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Luxon talks up Pacific unity ahead of leaders meeting
10 Sep 2025But the prime minister is going into the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting disagreeing with a major aspect of this year's summit. Audio
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Te Pāti Māori MP doubles down on controversial post about race
10 Sep 2025Tākuta Ferris has doubled down, at odds with his party's earlier apology.
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Analysis: Why comparing NZ's economy to Singapore or Ireland is simplistic and misleading
10 Sep 2025The two countries are rare winners in the global race to the bottom to attract foreign capital.
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Adopting Australia's inflation target 'insane economic illiteracy' - Finance Minister
9 Sep 2025Labour's finance spokesperson said they are 'open to a discussion' on shifting the Reserve Bank's inflation target.
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Willis: Not releasing texts about Orr's resignation met transparency expectations
9 Sep 2025The Finance Minister says not releasing texts that informed her of former Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr's potential resignation was appropriate.
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Labour goes back to drawing board after bruising by-election defeat
9 Sep 2025We can catastrophise this and go 'it's the end of the world' - but it's not," Willie Jackson says. Audio
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Where MPs have their money invested
9 Sep 2025Each year, politicians have to disclose their investments. Here's what we found. Audio
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Labour signals it's not guaranteed to work with Te Pāti Māori
9 Sep 2025Last week Labour's Willie Jackson called a post by Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris racist. Audio
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Criminal smuggling gangs focus of Five Eyes talks
9 Sep 2025Ministers from the intelligence sharing network covering the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are meeting this week.
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'Momentum': More charter schools in pipeline, Seymour says
9 Sep 2025The Associate Education Minister is predicting half a dozen charter schools will be converted by the start of next year. Audio
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Public Service Commissioner warns primary teachers over strike
9 Sep 2025Sir Brian Roche says strike action won't just affect students and classrooms, but also working parents.
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Jacinda Ardern's cousins can stop asking about her doco now
Friends and family have been pestering the former PM about where they can watch her award-winning documentary.
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Coalition loses power in new political poll
8 Sep 2025The centre-right bloc could not return to power if an election were held today.
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'Sombre day': Luxon after fugitive Marokopa father killed in police shootout
8 Sep 2025"This is a constable who was out looking after his community and what's happened is a reminder that police put themselves on the line every time," the Prime Minister says.
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The four government targets at risk of being missed
8 Sep 2025RNZ is tracking progress towards each of the government's nine major goals. Here is where they stand.
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PPTA recommends secondary teachers reject improved pay offer
8 Sep 2025The new offer includes consecutive pay rises of 2.5 percent and 2.1 percent over two years for teachers at the top of the pay scale, compared with the previous offer of three 1 percent pay rises over…
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New Zealand First AGM about projecting unity, stability, common sense
8 Sep 2025Analysis - Recurring attacks on political opponents and allies alike, and the party's continued focus on its war on woke, may make that a difficult sell for some. Audio
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Plunket and Hospice nurses refile pay equity claims
8 Sep 2025The first two pay equity claims under the government's tougher new regime were filed on Monday on behalf of Plunket and hospice nurses.
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Peters reheats policy of getting migrants to abide by 'NZ values'
8 Sep 2025Anaylsis: Winston Peters wants all new migrants to have to sign a document agreeing to abide by New Zealand values - a policy NZ First was promoting in 2018. Audio
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Pay rise offer to secondary teachers doubled
8 Sep 2025The Education Ministry has offered teachers at the top of the pay scale a pay rise of 2.5 percent followed by 2 percent a year later.
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Why NZ's new maritime helicopters cost $400m each
8 Sep 2025Australia recently paid $82 million each for the same choppers.
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Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: A race marked by tributes
8 Sep 2025The tragic death of Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Tarsh Kemp defined much of the campaign for the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election, writes Lillian Hanly.
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Watch: Peters promises compulsory 10% KiwiSaver and tax cuts
7 Sep 2025The party leader says making KiwiSaver compulsory would be his first move, if it gained power. Video
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Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: Low turnout not a surprise, says political scientist
8 Sep 2025While the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election turnout was low, it could have been worse, a political scientist says. Audio
