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'Drivel' vs 'lazy': War of words over Labour's Future Fund
21 Oct 2025Chris Hipkins insists the party will show how it will pay for its new policy before the election.
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Labour MP Duncan Webb announces retirement from politics
21 Oct 2025His decision adds to a growing list of senior Labour politicians calling it quits.
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Rock thrown through MP Matt Doocey's car
21 Oct 2025The sign-written car was found with a hole in its rear window.
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Is Labour's first election policy a fizzer?
21 Oct 2025Analysis - The 'Future Fund' is as much about optics as economics, but a lack of detail has left Labour exposed, writes Craig McCulloch. Audio
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Kaipara mayoral runner-up applies for recount
21 Oct 2025Snow Tane placed second in Kaipara's mayoral race by a margin of just 21 votes.
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Blind-sided: Educators on curriculum changes
21 Oct 2025Some in the sector say the changes are much more than just tweaks. Audio
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Cautious optimism for Labour's Future Fund from some
21 Oct 2025But the prime minister says the newly unveiled policy is "just a whole bunch of buzz words" with no detail or costings. Audio
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Very few beneficiaries offered non-financial sanctions
21 Oct 2025Thousands have had their benefits cut since new non-financial sanctions were introduced, and only nine offered the new alternative.
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Charter school to be opened for Pasifika girls
21 Oct 2025The high school will offer traditional activities and languages for 120 students from Term 1 next year.
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Govt to spend $515m on buying properties for new roads
20 Oct 2025The government will spend more than half a billion dollars buying properties for its Roads of National Significance.
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'Not ever been overspent': Te Pāti Māori MP hits back at allegations
20 Oct 2025Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says she has taken "some time" to decide how to respond to the claims by Te Pāti Māori's leadership.
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'Future Fund': Labour announces first key election policy
20 Oct 2025The $200 million fund comes ahead of the party's highly-anticipated tax policy, expected this month.
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Greens accuse government of 'clownish' smear campaign
20 Oct 2025The party has savaged the government's response to the looming mega-strike.
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Broughton resigns as president of Local Government NZ
20 Oct 2025It comes after a landslide loss in the Selwyn District mayoralty race.
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National accuses strikers of politics, Labour says public backs workers
20 Oct 2025The Prime Minister is doubling down on claims striking unions are "politically motivated" and says kids will be "massively impacted". Audio
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Government compromises on consumer finance law change
The amendment included a retrospective fix that would see banks avoid a blanket penalty over disclosure breaches between 2015 and 2019.
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New sports academy announced as latest charter school
New Zealand Performance Academy Aotearoa will be based in Upper Hutt and is set to open early next year.
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Inflation still lower than under Labour, Christopher Luxon says
20 Oct 2025The prime minister says inflation may bounce around the 3 percent target rate. Audio
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New sanctions to help beneficiaries find jobs - Social Development Minister
19 Oct 2025Those failing an obligation for the first time will either have to do job-search activities or attend employment-related training courses.
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'Co-ordinated attack': Collins hits out at unions over strikes
19 Oct 2025An open letter by the Public Service Minister claims the teachers' union put Palestine ahead of students on an agenda list.
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Moe mai rā, Bolger: MPs farewell the 'great helmsman'
19 Oct 2025On Thursday, Parliament's usual agenda was set aside, as MPs lamented the death of Jim Bolger, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990-97. Audio
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Defence Minister Collins visits CIA headquarters at Langley
18 Oct 2025Judith Collins has met with the CIA director and held discussions, during a trip to Washington DC.
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The 21-year-old rangatahi who won a council seat
18 Oct 2025Keshaan Te Waaka will sit on the Tararua District Council for the next three years and is already looking ahead.
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Inside NZ's 'hectic day' after Trump's tariff shock
Official documents show the degree of alarm raised in the hours after the US president dropped his bombshell.
