Pharmac Minister won't guarantee National’s 13 cancer drugs will be funded
David Seymour's comments put him at odds with the Health Minister.
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins sets out hopes for a one-term National-led Government
Hipkins was speaking at Labour's regional conference in Wellington.
Health Ministry staff fire back at pay freeze; changes to Suicide Prevention Office revealed
A lump-sum payment is instead being delivered, based on staff performance.
$160m video game rebate: First recipients named after brush with death
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Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
Opinion: A response to Sir Roger Douglas on Budget 2024 challenges
OPINION: Sir Roger Douglas has renewed his case for radical changes to fiscal policy.
Craig Stobo: We need foreign firms to shake us out of innovation mediocrity
OPINION: Past embarrassments aside, we need foreign firms to solve a productivity problem.
Cameron Bagrie: Major changes means it's time to slay dragons
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Opinion: Quick takes on Nicola Willis' first Budget
OPINION: Nicola Willis’ first Budget has done exactly what she had put on the tin.
Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700
The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.
New poll: National drops post-Budget, Hipkins pulls ahead of PM
A new poll has shown no great affection for the Budget.
PM says low- and middle-income Kiwis get 'emphasis' of tax package, Treasury figures say the opposite
About 130,000 households receive nothing from the package and 8000 are slightly worse off.
'It's insane': Patient advocate criticises tax cuts as people fundraise for surgeries, cancer treatments
Budget 2024 did not deliver the much-promised funding for 13 new cancer drugs.
Letters: Luxon has broken his contract with voters
OPINION: A cancer patient reacts to the lack of Budget funding for life-saving drugs.
Ministry of Justice proposes over 150 job cuts
The Ministry of Justice is the latest to announce workforce cuts.
'Better times ahead', Finance Minister Nicola Willis predicts
Willis addressed a business breakfast in Kāpiti.
Claire Trevett: Te Pāti Māori allegations go to the heart of public trust
OPINION: So far, there's a lot of fog and not much light around the claims.
Opinion: Where is the funding for ECE care? - Marek Tesar
OPINION: The latest Budget offered little to nothing to ECE providers.
Sports Insider: Olympics and bureaucrats do over our sporting stars once again
Are the Olympic Games a modern-day version of medieval peasantry?
Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape
OPINION: Immigration NZ delivers 'a brilliant gem of bureaucratic lunacy'.
Debate intensifies over Māori rights and Treaty Principles Bill amid call for a separate Parliament
There has been outrage over the Treaty Principles Bill and cuts to services for Māori.
Nicola Willis wants tourists to pay more to keep national parks pristine
Charging international visitors more when they come to NZ is currently being consulted on.
Number of frontline police from Budget boost an illusion – Police Association
The funding for 500 new cops will actually result in only 300, the association says.
Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs
The environment ministry's workforce is proposed to be slashed by one third.
Inside Economics: Lower petrol prices as oil slumps and RBNZ’s Budget headache
It's two steps forward, one step back, as Liam Dann looks at forces driving inflation.
Letters: PM's integrity on line over cancer drugs U-turn
OPINION: 'Cancer patients need action now, not lame excuses.'
Chlöe Swarbrick: Bloody-minded pursuit of tax cuts comes at a huge cost
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Chris Hipkins on the 2024 Budget
Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks about the new budget to the media at the Sustainability Trust in Wellington. Video / Mark Mitchell
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