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PM ‘unilaterally’ sacking Act minister would breach coalition agreement
Act leader David Seymour saying he would not expect a leader of another party would sack an Act minister. Video / NZ Herald
PM 'unilaterally' sacking Act minister would breach coalition agreement - David Seymour
The Act leader doesn't think any of his ministers are showing signs of failure thus far.
Opinion: Tribal and identity politics positive, not negative - Rob Campbell
OPINION: Most live with an identity which is important to them and identify with a tribe.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Seymour runs the risk of taking things too far
Opinion: Seymour and his party don’t mind having a crack at his PM.
Editorial: Christopher Luxon shows a ruthless side few thought he had
His demotion of two poor performers was quick and decisive and almost out of the blue.
After spending $700k-plus on pins for Covid-19 workers, department now cutting costs
Some 80,000 frontline pandemic workers were given the pins.
Audrey Young: National's comeback kid has a lot on his plate
OPINION: Three years ago, 'Goldie' was in the political doldrums.
Specialist Māori roles facing the chop from Oranga Tamariki
Specialist Māori roles in Oranga Tamariki's crosshairs amid restructure.
PM blasts Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s claim of misogynistic demotions
The Prime Minister's office calls the comments 'frankly ridiculous and without merit.'
David Seymour fronts up to the tough questions
Act Party leader gives his views on school lunches, the Waitangi Tribunal and apologies.
Waitangi Tribunal turns, 50 but there’s no cause to celebrate - John Tamihere
The Waitangi Tribunal turns 50 - happy birthday to you.
Police Minister says bill about sending clear message to gangs
Mark Mitchell is adamant gang patches will be banned.
Audrey Young: What if Government loses Waitangi Tribunal fight?
OPINION: Both parties have talked themselves into a pistols-at-dawn showdown.
'It's cruel': End of life Choice act needs to scrap timeframes - experts
The current law allows the terminally ill to choose death in a set time frame.
Three Strikes will mean 'unjust sentences and accelerate mass incarceration of Māori and Pasifika' - Ferris
Te Pāti Māori MP calls it a 'destructive and ineffective piece of law-making'.
Dover Samuels: The Waitangi Tribunal tried that trick on me
Summons to Children’s Minister is breach of its constitutional position, he says.
'Serious offenders' will be locked up under revised Three Strikes - PM
Christopher Luxon has announced the return of the law, abolished under Labour.
Editorial: Uncertainty to blame for Wellington’s downward spiral
OPINION: The capital needs more than just sunshine right now.
Government brings back Three Strikes, Labour warns of injustice
Reinstating Three Strikes was both National and Act policy in their election campaigns.
Fast-track bill has lack of transparency, protections for conflicts of interestral
The Auditor-General says he's concerned at aspects of the coalition's new bill.
Audrey Young: Minister for Children v Waitangi Tribunal - the players and the issues
OPINION: Crown Law has pulled out its big guns to challenge the Tribunal summons.
Editorial: Hats off to our political leaders for doing New Zealand’s world business kanohi ki te kanohi
OPINION: Luxon, Peters, Willis, McClay all doing NZ's mahi.
Audrey Young: Police push their luck on pay as mass layoffs continue
OPINION: Police's flat rejection of the latest offer seems slightly detached from reality.
'Sacrificial lambs': Fire engineering expertise takes hit in latest job cuts
The MBIE is considering axing one of only two senior fire engineers in the country.
'By their own standards, they are buying a fight with someone of much greater mana'
Act leader David Seymour warns Waitangi Tribunal it has picked a scrap with the wrong MP.
Minister says services for at-risk children will improve after job cuts
Karen Chhour says job cuts at OT won't compromise care.
Opinion: David Seymour putting cart before horse on health insurance
OPINION: Medsafe must first approve off-label medicines, insurers say.
‘Stab in the back’: Abuse survivor decries plan to axe Oranga Tamariki Treaty commitments
The Govt is being accused of turning its back on Māori survivors of abuse in state care.
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
Māori Law Society slates Jones’ savage criticism of Waitangi Tribunal as ‘inappropriate, unconstitutional’
Māori law society takes Shane Jones comments to higher authority.
Opinion: What happens when you look in the mirror and see Ruth Richardson staring back? - Matthew Tukaki
OPINION: The public service cuts bring back bad memories of the 'Mother of all Budgets'.
'Savage cuts': Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki look to slash 1000 jobs
The PSA has called it a 'brutal day' for the public sector.
Where public sector job cuts are coming from so far
Nearly 2000 jobs have gone or are set to go.