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The Government targeted areas where Labour is weak, but one MP made a personal warning.
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Richard Prebble: Have advocacy ministries gone past their use by date?
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Government cuts will hit Pasifika communities hard
Spending at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples will be slashed by 40 per cent.
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Audrey Young: Luxon executes delicate diplomatic dance over China hacking case
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Chinese hackers stole MPs' data, spies confirm; Govt says no sanctions
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'Called me a Māori-loving' c***': Finlayson on Treaty referendum division
Chris Finlayson addresses Pākehā angst against Māori and the Treaty.
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Labour's Chris Hipkins has given his first major speech as Opposition leader.
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Act's Brooke van Velden defends tweet about public service staff cuts
Van Velden said redundancies also happened in the private sector all the time.
MPI and health ministry to cut hundreds of jobs, union says it's an 'irresponsible gamble'
Ministries are urged to find savings between 6.5 and 7.5 per cent on average.
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Police Association warns backroom hiring freeze will pull front-line cops off street
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