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The iwi will receive redress that includes the return of 12 sites of cultural significance and financial and commercial redress valued at $23.5 million.
Stuff
“I'm not gonna stand there and say to people, chain them to a table and tell them to read it. I treat people like adults."
1 NEWS
The pandemic has devastated Pacific Island economies, and families need to be reunited, National's Pacific Peoples spokesperson says.
Newshub
Law experts say a disjunct between the Animal Welfare Act and the codes and regulations enforcing it needs to be fixed "urgently".
1 NEWS
The money will will go towards wellbeing training for Hawke's Bay growers as well as wellness workshops nationwide in April.
Newsroom
Our politicians might bicker about playground behaviour in the House, but at least they’ve got one, writes James Elliott.
Newshub
"It's pretty hard to rule anything in or anything out at the moment."
RNZ
Minister of Tourism Stuart Nash has flagged a shake-up of visitor pricing, including on the Department of Conservation estate, as part of his game plan for the industry.
Newshub
Simon Bridges still isn't keen for another go at the National Party leadership.
Newshub
"We need to make sure we're protecting the children."
1 NEWS
The Government is proposing to have a nationwide approach to putting flouride in the water supply — a topic that has garnered some opposition in New Zealand in the past.
Newsroom
Around the world it is not so much about governments' competence, but rather the sense that they are all doing their best to get on top of the virus.
Newsroom
Kiwis and Aussies may never agree on pavlova and Phar Lap, but agreeing on how to open borders to reunite families separated for more than a year needs some urgent attention
Newshub
She got roughly the same amount of votes as the current British Labour leader.
Stuff
Fracas breaks out in Parliament as Green's Marama Davidson rebukes National's Nicola Willis over "racist and classist" concern for her safety.
RNZ
A Queen tribute act is the latest entertainment crew to gain border exceptions as critical workers and the National Party says it's a "kick in the guts" for families separated from loved ones.
Newshub
Decision-making regarding New Zealand's water fluoridation will soon sit with the Director-General of Health.
RNZ
A bill that will make the child support scheme less complicated has passed its third reading in Parliament.
nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com
The America's Cup is now mercifully over - for now. Despite pleading poverty on social spending, the Labour Government has every intention t...
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The Standard
It appears that the Government and Auckland Council have spent $250 million on an event the organisers of which are now making plans to go overseas in pursuit of the big corporate dollars.
RNZ
The National Party is calling on the government to have a target in place for what percentage of the population should be vaccinated against Covid-19.
RNZ
Nearly 600 child sex offenders will be put back on to the national register after MPs rushed through an urgent, retrospective law change at Parliament.
the Guardian
Aotearoa has a proud history of protesting human rights abuses on the world stage. Now that means pushing back against our traditional trade partner
RNZ
The Green Party wants to ditch the five-year cap for the bright line test and remove tax incentives for property investors it says are locking first-home buyers out of the market as the housing crisis increases.
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