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Stuff
Consumer Advocacy Council describes Genesis' decision to raise prices in the context of growing profits as 'jarring'.
RNZ
The country's health and safety targets have been scrapped and the regulator's performance measures changed after it failed to meet most of them.
Stuff
PM Jacinda Ardern said the announcement would be “a big and important step ensuring New Zealanders and their families get a fair deal at the tills".
RNZ
The average annual cost to repair homes damaged by river floods is more than $100 million and forecast to rise, according to new analysis.
RNZ
It's local election season - but how much do we really know about the candidates standing for council?
the Guardian
What the incoherent events in Wellington show is that the conspiracists, while dangerous, are already losing
Newsroom
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care's vision for redress must not be lost in the slow-moving wheels of bureaucracy, writes Stephen Winter.
RNZ
Oranga Tamariki has been challenged on whether abuse in state care facilities really is historic as senior officials faced the Royal Commission again.
RNZ
Oranga Tamariki has been challenged on whether abuse in state care facilities really is historic as senior officials faced the Royal Commission again.
Newsroom
As the new minister decides on a Government Policy Statement on Immigration, the Reserve Bank reveals there are now two job vacancies for every unemployed person. There's only one way to fill them.
NZ Herald
Billy TK and Vinny Eastwood were arrested on the first day of the Delta variant lockdown.
NZ Herald
OPINION: Spending $2.1m defending an ideology is not a good investment.
RNZ
Why is the Reserve Bank facing flak from every angle over its economic handling of the pandemic?
Stuff
Voices For Freedom has campaigned to get supporters into decision-making positions, but told candidates to hide their affiliations.
RNZ
New Zealand workers are working more but are less productive than many major economies, costing billions in lost economic gains, according to a new study.
RNZ
A notorious white supremacist hit the headlines this week by seeking a spot on his local school board. Amid reports of a shortage of candidates for some local bodies, media have begun probing the affiliations of some standing in upcoming elections - and pondering the prospects of fringe political parties becoming a national force in 2023.
Newshub
Newshub has crunched the numbers for the cost of living in the country's three largest cities.
E-Tangata
“For unity, you need to have equality — and we don’t have that in this country. We have deep social disparities creating division and separation.” — Dr Claire Charters.
Stuff
Mandeep Kumar says he gave his best working years to New Zealand, but we wouldn't let him back into the country and now we're short of workers.
Stuff
Statistics show New Zealanders have to work impossibly long hours simply to match the output of the most efficient countries.
Stuff
OPINION: Within two years, seven bureaucrats will inevitably be required to do the task that originally took one.
“We're not very happy with the direction of the country.”
Stuff
OPINION: It is a myth that health is a bottomless pit for money - in fact the opposite is true, write Christchurch medics.
Newsroom
A new report from officials provides further evidence a lack of land, rather than building issues, has driven our house prices up most steeply.
The Conversation
When public services don’t work for Indigenous peoples, it’s more than just a case of policy failure. As long as colonial assumptions are embedded in the system, there can never be real progress.
Stuff
The first instalment of the Government’s cost of living payment will be paid out today. So who is eligible, and how much will you get?
Newshub
High inflation, rising interest rates and winter are putting extra pressure on Kiwis.
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