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Roger Partridge: Unlocking New Zealand’s international education opportunity
OPINION: Albanese government creates potential $2.5 billion-a-year opportunity for NZ.
'It's clear we have a problem': Kiwis wasting $3.2 billion in food annually
Ever wondered what happens to all that uneaten food you throw out each week?
What's coming up in final days of Luxon’s action plan
Several items were mere formalities. Others were easy ticks. Anything substantive?
Chlöe Swarbrick: Climate crisis requires rational, immediate and bold action
OPINION: The climate crisis is no longer some dystopian nightmare.
'Loss-reactive shoplifting': Experts on Golriz Ghahraman's explanation for her crimes
Dr Dougal Sutherland said the condition impacts about 5% of the population.
Revealed: Sliding levels of trust and confidence in police, people feel less safe after dark
Police Minister says downward trends justify law and order focus.
Inside Economics: Inflation, shocking cost of building houses, the Temu effect
Opinion: Deciphering Boffinese inflation-speak, and is Temu killing our economy?
Government moves to harsher punishments for offences committed on bail, parole, or in custody
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says longer sentences will bring greater accountability.
Charter schools legislation set for first reading today
$153m in funding has been allocated to establish up to 50 new schools.
Will the Govt's sentencing reforms make any difference?
Robbing the corner dairy will mean a longer sentence under a law change.
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.
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.'
Watch live: Three Strikes legislation hits House as Question Time returns
The Opposition is expected to probe the Government on the future of Cook Strait ferries.
Coalition friction: NZ First invokes first 'agree to disagree' clause
It's the first time the 'agree to disagree' clause has been used during the term.
The PM wants to double the number of RSE workers - would it help Hawke's Bay?
An industry body is seeking a review of parts of the RSE scheme before any cap increase.
Three Strikes 2.0: Why the Government has watered down the hardline policy
The 'manifestly unjust' clause will apply to both sentence length and parole.
Mixed reaction from patients to cancer drugs promise
Specific treatments for bowel, liver, kidney, lung and bladder cancer have been named.
Simon Wilson: Stanford vs Reti vs Brown - who's doing good government?
OPINION: How much does the National Party care about principles of good government?
Pharmac ‘on notice’ as cancer patient advocates welcome ‘incredible’ medicines spend
Up to 54 medicines, including up to 26 cancer drugs, would be funded.
How the Govt wants longer sentences by straitjacketing judiciary on guilty pleas, remorse, youth
Should offenders get a discount for remorse or youth if they keep reoffending?
Claire Trevett: Luxon's cancer drugs promise doubled is a problem halved
OPINION: Luxon's moved from under-delivering to over-deliver on drugs promise: at a cost.
New requirement for job seeker beneficiaries kicks in
Rule change part of Govt's plan to reduce number of people getting dole payments.
Watch: 'Delivering on our promise' - Govt funds new cancer treatments and drugs
Luxon said "this is a great day for many New Zealanders".
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.'
Ministry of Justice staff ask if department is 'lessening its commitment' to te reo
Ministry chief executive Andrew Kibblewhite met with staff in Auckland and New Plymouth.
Editorial: NZ's infrastructure issues caused by lack of long-term thinking
OPINION: New Zealand needs a Government that will look to the future.
‘Cruel’: Labour, Greens respond to new young offender sentencing category and plans for boot camps
'I’m sick of it, Kiwis are sick of it and it’s unacceptable.'
Coromandel links with Hauraki Gulf boosted by new marine precinct
The wharf development will help grow the local marine farming industry.
Watch: PM Luxon, ministers reveal new measures to tackle youth crime
Luxon will be joined by Children’s Minister Karen Chhour & Police Minister Mark Mitchell
Government introduces new measures to combat youth crime
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Children’s Minister Karen Chhour and Police Minister Mark Mitchell announced new measures to combat youth crime.
Opinion: Aratere ferry grounding to increase pressure on Govt
OPINION: The ageing Interislander ferries cannot hang on for much longer.
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.