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Brownlee said it would give "great weight to our claim that we run an independent foreign policy".
Newsroom
The Prime Minister was conspicuously absent when a national conversation kicked off this week
Stuff
OPINION: Proportionate limits on free speech go to the heart of liberal democratic societies. Getting the balance wrong could dog Labour for years.
Stuff
OPINION: Inside the Beehive, they believe if you insist something is true when it’s not, then it will become so.
RNZ
A delayed report into Oranga Tamariki that has not yet been delivered to the Minister already has a vote of no confidence from one leading advocate. Aaron Smale says revelations of alleged abuse at an Oranga Tamariki facility in Christchurch show the agency, its Minister Kelvin Davis and his advisory board are oblivious to what is going on in their own backyard. The board that is making recommendations on the future of Oranga Tamariki has delayed its report for two weeks because of sickness. Smale, of Ngāti Porou, is one of the claimants named in the Waitangi Tribunal's inquiry into Oranga Tamariki. He is also completing his PhD on Māori tamariki in state care. He said Davis and his advisers have failed to consult with the right people, including survivors and those with lived experience. He told Checkpoint he cannot understand how they do not know what is happening inside youth facilities.
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Promise-Keeper: The events of 15 March 2019 are seared upon Jacinda Ardern’s memory. She will not, therefore, abandon the proposed “Hate Sp...
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Andrew Little says all victims of the attacks are being supported, but not necessarily through ACC.
The Standard
Last night's Reid Research poll result suggests that the electorate is reverting back to a more conventional dynamic after the stratospheric heights that Labour enjoyed immediately post Covid elimination.
RNZ
The government offered to pay millions of dollars to Rio Tinto just months after promising in the election campaign it would not give a direct subsidy.
Stuff
JK Rowling's tweets, stating right-wingers (or left-wingers) are ruining the country, "offensive" cartoons. Would these be banned?
Newsroom
Judith Collins' week goes from bad to worse as National served up a smorgasbord of debacles, writes James Elliott
Stuff
OPINION: The intentions are good, but the Government needs to be clearer about what they are.
Newsroom
The Government is pushing ahead drafting a blueprint for greater co-governance with the help of Māori stakeholders.
RNZ
The prime minister has delivered the government's apology for the Dawn Raids. Watch the ceremony again here and review the event as it happened on RNZ's blog.
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The government will consult with "Māori stakeholders" as part of its next step.
Newshub
Judith Collins questioned why the wider New Zealand public is not included in the first consultation.
RNZ
The head of the Royal Commission into historic abuse in care has left the inquiry to take up the role of chief executive at the new ministry.
RNZ
Government finances are set to finish the financial year in a much healthier position than forecast, but there is no inclination to loosen the purse strings.
Newsroom
Oranga Tamariki has told staff at the care and protection residence featured in Newsroom's whistleblower investigation that the facility will be closed.
ZB
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson has delivered a merciless but hilarious roasting of the National Party and its recent woes in front of National MPs i
NZ Herald
Grant Robertson delivered his rendition of National's 'night of the short plastic knives'.
RNZ
Condemnation of Oranga Tamariki continues to pour in thick and fast after video emerged of staff assaulting a young teen at one of its care facilities.
NZ Herald
Louise Upston was thrown out of Parliament in a kerfuffle over the bill's delay.
Newsroom
Those communities most in need of investment in their water infrastructure are pleading for all councils to come on board – or for the Government to force their hand.
RNZ
A philanthropic foundation is suing the Ministry for Social Development over its failure to take legal action against a single wage subsidy recipient. More than $13 billion was paid through the wage subsidy scheme, which was designed to keep people in their jobs during Covid-19 lockdowns.
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