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Health horror stories and claims of racism in Parliament
Analysis - It should have been a really good week for the government but a string of horror stories got in the way, writes Peter Wilson in his look back at the Week in Politics.
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Flurry of mishaps puts spotlight on Parliament's culture
The culture at Parliament is in the spotlight again with racially charged accusations, another MP to be censured, and criticism over the Speaker's response in recent days.
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Health NZ drops tool that factored in ethnicity for waitlists
Te Whatu Ora will stop prioritising ethnicity as one of five factors in non-urgent surgical lists after the review found it was "legally and ethically justifiable" but did not follow "best practice".
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ACT accuses Speaker of failing to address racial harassment
The party says its confidence in the Speaker of the House is "falling by the day". Audio
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Government releases terms of reference for review into agricultural, horticultural products
The government has released the terms of reference for its regulatory review into agricultural and horticultural products.
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Removal of 7AA could lead to higher costs for the state, consultant says
"Remediating damaged adults" is much more expensive than the cost of not causing the damage in the first place, they say.
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Labour, Greens, Te Pāti Māori take aim at early childhood review
Opposition parties are joining forces to stop "dangerous changes" to early childhood education, as the government welcomes submissions.
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More time given for feedback on amended charter schools bill
It comes after some last-minute changes by associate minister of education David Seymour.
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Mata Season 2 | Episode 13: Jackson on Treaty Principles, Pharmac, and the coalition
Former Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson shares his views on the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill and Seymour's Pharmac Treaty directive. Then we're joined by panelists Hinurewa Te Hau and… Video, Audio
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Govt's last-minute changes to bill - two days before submissions end
David Seymour says the late changes are necessary to stop teacher unions from hamstringing the schools.
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Director's resignation loss to Pharmac, Māori health advocate says
A Māori health advocate says the resignation of a Pharmac director is a loss to the drug-buying agency.
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Children's Minister unveils pilot boot camp in Palmerston North
The Children's Minister has unveiled the facility where the government's military style academy pilot for youth offenders will start later this month.
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CrowdStrike glitch 'probably one of the worst updates we've ever seen' - expert
The global cyber outage will have big ramifications for the IT industry, an expert says.
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Acting PM David Seymour: outage's effect on government systems
The acting Prime Minister, David Seymour, has been briefed by officials throughout the evening on the outage, with initial concerns over government systems in particular. Audio
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CrowdStrike outage: 'Overwhelming expectation' NZ systems back up and running soon
New Zealand appears to have avoided the worst of the global CrowdStrike IT glitch, says Acting Prime Minister David Seymour.
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Week in Politics: Former Green MP will be a media target
Analysis - Peter Wilson goes over the week in politics, including the Greens' latest controversy, the fight between David Seymour and Te Pāti Māori, and the attempted Trump assassination.
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Week in Politics: Former Green MP will be a media target
Analysis - Peter Wilson goes over the week in politics, including the Greens' latest controversy, the fight between David Seymour and Te Pāti Māori, and the attempted Trump assassination.
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Thousands of flights cancelled amid global IT outage
Long queues have formed at airports after a 'defect' in a software update hit computers worldwide.
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Pharmac director quits over no treaty factored into decisions
"The evidence is clear.' That's the word from outgoing Pharmac director Dr Anthony Jordan, who has quit the drug buying agency following a direction from Associate Health Minister David Seymour this… Audio
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Pharmac director quits over government's Treaty directive
Anthony Jordan says he "could not with good conscience" continue to work for the agency - but still hopes it can provide better health outcomes for Māori.
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Tusiata Avia: the voice of New Zealand Pasifika
Racist slurs and a tin of corned beef - Frank Film's new Stories from the South documentary meets the award-winning poet and performer.
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Former Health NZ chair on organisation's governance
The acting Prime Minister says Health New Zealand's governance is "chaotic", criticising the board for poor cost management and oversight. David Seymour says the government isn't planning to break up… Audio
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'Chaotic' Health NZ governance set for refresh
Only two board members are left, after resignations and some opting not to serve another term.
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Minister began tackling cancer drugs funding after Budget
David Seymour says he did not work on the cancer medicines policy until after the Budget, and is not aware of other coalition pre-Budget work on it either.
