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'Slippery slope to mediocrity': Mayors hit back at PM's speech
22 Aug 2024Christopher Luxon called for councils to "rein in the fantasies", manage spending, and focus on delivering their core services - but mayors say they already do this.
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Luxon's speech on waste rubs councils the wrong way
22 Aug 2024Councillors, mayors and officials could be heard groaning as the prime minister spoke. Audio
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Leaked lobbying plan shows tobacco giant got what it wanted from government
23 Aug 2024Philip Morris planned to apply "political pressure" to get tax cuts for heated tobacco products, a document shows. Audio
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Opinion: Luxon's hawkish address is music to Canberra's ears, but what about China?
16 Aug 2024New Zealand is not just on the same page, but is now in lockstep with Australia, Geoffrey Miller writes.
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More children starting school struggling to speak - teachers
22 Aug 2024Teachers said some children could not talk in sentences of more than four or five words. Audio
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Regional Deals: Government announces special agreements for councils
22 Aug 2024Councils from five regions will be invited to submit proposals under the so-called Regional Deals.
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Staffing forces hospital department shutdown a day before Minister's visit
22 Aug 2024A staffing shortage forced a hospital scanning department to shut down for two and a half hours just a day before the Minister of Health turned up at it, to announce faster scanning.
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Winston Peters casts doubt on PM's position on Treaty Principles Bill
21 Aug 2024The deputy prime minister has muddied the waters on the Treaty Principles Bill debate just days after the prime minister sought to extinguish any confusion on the issue.
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Seymour's new ministry paying staff average of $154,000
21 Aug 2024The anti-red tape department is overseen by the ACT leader, who secured its creation during coalition negotiations last year.
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Councils call for tourist levies or 'bed tax'
21 Aug 2024With a poll showing support for a tourism levy or bed tax, councils wanting to "give rates a rest" have set up a bed at this year's LGNZ conference.
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Local councils need to 'rein in the fantasies' on spending - PM
21 Aug 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told attendees at the Local Government New Zealand conference in Wellington today that local councils need to "rein in the fantasies" on spending.
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Health minister seeking advice on nitrous oxide
21 Aug 2024The health minister says he has sought advice on nitrous oxide, to see whether more needs to be done to address its recreational use.
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'Ridiculously high' power prices threatening manufacturers - Jones
21 Aug 2024Businesses are being put "in a perilous situation" by gentailers who show no regard for the country's interests, the energy minister says. Audio
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Iwi's challenge to Seymour: Kill the Treaty Principles Bill or front up
21 Aug 2024An iwi says it's disappointed by the ACT leader's "divisive rhetoric" and he needs to change course.
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New Zealand can't afford to own banks, ANZ's boss says
21 Aug 2024Antonia Watson says the sector is extremely competitive, despite a major report finding otherwise and the Finance Minister calling it a "cosy pillow fight". Audio
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'Granny flats' should be accessible homes, not poverty traps of the future
14 Aug 2024Opinion - The government should be incentivising people to build good homes that are accessible to our diverse population, Prudence Walker writes.
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Police to axe 170 roles in bid to save $53 million
21 Aug 2024The police commissioner has confirmed no frontline roles are part of cost-cutting measures. Audio
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'Feels like a historic moment' - Ardern speaks at US Democratic Convention
21 Aug 2024Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it's a "real privilege" to attend the US Democratics' convention.
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Benefit cut after one missed appointment
21 Aug 2024One missed meeting is all it took for one former public servant to lose his benefit: "I felt like I'd been betrayed".
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Darleen Tana 'grasping at straws' by staying in Parliament - law professor
21 Aug 2024The former Green MP is relying on one quote from one judge, Andrew Geddis says. Audio
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Watch: Reti to look at possible regulation over 'nangs'
21 Aug 2024The Health Minister has been speaking to media at Wellington Regional Hospital as it reveals the first of eight new radiology machines.
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'The Crown is sovereign', Luxon says
20 Aug 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told Parliament he believes Māori ceded sovereignty to the Crown.
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Govt says petrol will only rise 3c a litre as it moves to raise carbon price
20 Aug 2024The carbon price is expected to rise on news the government is slashing the number of tonnes of planet-heating emissions for sale by more than half.
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Darleen Tana formally refuses to resign
20 Aug 2024The former Green MP has responded to the party and says they have no intention of quitting.
![Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right), pictured alongside Minister of Local Government Simeon Brown, told local government representatives on Wednesday to focus spending on core services. Photo: Max Frethey. [via LDR single use only]](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--pvZzE1nM--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_288/v1724291622/4KL1PEN_Luxon_Standup_scaled_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD)
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