Collected stories - 1 November 2021 to 1 March 2022
Speaker Trevor Mallard said if a large number of MPs needed to isolate, there were other options in place to ensure Parliament could continue.
ZB
I can't understand why Grant Robertson thinks proposing another tax on workers right now is a good idea. That is essentially what the unemployment insura
Newshub
Both workers and employers would contribute about 1.39 percent each into the scheme.
RNZ
Mounting political pressure is not the reason pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis was offered an emergency MIQ spot, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says.
Newshub
We are yet to see the rapid and steep rise in new cases.
NZ Herald
'We're Kiwis that want to come home and hug our whānau.'
Newshub
The 2.1 percent gain in January follows a 1.9 percent gain in December.
Stuff
The Ministry of Education is advising overseas teachers with jobs lined up in NZ to apply for MIQ rooms usually reserved for those in need of urgent medical care.
Stuff
The events support scheme will now be extended to January 31, 2023, to include those planned before the move to the red setting.
NZ Herald
COMMENT: Don't hold your breath, as you may clog up the threatened hospital system
The Conversation
New Zealand has managed to stamp out onward transmission of the Delta variant, which means it’s not dealing with a “double epidemic” and has a better chance to tackle Omicron’s spread.
RNZ
The OECD is warning New Zealand that relying on tree planting and carbon credits to slash emissions may not hold water internationally much longer.
Stuff
The Government has promised it has enough rapid Covid-19 tests for the coming wave of Omicron - enough to test all New Zealanders twice a week.
The Conversation
As inflation bites, targeted relief for those most affected by the rising cost of living would be the best short-term option.
Stuff
Auckland is to get 23 more electric commuter trains - taking the fleet to 95. But they won't start arriving until late 2024.
Newsroom
It was Christopher Luxon’s desire to fix the National Party that steered him towards Parliament. It speaks to a game plan that took him from backbench MP to leader in just thirteen months.
Stuff
OPINION: MIQ served its purpose. Now, its costs – economic and social – massively outweigh its very limited health benefits.
RNZ
There will not be a repeat of the massive push in 2020 to get all homeless people off the streets before the coming Omicron outbreak.
Stuff
As National tries to make its way back from the wilderness, it's looking to its overseas counterparts for advice on how to reinvent itself.
Stuff
OECD dishes out advice to NZ on everything from superannuation and climate change to ICU beds and supermarket competition.
It came after reports of some customers being rejected from mortgages due to changes to the law that was originally designed to target loan sharks.
RNZ
Industry partnership He Waka Eke Noa includes groups like Dairy NZ and Beef and Lamb NZ, and has come up with two options to pay for emissions.
Newshub
"What we have to demonstrate to the New Zealand people is we care deeply about them."
Economic and political commentator Bernard Hickey says Aotearoa is facing its widest gap in wealth in its history.
Newsroom
National Party leader Christopher Luxon expects some of his MPs to feel uncomfortable during their caucus retreat.
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