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COP30: Get your skates on, experts urge NZ over climate targets
10 Nov 2025Ahead of this year's COP climate summit, experts say New Zealand risks has no credible plan to honour its Paris Agreement promises. Audio
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Goverment 'got to sort out' homeless in Auckland CBD, Luxon says
10 Nov 2025Central government and Auckland Council are considering how they can move homeless people out of the CBD ahead of summer. Audio
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Tākuta Ferris calls expulsion from Te Pāti Māori 'plainly unconstitutional'
10 Nov 2025More to come on this breaking story.
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Redress, apologies, and pardons as MPs work on three Treaty settlement bills
6 Nov 2025Parliament extended its hours this week to progress three claims settlement bills for Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu, Ngāti Pāoa, and Ngāti Hāua.
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Morning Report live: Christopher Luxon faces questions about new plan to combat meth
10 Nov 2025More to come on this breaking story.
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Education groups oppose minister's Teaching Council shake-up
9 Nov 2025Ten education sector organisations are speaking out together against government changes.
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New Zealand 'reluctantly' extends pause in Cook Islands funding
9 Nov 2025"The Cook Islands government breached New Zealand's trust through a series of actions that are well known."
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Education minister doubles her rating of ministry
8 Nov 2025Erica Stanford rated the ministry 7/10 for its oversight of the education system, up from 3/10 the previous year.
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'Unacceptable': Hipkins says more robust police vetting needed
7 Nov 2025The Labour leader says it is "unacceptable" that former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming's behaviour was not picked up in vetting for the role.
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Former Te Pāti Māori staffer doubles down on leadership shortcomings
8 Nov 2025Eru Kapa-Kingi insists party president John Tamihere is not the man to lead them to the promised land.
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Dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement
Governments make grand statements on targets without awkward detail about what we have to do to reach them, write Barry Barton and Jennifer Campion.
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Boot camps for youths rushed, report concludes
While the pilot contributed to "meaningful and positive change" for participants, the numbers were too small to give meaningful data, it says.
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Ministry told abuse survivor had 'weeks left to live', only apologises after her death
7 Nov 2025The woman's lawyer told the Ministry of Health her client had just "weeks left to live". Audio
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Pharmac wants to trim its waiting list - but no list at all might be better
7 Nov 2025Pharmac currently has 123 medicines on the Options for Investment list - but is there a better way?
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Rough sleepers fear being pushed to suburbs if city ban goes ahead
7 Nov 2025People living on the streets of Auckland's CBD are urging the government to continue putting money into housing. Audio
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Government boosts film subsidies to stay a 'serious contender'
The finance minister says New Zealand is at risk of missing out on film productions as international competition intensifies. Audio
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Iwi leaders want hui next week for Te Pāti Māori factions
6 Nov 2025The National Iwi Chairs Forum says it is working towards getting both factions of Te Pāti Māori to a hui in Wellington next week.
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Former Green MP returns as party's new chief of staff
6 Nov 2025Kevin Hague said he was coming "out of retirement" to take up the role after Eliza Prestidge-Oldfield stepped down.
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Labour promises to make cervical screening free for everyone
6 Nov 2025"Free cervical screening means earlier diagnosis, lives saved, and less pressure on our hospitals," .
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Outcry reveals deep divisions behind education overhaul
6 Nov 2025Criticism is overblown and not a reflection of what the sector thinks, according to a key player in the curriculum rewrite.
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'Hysteria is not helping': Swarbrick on coalition's homeless plan
6 Nov 2025The Auckland Central MP says moving rough sleepers out of the city centre will only shift the problem to another place. Audio
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Concert promoter says minister's bid to increase Eden Park concerts 'wishful thinking'
6 Nov 2025Chris Bishop wants to more than double the number of concerts at Eden Park each year. Audio
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Diluting history curriculum risks 'leaving our past to chance' - Academic
6 Nov 2025The government has released the full draft of its new year 0-10 curriculum, which proposes dropping Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories and adding more international topics.
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Michelin reviewers to rate NZ restaurants for first time
They will dine at restaurants in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown for a New Zealand edition of the famous food guide.
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