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'Enough is enough' - Chris Hipkins blasts government over Māori policies
The Labour Party says the coalition government is unfairly targeting Māori, while the ACT party says Labour is creating division.
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Green AGM: Party needs to 'win trust,' says Swarbrick
3:11 pm todayThe fate of former MP Darleen Tana is set to play a big part in the agenda.
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Darleen Tana saga set to loom as Green Party meets
9:04 am todayA Green Party member is concerned that proper process will not be followed - but the party's co-leader says a vote will not be forced.
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Focus on Politics: Abuse in care report delivers demands for justice
6:12 am todayThe government has promised to listen to survivors, but how it responds and whether justice is served remains to be seen. Audio
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'The buck stops here': Parliament set a vital task
26 Jul 2024Analysis - politicians have to decide what to do about child abuse, Health NZ is booked in for major surgery and Darleen Tana returns, Peter Wilson writes.
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'Israel must listen' - Luxon, Albanese, Trudeau issue joint support for US-backed ceasefire
26 Jul 2024Christopher Luxon has joined with Australia and Canada's leaders in voicing support for US President Joe Biden's ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
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PM calls for witnesses to alleged '80s politician paedophile ring to speak out
26 Jul 2024Christopher Luxon says anyone with evidence about claims involving politicians and civil servants in the 1980s should go to police.
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'We've gone backwards': Principals fume over backtrack on building work
26 Jul 2024Principals are frustrated and worried by a decision to halt 100 school building projects.
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Attorney-General warns of prosecutions if records destroyed
26 Jul 2024Judith Collins is reminding all state and faith-based institutions of their legal obligation to preserve records.
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Watch: PM's security cut visit short ahead of protest
26 Jul 2024The prime minister was speaking to reporters during a walkabout with police in central Auckland.
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Abuse in Care inquiry: Call for Pacific focused redress pathway
26 Jul 2024The Abuse in Care report found many Pacific survivors lost their connections to their culture and language, resulting in trauma that has been carried from generation to generation.
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Controversial boot camp: 'No real cultural relevance whatsoever to kaupapa Māori'
26 Jul 2024Meihana Durie is concerned a camp draws from methodology popularised by the US marines. Audio
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Stand-alone body for kaupapa Māori education backs long-held dream - campaigners
26 Jul 2024Kura kaupapa Māori are hailing a Waitangi Tribunal decision as a major breakthrough in their push for self-determination.
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Treaty Principles Bill translation fails 'international... ethical standards'
3 Jul 2024A group of licensed Māori translators have hit out at the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill, calling it factually incorrect and misleading.
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Fresh out of NATO, Luxon sets out what's at stake for NZ
13 Jul 2024Analysis - The prime minister may have been a c-lister at NATO, but simply being there was a big deal, political editor Jo Moir writes.
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A nation reinvented: 40 years on from Labour's 1984 victory
12 Jul 2024Opinion -The Fourth Labour Government swept in a tide of change, moulding the way we think about politics and what is considered politically possible, Richard Shaw writes. Video
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From slackers to squares: What data tells us about Gen X
23 Jul 2024They were cynical, disaffected, and cooler than everyone else. Now they're married with children and probably your boss.
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US presidential debate: What the data shows about who said what
28 Jun 2024An RNZ analysis of the first US presidential debate shows Trump dominated the first debate by more than 1000 words.
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'Pitiful' alcohol levy hike adds less than half a cent to price of beer
20 Jun 2024The levy has been raised but by less than half the amount that would even cover inflation.
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Pregnant at 12, running from 'care'
26 Jul 2024The government took Joyce Harris's first baby and sent her off to a girls' home. Half a century on - and out of oceans of hurt - it asked her to be a mother figure.
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Overruling court on coastal rights risks new protests, Te Pāti Māori warns
26 Jul 2024Te Pāti Māori is warning a move to overturn a court decision risks a return of the big foreshore and seabed protests of 20 years ago. Audio
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'Shock and dismay' as leaked document shines light on Health NZ cuts
26 Jul 2024Another "brutally fast" round of redundancies looming, leaving already struggling staff stunned, one insider says. Audio
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Child poverty targets quietly lowered, to surprise of advocates
26 Jul 2024Louise Upston has rejected criticisms of lowered child poverty reduction targets, saying they are achievable and ambitious. Audio
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Parliamentary angst breaks out over stickers on MP's laptop
25 Jul 2024MPs became fixated over the stickers on Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's laptop in Parliament.
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More Health NZ job cuts to come, new boss says
25 Jul 2024Te Whatu Ora's new commissioner Lester Levy says there will be more job cuts to backroom staff, as the organisation tries to downsize. Audio
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Transport Agency's $1.3m consultant spend for Wellington projects
26 Jul 2024Staff working on a second Mt Victoria Tunnel and the Basin Reserve upgrade were paid $175,000 - but consultants were paid nearly $1.3 million.
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Minister can't guarantee abuse won't occur at controversial boot camps
25 Jul 2024The government's first military-style boot camp begins next week, despite the recent abuse in care inquiry detailing abuse at similar facilities. Audio
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Govt says new plans won't reopen Foreshore and Seabed debate
25 Jul 2024The government is planning to make it harder for Māori to make customary claims on coastlines.
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