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Labour all at sea against Govt's legislative blitzkrieg: Opinion: The scope and speed of change the Government is enacting is leaving fertile ground for a ...
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Labour all at sea against Govt's legislative blitzkrieg
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High Court finds minister Karen Chhour can’t be summonsed to Waitangi Tribunal: The High Court has ruled Children’s Minister Karen Chhour cannot be compelled to ...
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High Court finds minister Karen Chhour can’t be summonsed to Waitangi ...
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Watch: Three strikes policy to return with changes, PM announces: The coalition will reintroduce the sentencing law later this year - but it will be slightly ...
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Watch: Three strikes policy to return with changes, PM announces
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Christopher Luxon blasts Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s claim of misogynistic demotions: Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has called Christopher Luxon’s ...
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Christopher Luxon blasts Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s claim of misogynistic ...
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Chris Hipkins says sick children shouldn't be at school: Labour leader Chris Hipkins says sending children who are unwell to school has consequences for everyone ...
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Chris Hipkins says sick children shouldn't be at school
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'I was in awe of Germaine Greer's face, her neck, her hands': Sue Kedgley on Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku on Germaine Greer
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'I was in awe of Germaine Greer's face, her neck ...
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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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School attendance plan unambitious, raises health concerns - Labour: Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the government's school attendance target is hardly ...
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School attendance plan unambitious, raises health concerns - Labour
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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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MPs pay not a decision for politicians - National, Labour: National and Labour leaders are united on MPs' pay rises, each saying it is - and should be - decided ...
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MPs pay not a decision for politicians - National, Labour
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Bishop morphs from 'everywhere man' to 'Mr Fixit': Boy from the Hutt and senior minister Chris Bishop is a familiar face to many ...
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Bishop morphs from 'everywhere man' to 'Mr Fixit'
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Luxon's quarterly action plan 'pointless' - Labour, Greens: The coalition's new plan does nothing for the country's immediate needs and the PM's "running the ...
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Luxon's quarterly action plan 'pointless' - Labour, Greens
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Steve Braunias: The secret diary of ... Lonesome Cowboy Chris Hipkins: OPINION: In the lonely streets of Dodge, hopeless cowboy Chris Hipkins ain’t worth a damn ...
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Steve Braunias: The secret diary of ... Lonesome Cowboy Chris Hipkins
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Government policies 'taking people backwards' - Labour: Increases in the minimum wage and benefits must be tied to inflation, says Social Development ...
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Government policies 'taking people backwards' - Labour
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins delivers state of nation speech: "In the face of the havoc this government is wreaking, Labour must provide New Zealanders with hope ...
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins delivers state of nation speech
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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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Budget Policy Statement shows coalition promises don't add up - Labour, Greens: Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the delay to announcing the Budget allowance ...
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Budget Policy Statement shows coalition promises don't add up - Labour ...
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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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Hipkins talks up tax reform he previously ruled out: Chris Hipkins says he's not worried a capital gains tax implemented by a future Labour-led government ...
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Hipkins talks up tax reform he previously ruled out
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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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Chris Hipkins might just be the one to make a wealth tax work for Labour: After ruling out a number of taxes at the last election, the Labour leader now says all ...
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Chris Hipkins might just be the one to make a wealth tax work for Labour
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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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Watch live: Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks from Polyfest: The Labour leader faces questions as he visits the festival in Tāmaki Makaurau.
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Watch live: Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks from Polyfest
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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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Watch live: Tax question hangs over Labour as Hipkins looks to rebuild: The party's annual retreat has started with Chris Hipkins targeting the government ...
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Watch live: Tax question hangs over Labour as Hipkins looks to rebuild
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It's time for Labour humility not defensiveness: Opinion: Though Willie Jackson's blustering defence of the Labour government was admirably loyal to ...
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It's time for Labour humility not defensiveness
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It's time for Labour humility not defensiveness: Opinion: Though Willie Jackson's blustering defence of the Labour government was admirably loyal to ...
