Prime Minister said it was "clown show economics" and an "absolute circus", while the Deputy Prime Minister held up a printed copy of the hammer and sickle symbol.
Wai 3470 – the Regulatory Standards Bill Urgent Inquiry hearing was initiated by the Waitangi Tribunal after the government authorised the bill’s introduction to the House
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School attendance efforts will get a $140 million boost over four years in Budget 2025, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. Most of this funding...
RNZ
Simeon Brown was warned of serious risks about outsourcing of surgeries to private hospitals, but his office withheld most of the information.
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National talked down the administration burden of its flagship policy during the election.
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The ACC Minister has expressed his “disappointment” in ACC over its latest admitted failings, this time over how a senior manager’s conflict of interest was managed, as an ACC insider describes the organisation as being “in crisis”.
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The Waitangi Tribunal will hold an urgent hearing today on a piece of legislation fierce critics have described as “dangerous” and akin to the recently...
Police officials have previously warned that the November target looked shaky.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has accused Labour of “outright lies” over claims from the opposition about changes the Government has made to the pay...
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In July, taxpayer funds will top up MPs' pay by $669,100, despite the tight fiscal environment that's led to some big Budget trade-offs.
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'Proficiency in maths is such an important foundation of success in life,' Stanford says.
NZ Herald
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has suggested that the target of bolstering New Zealand’s police force with 500 extra officers by the end of November is...
The change was announced last Tuesday morning, introduced in Parliament a few hours later, and passed by Wednesday evening.
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The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment thought the Government could hamstring NZ's research capability by ignoring the advice it commissioned.
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Act leader David Seymour says the tribunal has gone well beyond its brief.
RNZ
Industry groups helped develop several initiatives about alcohol harm - including one on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
RNZ
Nationwide protests are taking place today in response to the government's controversial pay equity law change.
NZ Herald
Act minister Brooke van Velden and several National MPs will face protests tomorrow as anger from union members grows after the Government’s changes to pay...
RNZ
Officials warned ministers of 'legal risks' if the government talked about its intentions to make changes to pay equity laws ahead of the new legislation being passed.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says New Zealand "has been living beyond its means" ahead of the Budget later this month, which is expected to be tight after the finance minister cut about $1 billion from the operating allowance.
RNZ
More than half a billion dollars has now been spent on an axed project meant to deliver two inter-island ferries.
RNZ
Defence is one of the few sectors getting new money in the upcoming Budget.
It comes days after an urgent Waitangi Tribunal claim regarding the Bill was accepted, with claimants saying the Bill - if enacted - would breach Te Tiriti and cause significant prejudice to Māori.
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After initially arguing in favour of need-based interventions for Māori and Pasifika workers, a Crown entity has now changed course after complaints from a coalition partner and a ministerial intervention
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Act will not support a National Party member’s bill banning social media for under-16s , killing the Prime Minister’s hope for the bill to be adopted by the...
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