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Budget set to fund school health services?
Child wellbeing will be central to the Budget - and it won't all be for teachers.
Audrey Young: 'If Ngaro jumps, he must resign'
COMMENT: Simon Bridges needs to set some conditions on Alfred Ngaro, writes Audrey Young.
Hosking: It's time to face facts. This government is not transformative
Comment: "I think Ardern might just be a retail politician."
Hosking: Aussie PM's miracle a lesson in good politics for NZ's Labour Party
Comment: Politics in the western world is won in the middle.
Letters: Suspect pursuits by police
Really, who was the biggest cowboy on our beach with children around?
Audrey Young: Parallels between Simon Bridges and Bill Shorten
There is one aspect of the Australian election that Simon Bridges wont be highlighting.
Audrey Young: Ardern's problems are a matter of constraint
COMMENT: From the success of Paris, Ardern gets back to some problematic ministers.
What's the buzz around Parliament? Claire Trevett reveals all
A recap of the highlights of the week in politics.
Is this the Government's most 'dangerous' minister?
Eugenie Sage's decision over Waihī mining is causing widespread anxiety.
Hosking: This country is in real economic bother ... not that anyone's telling us that
Comment: If there is a bright side it's Robertson, who at least understands red from black
Editorial: Takeover flurry raises questions about state of capital markets
EDITORIAL: Is the takeover flurry by overseas buyers an alarming trend or natural cycle?
Mike Hosking: NZ First's xenophobic crap is dangerous in government
COMMENT: The world is welcome, or at least should be. There is no alarming trend here.
Shane Jones: A minister 'on a political mission'
Shane Jones was interviewed today as part of the Auditor-General's review of the PGF.
Cannabis referendum tracking to pass despite decline, poll says
The nationwide survey was undertaken before the cannabis referendum was announced.
Mike Hosking: There's hope we can stop the legalisation of cannabis
Comment: What we vote on, and what will pass in Parliament, are two very different things.
Soper: Got the munchies? Cannabis referendum serves up dead rat for Greens
COMMENT: It's becoming a familiar taste for the Greens, swallowing dead rats.
Hosking: Why the Govt's drug reform plans are insane
Comment: 'Specifics aren't important. What's important is madness of what they're doing.'
Exclusive: Breakthrough on abortion reforms
NZ First gives go-ahead to abortion reform, but rejects referendum on MMP threshold.
Inside the coalition: Who's really running the country?
Money, politics and the Deputy PM all stand accused of stalling the change train.
Audrey Young: Simon Bridges' big risk in the House
COMMENT: Simon Bridges dismissed the insult from Peters and played him at his own game.
Cabinet report card: Best and worst ministers revealed
Brickbats and bouquets for Jacinda Ardern's Cabinet.
Cabinet's troublemaker: How much strife is Shane Jones in?
There is more of a sigh than a smile when Shane Jones' name is mentioned in Government.
CGT decision should not define Labour, says minister
Grant Robertson says some of the claims around CGT are "ridiculous."
New Zealand First loses Tauranga stalwart Tommy Gear
Gear remembered for 'pivotal role he played in shaping New Zealand's political history'.
Sir Michael Cullen: 'Vested interests' sank CGT
COMMENT: All not lost in pursuit of fairer society, says former Tax Working Group's head.
Letters: Where have all the street signs gone?
The St Hill St debacle is a damning sign of council mismanagement and incompetence.
Audrey Young: No reason for Ardern to become a CGT martyr
COMMENT: New Zealand First has not been unreasonable in exercising its veto.
Political Roundup: How the Govt's CGT backdown shocked the left
COMMENT: Jacinda Ardern's announcement this week was a shock for the political left.
Audrey Young: Three reasons PM has ruled out CGT on her watch
Jacinda's Ardern's second captain's call was based on pragmatism rather than idealism.
'It just hasn't worked': Wait time for pre-schoolers early intervention now 106 days
'You wait for diagnosis, you wait for services, you wait to be seen for everything.'
Trevett: Labour's support up after mosque attacks
Labour is riding high after attacks, but bread and butter issues are returning to debate.
Political Roundup: Shane Jones is skating on thin ice
COMMENT: Jones may be the most problematic minister in the Labour-led Government.
Comment: NZ First feels very wrong in Govt after Christchurch attack
COMMENT: NZ First feels like stumbling, drunk boyfriend that cool girl brought the party.