Collected stories - 1 November 2021 to 1 March 2022
NZ Herald
Some 50 official information act requests reveal the extent of Govt's consulting spend
Stuff
OPINION: Aotearoa needs to accelerate private investment and action on climate change. With clear pathways from government, the private sector has demonstrated it will follow.
Stuff
OPINION: This is cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all urban planning writ large.
Newshub
"These violent thugs and criminals don't care two hoots about the community."
RNZ
Newly released letters show that cracks in relations over the Three Waters reform appeared months before it was mandated.
Stuff
OPINION: We thought 2021 would bring better times, what will 2022 bring?
Leaders from across the political spectrum have set aside their differences to deliver cheerful messages.
the Guardian
New Zealand’s booming dairy industry has polluted 95% of rivers in pastoral land – now Māori are taking the government to court
RNZ
Emails released from the Ministry of Health show staff were deeply worried about the lack of data tracking Covid-19 vaccination rates for pregnant women.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: After a slow, even complacent, start, we went from 22 per cent to 91 per cent coverage within a few months. This was a truly national achievement.
RNZ
Māori health experts say they have finally been heard after a targeted protection plan released yesterday echoed their suggestions.
Debate is swirling in Australia around a NSW government proposal to bill unvaccinated Australians should they require hospital-level care for Covid.
RNZ
An ICU nurse who immigrated to New Zealand says getting residency is so difficult she may take her skills offshore.
Stuff
In the wake of the Waitangi Tribunal's report that the Government breached its Treaty obligations, the NZ Māori Council says it hopes the Government learned from its mistakes.
Newshub
Chris Hipkins warns "we need to do more" to prepare for it. Here's what the Government will do.
“People on the outskirts and marginalised are certainly vulnerable,” Marama Davidson says.
Stuff
One mortgage applicant was turned down because of takeaways and a Lotto ticket, while an adviser says potential borrowers are being treated as "imbeciles".
Māori Television
Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Kahungunu's Riana Manuel has been appointed chief executive of the Māori Health Authority by Health Minister Andrew...
NZ Herald
Experts urge Government to delay the reopening of New Zealand's borders.
RNZ
The Tribunal said the decision to go against official advice and not prioritise Māori in the vaccine rollout breached Treaty principles of active protection and equity.
Newshub
Dr Dion O'Neale says the traffic light system wasn't created with Omicron in mind - and even red won't stop it.
The Government is not currently looking at residency for overstayers, but is considering “re-balancing New Zealand’s immigration settings”.
Stuff
As ministers meet for the final time, an immunologist is calling on the Government to shorten the gap for a Pfizer booster shot to five months.
NZ Herald
More people escaped from or tried to flee MIQ in October than any other month since 2020.
The Standard
There seems to be a correlation between commentators who have both Herald and Newstalk ZB exposure and how really bad their Covid takes are.
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