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Nats need to 'go back to school' over bilingual sign criticism - Māori Party: The Māori Party co-leader says the National Party should go back to school if it ...
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Nats need to 'go back to school' over bilingual sign criticism - Māori Party: The Māori Party co-leader says the National Party should go back to school if it ...
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Nats need to 'go back to school' over bilingual sign criticism - Māori ...
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Revealed: A cost-benefit analysis for Wellington’s long tunnel: Cost: Would be extremely complex and expensive. Benefit: Would provide a vital boost for the ...
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Revealed: A cost-benefit analysis for Wellington’s long tunnel
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Tauranga's speed limit proposal met with warning from minister: The council is currently consulting on a proposed blanket speed reduction to 30 km/h in the city ...
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Tauranga's speed limit proposal met with warning from minister
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Senior Labour MP ordered to take down ‘gross’ social media posts: Peeni Henare has deleted cartoons he reposted ridiculing government ministers David Seymour and ...
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Senior Labour MP ordered to take down ‘gross’ social media posts
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Government investigates 4km tunnel under Wellington: The massive tunnel would run under a chunk of the city and a series of suburbs.
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Government investigates 4km tunnel under Wellington
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State abuse survivor urges against repealing Oranga Tamariki Treaty commitments: The Government is being accused of turning its back on Māori survivors of abuse ...
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State abuse survivor urges against repealing Oranga Tamariki Treaty ...
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Māori wards ultimatum for councils as coalition government imposes referendums: Councils that brought in Māori wards without polling residents will need to hold ...
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Māori wards ultimatum for councils as coalition government imposes ...
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Tauranga council commission request for hybrid model turned down again: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has also rejected the commission's recommendation ...
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Tauranga council commission request for hybrid model turned down again
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Māori ward referendum 'an expense we don't need' – Masterton mayor: Masterton's mayor says holding a referendum for an already established Māori ward is an ...
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Māori ward referendum 'an expense we don't need' – Masterton mayor
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Labour defends roadside drug testing legislation: There are growing calls for random roadside drug testing after seven people were killed in crashes over the ...
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Labour defends roadside drug testing legislation
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Councils label Māori wards reversal 'complete overreach' by government: Reversing councils' ability to decide on Māori wards is "complete overreach by central ...
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Councils label Māori wards reversal 'complete overreach' by government
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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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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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Inside the intensive kapa haka training in preparation for Te Matatini 2025: Some familiar names, like Rawiri Waititi, will be competing next February ...
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Inside the intensive kapa haka training in preparation for Te Matatini ...
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Deputy PM Winston Peters attacks media over speech reporting: Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has railed against the media again, over the reporting of his ...
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Deputy PM Winston Peters attacks media over speech reporting
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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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High Court grants more coastal rights to Māori amid political sensitivities: A new court decision on Māori customary rights on the Wairarapa coast could run into ...
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High Court grants more coastal rights to Māori amid political ...
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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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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 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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GST removal Bill shot down after first reading: Removing GST from all foods and non-alcoholic beverages, as proposed by Te Pāti Māori in their amendment bill to ...
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GST removal Bill shot down after first reading
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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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Emotions run high in parliament over dismantling of Māori Health Authority: Opposition MPs hit out at health minister Shane Reti yesterday as the bill to scrap ...
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Emotions run high in parliament over dismantling of Māori Health Authority
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Bastion Point matriarch to be laid to rest today with husband Joe Hawke: Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei will this morning farewell matriarch Rene Hawke, who died on Monday ...
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Bastion Point matriarch to be laid to rest today with husband Joe Hawke
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Chiefs Manawa now in spotlight about wording of pre-match haka: It comes after the Hurricanes Poua team called the government "redneck" in its haka on Saturday.
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Chiefs Manawa now in spotlight about wording of pre-match haka
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‘Read anywhere and everywhere’: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the books she loves: Every writer needs an aunty like Te Pāti Māori's co-leader.
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‘Read anywhere and everywhere’: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the books she ...
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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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The Week in Politics: Rush of law changes fire up opposition parties: Analysis - What we learnt as the government pushed two controversial bills through ...
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The Week in Politics: Rush of law changes fire up opposition parties
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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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Debate on scrapping GST on kai heads to Parliament: Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi's members' bill to scrap GST on food has been drawn from the ballot ...
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Debate on scrapping GST on kai heads to Parliament
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Kīngi Tūheitia, Te Pāti Māori expected to arrive at Waitangi: Kīngi Tūheitia is bringing with him the mauri of the Hui aa Motu in Ngāruawāhia.
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Kīngi Tūheitia, Te Pāti Māori expected to arrive at Waitangi
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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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Labour's power struggles are going to be harder than National's: Labour’s cosy domination of the left is now under serious threat from the Greens ...
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Labour's power struggles are going to be harder than National's
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Government faces the music at Waitangi: This year's record-breaking Waitangi celebrations drew 80,000 people to the Treaty grounds over four days ...
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Government faces the music at Waitangi
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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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Rawiri Waititi isn’t the first Māori leader to call for an indigenous parliament: Self-governance is an idea that's been advanced by indigenous peoples in ...
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Rawiri Waititi isn’t the first Māori leader to call for an indigenous ...
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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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Labour's power struggles are going to be harder than National's: Labour’s cosy domination of the left is now under serious threat from the Greens ...
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Labour's power struggles are going to be harder than National's
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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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Come on, let’s address the real Māori in the room - Boris Sokratov: OPINION: Identity is something almost everyone struggles with at some time in their life ...
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Come on, let’s address the real Māori in the room - Boris Sokratov
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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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Taranaki leaders fear maunga deal at risk: Leaders say they fear their deal with the Crown over Taranaki Maunga will not withstand the new government.
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Taranaki leaders fear maunga deal at risk
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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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The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, explained: Everyone seems to be talking about the Treaty principles. But what are they exactly ...
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The principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, explained
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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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What’s next for former Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta after decades of service?: With almost three decades in Parliament as a Labour MP , Nanaia Mahuta has seen and ...
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What’s next for former Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta after decades of service?
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Lobbying rules haven't changed, Speaker Gerry Brownlee says: Only two new visitor passes have been issued, Brownlee said, to party staff for the Green Party ...
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Lobbying rules haven't changed, Speaker Gerry Brownlee says
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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