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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will introduce a Government Motion to declare a climate emergency in Parliament.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will introduce a Government Motion to declare a climate emergency in Parliament. Keep Reading
The Prime Minister and Opposition leader will speak. Keep Reading
Official figures show a surplus of $2.2 billion for the year ended October, the biggest since July 1992, as Covid-19 led to a sharp fall in imports. Keep Reading
National MP Chris Bishop said Adrian Rurawhe was someone who brings "a lot of mana and wisdom to the position." Keep Reading
The Prime Minister's motion will go to a vote in Parliament. Keep Reading
Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says RBNZ is "dusting off the research" on debt to income ratios and the "simple answer" is yes, he wants them in place. Keep Reading
Adrian Orr says his anti-inflation focus is already doing what the government seeks, while an economist says adding house prices into the Reserve Bank's tool box may not make much of a difference. Keep Reading
Two senior Cabinet ministers are in a public scrap after Kelvin Davis scolded Peeni Henare for not staying in his own lane. Keep Reading
OPINION: Politicians are scared to lose the Boomer swing vote, but the anger and dissatisfaction driving the house price debate is not going away. Keep Reading
In her submission to the Waitangi Tribunal's urgent inquiry, Grainne Moss conceded Oranga Tamariki is yet to eliminate structural racism and has failed to fully adopt the recommendations of a 1998 report. Keep Reading
Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson has appointed a new independent advisory group to further strengthen the future of Māori broadcasting. Keep Reading
Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti has come under fire. Keep Reading
The fallout continues from the post-election leadership change in the New Conservatives, with deputy leader and firearms spokesperson Victoria O’Brien quitting after less than a week in the job. Alex Braae reports. On Thursday last week, new New Conservative leader Elliot Baker was hailing the ri Keep Reading
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Former Prime Minister Helen Clark's thinktank calls for 'significant' increase to minimum wage, to ensure nobody is left behind in the economic reboot. Keep Reading
There's no quick fix to the housing problem but the Government knows that, with this sort of political pressure, something's got to give. Keep Reading
The National Party leader says things have got "completely out of hand" in housing - but the Government move to ask the Reserve Bank to help ease house prices is a sensible one. Keep Reading
Comrade David Seymour has signalled that Act may argue for a minimum wage of $50 per hour. Keep Reading
Adrian Orr says his anti-inflation focus is already doing what the government seeks, while an economist says adding house prices into the Reserve Bank's tool box may not make much of a difference. Keep Reading
The New Zealand housing crisis, and how to tackle it, took epistolary form yesterday in letters from the finance minister and the Reserve Bank governor. We read between the lines. Yesterday the finance minister, Grant Robertson, penned a letter to the governor of the Reserve Bank, Adrian Orr, on Keep Reading
ANALYSIS: Grant Robertson's intervention is for one reason: If it doesn't act Labour could be the party that entrenches intergenerational inequity. Keep Reading
We’ve had an election, we have a government and on Wednesday we complete the set with a Parliament. Here’s what happens this week. Keep Reading
But the Opposition says piling more costs on businesses will lead to job losses. Keep Reading
Grant Robertson revealed on Tuesday he had written to the Reserve Bank Governor for help. Keep Reading
The Green Party said it was a disservice "not to use all of the tools in the toolbox". Keep Reading
Seventy groups had called on the Government to raise benefits by Christmas but Jacinda Ardern has said that won't be happening. Keep Reading
Jack Vowles looks at analysis showing where voters abandoning National and NZ First ended up. Keep Reading
Collected news stories and opinion articles from 1 September through to the election on Saturday 17 October 2020 Keep Reading