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Stuff reports: The man who sued Speaker Trevor Mallard over a “rape” comment has an ongoing employment case against Parliamentary Service, it has been revealed. Having had the Speaker settle a defa…
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"Increases to the minimum wage can also promote productivity, which is good for businesses too."
RNZ
Business deposits have boomed and borrowing has dropped according to latest Reserve Bank figures - strengthening calls for more wage subsidies to be repaid. Today retirement villages Summerset and Ryman both announced they are paying back the millions they took - citing improved economic outlooks. It comes as figures released to Checkpoint show business bank deposits are up more than $17 billion on the same time last year. Critics say that's because the rich are getting richer - and companies which are making bumper profits need to rethink their wage subsidy take. Nita Blake-Persen reports.
RNZ
Opinion - "Show me the money!" became popular from 1996's Jerry Maguire but the Royal Commission into abuse has been more about "show me the data!", David Cohen writes.
RNZ
Māori in particular have been victimised in institutions but a lack of data and the release of an interim report means in-depth analysis will not be done by the Royal Commission, an expert says.
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"I'm here today because I believe deeply in parliamentary accountability and transparency."
NZ Herald
The Government says a six-year cut-off for complaints against the state could be scrapped.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Looking beyond the better-than-expected forecasts, next year remains full of economic challenges, not least of which is housing.
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Chris Bishop claimed it would have saved the taxpayer “the best part of $330,000” if Trevor Mallard had cleared it up sooner.
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Trevor Mallard is appearing before the Governance and Administration Select Committee.
Newsroom
Te Paati Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi started off the term with clashes with the Speaker and a bit of interior redecorating.
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The National leader says Mallard should resign after incorrectly accusing a parliamentary staffer of rape.
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By Richard Harman - December 16, 2020
Stuff
OPINION: Labour's supermajority will weaken the institution of Parliament unless urgent changes are made.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Public BIMs are not unambiguously good: they range from concise advice to statements of the obvious to self-serving jargon.
Stuff
Across many briefings to new ministers was a consistent request - more money to deal with cost shortfalls following Covid-19.
Stuff
Ahead of the release of the first reports of the royal commission into abuse in state care, a survivor describes a childhood that officially does not seem to exist.
Wellington Region Innovation Network
“If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” Albert Einstein
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The system needs changing, Justice Minister Kris Faafoi told by his officials
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Follow as we look into what new Government ministers have been told about the state of their departments in one of the biggest document releases of the year.
Stuff
OPINION: If a Blue-Green party were ever going to succeed, it would have done so this year, with climate change now a pressing reality and National in chaos.
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"Greta Thunberg is essentially pointing out what we already know."
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"My view is, and obviously he agrees, he has made a mistake," Ardern said.
RNZ
Grainne Moss is speaking to media after appearing before the Waitangi Tribunal as chief executive of Oranga Tamariki.
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In 1863, Māori were forced off their land at Ihumātao. Today, its future is still uncertain. Here's how we got here.