Hawke's Bay flood projects get faster consenting process
Streamlined consenting would only be available to applications lodged by councils.
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Ministry of Justice proposes over 150 job cuts
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$4b fund to fix 62,000 road potholes nationwide
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NZ First MP Andy Foster speaks during Urgency over the weekend while National MP Cameron Brewer sits behind him. Video / Parliament TV
Debate intensifies over Māori rights and Treaty Principles Bill amid call for a separate Parliament
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Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs
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Letters: PM's integrity on line over cancer drugs U-turn
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Nicola Willis defends public sector, housing cuts as broken promise dogs Govt
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Union files legal action against Ministry of Education over job cuts
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The Finance Minister is defending the Government's approach to the cancer drugs issue.
Letters: Shaping Auckland stadium debate; junking the PM's junket
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Editorial: Cancer patients promised access to medicines shouldn't have to wait
OPINION: Patients – and families, friends and carers – are unlikely to forget the slight.
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Watch: Jack Tame v Nicola Willis in heated post-Budget debate on Q+A
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Claire Trevett: Willis' first Budget lacked the surprise, but it did what she'd put on the tin
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Liam Dann: Willis blurs the line between austerity and stimulus
OPINION: Does the bob-each-way strategy leave Government vulnerable to pleasing no one?
Te Pāti Māori leader on Budget 2024
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Budget: $14 billion revealed in tax cuts worth $4-$40 a fortnight
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Budget 2024: No funding for promised cancer drugs disappoints patient
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Editorial: Day-of-disruption status inadvertently boosted by PM, Opposition leader
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