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New Zealand First member's bill seeks to disband Auckland Transport
29 Aug 2024New Zealand First wants to kill Auckland's transportation authority and allow council to create a new organisation.
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Minister Shane Jones to get another talking to over judiciary commentary
29 Aug 2024Shane Jones says his comments about a judge being a communist were taken out of context, but judicial decisions are "beginning to show elements of totalitarianism".
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Winstone, Mercury at loggerheads over mill closures
Ministers have been meeting major energy users to discuss how the government could help businesses struggling due to high wholesale power prices. Audio
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Whangārei District Council votes against scrapping Māori ward
29 Aug 2024Whangārei District councillors have voted down a motion to abolish their Māori ward in a two-hour, often emotional debate.
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Petrol cars could pay road user charges from 2027
29 Aug 2024The government has announced a roadmap for moving all light vehicles away from the fuel tax and on to road user charges.
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Green Party cancels meeting over Darleen Tana
29 Aug 2024The last-minute cancellation comes as the former Green MP takes a bid to prevent being thrown out of Parliament to court. Audio
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Māori sovereignty debate splits Parliament
29 Aug 2024Party leaders are staking clear positions where they have previously tip-toed, as a debate over whether Māori ceded sovereignty flares up. Audio
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Big increase in penalties for misuse of disabled parking spots
29 Aug 2024Drivers will soon face higher fines in what the government calls a crackdown on "selfish behaviour".
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Tana heads to court to stop Greens' meeting
29 Aug 2024The former Green MP will today ask for an injunction against the party's special general meeting this weekend. Audio
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PM expects more relaxed chats with Pacific leaders during retreat
29 Aug 2024The leaders of the 18 member states are spending a day on Vava'u Island - with no officials or media allowed.
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Prime Minister defends Peters' climate comments
29 Aug 2024Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has been labelled a climate denier by the opposition after downplaying the climate crisis while visiting the Pacific.
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Planned marine title changes not Treaty compliant, Crown witness admits
28 Aug 2024The Crown's sole witness has told the Waitangi Tribunal planned changes to customary marine title have not been Treaty compliant.
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Northland Regional Council votes to keep Māori wards
28 Aug 2024The council will hold a binding poll with the 2025 regional council elections.
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Greater Wellington to vote on Māori ward in 2025 elections
27 Aug 2024The regional council had already decided to create a special ward, but the coalition government has forced it to hold a poll on the issue.
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MPs' comments amount to attacks on judiciary, lawyers say
28 Aug 2024The NZ Bar Association is concerned about the risk of political interference in the courts.
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Auckland Council to consider date for introduction of new off-licence alcohol rules
29 Aug 2024Auckland Council are set to decide when supermarkets and liquor stores in the city will not be able to sell alcohol after 9pm.
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Jones says Hipkins 'ideological snake in the grass'
29 Aug 2024Labour won't commit to honouring future consents under the coalition government's fast-track legislation, prompting the accusation from Shane Jones.
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Winston Peters defends climate change comments
29 Aug 2024He says he does believe humans had a role in causing climate change.
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Darleen Tana takes legal action to stay in Parliament
28 Aug 2024A hearing is set for 10am on Thursday at the High Court in Auckland.
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'Everybody needs to have a choice': Petition calls for expansion of End of Life Choice Act
28 Aug 2024The ACT Party plans to introduce a member's bill to expand eligibility.
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Diplomacy on the sidelines: PM promotes women's rugby in Tonga
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stepped out of the Pacific Islands Forum to throw a rugby ball around with some young female players from Tonga.
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Army gets first woman chief as new Defence Force leadership announced
28 Aug 2024Commodore Garin Golding will be promoted to Rear Admiral and Brigadier Rose King to Major General - the first ever woman in that role.
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Listen live as Greens' Chlöe Swarbrick faces questions from Ingrid Hipkiss on Morning Report
29 Aug 2024Tune in as the Greens co-leader faces questions over the Darleen Tana saga.
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Te Pūkenga staff 'pissed off', tired by organisation's constant change
28 Aug 2024The institution's chief executive also told Parliament some polytechnics are unlikely to be financially viable.
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