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Watch: Luxon delivers pre-Budget speech amid scrutiny on pay equity changes
PM speaks as backlash against changes to the pay equity regime grows.

Audrey Young: 'Robbing Paula to pay Paul' – pay equity ambush will come back to bite Nats
OPINION: The way to address an unfair situation is not usually to increase the unfairness.
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Lessons from Paris: What Auckland can learn from global cultural innovation
OPINION: Cultural spaces can drive community, economic and social recovery in cities.

Audrey Young: 'Robbing Paula to pay Paul' – pay equity ambush will come back to bite Nats
OPINION: The way to address an unfair situation is not usually to increase the unfairness.

Gregor Paul: How NZ Rugby lost $19.5 million, despite record revenue
ANALYSIS: Revenue rose 7% to $285m, but expenses increased 10% to $304m.

Simon Wilson: Pope Francis, Trump and the Aussie election - the lessons for Luxon
Opinion: Just because clowns are running America doesn't mean we need them here too.

'We're going to act like a real country': Judith Collins on NZ's $12b defence splurge
The Defence Minister says New Zealand is a 'small price-taker' from the world.

Editorial: When tech billionaires restrict their kids' social media use, why shouldn’t we?
OPINION: Catherine Wedd's member's bill shouldn't be left to the biscuit tin.
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World media spotlight NZ film industry amid Trump tariff threat, minister says 'concerning'
Paul Goldsmith said he wouldn't call New Zealand rebates a 'threat' to the US.

National's Erica Stanford admits using personal email for work not best practice
The minister says she's changed her processes after admitting processes were 'untidy'.

Who donated what? National tops list of political donations: Shane Jones' partner lends NZ First $119k
A number of MPs donated to their parties.

FTA negotiations with India start this week: NZ exports to EU leap 28%
'This is an important step in our trade relationship with India.'

New Zealand’s declined baby names of 2024 revealed
Names must not be offensive, resemble a rank, or be 'unreasonably long'.