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Recognising excellence: 35 leaders celebrated in honours list
New Year Honours highlight achievements in art, education, governance and health.
Immigration border staff to strike on New Year’s Eve
It will include about 100 union members not doing unpaid work, and taking breaks together.
Letters: Common sense needed over use of police resources
OPINION: Police need to 'hunt where the ducks are'.
A year in review: What moved the Waikato in October 2024?
As the year draws to a close, the Waikato Herald is taking stock of 2024.
Shane Te Pou: The politicians who stood out in a turbulent year
OPINION: It's been a year where minor party MPs led the way.
Editorial: Why Act’s reinterpretation of the Treaty falls short
Treaty debate highlights tension between co-governance and self-determination in NZ politics.
Horizons formally opposes Treaty Principles Bill
Horizons Regional Council votes to oppose the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill.
Letters: How to boost safety for kids on electric scooters
OPINION: It 'requires a mix of regulation, education, and community engagement'.
'Let’s not panic, but let’s actually sort it out' - Treasury boss on NZ’s deteriorating finances
Iain Rennie on taking the helm at the Treasury amid stormy clouds.
Letters: Businesspeople better than career politicians
OPINION: 'We are becoming a nation much like the US – full of diatribe and hatred.'
Editorial: The most alarming part of Treasury’s gloomy forecast
OPINION: Our Government seems clueless on how to reverse this worrying trend.
350-home project on track despite developer's other company in liquidation
The Government has no concerns about the development on state land in Ngongotahā.
Opinion: Where's the Team Auckland that the city and country need?
OPINION: Aucklanders need to feel they belong in a vibrant, ambitious city.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: The mother of all budget requests - this Govt needs to slash even more
OPINION: They need to rip, sh*t and bust. Slash unnecessary spending.
Wayne Brown: AT just didn't listen - now Aucklanders are back in control
OPINION: AT couldn’t even reach its very low target of 30% public satisfaction.
NZ First minister Shane Jones loses tooth during House speech
NZ First minister Shane Jones loses a tooth while giving a speech in the House at Parliament this week. Video / Parliament TV
Claire Trevett: From Treaty Principles to potholes, the battles of 2024
War was waged on potholes and gang patches, on truancy and on each other.
What democratic ‘crisis’ worries Chris Hipkins as he recalls 2024 in politics?
'We’ve made more progress than I anticipated in terms of rebuilding our public support.'
Government to end emergency housing contracts with two more Rotorua motels
Two more motels will stop being contracted by the Government for emergency housing.
‘A serious problem’: One issue Luxon needs to fix in 2025
On the Tiles recaps the year in politics, and the best and worst performers.
Barbara Edmonds edits Facebook post incorrectly claiming Labour reduced debt
Debt increased considerably in Labour's second term.
A way forward: Progress in reopening Wairoa aged care facility
Call for the Government to ensure the town gets elderly/respite care facility.
Government settles on two options for 757, fast-tracks replacement for 2027
One of the potential replacement aircraft will be very familiar to Christopher Luxon.
Opinion: No room at the inn for homeless Kiwis needing help at Xmas
OPINION: Community providers are increasingly having to turn away applicants.
Watch: 'Cowardly' - Opposition MPs slam Luxon's decision to skip Treaty grounds events
Where the Prime Minister will be on national day is unclear.
MPs react to PM not attending Waitangi
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Labour MP Willie Jackson react to the Prime Minister not attending Waitangi next year.
Opening of Mangamuka Gorge
State Highway 1 in the Far North is once again open after years of closures from storm damage. Video / David Fisher, NZTA
Why university free speech policies are getting a revamp
Coalition tweaks university rules to curb 'risk-averse' free speech approach.
Traffic management in place at Tairua trouble spot over peak summer period
Tairua’s one-lane Pepe Stream bridge becomes a significant bottleneck every summer.
Luxon mocks Hipkins with flight joke in Parliament debate
MPs literally counted down the final seconds of Parliament.
Analysis: Treasury gave Labour an open goal, somehow they missed it
Labour somehow seems to think the solution to our woes is more spending.
'I didn’t appoint him': Collins looked at stripping KC's title over alleged 'appalling behaviour'
Winston Peters says he is considering whether to take further action.
Winston Peters fails to produce evidence a close relative of Dr Ayesha Verrall leaked documents
NZ First leader Winston Peters has so far failed to produce any evidence a close relative of Labour health spokeswoman Dr Ayesha Verrall leaked documents. Video / Mark Mitchell