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SFO to investigate 2017 Labour Party donations
The investigation is one of five related to electoral funding in recent years, the Serious Fraud Office says.
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Boag provided private email to receive patients' details - Bloomfield
National Party stalwart Michelle Boag gave officials her private email address when asked where best to send a daily list of Covid-19 patients, the Director…
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Chris Hipkins: 'We have to do the right thing for New Zealand'
Health Minister Chris Hipkins said Cabinet would next week be considering the possibility of charging for managed isolation. Video
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Thirty deportees to arrive in NZ: 'We're obliged to receive them'
Thirty New Zealanders will be deported from Australia this week and will stay in a state-run isolation facility for 14 days upon arrival. Audio
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Green Party: Better to spend $1.5b on solar panels than roads
The Green Party wants to spend more on getting solar panels for state houses before ensuring they are warm and dry. Audio
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ACT leader uses campaign launch to slate government's Covid-19 response
The ACT Party is promising its biggest campaign in 15 years, as it fights for more seats in Parliament after September's election.
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Greens unveil plan to tackle use of fossil fuels
The Green Party wants an immediate ban on new industrial coal boilers, as part of its plan to transition away from fossil-fuels.
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NZ First holds campaign rally in Whangarei - without Winston
New Zealand First is holding its 'Force for the North' campaign rally in Whangarei this afternoon, without leader Winston Peters.
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Southern scandals: Is there something in the water?
Hamish Walker's privacy leak debacle dominated the news this week, but it's not the first time a southern MP has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, writes Daisy Hudson.
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No other National MPs received leaked details - Todd Muller
National Party leader Todd Muller says no further MPs in his party received confidential information from Michelle Boag, after revelations today that Michael Woodhouse also received four unsolicited…
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Govt extends border exceptions for mosque attacker's sentencing
New exceptions will allow victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks entry into New Zealand and more financial help to do so.
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National MP who admitted to training Chinese spies retires from politics
National list MP Dr Jian Yang announced his retirement from politics and said he would not stand in the 2020 general election after three terms in the party caucus.
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Covid-19 privacy leak: Muller told about emails on Tuesday
National MP Michael Woodhouse says he deleted emails from Michelle Boag and told Todd Muller about them on Tuesday. Audio
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Legalising cannabis may reduce 'biased enforcement' of Māori - chief science advisor
Legalising cannabis would significantly improve police bias against Māori, a report by the prime minister's chief science adviser suggests.
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Labour policy would put forestry decisions in council hands
The Labour Party will get tough on forestry conversions if it wins the next election, it says.
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'It beggars belief': A week of chaos in politics
Analysis - A National MP destroys his career, the government explains how someone with Covid-19 could walk around a supermarket and the closure of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is announced. Audio
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Resigned: David Clark bows to inevitability
Power Play - Both he and Ardern have come to the conclusion he's become too much of "distraction", and there's nowhere for a minister to go after that, Jane Patterson writes.
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NZ's independence from Five Eyes has slipped - Helen Clark
New Zealand has been "drawn in a lot closer" to the US-led spy network, the former prime minister says.
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Doctor outraged that rescue helicopter trusts given Covid-19 patient details
An intensive care doctor is outraged health officials are giving helicopter rescue trusts a daily list of Covid-19 patients, saying it's completely unnecessary.
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Ministry apparently MIA for hours after managed isolation escape
Power Play - It's only been three weeks since Minister Megan Woods and Air Commodore Darryn Webb brought fresh eyes to the country's isolation and quarantine facilities, yet cracks in operating…
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Peters completes surgery after food poisoning symptoms
Winston Peters has successfully had keyhole surgery this morning after visiting his doctor with food poisoning symptoms and dehydration.
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Muller gives details on National's economic plan
National leader Todd Muller has given a speech at a business luncheon in Christchurch outlining what he says is his party's first big announcement on its economic plan for New Zealand.
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MOH silent on Boag patient detail source claims
The Ministry of Health is refusing to confirm if it supplied Michelle Boag with a daily list of people infected with Covid-19 and their private information. Audio
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Megan Woods signals changes to managed isolation after escapes
The minister in charge of quarantine and isolation facilities has signalled there could be more police involvement in managing returnees after two escapes in a week. Audio
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Boag says Health Ministry sent private info on active Covid cases
Former National Party president Michelle Boag says the Ministry of Health sent her the private details of people infected with Covid-19.
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Walker's exit from politics 'was the only option' - Muller
National Party leader Todd Muller has spoken about the controversy around Hamish Walker at a roading announcement this afternoon, saying the National MP's exit from politics was "the only option". Video
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Covid-19 privacy leak: MP Hamish Walker quits politics
National MP Hamish Walker has announced that he will not be standing for re-election for the Southland electorate at the upcoming 2020 election.
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Govt gives $32m boost to drug and alcohol addiction services
Services to help those with drug and alcohol addictions are set to get an extra $32 million in funding over the next four years.
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