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Government announces new benefit sanctions

Two more non-financial benefit sanctions will be added to the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) ‘Traffic Light System’ to drive economic growth by incentivising...

Public submissions on Covid-19 inquiry open

A submissions portal and awareness campaign has been launched today, February 3, to support further public submissions on key topics as part of the...

98 per cent of state highway potholes fixed within 24 hours

New Transport Minister Chris Bishop is wasting no time when it comes to addressing the country’s pothole issue, saying about 98 per cent of...

Government sets New Zealand’s second climate target

The coalition Government has announced New Zealand’s second international climate target under the Paris Agreement, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand will reduce emissions by 51...

Share views on playgrounds and dog-walking

By Damian Light, Howick Local Board chairperson Opportunities to have your say! For all of these you can have find out more and have your...

School lunches disrupted due to problem with ovens

The School Lunch Collective says it’s experienced a technical problem with ovens in the early hours of this morning, January 31, at the Central...

Goodbye ‘National Park’, hello ‘Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki’

Nine years of negotiations between the Crown and Taranaki iwi have concluded following Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/the Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress...

Labour slams David Seymour’s new school lunches programme

The Labour Party is criticising Associate Education Minister David Seymour’s new school lunches programme, which began this week. It says social media reports are circulating...

New school lunch programme serves up first healthy meals

Associate Education Minister David Seymour this week visited an Auckland school where the new school lunch programme has served up healthy meals to students...

Government hits emergency housing target five years early

Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says the coalition Government has reached its target to reduce the number of families in emergency housing motels by...

Commissioner proposes to reduce police executive

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has released a proposal to reduce the size of the police executive. The proposal was sent to affected staff on January...

Ardern to release revealing memoir

Publishers, Penguin Random House New Zealand, says a new book by former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be released on June 3. It says: “In...

Simeon Brown: What to expect in 2025

By Simeon Brown, Member of Parliament for Pakuranga In my first column for 2025 I wanted to start by wishing you all a Happy...

Opinion: ‘Push for tikanga Māori undermines choice at university’

By Parmjeet Parmar, Pakuranga-based ACT List MP Many young Kiwis are now looking ahead to the start of the university year. Three or more years...

Free Speech Union moves to stop ‘ideological imposition’

Political lobby group the Free Speech Union is calling for a law change that it says would protect professionals' speech rights within New Zealand’s...
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