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Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
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Christopher Luxon responds to 1News Verian poll
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Demoted minister Melissa Lee accepts she was 'a little slow' with media portfolio
The National MP said issues impacting the media sector came too fast.
Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
Work programmes would soon be announced relating to the priority areas.
PM 'unilaterally' sacking Act minister would breach coalition agreement - David Seymour
The Act leader doesn't think any of his ministers are showing signs of failure thus far.
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After spending $700k-plus on pins for Covid-19 workers, department now cutting costs
Some 80,000 frontline pandemic workers were given the pins.
'Emerge stronger': Why Christopher Luxon is a clear winner after today's reshuffle
Melissa Lee had the Media & Communications portfolio for six years before this reshuffle.
Opinion: The way Luxon rolls will keep ministers on their toes
OPINION: The PM's message is clear: if you're not up to the job, you don't keep it.
Watch: 'Absolute sense of chaos' - Labour responds to shock Cabinet sackings
Penny Simmonds has also been stripped of the Disability Issues portfolio.
Delight as Pharmac proposes to fund new cancer drug
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Audrey Young: What if Government loses Waitangi Tribunal fight?
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Editorial: Uncertainty to blame for Wellington’s downward spiral
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Government brings back Three Strikes, Labour warns of injustice
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Fast-track bill has lack of transparency, protections for conflicts of interestral
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'Risky': Two businesses on fast-track list donated to National
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'Sacrificial lambs': Fire engineering expertise takes hit in latest job cuts
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Matthew Hooton: Government’s savings programme half-hearted, poorly targeted
OPINION: With the dire need to cut costs, agencies should have to justify why they exist.
Luxon concerned about ‘unsafe’ South China Sea activity amid new US-Philippines war games
The PM has landed in the Philippines after a quick visit to Thailand's capital Bangkok.
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