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Muslim leaders to discuss gun laws changes with Christopher Luxon
12 Mar 2024The Canterbury Muslim community wants assurances from the Prime Minister that any changes to gun laws will not put their safety at risk. Audio
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Chief Ombudsman forced to resign due to age limit
12 Mar 2024A 49-year-old law means Peter Boshier can't keep his job after his birthday.
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'A united iwi Māori movement is a powerful proposition' - Bayden Barber
10 Mar 2024The next phase of a national iwi movement opposing government policies impacting Māori will be hosted by Ngāti Kahungunu.
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Urgent inquiry into government's te reo Māori policies approved
4 Mar 2024Ngai Te Rangi Iwi Settlement Trust chair Charlie Tawhiao said Ngai Te Rangi was looking forward to presenting its case.
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MPI aims to slash consultant spend by 34%
The department, which is being asked to find overall savings of 7.5 percent, spent $57.81m on consultants and contractors in the 2022-23 financial year.
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School leaders unite to defend free lunches
12 Mar 2024A dozen school and early childhood sector groups have asked the prime minister to retain funding for the free school lunch scheme, Ka Ora Ka Ako.
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Law forcing ombudsman to retire 'appears discriminatory'
12 Mar 2024He is a decade younger than the current president of the United States, but the law is forcing Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier out of a job. Audio
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The big danger in New Zealand's carbon credit surplus
12 Mar 2024The government has been urged to quickly shrink the number of carbon credits available for polluters to buy.
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Is this the death of news media? What you need to know
12 Mar 2024Explainer - Not long after Newshub announced it would shut down, TVNZ shared plans to eliminate jobs. Is this a tipping point?
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'He's free to do so': Luxon defends Seymour over TVNZ criticisms
11 Mar 2024Luxon says at this point he does not believe the ACT leader has contravened the law.
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Anger as climate removed from transport plan
11 Mar 2024"The 60s have called Simeon Brown and they want their transport plan back," a critic of the government's shake-up says. Audio
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Simon Bridges to chair Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
11 Mar 2024Former National Party leader and transport minister Simon Bridges has been named as the new chairperson of Waka Kotahi.
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Government backs trust tax rate exemptions
11 Mar 2024Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the proposed changes would prevent over-taxation, and are welcome.
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Seymour's journalist comments 'didn't meet the criteria' of minister - Luxon
11 Mar 2024While the PM says the comments about a TVNZ journalist weren't what's expected from a broadcasting minister, he hasn't talked to Seymour about them yet.
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More than 11,000 support petition to keep ban on live animal exports
The petition's organiser says he worked in the livestock export industry for 40 years and fears repealing the ban will unravel all the hard work that has been done.
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'We've reached a compromise' - Seymour on coalition deal backtrack
11 Mar 2024National promised ACT landlords' tax breaks would be backdated - but that's not how it's worked out. Audio
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'Cash handout for landlords' or 'good tax practice'?: Renters and owners on law change
11 Mar 2024Sue Harrison told Morning Report the change would increase the supply of rental properties by "mum and dad" investors. Audio
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Mortgage tax deductions to be restored from April - Seymour
Landlords will once again be able to claim tax deductions for interest on residential investment property from the start of next month, David Seymour says.
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Swarbrick replaces outgoing Greens co-leader James Shaw
10 Mar 2024The 29-year-old has become the youngest to co-lead the party.
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Private operators to run mobile speed cameras
11 Mar 2024Waka Kotahi has put out a tender to run the country's mobile cameras from next year.
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Chief Digital Officer: AI not being used in NZ government - yet
10 Mar 2024A guide to public officials, published last year, suggested a number of uses in policy development and for doing 'high-volume, low-value tasks' in public services.
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Helen Clark remembers late MP: 'His party trick was to go and get his pyjamas on'
9 Mar 2024Former prime minister Helen Clark and former Labour minister Judith Tizard have paid tribute to the former Speaker of the House who has died, aged 85.
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Former Labour Party MP Jonathan Hunt dies aged 85
8 Mar 2024Entering Parliament in 1966, Hunt was an MP for 39 years, 30 of which were as MP for New Lynn.
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Labour says govt's five major health targets 'empty goals', lack deadlines
8 Mar 2024Labour's health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall is responding to the government's announcement of "five major health targets" earlier today. Audio
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