates and is a recession around the corner?
Penny Wong promised Australia and New Zealand would work together on Pacific issues.
Total exports fell by 14.3% while overall GDP numbers fell by 0.2%.
Newshub
"The Prime Minister is going to great lengths to say it's all global headwinds but that's just spin."
Stuff
March-quarter gross domestic product figures are billed to show the impacts of the war in Ukraine and record-high inflation.
Stuff
OPINION: "It’s impossible for opponents to imagine a Māori MP could act in the national interest. There must be an agenda to secretly empower Māori."
Newsroom
Does society care enough about the poorest children to pay the around $500 million per annum required to significantly reduce child poverty?
RNZ
A damning independent review found ACC's privacy culture was poor, its policies outdated and its staff not well informed.
It's a highly politicised term, but what does it actually mean?
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