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RNZ
The government's wage freeze for public sector workers could have a chilling effect on district health boards like Counties Manukau as it tries to clear its surgery backlog due to Covid-19, a union has warned.
Newshub
"I'm the leader of the Opposition. I'm not going to have my head petted and be told to sit down and be a good little girl."
NZ Herald
It comes after two weeks of National attacking the Government over a 'separatist agenda'.
1 NEWS
The petition was delivered in the pouring rain outside Parliament.
Māori Television
Fellow co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Greens MP Teanau Tuiono walked out of the chambers in solidarity.
1 NEWS
"Over the past two weeks there has been racist propaganda and rhetoric towards tangata whenua," Waititi told the House.
Newsroom
Commission suggests NZ revisit the bounds of local councils' responsibilities, in a major public consultation about the future of the country's public networks and services.
RNZ
There are fears that proposed new gun laws aiming to curb gang violence will affect Māori with only loose connections to gangs.
Stuff
System means many liable for tax will pay top rate - and it's more than many other countries charge.
RNZ
The ACT party has laid out its alternative vision ahead of next week's Budget, proposing to slash spending by $11.2 billion to both reduce debt and cut taxes.
Newsroom
Occasionally politicians get handed an easy opportunity to correct a mistake. When they don’t, it’s usually stubbornness or stupidity that has got in the way.
NZ Herald
The Government estimates it will save businesses $74 million a year.
RNZ
National Party leader Judith Collins says police's inquiry into unconscious bias is not necessary because she doesn't believe there is any systemic racism.
Stuff
OPINION: Give the public a say on its recommendations.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The argument over, and slow retreat from, the public sector pay freeze has made the Budget's politics more difficult.
Newsroom
New research shows the way government agencies award contracts is complicated and skewed towards international companies.
1 NEWS
Nurses have until tomorrow to decide whether months of stalled pay negotiations should result in industrial action.
RNZ
The major nurses' union says the government's decision to freeze pay rates for public sector workers could push many of its members into voting for strike action.
Stuff
OPINION: On the eve of the Government's big transport announcement, it's not clear what it wants to achieve and who should pay for it.
Stuff
Ashley Bloomfield has apologised to Andrew Little after his ministry misled him on an edited mental health report.
Stuff
A survivor sharing evidence at the Royal Commission Inquiry claims the practice took place in Hutt Valley, with children from Epuni boys' home.
RNZ
The last of Budget 2019, bills from non-ministers and a special debate on immigration and border policies will take place at Parliament this week.
RNZ
The Auditor-General wants the Ministry for Social Development to crack down on businesses that got the wage subsidy and didn't need it. The multibillion-dollar wage subsidy scheme was designed to keep as many people as possible in their jobs during last year's lockdowns. While the Auditor-General's office has praised some efforts to avoid businesses taking money when they should not, he says MSD's so-called 'audits' of those who received payments need to go further. Nita Blake-Persen reports.
NZ Herald
Auditor-General reports on the handling of massive wage subsidy scheme.
1 NEWS
"We have grave concerns about this particular ture (law)," co-leader Rawiri Waititi said.
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