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Government keen on electoral law changes after enrolments debacle
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Willie Jackson follows in the footsteps of David Lange
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NGOs raise concerns about child abuse reporting to Oranga Tamariki
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The Shaw bank redemption: Simon Wilson on the former Greens leader and the Fast-Track Bill
OPINION: Everyone likes to call James Shaw a Blue-Green, but what does that mean?
Govt revives Waikato mega-prison plans as $1.9b spend pays for 810-bed extension
About $440m of the spend was coming from cuts from the "back-office", Luxon said.
'Catastrophic in terms of their reputation': Can the Greens bounce back from a string of controversies?
Julie Anne Genter is the fourth Green MP in under a year to spark controversy
Voluntary redundancies bring MBIE job cuts to 341
The ministry accepted another 59 voluntary redundancies last week.
Minister doesn’t want Māori caught up in ‘green gullibility’ over changes to Crown Minerals Act
Shane Jones and Tama Potaka want to hear Māori views on changes to mining rules.
Simon Bridges says NZ wasn't ready for a Māori PM: 'I didn’t think enough about race relations'
The former National leader stepped away for a quiet life away from politics,. Or has he?
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Editorial: How politicians can prove they're worth what we pay them
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Soaring airfares: Air NZ happy 'to open the books' as political heat grows
Government not ruling out market study of domestic ticket prices.
Shane Te Pou: National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win?
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why Luxon should have acted like Ardern in pay rise saga
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‘My life denied’: The cost of cancer treatment delays - a special investigation
Big read: How one woman was caught in a scandal of overwhelmed cancer services.
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
Nats declare massive election donation haul - the most ever in a year
Its largest donation was $500,000 from an Auckland businessman.
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OPINION: Having their own pay increased is the one thing that can unite every party.
Audrey Young: Peters switches from statesman to street-brawler
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Pay equity taskforce disbanded, 'no longer required' - minister
Six roles will be affected when the taskforce is dissolved.
Govt decision to dismantle the Children and Young People’s Commission is a backward step, says Labour
Labour MP asks minister 'to step in and stop these callous cuts'.
Seymour says school lunches 'better, smarter and cheaper' - may include packaged foods
The Associate Education Minister says the scheme will keep going.
Editorial: Government not likely to let the Greens' Julie Anne Genter off the hook
OPINION: The Green MP's confrontation with National's Matt Doocey may have repercussions.