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We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d expect: 'WTF is this?' wrote Wayne Brown on September 14 last year ...
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We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d ...
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Brynderwyn Hills motorway to reopen for Easter weekend: The gateway to the north will reopen this weekend - but visitors will have to get in quick.
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Brynderwyn Hills motorway to reopen for Easter weekend
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What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan : Councillors in Auckland are hoping a submission supporting some and opposing other aspects ...
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What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan 
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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown had no power to halt transport projects: The mayor had no authority to tell Auckland Transport to immediately stop projects funded by ...
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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown had no power to halt transport projects
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Government agrees to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids: The government has agreed to the suggestion from the opposition that was initially voted ...
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Government agrees to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids
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Auckland Transport to be stripped of planning powers: The transport minister says he will work with Auckland Council to give it the power to set its own ...
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Auckland Transport to be stripped of planning powers
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Transport Minister accused of 'broken promise' over roads: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is unsure if he can turn the ignition key on major motorway ...
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Transport Minister accused of 'broken promise' over roads
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse: Simeon Brown just announced the most anti-driver transport policy in recent memory.
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse
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Road pricing debate shrouded in smoke and (rear-view) mirrors: Opinion: With a huge funding gap confronting the Transport Agency, it is high-time we shifted to a ...
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Road pricing debate shrouded in smoke and (rear-view) mirrors
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‘Excellent speech’: NZ prime minister backs Penny Wong in Keating spat: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he fully supports Foreign Minister ...
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‘Excellent speech’: NZ prime minister backs Penny Wong in Keating spat
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising completion of Auckland’s big projects ...
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse: Simeon Brown just announced the most anti-driver transport policy in recent memory.
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse
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Transport Minister proposes fuel tax increase for 2027: Simeon Brown is proposing a fuel tax increase of 12 cents to hit in 2027 - the same amount Labour ...
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Transport Minister proposes fuel tax increase for 2027
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising completion of Auckland’s big projects ...
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future
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Government sets up advisory group ahead of Three Waters repeal: Simeon Brown says it will "restore continued local council ownership and control of water ...
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Government sets up advisory group ahead of Three Waters repeal
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Minister points to 'backstops' if councils refuse Three Waters amalgamations: The minister responsible won't say, pointing only to regulations that could let it ...
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Minister points to 'backstops' if councils refuse Three Waters ...
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What the light rail millions got Auckland: As the dust settles on the doomed light rail plan for Auckland, newly released documents spell out exactly what the ...
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What the light rail millions got Auckland
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Councils get their Three Waters wish - but will they regret it? : The coalition has ticked off another objective - repealing the troubled Three Waters programme ...
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Councils get their Three Waters wish - but will they regret it?
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The Week in Politics: Water wars - who pays and what happened to $1.2 billion?: Analysis: The government's plan raises questions as it is revealed Labour spent ...
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The Week in Politics: Water wars - who pays and what happened to $1 ...
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Auckland Regional Fuel Tax to end in June, PM announces: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax will be scrapped in months ...
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Auckland Regional Fuel Tax to end in June, PM announces
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What is Local Water Done Well, the new not-quite-Three Waters?: In just 10 days, the last government's efforts to fix water infrastructure will be scrapped ...
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What is Local Water Done Well, the new not-quite-Three Waters?
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NZ Transport Agency emails reveal concerns within Waka Kotahi about name change: By RNZ The head of the Transport Agency ( NZTA ) ordered the only line about a ...
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NZ Transport Agency emails reveal concerns within Waka Kotahi about name ...
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'Unacceptable': Auckland mayor Wayne Brown demands answers over cancelled trains: 88 trains in Auckland were cancelled on Monday. Wayne Brown wants to know why.
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'Unacceptable': Auckland mayor Wayne Brown demands answers over cancelled ...
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Simon Wilson: 10 questions for Simeon Brown about his transport plan: OPINION The new draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport has four ...
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Simon Wilson: 10 questions for Simeon Brown about his transport plan
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The Brown v Brown showdown is a positive for Auckland - Heather du Plessis-Allan: It’s tempting to think the Brown v Brown showdown is bad for Auckland ...
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The Brown v Brown showdown is a positive for Auckland - Heather du ...
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Simeon Brown wants Auckland’s transport ‘back to basics’: The new Minister of Transport has promised to reprioritise transport planning from cycleways and speed ...
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Simeon Brown wants Auckland’s transport ‘back to basics’
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No bailing out water, says minister: Nationwide water metering and security over water assets are likely to be conditions of international financiers backing the ...
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No bailing out water, says minister
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Minister for Auckland job in doubt, thanks to funding running out in June: The Minister for Auckland, Simeon Brown, could lose all his staff for the portfolio ...
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Minister for Auckland job in doubt, thanks to funding running out in June
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Un-banning oil and gas exploration may not fix energy supply gaps, minister told: Repealing the ban on oil and gas exploration may not succeed at extending the ...
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Un-banning oil and gas exploration may not fix energy supply gaps ...
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Decision on bilingual road signs coming soon - transport minister: By RNZ Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising a decision soon on whether to make almost ...
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Decision on bilingual road signs coming soon - transport minister
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'Serious concerns' about councils' ability to manage water issues - Minister: The Local Government Minister says he has "serious concerns" about Wellington and ...
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'Serious concerns' about councils' ability to manage water issues - ...
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'Going to take decades to fix': Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau after water woes meeting
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'Going to take decades to fix': Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau after water ...
Quick Glance: 'Decades to Fix': Mayor Tory Whanau on Water Woes Meeting
  • Repairing Wellington's earthquake-damaged town hall may be impacted by the city's water leak crisis.

