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“Some of the values of the National Party have drifted away from me.”
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'An ongoing struggle to secure the site against vandalism, which degraded the property.'
Raukawa-Tait’s Rotorua election run will take Te Pāti Māori to new horizons
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Latest poll shows National-Act Govt; support for Labour dropping below 30
Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon are neck and neck in the preferred PM stakes.
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National is a fan of PPPs and has big plans for new ones if it gets elected.
Anti-corruption Ecuadorean presidential candidate killed at campaign event
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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait launches her election campaign in Rotorua tonight
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Principals say National’s plan to ban phones in school is unworkable
Countries like Australia already had similar bans in place which worked, Luxon said.
National vows to ban phone use at schools in bid to turn achievement around
Schools would be able to decide penalties for students who didn't comply.
‘Pitiful’ lack of progress in $1 billion infrastructure fund
"It’s pitiful under-delivery. It makes KiwiBuild look successful."
$2b climate change fund deal with BlackRock announced
The aim is for New Zealand to be the first country to hit 100 per cent renewable energy.
Te Pāti Māori wants Aotearoa to be the Switzerland of the South Pacific
John Tamihere says the New Zealand Defence Force should be a peackeeping force.
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Ngarimu Blair: Kāinga Ora's Greys Ave living is not black and white for our whānau
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Airstrikes kill three in Ukraine as Moscow airport halts flights after foiled drone attack
"This war crime alone says everything about Russian aggression."
'A gutsful': The politics over youth crime, the numbers and what would make a difference
Politicians have had a 'gutsful', but is youth offending actually getting worse?
Govt faces tough calls over who pays what to insure deposits
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Hiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' on 78th anniversary of bombing
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Act promises to ‘stop work’ on wasteful projects on day one
Act promises to wield axe on day one, cutting public service jobs.
Commissioning activity and Māori provider service provision is tracking behind Government commitment
Te Aka Whai Ora review highlights lack spend Māori health money
Liam Dann: Fiscal holy guacamole! Just how bad are the Crown accounts?
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Auckland councillor concerned about increase in violent crime after CBD shootings
'[It’s a] dreadful tragedy and it’s not the first one is it?'
Rob Campbell: Te Aka Whai Ora review not all bad news for Māori
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Editorial: Familiar roads to an uncertain destination
OPINION: Our editorial on divergent policies leading to the General Election in October.
Claire Trevett: Holes and polls - looming election battle of Robertson and Willis
Grant Robertson's usual joie de vivre has returned, and it's just in time
Lawyer Sue Grey found not to have breached conduct standards
The decision stated lawyers should not have fewer rights to free speech than anyone else.
New Zealand’s message to China in new defence strategy - not a 'path to war'
A grassroots activist group claims the new strategy leads NZ down the path to war.
Winston Peters on why he’s attracting more Māori to his campaign
Winston Peters says Māori are coming to his party because he talks straight.
Ombudsman calls for ‘more trust of iwi’ after cyclone visit
'People’s lives at the moment are too much on hold.'
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Winston Peters says there's a fiscal hole - he's mostly right.
Craft breweries: Alcohol excise hikes ‘a slap in the face’
Independent craft breweries around the country say excise hikes are squeezing businesses.
Poll of Polls: Labour’s re-election chances seem to be evaporating
There's now a greater chance of a hung Parliament than a Labour Government.