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'New security service' for Parliament would have more powers
19 Jun 2025Parliament's security guards will receive training later this year to prepare for potential additional powers.
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Government looking at making lifejackets compulsory
19 Jun 2025It comes after findings a mother and her young son would have had better chances of surviving a capsizing, if they been wearing them. Audio
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Lack of people standing for local body election worries officials
19 Jun 2025An electoral officer says if an area has no candidates an extraordinary vacancy will be created.
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Visa change for Chinese passport holders announced
18 Jun 2025People transiting through New Zealand on Chinese passports will be able to use an electronic travel authority from November.
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Govt blames Labour for police recruit exemptions
18 Jun 2025Police Minister's office says the use of discretion over recruits who had not passed a literacy test was introduced in 2018 under the Labour government.
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Government to spend $16.5m to help Reserve Bank battle inflation
The government is changing how inflation data is reported.
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'The inequities aren't closing' - Māori still a long way from Smokefree 2025 goal
18 Jun 2025The Smokefree 2025 goal is only months away, but Māori smokefree advocates are concerned that Māori smoking rates have remained more than double that of the general population.
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As Luxon heads to China, his govt's pivot toward the US is a stumbling block
18 Jun 2025Analysis:Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand's best…
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Melatonin to be sold over-the-counter; magic mushrooms to be prescribed
18 Jun 2025The change for psilocybin was a huge win for people with depression who had tried everything else, David Seymour says.
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Children's minister criticised for lack of transparency over bootcamps
Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori grilled the government's youth military academies in a scrutiny hearing.
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Luxon rejects idea of visa waivers, extended visas on first trip to China
18 Jun 2025The Prime Minister has poured cold water on the idea of complete visa waivers, or extended visas for "premium" travellers from China.
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'You are disappointing minister': Stanford, Labour in slinging match
18 Jun 2025MPs have clashed over the redress system for survivors abused in state care. Audio
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Minister quizzed over deportations, parent visas, asylum and Gaza
18 Jun 2025The immigration minister Erica Stanford was quizzed on Tuesday by MPs in the Education and Workforce Committee.
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Scrutiny Week: Q&A with Lawrence Xu-Nan
18 Jun 2025It's Scrutiny Week at Parliament, when Ministers face Select Committees to defend their budget plans. We asked Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan about the week and the preparation necessary.
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Goodbye, Census: five-yearly count to be scrapped
18 Jun 2025The traditional Census will be replaced with a combination of government data and smaller annual surveys.
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Luxon arrives in China intent on building on positive
18 Jun 2025The prime minister says the China visit is important right now given the immense global uncertainty.
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Government to give itself power to override councils on housing
18 Jun 2025The government will take back power from local councils if their decisions are going to negatively impact growth, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says.
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Foreign policy critics are shouting 'impotently at clouds': Peters
18 Jun 2025Foreign Minister Winston Peters says critics of the government's foreign policy reset are ill-informed and shouting "impotently at clouds".
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Abuse in care survivors to be paid less than a third of government's $774m package
18 Jun 2025Officials are "taking so much away from the pockets of survivors, who deserve better than this", a lawyer says. Audio
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MFAT providing 'extremely vague' advice for Kiwis trapped in Iran
18 Jun 2025A friend of a New Zealander stuck in Iran says the government needs to help provide safe passage, and that the advice so far has been "vague and lacking any substance whatsover". Audio
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New standards may be needed for NZ's critical communications infrastructure
18 Jun 2025Government officials are looking at developing minimum standards for the protection of critical communications infrastructure.
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Deadline set for press secretary sex scandal investigation
17 Jun 2025Michael Forbes resigned as the PM's deputy chief press secretary after it was revealed he had made unconsented audio recordings.
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FMA confirms job cuts
18 Jun 2025The country's leading financial market regulator has confirmed it cut 20 jobs.
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'Addressing glaring gap': Cyclists to take buses across Harbour Bridge
17 Jun 2025Currently the only public transport option for those taking bikes across the harbour is to catch a ferry.
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