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West Coast Health proposes closing weekend, after-hours GP clinics
28 Aug 2024Leaked documents show it's suggesting using a telehealth service instead.
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Pacific Islands Forum: Luxon meets Tonga and Samoa counterparts
28 Aug 2024The Prime Minister is on the ground in Nuku'alofa for the next three days at what is his first forum in the top job.
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'Capital income tax' just an internal debate at this stage - Labour leader
28 Aug 2024Instead, more scrutiny needs to go on the government's plans to bring in new taxes, Chris Hipkins says. Audio
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Infrastructure Agency and Plan: Government announces settings, start date
28 Aug 2024The promised National Infrastructure Agency will start operating from 1 December, with the government repurposing and powering up the current Crown Infrastructure Partners.
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Staffer raises fears curriculum writing teams not appointed on merit
28 Aug 2024Emails show a Ministry of Education staff member feared appointments were not being made on merit.
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Jury still out on impact of major mental health investment in 2019 Budget
28 Aug 2024Ninety-two percent of the 2019 Wellbeing Budget's $1.9 billion in mental health funding had been spent or committed by 30 June 2023, a new report indicates.
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Climate change on agenda as Luxon arrives for Pacific Islands Forum
28 Aug 2024Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has touched down in Tonga for his first Pacific Islands Forum in the top job.
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Government ups pressure on councils over water services
28 Aug 2024Local councils will have to show how they will deliver drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services in a financially sustainable way.
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Crown funding for more solar could power 178,000 homes
The deal between the government-owned investment group and a solar developer will connect five solar sites to the national grid.
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Coastal rights: No comment from Crown witness on govt upholding Treaty
27 Aug 2024The Crown's sole witness chose not to comment when asked if the government was bound to respect Treaty principles at a Waitangi Tribunal hearing.
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Luxon 'not hung up' on Peters' Treaty Principles Bill comments
27 Aug 2024"I don't know how to express it any clearer," the Prime Minister says after the NZ First leader muddied the waters.
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New chair and commissioners for Covid-19 Inquiry
27 Aug 2024The terms of reference for the widesweeping probe have been finalised.
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Party warned former political figure was 'sexual predator'
27 Aug 2024Nearly three months passed from when a former political figure's party was told he was a "sexual predator" until the man stopped working for them.
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Live: Goldsmith talks down seafood industry meetings
27 Aug 2024Treaty Negotiations Minister is downplaying assurances he gave to the seafood industry about the foreshore and seabed.
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Trump threatens to pull out of debate with Harris
27 Aug 2024Debate is raging over "hot mics" - whether the candidates' microphones should be kept on throughout the event.
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Posties refuse to deliver misinformation-filled pamphlets
27 Aug 2024The pamplets make claims about council spending, speed limits, and the broadcasting of Islamic calls to prayer. Audio
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Do we have a 'right to disconnect' in NZ?
27 Aug 2024Australians have been given the right to ignore the boss after-hours. What about us?
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MSD sets new targets for employment programmes
27 Aug 2024Minister of Social Development Louise Upston said she wanted to put beneficiaries first in the queue for support schemes that boosted people's job prospects.
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New Zealand has an 'energy security crisis' - Christopher Luxon
26 Aug 2024A raft of measures to ease energy security and affordability includes a review of the performance of the electricity market.
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Labour sees just transition as core of future energy policy
27 Aug 2024Labour's climate change spokesperson Megan Woods said the party wanted to learn from its just transition pilots in Taranaki and Southland.
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Fast Track bill changes and how it will work: What you need to know
26 Aug 2024The government has back-tracked on contentious parts of legislation aimed at getting NZ "back on track". Here's what you need to know.
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Watch: Christopher Luxon reveals energy security measures
26 Aug 2024The government will also pass legislation by the end of the year to reverse the oil and gas exploration ban.
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Urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing begins over coastal rights
26 Aug 2024Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith wants to make it harder for Māori to make customary claims on coastlines.
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Fast-track bill still skewed in favour of economy - environmentalist
26 Aug 2024Projects that harm the environment will still get the green light despite the latest changes to the fast-track bill, a critic says. Audio
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