NZ group STILL Minding the Gap urges women to invoice PM Luxon for wages lost to gender and ethnic pay gaps, pushing mandatory reporting; leaders cite personal inequities and impacts.
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Explosions rocked one of Tehran's main commercial airports, after Israel said it was launching a new wave of strikes on Iran.
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The Prime Minister says he is 'absolutely not' considering standing down after a poll result putting National in the 20s.
"It is not good, is it?" Winston Peters says about the poll results, while Nicola Willis says it's "not a good number".
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Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is “doing a very good job” and will not be going anywhere, as a new poll is expected to show National’s support hovering only slightly above its 2020 election low.
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Jackie Blue says she can't stay by what the government has done to low-paid workers.
NZ Herald
The Taxpayers’ Union is set to release a poll tipped to show the National Party only a couple of points above its disastrous 2020 wipeout. The poll is done...
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David Seymour believes New Zealand could become a “high-value powerhouse” for exporting medicinal cannabis, similar to the success of the country’s wine se
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has criticised the Government after being asked to produce the council’s plans for housing intensification changes in the city, taking aim at the deputy prime minister in particular for “trying to screw [him]”.
NZ Herald
The MP who initiated an inquiry into the harms of social media for young people has disagreed with its recommendations, which include a ban on social media...
RNZ
The government has been accused of scaremongering after Erica Stanford said there were "tens of thousands more" overstayer.
A bill aimed at embedding health targets into the country’s health system is facing strong criticism from Māori health advocates and opposition MPs, who say it weakens Te Tiriti.
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Paul Goldsmith said the chair of the public broadcaster, Andrew Barclay, had raised the story during the call.
RNZ
The Greens say the prime minister "snuck" into the House "late last night" to correct the record.
NZ Herald
Just hours after admitting he “misspoke” when claiming New Zealand would support “any action” to prevent Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon, Christopher Luxon...
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The Labour Party has requested amendments to the Social Security Amendment Bill, a proposed law change that could leave vulnerable people $63 million worse off, while supporting it to the next stage of the law-making process.
NZ Herald
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has doubled down on his criticism that the Treasury engaged in guesswork in calculating the savings produced as a result of the...
The government’s bill to make English an official language of New Zealand has passed its first reading in Parliament, clearing its initial hurdle after heated debate.
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A new bill, introduced quietly this month, will legislate for sweeping governance reforms at the Commerce Commission. Andrew Bevin reports.
NZ Herald
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has labelled New Zealanders “impatient” for electing the Government and expecting it would “wipe away the Labour years and fix...
RNZ
Christopher Luxon has refused to be drawn on whether the coalition fully supports the strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran.
Opposition parties criticise the Government’s stance on Iran strikes, calling for de-escalation, diplomacy and a stronger commitment to international law.
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PM Christopher Luxon has hit back at Helen Clark who called his government’s response to the situation in Iran a “disgrace”.
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