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National pours cold water on 5-minute shower campaign
It's not the first time showers have got Labour into strife in an election year
Third time lucky: McAnulty on being latest Hawke’s Bay cyclone recovery minister
Hawke's Bay has had three cyclone recovery ministers in as many months since Gabrielle.
Only a third of boarding houses have sprinklers
Most buildings like Wellington's Loafers Lodge do not have sprinklers.
Some prescriptions will still attract $15 fee, despite Budget policy to abolish $5 charges
The Government has abolished most charges, but some remain.
Brooke van Velden: When Kiwi shopkeepers work in fear, something's horribly wrong
Light-on-crime policy decisions having tragic consequences for hard-working shop owners.
Calls for National to front up with costings for tax cuts, estimated to be $8.2b
An economist warns the cuts will not be affordable without major public service cuts.
‘Police are seen as fair game’: Assaults on police nearly double
Newstalk ZB can reveal officers reported more than 1000 attacks in the past year.
'Huge help': Bay pharmacists praise decision to abolish $5 prescription fee
The decision, announced as part of Budget 2023, will cost the Government $619m.
Seizing fleeing drivers’ cars risked Bill of Rights breach - Attorney-General
The bill went through its first reading in the House under urgency last week.
Premium Debate: Why Labour’s Budget might be the most radical in 30 years
Subscribers have their say.
Hipkins will ‘eventually’ look at tax changes, but issues a warning
The Prime Minister warned tax cuts now would be inflationary.
Govt investing 3.6m to stop land erosion and protect against extreme weather
Ratepayers will be contributing more than $18 million to the ongoing work.
Inflation takes away gains from Labour’s Working for Families package
Inflation is eating away at people's benefits.
Simon Wilson: The insidious climate denialism of Christopher Luxon
OPINION: NZ Steel move is a model for emissions reductions - but it can't be the only way.
Auckland’s bus driver shortage almost halved
AT expects to return to operating reliable bus services by the end of September.
Watch: 'Currently between jobs': Jacinda Ardern speaks at WHO assembly
Ex PM jokes, pays tribute to Bloomfield, Gerrard in NZ Covid response.
New law opens door to more research on tax paid, or not paid, by the super rich
A new bill makes it easier for the IRD to regularly probe and report people's tax affairs.
The Premium Debate: Subscribers share views on family's rental struggle
Subscribers have their say.
NZ Steel to transition away from burning coal with $140 million Govt subsidy
The change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.
Luxon: What Budget got wrong - and the projects he wants to work on with Labour
The National leader wanted to see more fiscal responsibility.
Explainer: Why Govt is making a big deal of steel emissions initiative
PM Chris Hipkins called it NZ's 'largest-ever emissions reduction project'.
Sasha Borissenko: Budget 2023 falls painfully short of the Plain Language Act
What exactly does some of the language in the Budget mean?
Govt to spend $140m on NZ Steel's move away from burning coal
The change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.
Green Party candidate list includes nine Māori
'We can push the Crown to uphold its promise to guarantee tino rangatiratanga'.
Beehive Diaries: A Budget whoopsie and Erica Stanford's awkward question for David Seymour
National's education spokesperson tries to find out if Act leader covets same job as her
Claire Trevett: Nats' penny-pinching reaction to Budget puts heat on Luxon over tax cuts
National's Budget response feeds right into PM Chris Hipkins 'coalition of cuts' line.
Which policies are the winner and losers of Budget 2023?
Which policies are big winners - and which ones are 'really silly'.
Budget 2023: Rise in MPs requesting security prompts $5.7m boost
Some of the funding would also be used to increase security staff on Parliament grounds.
Wealthy donors match $150,000 in small donations to Labour
They were the latest in 11 donations above $20,000 to political parties declared in May.
Opinion: NZ’s Budget used a ‘gender lens’
Budget 2023 included a gender budgeting 'snapshot' - and was the first to do so.
Promising Labour MP chosen as candidate in Auckland’s Epsom electorate
Camilla Belich missed out on Mt Albert, despite being endorsed by Ardern.