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Able to process building consent applications and inspect buildings during construction.
Claims Kiwi businesses shut out of multimillion-dollar cleaning contracts
'A lot of the Government’s cleaning work doesn’t go out to tender.'
Wellington councillors warned to 'get on with it and behave'
Councillors have met for the first time public since the Crown observer decision.
Mayor says deaths inevitable unless Govt cracks down on spectators as well as boy racers
Masterton Mayor Gary Caffell said yesterday's illegal car meet was 'gut-wrenching'.
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Alan McDonald: Holidays Act reform – let’s get it done once, and done right
OPINION: The Holidays Act has long been in need of reform.
New Zealand’s aid spend forecast to drop
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'Self-serving': Cook Strait ferry uncertainty fuels tensions between ports
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Poking holes in opposing parties’ costings has long been a feature of NZ elections.
'Give people their freedom back': MP's push to end licensing trusts
'Monopoly' for selling alcohol labelled an 'outdated, nanny state throwback'.
'Depressing, unsafe': Doctor speaks out on dire state of Whangārei Hospital
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Calls for National to honor its pre-election commitment, NZ's largest iwi and medical cannabis producer partnership and a road in Hokitika renamed in honor of Mayor Bruce Smith.
Auckland Council snubs Government, makes own decisions on transport spending
Auckland Council has spread transport cuts far more widely than the Government wanted.
Editorial: If not the America's Cup, what's the next big thing?
OPINION: New Zealand's flatlining tourist recovery is in need of a shot in the arm.
‘Best of New Zealand:’ Luxon full of praise for Kiwi Manawanui taskforce
'Well done, my bald brother,' Luxon said to one NZDF personnel at the taskforce HQ.
Peters, Hipkins trade barbs as ministry apologises over not telling Costello of conflict of interest
Winston Peters claimed Ayesha Verrall had 'misled the leader of the Labour Party'.
Christopher Luxon speaks to media
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40 net roles are proposed to be cut.
Unredacted letter shows Andrew Bayly complainant a former Defence Force worker
The Small Business Minister has retained all of his ministerial portfolios.