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"She looks at me and goes 'mummy do you not want me any more?'"
Wage subsidy saved close to half Kiwi jobs - report
47 per cent of New Zealand jobs received at least one of the 2021 wage subsidies.
$562 million to fight gangs, guns and ram raiders: Law and order package announced
Announcement comes amid a climb in youth crime over the past month.
Hospices struggling as costs skyrocket
Hospice sector calling for an increase in baseline funding for hospices from government.
'We live in a man's world': NZ lags behind other countries in women's health
"When we look at systems of all sorts around the world we see inequality for women."
Claire Trevett: The battle to be Mr Economic Credibility
It's been a long time between drinks on tax cuts, and National wants people to be thirsty.
Architectural designer forced to clean bathrooms
Architectural designer who cleaned bathrooms awarded $20k after losing job during Covid.
Gas for all aluminum-framed house windows by next November
Windows are estimated to be responsible for 35-50 per cent of winter heat loss.
Orr clashes with MPs over inflation
Adrian Orr squared off against MPs in Parliament on Thursday.
'I can't even walk properly': Mum's $30K loan for hysterectomy to end pain
Her pain was so bad she would regularly faint at work.
Cost of living: Fruit pickers spend a day's pay to drive to work
Anti-poverty groups have seven big requests from Govt in this month's Budget.
Jack Tame: Is a fairer tax system on the way?
OPINION: Tax ultimately needs to appeal to Kiwis' sense of fairness.
National tries to revive Parliament costings unit
Nicola Willis wants to revive a policy her predecessor, Simon Bridges, killed.
Buller floods cost KiwiRail over $3 million
The area suffered severe flooding in July last year.
Auditor-General to investigate mental health services for young people
It comes after National raised concerns about Government investment in the sector.
'It's not a choice': No transport, no school for dyslexic teen
Mum says daughter with learning needs was unfairly penalised for going to private school.
Hidden Covid crisis: Sharp rise in Kiwis struggling with mental wellbeing, happiness
Experts call for urgent action amid concern about Covid's impact on mental health.
'Things are grim': Soaring costs pushing more Kiwis into hardship - advocates
Changes to benefits and Working for Families suggested to soften blow of inflation.
'Real and urgent need': Emergency housing bill $10m for 3 months in Hawke's Bay, Gisborne
The cost of housing people in emergency motels has hit a record in Hawke's Bay.
Why Christopher Luxon has 'no time' for halving NZ's dairy herd
Luxon says Kiwi farmers are already "the most carbon-efficient in the world".
Liam Dann: Inflation debate's about to get bigger than Texas
There ain't no inflation debate like a Texas-sized inflation debate.
Health reforms review divided over Māori role
The special committee examining the Govt's health reforms has completed its final report.
Tim Beveridge: Quit whinging over America's Cup for crying out loud
OPINION: NewstalkZB host wonders what on earth has happened to New Zealanders.
Thomas Coughlan: Forget poor, 'squeezed middle' what it's all about
National has quietly changed the goalposts of the "cost-of-living crisis".
'It's hard now': PM's plan to tackle rising cost of living
Ardern holds the door open for tax cuts, as benefits jump.
Bryce Wilkinson: IMF's utopian thinking dangerous for freedoms and prosperity
OPINION: Jacinda Ardern's own advisers could have written the same report.
Failed food outlets pocketed $1m in Covid wage subsidies, didn't pay taxes
Taxpayers are in the gun twice: first for the wage subsidies, then for the unpaid taxes.
Julie Chapman: NZ - where kids can only dream of the bare necessities
OPINION: Kidscan founder writes poverty is forcing families to make cruel choices.
Inflation Nation: Why the cost of living is rising and what we can do about it
The pandemic triggered the return of inflation, now war has amplified the price pain.
Claire Trevett: That seismic poll - the two weapons Ardern has up her sleeve; why Luxon is urging caution
Labour will have to be more nimble than it has been on inflation to claw back the polls.
'We've run out of staff': Restaurants shut up shop, say Omicron catastrophic
Some eateries have staff but no customers; some have customers, no staff. Some face both.
Govt's Auckland light rail project could cost $29b, Treasury says
Route planned from the central city to the airport.
Simon Bridges: NZ's cost of living crisis and what we can do about it
OPINION: In a cost of living crisis, New Zealanders deserve relief, says Simon Bridges.