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Lobbying firm was hit by hackers, documents reveal
12 Dec 2023Senate, which had a large contract with the Commerce Commission, was caught up in a cyber attack raising fears about the possible release of highly sensitive material.
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What if political donations were reined in?
10 Nov 2023What would happen if only voters - not unions or businesses - could donate to political parties? A plan to do exactly that exists, if the government wants to try it.
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What ever happened to that $2b for mental health?
11 Dec 2023Analysis - Even after huge sums of money have gone into the system, there is still nowhere near enough help available for people with mental health problems, Anusha Bradley writes.
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The meaning of Tāmaki: The most fascinating election result
28 Nov 2023When ACT's Brooke van Velden won the Auckland seat of Tāmaki, it was a triumph of shrewd campaigning. But it was also a failure for Christian conservatism in mainstream politics.
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The government's first press conference: Wilder than an episode of Love Island
24 Nov 2023Analysis - The three ring-masters of the coalition announcement had spectacularly different ideas about the point of the show.
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Revolving door for lobbyists 'can result in unfair access'
9 Nov 2023Justice Ministry warns of 'misuse of privileged information' by ministers entering the lobbying industry.
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Lobbying firm's 'wildly inappropriate' contracts at Commerce Commission revealed
7 Nov 2023The firm was embedded in Commerce Commission offices working on supermarket and energy industry inquiries, which had major implications for its corporate clients.
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How Christopher Luxon's NZ First gamble failed
4 Nov 2023Analysis - On election night, almost every party had something to cheer. But now, after the special votes have been counted, there's only one real winner.
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What might block ACT's Treaty referendum plan
2 Nov 2023There are three main objections to ACT's idea for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.
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The election campaign fight for your eyeballs
20 Oct 2023Every political party poured money into online ads that flooded the internet for three months.
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Christopher Luxon gets the job as PM - and deal-making headache
15 Oct 2023Analysis - The margin is so thin that National will surely be pushed to seek a deal with New Zealand First.
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The parental puzzle for the mother of a teenage girl off the tracks
9 Oct 2023What happens when nowhere is safe for a 13-year-old fighting everyone - including her parents.
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The number of bail breaches 'not manageable', police say
4 Oct 2023An internal police review of bail finds its system "far under-estimating" the proportion of high risk offenders.
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Mount Maunganui: Life in a polluted air shed
3 Oct 2023People are dying while pollution continues to waft over schools, marae and family homes in a beloved beachside town.
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Millions more spent promoting gas guzzlers than small cars or EVs
Car makers say they are going green. But they still spend much more advertising their biggest gas guzzlers than their smaller, less profitable EVs.
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Publicity-shy 'promoters' spending up on the election campaign
11 Oct 2023Some of the most active campaigners are new to politics. Another promoter is a wealthy foreign businessman.
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The falsehood Luxon was allowed to repeat in the leaders' debate
20 Sep 2023Analysis - It's clearly wrong that there are no health outcomes that have got any better under Labour. So why was Christopher Luxon allowed to repeat this?
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National's anti-fluoride, anti-mandate MP-in-waiting
18 Sep 2023A National Party candidate favoured to win election questioned Covid death statistics and said "lower socio economics fill their tap water with raro".
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New medical school a 'present' to future National government - uni boss
5 Sep 2023The chancellor of the University of Waikato was intimately involved in helping National develop policy, raising questions about independence.
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Birthing injury claims thousands below ACC estimates
8 Sep 2023Nearly 5000 birth injury claims have been accepted by the ACC since cover was expanded nearly a year ago.
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What is 'race-baiting' and who decides?
4 Oct 2023Analysis - A policy is labelled racist. Then that accusation is itself called racist. Are we getting anywhere with any of this?
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'Fully embedded': The food lobby in Aotearoa
27 Sep 2023How the food industry throws its weight - and its money - around in sport, politics, nutrition and education.
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Anti co-governance website using 'quite deceitful' tactics
31 Aug 2023Hobson's Pledge is accused of 'astroturfing' in its campaign designed to recruit new migrants.
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How agriculture killed a climate tax, again
18 Aug 2023Crown vs Cow: The inside story of Labour's drawn-out failure to regulate our worst climate polluter.
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