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Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's better to talk to people whatever the circumstances, despite previous calls from his coalition partners for the ambassador's expulsion.

Labour is demanding the coalition government explain how it will deliver its big promise.

Only 46 percent of pupils attended classes regularly last term, Education Ministry figures show.

Labour says the government's books show the Finance Minister's claims of self-funded tax cuts don't add up. The Greens say it's "an exercise in gaslighting New Zealand".

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the release will lay bare the scale of financial challenges facing the government.

Coalition partners NZ First and ACT say "Kāinga Ora" should be called "Homes and Communities", but do not appear eager to criticise National over continuing to use the old name.

NZ First has enjoyed the financial and political support of part of the natural health sector for many years. They're celebrating the party's immediate action upon returning to power.

A review of the long-standing admissions programme for Māori and Pasifika medical students is either 'pointless' or 'perfectly sensible', depending on who you ask.

Analysis - The government sets a cracking pace in dismantling Labour's legislation, Winston Peters has a fine time as Acting PM and Nicola Willis springs the surprise of the week.

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Each specifically praised their leader Winston Peters, and spoke of their upbringing and the course that brought them to Parliament.

They feel they have been fobbed off after a letter to the Health Minister highlighting their concerns about plans to repeal smokefree legislation was passed on to an associate minister instead.

She could face consequences meted out by the Privileges Committee if she is found to have accused him of lying - which would be a breach of the rules.

Rallies to protest against government plans to repeal Smokefree legislation have taken place in Wellington and Auckland.

Legislation to scrap the Reserve Bank's employment mandate is being rushed through Parliament under urgency, with the opposition decrying it as "pointless" and a backward step.

Winston Peters - in the role of Acting Prime Minister - has responded with insults and accusations after opposition MPs attempted to use his previous statements against him. Video

Retailers say Fair Pay Agreements complicated existing employment law and that protections are already in place for workers. Audio

Opposition MPs joined the picket line, including Labour's Camila Belich and the Greens' Marama Davidson and Ricardo Menéndez March. Audio

More than 100 union members and some politicians this morning protested outside the office of ACT Party leader David Seymour in the Auckland suburb of Epsom to protest plans to scrap Fair Pay…