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Speaker to address Green MP’s use of f-bomb in Parliament
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Labour alleges Budget leak forced Govt to quickly axe first home grant
Labour alleges the Government scrambled to kill the scheme after a Budget leak.
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MP advising minister on Pharmac has investments in pharmaceutical companies
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Letters: Police checkpoints worth every cent; MP can't be trusted
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Ex-Shortland Street actor takes hunger strike to Parliament
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Why Kiri Allan never had to go to court for careless driving case
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Govt scraps home grants, boosts social housing - no new funding for Kāinga Ora
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New tech bill will allow consumers to share data
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Budget 24: Mike King’s Gumboot Friday gets $24m for mental health boost
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Audrey Young: Inside David Seymour's inner circle; the surprise MPs who inspired him
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Explainer: Why thousands are against the Government’s most controversial bill yet
One of this Government’s most contentious bills is now before a select committee.
Oranga Tamariki: Bill repealing section of act passes first reading in Parliament
The pledge to repeal the section was part of Act’s coalition agreement with National.
Former PM Chris Hipkins was gifted a bike by Chinese Premier Li Qiang
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Claire Trevett: National MP David MacLeod comes a cropper to paperwork, will it hurt him much?
OPINION: MacLeod was on a fast track to be a minister - until his paperwork went awry.
Audrey Young: The best of a boring bunch of pre-Budget speeches
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The New Plymouth MP was the chairman of the Environment Committee.
Labour warns of Govt’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ in upcoming Budget
It's Barbara Edmonds' first pre-Budget speech as Labour finance spokeswoman.
Law change could ‘worsen safety, stability, and well-being of our children’ says OT
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