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Opposition slams Kāinga Ora decision to scrap public housing builds
20 Jun 2025The housing agency has identified 212 projects producing 3479 houses that will not proceed for "financial sustainability" reasons.
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Shane Jones vows to restart oil, gas industry
19 Jun 2025The Associate Minister for Energy used the scrutiny week hearing to attack the previous government for banning oil and gas exploration in 2018.
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No need to give China heads-up over decision to halt Cook Islands funding - Luxon
19 Jun 2025Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government saw no need to give China a heads-up over its decision to halt funding for the Cook Islands.
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Otago school expansion targeted in $27m govt spend
19 Jun 2025The investment will add 12 new classrooms to Queenstown's Te Kura Whakatipu o Kawarau, which had repurposed its library for teaching.
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Labour moves ahead of National on top concern in poll
19 Jun 2025It's the first time since 2021 that Labour has been considered more able to handle the cost of living.
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'Not doing enough': Peters holds court with MPs on New Zealand's foreign policy
19 Jun 2025Foreign Affairs is a portfolio that often receives bi-partisan respect. In an otherwise adversarial Scrutiny Week, Winston Peters' Foreign Affairs hearing was positively amiable.
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Ministers quizzed over Budget cuts in scrappy environment scrutiny hearing
19 Jun 2025Environment and conservation funding cuts the balancing act in the management of the economy and growing jobs, opposition MPs told.
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Kāinga Ora stops hundreds of housing developments
19 Jun 2025The projects would have included 3500 homes, as the state housing provider also sells a fifth of its vacant land.
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NZ halt to Cook Islands funding kept quiet for two weeks
19 Jun 2025The news - amid a stoush over the region's relationship with China - only emerged as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon prepares to meet Xi Jinping. Audio
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NZ sanctions more 'crucial enablers' of Russia's war against Ukraine
19 Jun 2025Since 2022, New Zealand has imposed sanctions on more than 1800 individuals and entities.
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Ministry spends thousands hunting leaks to RNZ
19 Jun 2025The Education Ministry is spending about $20,000 on its hunt for the sources of multiple leaks to RNZ.
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Media attention, political pressure credited with solving cardiac surgery waitlist
Cardiac Society of New Zealand chairperson says the waitlist had reduced from 110 to 10 patients.
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Christopher Luxon on blitz of promotional events in Shanghai
19 Jun 2025The PM's three-day trip to China comes at a time of increased rivalry between the superpower and the United States. Audio
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'New security service' for Parliament would have more powers
19 Jun 2025Parliament's security guards will receive training later this year to prepare for potential additional powers.
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Government looking at making lifejackets compulsory
19 Jun 2025It comes after findings a mother and her young son would have had better chances of surviving a capsizing, if they been wearing them. Audio
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Lack of people standing for local body election worries officials
19 Jun 2025An electoral officer says if an area has no candidates an extraordinary vacancy will be created.
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Visa change for Chinese passport holders announced
18 Jun 2025People transiting through New Zealand on Chinese passports will be able to use an electronic travel authority from November.
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Govt blames Labour for police recruit exemptions
18 Jun 2025Police Minister's office says the use of discretion over recruits who had not passed a literacy test was introduced in 2018 under the Labour government.
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Government to spend $16.5m to help Reserve Bank battle inflation
The government is changing how inflation data is reported.
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'The inequities aren't closing' - Māori still a long way from Smokefree 2025 goal
18 Jun 2025The Smokefree 2025 goal is only months away, but Māori smokefree advocates are concerned that Māori smoking rates have remained more than double that of the general population.
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As Luxon heads to China, his govt's pivot toward the US is a stumbling block
18 Jun 2025Analysis:Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand's best…
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Melatonin to be sold over-the-counter; magic mushrooms to be prescribed
18 Jun 2025The change for psilocybin was a huge win for people with depression who had tried everything else, David Seymour says.
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Children's minister criticised for lack of transparency over bootcamps
Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori grilled the government's youth military academies in a scrutiny hearing.
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Luxon rejects idea of visa waivers, extended visas on first trip to China
18 Jun 2025The Prime Minister has poured cold water on the idea of complete visa waivers, or extended visas for "premium" travellers from China.