  • Mayor Tory Whanau met with the local government minister Simeon Brown to discuss the troubled water network and emphasized the need for collaboration between central and local government.

  • It will take decades to fix the state of the city's pipes, requiring government and local councils to work together.

  • Brown's schedule includes a meeting with Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy later in the day.
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Transport Minister says Clean Car Discount costs outweigh benefits: Transport Minister Simeon Brown says the Clean Car Discount was never self-financing ...
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Transport Minister says Clean Car Discount costs outweigh benefits
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EVs, plug-in hybrids to pay road user charges from 1 April: Owners of light electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids will have to pay road user charges from 1 April ...
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EVs, plug-in hybrids to pay road user charges from 1 April
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National-led government officially cancels Auckland Light Rail plans: The new National-led government is following through on its plans to cancel the Auckland ...
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National-led government officially cancels Auckland Light Rail plans
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New transport minister wants to accelerate EV charging: Simeon Brown wants to place 10,000 public chargers to respond to changing traffic flows and the increased ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/25/new-transport-minister-wants-to-accelerate-ev-charging/
New transport minister wants to accelerate EV charging
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Local government financial crisis: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says he's firming up new ways to fund water services for cash-strapped councils – ...
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Local government financial crisis
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Pivotal week in Wellington water crisis - are more restrictions needed?: It’s a pivotal week for Wellington ’s looming water shortage crisis as residents wait to ...
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Pivotal week in Wellington water crisis - are more restrictions needed?
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Nicola Willis and the present I forgot to buy: 'I can absolutely confirm that I have fulfilled my commitment to buy the present that I promised I would ...
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Nicola Willis and the present I forgot to buy
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Surplus in 2027 'not achievable' on current forecasts – Willis: The finance minister also wouldn't promise that the tax cuts delivered in the ...
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Surplus in 2027 'not achievable' on current forecasts – Willis
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FamilyBoost scheme won’t help whānau at all, says kōhanga reo kaiako: By Daniel Perese of Whakaata Maori From July 1, mātua (parents) and kaitiaki (caregivers) ...
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FamilyBoost scheme won’t help whānau at all, says kōhanga reo kaiako
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Labour's Chris Hipkins says Disability Minister Penny Simmonds should be sacked: Labour is doubling down on criticism of the minister's handling of disability ...
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Labour's Chris Hipkins says Disability Minister Penny Simmonds should be ...
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Watch live: Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet meeting update: Follow as the Prime Minister faces questions as Labour talks tax and the economy goes into ...
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Watch live: Christopher Luxon holds post-Cabinet meeting update
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Kāinga Ora crackdown: Government's move cruel, Greens say: Evicting more people from state housing is ignorant to the consequences of poverty, the Greens say ...
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Kāinga Ora crackdown: Government's move cruel, Greens say
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Premier House report recommends $33m refurbishment for 'dated' building: If big decisions are not made about the building, a "significant piece of our heritage ...
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Premier House report recommends $33m refurbishment for 'dated' building
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Labour urges greyhound racing ban, offers bipartisan support: Labour MP Rachel Boyack has rejected suggestions Labour's internal ructions were what prevented a ...
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Labour urges greyhound racing ban, offers bipartisan support
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When the facts change, Nicola Willis should change her mind: The value of a pyrrhic victory for the Government on tax cuts is not worth the price New Zealanders ...
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When the facts change, Nicola Willis should change her mind
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Recession could lead to brain drain, employment minister Louise Upston says: Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston has admitted New Zealand ...
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Recession could lead to brain drain, employment minister Louise Upston ...
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'Are these the first steps towards abolishing the ministry?' - Carmel Sepuloni: Opposition MPs and unions are criticising a proposal by New Zealand's Ministry of ...
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'Are these the first steps towards abolishing the ministry?' - Carmel ...
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Luxon’s budget problem is not going away: Every week that passes seems to tighten the fiscal noose for Christopher Luxon and co – a noose, moreover ...
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Luxon’s budget problem is not going away
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Prime Minister's Auckland office vandalised for third time in six months: The words "grant the visas" have been painted on the walls of Christopher Luxon's ...
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Prime Minister's Auckland office vandalised for third time in six months
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Childcare subsidies to start from July, families eligible for up to $75 a week: The 25 percent tax rebate on childcare costs will help reduce barriers for ...
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Childcare subsidies to start from July, families eligible for up to $75 a ...
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Govt announces early childhood tax credits: Families will be able to receive up to $75 a week in early childhood education tax credits from October this year - ...
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Govt announces early childhood tax credits
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Government thinks disabled 'add no value to society' - protester: Disability funding changes have made people feel worthless and bullied by the government ...
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Government thinks disabled 'add no value to society' - protester
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Crunch time looms as Air Force 757s costs blow out: The cost of maintaining the Defence Force's ageing Boeing 757s is four times more expensive ...
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Crunch time looms as Air Force 757s costs blow out