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'Diversity burst' shatters council old boys' club
A quarter of NZ mayors are female, up from just 19 per cent last time.
A quarter of NZ mayors are female, up from just 19 per cent last time.
Beehive Diaries looks at the politics of hugging a dog and song-revenge for Simon Bridges
The Waihi mine decision showed how impotent the Greens could be, but might not hurt them.
COMMENT: The red flags are there: Labour remain associated with economic wreckers.
COMMENT: Coalition Govts are a bit like the Fair Isle cardie mum used to knit for you.
Middlemore Hospital delays are leaving women suffering from endometriosis in daily pain.
"I would be throwing up all the time. I would get migraines. I couldn't eat for days."
Low-income families may save through a new package of electricity reforms.
COMMENT: There is a pattern emerging of surreptitious behaviour by Green MP.
Comment: Arguments over climate change policy have lasted a lifetime for some.
Julie Anne Genter sent the letter in March about the Let's Get Wellington Moving project.
Ghahraman and Omar have met in the US and shared stories about "old-guard racists".
Women declined treatment: "We know we can help with surgery, but we don't have capacity."
Comment: $400 million idea will be raw meat for Judith Collins, writes Audrey Young.
The article said some in the party were concerned about its push for trans rights.
COMMENT: The Government showed how sneaky it could be on sensitive issue this week.
Journalist Kristin Edge takes ride with police on drug operation, and looks at referendum.
The Prime Minister currently gets paid $460K — about nine times the average wage.
Green Party co-leader has spoken about attack while walking to work.
Simon Bridges called the planned unit an 'illegitimate screwing of the scrum'.
Hard-hitting critique of Zero Carbon Bill calls for more action from farmers and MPs.
COMMENT: The challenge to the voting ban was two battles rolled into one.
Sexual abuse victims are waiting two months or more for counselling as demand soars.
Comment: Party needs a listening audience, an energised army - and an activating event.
PM says prisoners serving less than three years should have the right to vote.
Minister Andrew Little says Cabinet will consider allowing prisoners the right to vote.
COMMENT: This shambles is not about policy, it is about trust, writes Audrey Young.
Some councillors felt they had no option but to support the $6.4b transport plan.
Minister avoids questions from media asking her to clarify capacity she wrote letter in.
COMMENT: State of the climate begs the question - what good are politicians anymore?