Collected stories - 1 November 2021 to 1 March 2022
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If sustainability settings for the Government's fuel-blending requirements aren't tailored correctly, the scheme could accidentally increase global emissions.
RNZ
Misinformation researchers are concerned the protest at Parliament is becoming a "free-for-all" as the idea of any leadership within the blockade area slips away.
Newshub
House prices have skyrocketed in recent years.
After being verbally abused, the PM says there have been people opposed to vaccinations ever since the campaign started.
Stuff
Central bank now sees OCR reaching about 3.4% by September 2024.
NZ Herald
Why the veteran politician made his move - and why he did it without a mask.
Stuff
One Councillor labelled it dangerous, another said it was embarrassing, but Mayor Andy Foster defended meeting protest 'influencers'.
It comes following a dramatic day on Parliament grounds after a car drove into a group of police officers and three police staff were taken to hospital amid officers closing in on the protest perimeter.
RNZ
Live: Tensions are rising between police and anti-mandate protesters around the parliamentary precinct with repeated early morning clashes between both parties over the last two days.
ZB
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described the behaviour of protesters and attacks on police in Wellington as disgraceful. Ardern is in Auckland speaki
The latest funding announcement came after the Waitangi Tribunal in December 2021 found the Crown’s response to Covid-19 was actively breaching the Treaty,
NZ Herald
Evening flare-ups as protesters try controlling unruly elements on Day 14.
Overnight more protesters were arrested after a plastic water bottle was thrown at police while others let off fireworks.
RNZ
Former prime minister Jim Bolger says political leaders should "get off their high horses" and meet with those occupying Parliament's lawn.
The anti-mandate protest in central Wellington has entered its sixteenth day.
RNZ
One person has been arrested after driving a car into police officers at the anti-mandate protest at Parliament this morning.
Stuff
Police have made an early-morning arrest after a car drove towards officers arriving with riot shields on day 15 of the Parliament occupation.
Newshub
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern disputes the claim and insisted the system is keeping up with the demand.
About half of Kiwis surveyed think current restrictions are appropriate, with the rest split almost evenly between wanting fewer or more restrictions.
Newshub
Grant Robertson announced new financial supports for businesses struggling with COVID-19
A business could get $4000 plus $400 for each full time employee, with a cap of $24,000.
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Omicron outbreak is likely to peak in three to six weeks. At that point, she says, the country will move down the traffic light settings, easing off gathering limits.
"What we are seeing outside Parliament and the reaction to it, is the culmination of underlying issues that have been rumbling along in our communities for some time," National's leader said.
Newshub
The PM was asked what the impact on cases and hospitalisations would be should mandates be removed.
RNZ
Two weeks in and the occupation of Parliament remains a total stalemate with no sign protesters are going anywhere. So where to from here?
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