RNZ
The NZ First policies would give newborns a $1000 KiwiSaver start, while combining BNZ and Kiwibank under Crown ownership.
The move was aimed at ensuring tougher sentences and removing the need for judges to weigh an offender’s public reputation when deciding penalties.
Stuff
The Social Development Minister has introduced legislation to amend the accommodation supplement threshold for homeowners.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
A newly released Waitangi Tribunal report has intensified criticism of the Government’s handling of Māori-Crown relations, with Labour accusing ministers of breaching Treaty principles and failing to protect the wellbeing […]
Stuff
Education Minister Erica Stanford has announced the new programme that will include a grading scale from A+ to E, and how school subjects will be assessed.
From A+ grading to compulsory literacy benchmarks and five-subject study, the Education Minister's detailed the structure of the system set to replace NCEA.
Newsroom
‘It is as bad as the Treaty Principles Bill in its attempt to erase the Crown’s duty to comply with the agreement made between Māori and the Crown in 1840,’ the Waitangi Tribunal says
Stuff
To stop Parliament voting on the bill next week, the Government is relying on Opposition MPs agreeing to an 11th hour change to Parliament’s agenda.
Stuff
Former Mana leader Hone Harawira wants Te Tai Tokerau seat back, says Te Pāti Māori president.
NZ Herald
The country’s largest iwi by land size is preparing to renegotiate parts of its landmark Treaty settlement amid major reforms to conservation law which the...
Previously redacted Cabinet papers reveal the full scope of the Government’s Treaty clause rewrite, including plans to weaken Treaty obligations across legislation.
RNZ
Ngāti Ruanui says the Resources Minister's insult in Parliament was 'shameful'.
RNZ
School leaders voiced their concerns about the content and the timing - and the Education Minister has listened.
NZ Herald
Government agencies are warning about potential challenges around cultural aspects of artificial intelligence. Ministry of Māori Development Te Puni Kōkiri...
Newsroom
Political marriage might be off the table for the two major parties but a no-strings-attached, onoing hook-up could be possible, Labour's Chris Hipkins signals.
Stuff
MPs were also shouting across the House about Labour’s “Chinese-sounding names” scandal and how many children Simeon Brown has.
NZ Herald
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Aucklanders have largely moved on from raising questions about the Covid-19 lockdowns he oversaw, but some government...
NZ Herald
A new poll shows the National Party stuck below the 30% mark while Winston Peters closes in on Christopher Luxon in the preferred Prime Minister rankings. A...
RNZ
Polling shows the issue is not a top 10 concern for New Zealanders, with the majority viewing immigration positively.
The fuel crisis has reduced revenue for the National Land Transport Fund – with a signalled decision to shelve an imminent fuel excise hike potentially deepening the shortfall.
RNZ
The government is pushing on with changes it says cut red tape and let it charge foreign tourists.
NZ Herald
The gap between the governing political parties and the Opposition has narrowed in the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll. Under the results released today,...
The move aims to block civil claims linking companies’ emissions to climate-related damage.
NZ Herald
The Government is absorbing the impacts of conflict in the Middle East from a position that is faintly stronger than forecast in December. The latest Crown...
Newsroom
Rich Lister Phillip Mills believes it is paramount NZ First is kept out of power and the Opportunity Party has a 'genuine shot' at being the saving grace. Hanna McCallum reports.
E-Tangata
“Without a plan for constitutional protection of Te Tiriti, we risk any progress being laid to waste again within a few years. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to go through this again.” — Tina Ngata on voting to protect Te Tiriti.
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