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It's time for Labour humility not defensiveness
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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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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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Labour caucus retreat a lot different from a year ago: Labour heads into caucus retreat expecting a quieter time than last year.
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Labour caucus retreat a lot different from a year ago
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Christopher Luxon to speak to Winston Peters over Nazi comments: Luxon says he doesn't agree with the comments, and he's calling on all political leaders to tone ...
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Christopher Luxon to speak to Winston Peters over Nazi comments
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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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Hipkins lays into govt over repeal of smoking bill: Chris Hipkins has cut an incensed and combative figure during an impassioned speech in the House ...
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Hipkins lays into govt over repeal of smoking bill
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PM makes swift U-turn on $52K allowance: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will no longer claim a $52,000 accommodation allowance for living in the Wellington ...
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PM makes swift U-turn on $52K allowance
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In pictures: Polyfest 2024: The cultural festival celebrating Māori and Pacific Island nations is underway at Auckland's Manukau Sports Bowl.
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In pictures: Polyfest 2024
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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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Chris Hipkins on why Labour didn't fix the PM's planes: The Labour leader says the Defence Force's Orion and Hercules had to be replaced first.
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Chris Hipkins on why Labour didn't fix the PM's planes
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Rego cost rises 'can't be a broken promise' - Minister Chris Bishop: Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has defended not campaigning on the increase to vehicle ...
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Rego cost rises 'can't be a broken promise' - Minister Chris Bishop
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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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Forced reshuffle gives Labour a chance for much-needed refresh: As Grant Robertson steps aside, his successor hits the ground running in a show of confidence for ...
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Forced reshuffle gives Labour a chance for much-needed refresh
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Benefit sanctions: Government building 'a legacy of cruelty', critics say: The Greens say the government's benefit sanctions will push people further into ...
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Benefit sanctions: Government building 'a legacy of cruelty', critics say
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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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Who is new Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds?: Mana MP Barbara Edmonds is taking over as Labour's finance spokesperson from Grant Robertson ...
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Who is new Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds?
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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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Immigration mistakes made as pressue went on post Covid - Chris Hipkins: Labour Party leaders admits politicians put pressure on officials to speed things up ...
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Immigration mistakes made as pressue went on post Covid - Chris Hipkins
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1News-Verian political poll: Labour gains slightly, Chris Hipkins plummets: The latest 1News-Verian poll has ACT and NZ First losing one seat each ...
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1News-Verian political poll: Labour gains slightly, Chris Hipkins plummets
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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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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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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 Labour must do to reclaim its core support - Matthew Hooton: OPINION Labour’s current top two, Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni, might think their best bet ...
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What Labour must do to reclaim its core support - Matthew Hooton
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National extends lead in latest Talbot-Mills poll, Chris Hipkins falls: National is extending its lead over Labour , with support for the party lifting two ...
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National extends lead in latest Talbot-Mills poll, Chris Hipkins falls
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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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'No evidence' cultural reports worked - Justice Minister: Paul Goldsmith says spending $7.5m on the reports was not a good use of money.
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'No evidence' cultural reports worked - Justice Minister
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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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‘Fast Track Bill’ could breach free trade deals, environmentalists claim: By Farah Hancock of RNZ Proposed ‘Fast Track’ legislation to accelerate major projects ...
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‘Fast Track Bill’ could breach free trade deals, environmentalists claim
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Rawiri Waititi’s member’s bill to remove GST from food, explained: Australia and the UK already don't tax food. Will Aotearoa follow suit?
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Rawiri Waititi’s member’s bill to remove GST from food, explained
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N. Zealand's top diplomat stands by his criticism of ‘race-based' superiority: In his State of Nation address, Winston Peters aimed at Maori Party co-leader ...
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N. Zealand's top diplomat stands by his criticism of ‘race-based' ...
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Yup, say voters, just like we told you: Polling in 2024 is strikingly similar to the election night result – but there are a few other morsels to chew on. 
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Yup, say voters, just like we told you