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RNZ
The government has been slammed for its "underwhelming" Public Housing Plan, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is backing its record.
Bassett,Brash&Hide
Both National-led and Labour-led Governments have failed in too many important policy areas. They’ve failed to make the slightest impact on improving New Zealand’s lousy productivity growth record. They’ve failed to deal with entrenched welfare dependency. They’ve failed to arrest a gradual decline in our education
Stuff
OPINION: Labour has set a road map for when it will start trying to slow the runaway housing market, but no decisions have been made yet.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: 'They saw the terror in your eyes' — no politicians to face up to the first official clipping of the year on the old Rātana farm.
RNZ
With criticism piling on over the property market, the prime minister has detailed when the government will make housing announcements.
NZ Herald
Jacinda Ardern says the whole world wants a more settled United States.
Stuff
The January edition of View focuses on the prime minister and NZ's Covid-19 response.
Newsroom
A new plan shows how and where the Government will build 8,000 new state housing places it funded in Budget 2020.
RNZ
Labour has put the focus on public housing ahead of its MPs' annual retreat, unveiling details of where 8000 promised homes will be built.
Stuff
OPINION: The PM's the Eva Peron of New Zealand politics: warm, caring, kind. But where's her vision, her bold strategy for the country?
1 NEWS
There are 22,409 applicants on the public housing wait list.
Newsroom
In the past year, four provincial centres have seen their average house value crack the $500,000 mark and house prices in Tauranga jumped 10 percent since September.
Newsroom
Politicians are no longer welcome at the Rātana Church's annual birthday celebrations at the tiny settlement near Whanganui.
1 NEWS
Jacinda Ardern is back at the office this week and took time to talk about the much-awaited Covid-19 vaccine.
The Spinoff
With new strains of Covid-19 bearing down on our shores, Pattrick Smellie of BusinessDesk looks at the challenges 2021 has in store, and what can be done to prepare. In the three weeks that New Zealanders have been at the beach and ignoring Covid tracer app sign-ins, the threat of Covid-19 has gr
Newshub
"The global pandemic alert system is not fit for purpose."
Newsroom
Government needs to do more to keep the laws governing Kiwis online safety relevant and effective.
RNZ
Training to administer vaccines should start next month, with up to 3000 more healthcare staff needed. But there are fears some people won't accept the jab, and it's them a government campaign will target.
The Standard
A new political blog has appeared. But rather than involving a fresh presentation of new ideas in an attempt to engender debate this blog has three tired old has beens who are well past their use by date engage in some climate change denial and race baiting.
RNZ
Plumbing, electrical and glass suppliers are all reporting difficulties getting their hands on basic materials because supply lines had been stretched by the pandemic.
RNZ
Covid cases in the Northern Marianas have reached 129 after a passenger was identified through travel screening and testing upon arrival.
RNZ
Another 2500 houses may be built in Dunedin to cater for the growing population if proposed planning changes are given a green light.
The Spinoff
Despite a popular and unifying leader of the governing party, divisions both in policy and culture will test the progressive movement, writes Peter McKenzie. 'I think we’re confused.” Marlon Drake is an organiser for the Living Wage Movement. His job takes him all over Wellington, trying to convi
The Spinoff
The current number of members of parliament is starting to get too low for the job we expect them to do, argues Alex Braae. As a general rule, with the possible exception of their families, nobody likes backbench MPs. But it’s nevertheless time we accepted that parliament should have more of the
RNZ
Some families in emergency housing are reporting their children are becoming emotionally distressed because of their living conditions.
RNZ Summer
2020 was a punishing and relentless year in politics, both abroad and at home. We take a look back at the ‘unprecedented’ year.
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