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Critics launch campaign against second Mt Victoria tunnel
3 Dec 2025Green MPs and former and current councillors spoke out against the project, saying it's too expensive, too disruptive and too focused on cars. Audio
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How NZ can combat the rise of kleptocracy
3 Dec 2025Today's dictators aren't just seizing power, they're stealing unimaginable wealth and hiding it in Western banks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum tells Guyon Espiner.
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New ferry details surface in briefings to MPs but final cost remains unknown
3 Dec 2025The replacement Interislanders will be diesel hybrids, more manoeuvrable, and save on certain operator costs, Ferry Holdings has told select committee.
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Public Service Commission 'likely' to run social media ads again
2 Dec 2025Social media is a "critical channel" for people to get information, and it is "entirely appropriate" to participate, says the Public Service Commissioner.
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Top cop doesn't believe police have a culture problem
2 Dec 2025Building trust and confidence in police is an "absolute priority", the police commissioner has told a Select Committee as part of Parliament's Scrutiny Week.
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First ex-Te Pūkenga polytechs' governance councils revealed
2 Dec 2025Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds says course cuts will not reduce the training opportunities available in regional centres.
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'The maths do not maths' - Greens urges govt to come clean on Paris Agreement plans
2 Dec 2025Nicola Willis has cast fresh doubt on whether New Zealand will pay for the offshore carbon credits needed to meet its 2030 promise to halve emissions.
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'A bit tired, a bit ratty': Fiery exchange between Willis and Labour MPs
2 Dec 2025The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.
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Ministry signals another boot camp may be on the cards soon
2 Dec 2025The first pilot boot camp last year was with volunteers.
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'Incredibly Shakespearean': How political leaders get rolled
2 Dec 2025Explainer - What happens if National or Labour MPs decide to turn on their party's leaders?
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Health NZ devolving decision-making receives positive feedback - Health Minister
2 Dec 2025"There's a real desire from the organisation for decisions to be made closer to those who are providing the care in the districts and in the regions," Simeon Brown says.
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Tertiary institutions enrolling extra students to meet demand
2 Dec 2025An increase in school-leavers has driven enrolments up across the entire tertiary sector, including polytechnics and private tertiary institutions.
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'Won't work': Mayor hits out at government's new rates cap
2 Dec 2025Wayne Brown has taken aim at the policy, suggesting the government should start paying rates on its own properties. Audio
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Local govt shake-up: A complicated job for a complex system
2 Dec 2025Regional councils have to find a different way of operating that cuts down on double ups and layers of bureaucracy.
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Claims corporate clinics not prioritising community 'not reflective of the data'
2 Dec 2025Tend Health's founder says Ayesha Verrall's comments are an odd assertion and its data says otherwise. Audio
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Rates caps may mean more expensive parking, libraries and pools, mayors say
2 Dec 2025Councils might consider raising fees for things like pools, recreation centres and other community facilities, Wellington mayor Andrew Little says. Audio
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'Eggs in one basket': Commission warns MPs over carbon removal plan
2 Dec 2025The Climate Change Commission says there are risks with relying on forestry for the country's carbon removal.
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Infrastructure Commission suggests phased approach to building new highways
2 Dec 2025MPs have voiced concerns at the affordability of the government's Roads of National Significance project at the start of Scrutiny Week.
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Government announces 4% council rates rise cap
2 Dec 2025The government's long-awaited rates cap is likely to start with minimum increases of two percent and a maximum of four percent, and would take effect from the start of 2027.
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Better laws needed to protect sexual violence survivors - Helen Clark Foundation
2 Dec 2025Its report highlighted four areas it says will create "practical, meaningful and lasting change".
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Morning Report live: Chris Hipkins on new council rates cap, and mouldy school lunches
2 Dec 2025More to come on this breaking story.
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Budget, City Rail behind proposed rate hike - Auckland Mayor
1 Dec 2025Wayne Brown says his proposal is focused on delivering smarter services and faster progress to strengthen communities and businesses.
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Local councils relieved with govt's rates capping approach
1 Dec 2025But some want assurance the policy will not affect local councils' ability to invest in core services and infrastructure.
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Seymour, Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head
1 Dec 2025A $357,000 payout to the former chief executive of Pharmac was "well beyond the norm in the public sector", says Labour.
