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India free trade agreement a 'good step forward' - Labour
23 Dec 2025However, the opposition party isn't saying whether it will back the deal if and when it is introduced to Parliament.
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Willis move to list-only 'absolutely not' a step away from politics
22 Dec 2025The finance minister will stand as a list-only candidate at the election and says she will campaign across New Zealand to re-elect a National government.
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Luxon confident of passing India trade deal, despite NZ First opposition
22 Dec 2025Coalition partner NZ First is withholding support for the trade deal - which means it is now in the hands of the opposition whether it passes or not.
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FTA with India: 'Bad deal' or 'strategically significant milestone'?
22 Dec 2025NZ First says it is a bad deal, but there is widespread support for the Free Trade Agreement with India among the New Zealand business community.
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Government strikes Free Trade deal with India, RNZ understands
22 Dec 2025Reports have suggested negotiations were finalised in recent days, with Christopher Luxon expected to make an announcement soon.
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'Monetisation': Peters makes u-turn on Chorus debt sell-off
Winston Peters previously said the government's plan to sell-off Chorus debt was "creative accounting of the worst sort".
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Govt commits $850k to keep boaties safe
22 Dec 2025The funding comes from fuel excise paid by recreational boat owners.
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Parliament's year in numbers: Who spoke the most and how many bills were introduced?
21 Dec 2025Analysis: We look back at this year's Parliament in data, including just how much coffee fuels our democracy?
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Organised crime threat needs new approach - Costello
20 Dec 2025The associate police minister has announced a new cross-agency plan to combat criminal networks.
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Winston Peters' advice to anyone thinking of rolling a PM
20 Dec 2025In a sit-down interview with RNZ, the New Zealand First leader discusses the year that's been and the upcoming election.
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Maipi-Clarke outranks her Te Pāti Māori elders in new leadership poll
19 Dec 2025The poll of Māori voters put Parliament's youngest MP at the top of the list for favoured leaders of Te Pāti Māori.
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Court rules rights commissioner appointments unlawful
19 Dec 2025Minister of Justice Paul Goldsmith appointed Stephen Rainbow and Melissa Derby in August 2024.
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More funding announced in battle to eradicate yellow-legged hornets
19 Dec 2025The government has announced additional funding will be allocated to help eradicate yellow-legged hornets in Auckland.
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Watch: Christopher Luxon and Todd McClay on trade deal with India
22 Dec 2025The Prime Minster and Trade Minister held a media conference confirming the new free trade deal with India.
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Take-away alcohol on menu in law change
19 Dec 2025The Associate Justice minister says the current rules for restaurants are "nonsensical".
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On their final day, MPs consider quality of our final years
19 Dec 2025On Parliament's last sitting day of the year, MPs discussed an issue with the potential to surge in prominence.
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'Public good over corporate greed': Greens challenge Willis to debate them instead
19 Dec 2025With Ruth Richardson no longer willing, Chlöe Swarbrick is challenging Nicola Willis to debate her instead.
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Retraction of key herbicide study won't sway the government's approach
19 Dec 2025Government agencies are confident the herbicide glyphosate is safe, despite the retraction of a widely referenced study.
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First mining project gains fast-track approval
18 Dec 2025Waihī North extension of OceanaGold's Waihī mine has gained approval.
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Principals warn new year-by-year curriculum won't work for mixed-level classes
18 Dec 2025The Principals Federation says most schools have at least some multi-level classrooms and it would take a much larger workforce to avoid that.
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Fears over plan to ditch flu tracking tool
18 Dec 2025The Ministry of Health is not renewing its contract for the FluTracking tool, which surveys about 40,000 people year-round, in a bid to cut costs. Audio
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3000 hectares returned in one of country's longest land disputes
18 Dec 2025Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s. Audio
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Labour, National clash over what economic rebound shows
18 Dec 2025'Better times are ahead,' the finance minister says, while Labour is arguing things are still worse.
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Watch live: Nicola Willis responds as economy bounces into growth
18 Dec 2025More to come on this breaking story.
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