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OPINION: 'New Zealanders are by and large a conservative bunch.'
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Govt introduces standardised testing in primary schools
The 'progress monitoring' checks will focus on reading, writing and maths.
From Cabinet to cabinet making: Former PM shows off chippy skills
'It's taken a while to finish but I'm pretty happy with the result.'
Finance Minister unreceptive to calls for new finance monitoring unit
New Zealand warned it's not immune from the risk that Budgets start lacking credibility.
Claire Trevett: Crime, coalition 'cracks' and unicorn kisses - just another week in politics
OPINION: Also in today's wrap - the PM's medicine comeback and Andrew Bayly's flying leap.
Climate change: Panel members revealed for review of country’s methane goals
Panel to be chaired by former climate change commissioner and respected farmer.
Editorial: Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti storms a wake-up call for NZ infrastructure
OPINION: This week's severe weather shows the critical need for infrastructure investment.
PM brushes off poll result as Kiwis deliver verdict on Budget 2024
Christopher Luxon also stayed ahead of Chris Hipkins as preferred PM but the gap closed.
A royal compromise: Why Covid inquiry chair is leaving
Government reveals an inelegant solution to an untenable Covid inquiry problem.
Governing coalition bounces back in new poll, Hipkins closes preferred PM gap
How the Government is faring in the first 1News Verian poll since the Budget.
Māori wards bill: Parliament Select Committee says law change should go ahead
Labour: 'a return to a system that excludes Māori by design if not by intent.'
Hollywood's new Jacinda Ardern movie: NZFC pushes on with rival taxpayer-funded film
'A human story': Ardern says it was important the official movie didn't seek public money.
Letters: Who's to blame for ferry failings; is NZ really a Third World country?
OPINION: 'We can at least be glad there were no tourists on board the grounded Aratere.'
Thomas Coughlan: Think the Budget is over? $85 billion says you’re wrong
OPINION: Details of the biggest health spend-up in NZ's history are imminent.
Winston Peters delivers serious warning as scrutiny week concludes
Ministers have survived hours of questioning by Opposition MPs during the week.
Claire Trevett: PM's big-noting detracts from diplomatic wins
OPINION: The plane breakdown was bad enough. Then came the 'C-listers' clanger.
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.
Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds slams Te Pūkenga priorities
Govt is defending shifting balance of tertiary education costs from providers to students.
Dame Jacinda Ardern to lead new programme designed to ‘challenge and change’ the status quo of politics
'Leading Field is a humbling and exciting opportunity,' the former PM said.
Rob Campbell: We find it easier to respond to a simplified, even sanitised, view of te ao Māori
OPINION: We must never lose sight of prophets and their prophecies.
Former PM calls out Kāinga Ora criticisms, says it has been 'unfairly targeted'
'I think there's been a bit of a beat-up here.'
Claire Trevett: Chris Hipkins' long trail of mea culpae
OPINION: From transport to farmers, Hipkins' mission to soothe peeved voters continues.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins sets out hopes for a one-term National-led Government
Hipkins was speaking at Labour's regional conference in Wellington.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Hey entitled MPs - the public hates paying off your mortgages
OPINION: Parliament can change the rules if it wants to. It just doesn’t want to.
'The pride I had in that can’t be measured': Six more prison inmates join Lowie's squad; Sir Graham reflects on programme
Six inmates graduate from Sir Graham Lowe's prison programme.
Money Talks: Labour’s Barbara Edmonds hints at need to discourage property investment
Labour's finance spokesperson says housing is NZ's biggest current driver of inequality.
Maipi-Clarke is confident in who she is and my aspiration for all tamariki - Stanford
Erica Stanford praises Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke.
Claire Trevett: Farmers smile, environmentalists fume as tensions ramp up
OPINION: It's also been a tricky week geopolitically with the visit of China's Premier.
Govt seeking feedback on 120km/h speed limits as reductions reversed
Changes will be made by next month.
British Labour Party looks to ban new oil drilling as NZ lifts ban
Sir Keir Starmer is pledging to ban new drilling in the North Sea if he becomes PM.
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.
James Meager and Tamatha Paul discuss what it’s like being a Māori MP in 2024
A National MP and a Green MP outline why it's tough being Māori in Parliament.
Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700
The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.