RNZ
The product she said could help 7000 people quit smoking has been pulled off shelves because it does not meet regulatory standards.
The Government announced last week that the cost of the development had blown out to $3 billion and savings had to be made.
Minister for Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith will meet formally with Ngāpuhi hapū for the first time today.
RNZ
It's Nicola Willis' passion project, set to be led by a former top cop. Here's what the Social Investment Agency is meant to do.
waateanews.com
Claudette Hauiti Posted On October 1, 2024
October 1 is a hard-working date on the political calendar, with several Government policies beginning and other initiatives ending.
NZ Herald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has marked off his third action plan which was largely focused on law and order – and unveiled a new 43-item to-do list....
RNZ
It will make climate impacts smaller, but also any expected impact on the energy market.
The coalition government will proceed with a ballot to decide who can attend an apology to abuse in care survivors.
NZ Herald
Fossil fuel protesters advocating against the Government’ s proposal to bring back oil and gas exploration have been caught on camera using a megaphone to...
RNZ
The tax cut for some tobacco products will do nothing for the health of Kiwis and is merely a "handout" to the tobacco industry, Labour's Ayesha Verrall says.
NZ Herald
By RNZ A group of Māori academics and health workers are asking the Government to rescind its recent directive for public services to be based on need, not...
RNZ
Despite a long list of problems identified by officials, Casey Costello claimed she had got her own "independent" advice.
He suggests New Zealand could be like England, where independently-run schools dominate the secondary education system.
RNZ
Some 35,000 people turned out to protest on Saturday after ministers announced they would scale back the hospital rebuild project.
Dunedin's two tertiary institutions have come out swinging against the government’s plans to either downscale or ditch the new hospital project. The...
Newsroom
From the University of Otago – Otago: Four experts explain why greater criminalisation of NZ's least-harmful drug is likely to increase harm.
Newsroom
Health professionals pushing Casey Costello to provide evidence that repealing smoke free legislation won’t lead to more harm say she has none
A crowd estimated at up to 35,000 heard speakers slam government misinformation and tell MPs they will be responsible for deaths caused by a...
Simeon Brown said the previous government's speed limit reductions slowed Kiwis and the economy down.
Underfunding, cost cutting, and staffing freezes are just some of the issues protesters are marching against today.
Newsroom
The fisheries minister has met with the iwi-owned Waitangi fisheries commission in a last-ditch bid to break a courtroom stalemate. Newsroom expects commercial fishers will be allowed to catch 1000 tonnes more snapper from next week, but endangered orange roughy will be cut by 1200 tonnes. Jonathan Milne reports.
Newsroom
NZ has wrapped up its fastest ever trade deal – but while the Government is celebrating the news, others say we have sacrificed our standards for speed.
waateanews.com
Gideon Porter Posted On September 27, 2024
RNZ
The House - A new bill would remove governments' power to determine funding levels for Parliament, the body that scrutinises its performance.
"It was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong," Christopher Luxon said.
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