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RNZ
Civil Defence leaders have traded blows over who should have been calling the shots on Northland's tsunami evacuation alerts, and the national body has admitted acting too slow.
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Kris Faafoi has eased the restrictions for health professionals, allowing centres to offer jobs to overseas workers.
Newshub
China is moving to further undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, they say.
the Guardian
New species of wētā, a giant flightless cricket, is seen as ‘reflecting traits’ of Jacinda Ardern
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The Prime Minister has done herself a major disservice, says columnist John Armstrong.
Stuff
OPINION: The moment the gas comes off, Ardern and her ministers don't just move down a gear, they park the car.
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National's Chris Bishop and Andersen were involved in an awkward encounter outside her Petone office.
Newshub
National MP Christopher Luxon was one of 15 MPs to vote against the legislation.
Newshub
"I think the wider public will appreciate that we've tried to get everything lined up in order to move as quickly as we can."
RNZ
New Zealand needs to send representatives into detention centres in Australia and they would see the brutal way detainees are treated, an advocate says.
RNZ
The Royal Commission report into the mosque shootings recommended the government should direct the ACC to support witnesses, but the government won't be changing the law, Andrew Little says.
Opinion: When it comes to surveillance, police say they're damned if they do and damned if they don't. Gehan Gunasekara writes how police can build the publicâs trust.
Pundit
Social philosophy in New Zealand is muddled and incomplete.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
Too Hot: Hearing that the Prime Minister has decided to discontinue her weekly interview with Newstalk-ZB’s breakfast host, Mike Hosking, m...
Stuff
National is irked that even though Cabinet decided about a change to the level on Thursday, it won't be announced until later today.
RNZ
Mike Hosking's made the most of Jacinda Ardern's decision to ditch him - spinning it as her running for the hills. But what gave him unfettered access in the first place, and did he abuse the privilege?
the Guardian
New Zealand foreign affairs minister Nanaia Mahuta says Dutton’s remarks ‘only serve to trash his own reputation’
www.politik.co.nz
By Richard Harman - March 11, 2021
RNZ
The government is defending the law governing returning terror suspects as tough enough, even though it gives law enforcement no power to detain someone at the border.
Stuff
Doctors shortage and growing demand is so bad a pregnant woman in a new city couldn't find a GP to enrol with for five months.
RNZ
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he's happy for two-way trans-Tasman travel as soon as the New Zealand government is ready.
RNZ
The National Party leader says a review into the party's crushing election loss and first three years in opposition is a party board document, and the fact that MPs can read it is a "good concession" to them by the board.
Newsroom
The Government's investigation into a pumped hydroelectric scheme to chart the way to 100 percent renewable electricity will take at least a year longer than anticipated.
The Spinoff
Time to cancel the culture war. The opposition is better when it's focused on the hard yards of asking questions, following leads, and tugging on the loose threads, writes Ben Thomas. New Zealand has long been a taker of American culture. Even as shipping routes have dried up during the pandemic,
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