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Improving the health system is the most important issue for voters, a new poll from Horizons Research suggests, with the majority of respondents wanting the National-led coalition government to take action this year.
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A change in direction at Whānau Ora has drawn the ire of agencies, which are set to lose their long-held positions as commissioning bodies and say up to 1000 jobs could be lost.
The proposed first stage between Warkworth and Te Hana is a 26km-long four-lane road built to expressway standard and includes an 850m-long twin-bore tunnel in the Dome Valley.
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Labour has overtaken National in the latest Taxpayers Union-Curia poll , with Chris Hipkins also pipping Christopher Luxon in the preferred Prime Minister...
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Labour says the resignations of mental health leaders raises questions about the Government's ability to deliver the services Kiwis need.
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More voters feel negatively about the coalition Government and more than a third of New Zealand First voters feel disappointed, a Horizon Research poll suggests.
Health minister Simeon Brown has confirmed he's seeking advice and considering implementing a new health target around GP wait-times.
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Simeon Brown is proposing greater reliance on private hospitals to reduce the backlog for elective surgery.
It comes as Finland's ambassador tells Winston Peters shipyards from his country are very interested in the contract.
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Some are milking once-a-day and sending stock to the works early.
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New Zealand's Green Party is launching a petition asking the Government to extend visa-free travel to visitors from Pacific Island nations.
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Some of the world’s largest banks and investment firms will send representatives to Auckland for the Government’s Investment Summit this week. Infrastructure...
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New Zealand First wants to "remove woke 'DEI' regulations" from legislation that it voted for five years ago.
In his State of the Nation speech to the Auckland Business Chamber today, Hipkins outlined the party's focus on jobs, health and homes.
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Health minister Simeon Brown: 'I promise every New Zealander: we will not stop until our health system delivers timely, quality care to all.' Jonathan Milne reports.
NZ Herald
Labour MP Willie Jackson says former Act leader Richard Prebble’s decision to step down from the Waitangi Tribunal – an appointment made in October – is...
NZ Herald
Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced the Government will progressively lower the age of eligibility for bowel cancer screening tests to eventually...
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Phil Goff’s position as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom is now “untenable” Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters’ office says, off the back of...
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The age for free screenings will go from 60 to 58, but using money previously set aside to give Māori and Pacific access to tests from 50. A cancer network is calling it "institutionalised racism".
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The age for free screenings will go from 60 to 58, but using money previously set aside to give Māori and Pacific access to tests from 50. A cancer network is calling it "institutionalised racism".
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Amid new problems with Compass Group’s cheaper school lunches, experts warn short-term savings are outweighed by long-term losses, writes Fox Meyer.
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A top government minister personally added a fossil fuel lobbyist to the shortlist of candidates to help govern the country's main energy-saving agency.
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Education Minister Erica Stanford and her associate minister David Seymour have again been unable to meet over the troubled school lunches programme due to...
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Two years after work started, NZ seems little closer to lobbying reform despite critics calling for change
“That continues to show our Prime Minister’s disconnect with people. I think he hasn’t read the room,” Henare said.
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