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![Hot, crowded and slow: Why lower North Island needs 18 new trains](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hot, crowded and slow: Why lower North Island needs 18 new trains
One time, the air conditioning broke and passengers were handed ice blocks to keep cool.
![Simon Wilson: We were there and we looked away – lessons from the Abuse in Care report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Simon Wilson: We were there and we looked away – lessons from the Abuse in Care report
OPINION: We're all implicated in the Abuse in Care inquiry report. So what will we do now?
![Acquitted after 11 years and three trials](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Acquitted after 11 years and three trials
Hendrix Kahia and a relative perform a haka for his two counsel at Hamilton High Court, celebrating his acquittal of Wiremu Birch's murder after 11 years and three trials.
![Government legislating to overturn Court of Appeal decision](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Government legislating to overturn Court of Appeal decision
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith on the Government's plans to legislate to overturn the Court of Appeal decision on the Marine and Coastal Area Act.
![Government moves to overturn Court of Appeal decision over Māori customary marine rights](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Government moves to overturn Court of Appeal decision over Māori customary marine rights
The Government disagrees with a recent ruling.
![Forced adoptions, starvation, beatings: Landmark report reveals horrors for unwed mums](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Forced adoptions, starvation, beatings: Landmark report reveals horrors for unwed mums
This is what happened to girls and women sent to unmarried mothers' homes.
![Audrey Young: Caring words for abuse survivors are easy. Actions won't be](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Audrey Young: Caring words for abuse survivors are easy. Actions won't be
OPINION: Many of the royal commission's recommendations run contrary to the Govt's agenda.
![Billions likely for abuse survivors and a blow for SMEs | Focus Morning Bulletin July 25, 2024](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Billions likely for abuse survivors and a blow for SMEs | Focus Morning Bulletin July 25, 2024
In today's headlines with Susie Nordqvist, compensation could run into the billions for abuse in care survivors and small businesses in biggest sales decline since Covid.
![Government announces $800m investment to improve lower North Island rail travel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Government announces $800m investment to improve lower North Island rail travel
The investment aims to fund 18 new trains which will run from 2028.
![How NZ is building an economic bridge to India](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
How NZ is building an economic bridge to India
India and New Zealand are seeing good opportunities to work together.
![Agribusiness and Trade: Luxon dubbed NZ’s ‘salesman in chief’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Agribusiness and Trade: Luxon dubbed NZ’s ‘salesman in chief’
Business people accompanying Luxon in Tokyo called him 'chief marketing officer'.
![Commissioners of Abuse in Care Royal Commission reflect on the landmark inquiry](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Commissioners of Abuse in Care Royal Commission reflect on the landmark inquiry
Commissioners of Abuse in Care Royal Commission reflect on the landmark inquiry.
![Will Luxon shelve abuse in care recommendations his Government doesn't like?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Will Luxon shelve abuse in care recommendations his Government doesn't like?
Many recommendations are based on some gang members having special treatment
!['Nothing short of horrific': PM acknowledges abuse at Lake Alice was torture](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Nothing short of horrific': PM acknowledges abuse at Lake Alice was torture
He will deliver a formal apology to all Abuse in Care survivors later this year.
![Abuse in Care: Our national disgrace](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Abuse in Care: Our national disgrace
The Abuse in Care report was released today after six years of investigation. Video / NZ Herald
![PM responds to Abuse in Care final report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
PM responds to Abuse in Care final report
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care began probing into state and faith-based care of children, young people, and vulnerable adults over five years ago.
![Bill dumped after chaos sees Government caught without minister](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bill dumped after chaos sees Government caught without minister
The Government saw one of its bills discharged after no minister spoke on it.
![Abuse in Care report and could Darleen Tana be forced out? | Focus Morning Bulletin July 24, 2024](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Abuse in Care report and could Darleen Tana be forced out? | Focus Morning Bulletin July 24, 2024
In today's headlines with Susie Nordqvist, a big day for survivors of abuse in this country and Greens looking at whether to force Darleen Tana out. Video / NZ Herald
![Darleen Tana digs in as MP, Greens to decide on invoking waka-jumping law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Darleen Tana digs in as MP, Greens to decide on invoking waka-jumping law
Greens co-leader Chloe Swarbrick says wider party approval is needed to use the law.
![Legal action against Govt 'possible' as officials warn deaths may rise under speed limit plans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Legal action against Govt 'possible' as officials warn deaths may rise under speed limit plans
The coalition has quietly dropped wording around safety from its transport plan.
!['I'm here now and doing the mahi': Tana fronts media on return to Parliament](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'I'm here now and doing the mahi': Tana fronts media on return to Parliament
The former Green hasn't been seen at Parliament since March.