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Government increases space launch limit tenfold
13 Feb 2026A physics professor says he does not trust the New Zealand Space Agency to make good decisions but the agency says it assesses all space activities against clear legislative criteria. Audio
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Reserve Bank review originally supposed to be completed by March
The review into RBNZ's monetary policy decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic is now set to be published in September.
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Government tweaks law for contractors
12 Feb 2026The workplace minister says it has nothing to do with the Supreme Court's Uber decision.
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Public Service Amendment Bill reignites diversity debate
12 Feb 2026The Public Service Amendment Bill is back from Select Committee, reigniting debate on the culture war flashpoint - diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Willis urges former Reserve Bank governor Orr to front up in new inquiry
12 Feb 2026The government recently announced an independent review into the central bank's actions during the pandemic, including official cash rate cuts, money printing and its interactions with government…
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Willis challenges Labour to keep Investment Boost policy if elected
12 Feb 2026Finance Minister Nicola Willis talked up the policy's effects so far in a speech to the New Zealand Economic Forum in Hamilton. Audio
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Watch: PM faces questions in Southland
12 Feb 2026Christopher Luxon is in Southland for a visit to Space Operations New Zealand.
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Government launches inquiry into deadly Mount Maunganui landslide
12 Feb 2026Six people died after a portion of the maunga collapsed onto a section of a campground on 22 January.
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Ministers want to bypass own fast-track law to speed up new gas terminal
12 Feb 2026A proposed LNG terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time. Audio
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Blank Māori engagement section in governance manual raises questions
12 Feb 2026The omission was raised during council debate on the manual.
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Former Governor backs review into Reserve Bank Covid moves
12 Feb 2026However, concerns over the review's timing so close to election time are a "fair question", he says. Audio
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Natural hydrogen can make decarbonising industry cheaper
12 Feb 2026Currently, "green" hydrogen - made by splitting water with renewable electricity - costs more than $12 per kilogram.
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Wellington's mayor promises to cut commercial rates
12 Feb 2026However, even a modest reduction in commercial rates could push residential rates up by around 4 percent.
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Mayors on Moa Point - what happens next and who will pay
11 Feb 2026Some mayors in the Wellington region have weighed in on the Moa Point sewage plant failure.
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Children's Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report
11 Feb 2026Coroner Janet Anderson report found everything possible went wrong for the 5-year-old in the last six months of his life.
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Peters denounces Israel over West Bank expansion
11 Feb 2026The measures passed by the Israeli security cabinet also pave the way for more settlements in the occupied territory.
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Parties sympathetic to Pacific access petition
11 Feb 2026Pacific nationals are calling for the same travel rights to NZ as more than 60 other countries.
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Review into Reserve Bank's Covid response launched
11 Feb 2026Labour leader Chris Hipkins called the review "another exercise in cynical political manipulation by Nicola Willis".
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NZ's corruption-free reputation at risk
11 Feb 2026Transparency International's latest Corruption Perception Index had New Zealand fall two points.
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'Unacceptable' delays to improve child protection system, minister says
11 Feb 2026Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Louise Upston acknowledged the delays after the coroner released a damning report into the death of five-year-old Malachi Subecz.
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Question Time gets more pointedly political
11 Feb 2026Parliament's Question Time is often frustrating but elections politicise it further, as recent exchanges on unemployment and gas imports demonstrate.
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Ministry of Social Development set to cut security guards
11 Feb 2026Two staff were killed in a shooting in 2014, and some fear it could happen again.
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Fears of another Moa Point, as scale of wastewater plants problem revealed
11 Feb 2026The water regulator says about a third of New Zealand's wastewater plant consents have expired.
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Minister promises to release proof gas plan will lower power bills
11 Feb 2026The government is pushing ahead with plans to build a $1b gas import facility, funded by a levy. Audio
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