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Benefit advance declines double for clothing, electricity
3 Dec 2025The Social Development minister said there's been no policy change and she's not concerned because "advances create greater hardship down the track".
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Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP taking president to court
3 Dec 2025Kapa-Kingi was expelled from the party, alongside Tākuta Ferris, in early November after a period of internal conflict.
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Minister open to another alcohol levy hike
3 Dec 2025Last year, the government raised the levy from $11.5 million to $16.6m a year.
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Scrutiny week: High profile issues dominate opening days
3 Dec 2025The first week of Parliament's final sitting block of 2025 is focused on scrutiny on past Government spending. Early conflict focused on animal welfare.
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ACT chief of staff resigns
3 Dec 2025Andrew Ketels said he felt "very fortunate" to have worked at Parliament for 12 years.
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Samoans granted citizenship a year after legislation passed
3 Dec 2025The group had their citizenship stripped in the 1980s.
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Coster breaks silence after resignation
3 Dec 2025"I am prepared to take responsibility - I got this wrong," the former top cop says as he quits his chief executive job over a damning report into the McSkimming saga.
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'He got it wrong': Coster resigns from Social Investment Agency
3 Dec 2025The former Police Commissioner has quit his CEO role after the police watchdog's damning probe into the Jevon McSkimming case.
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Final ETS auction of the year fails to sell a single carbon unit
An experienced trader says government back-tracking on climate change has tanked the price that emitters have to pay for carbon units.
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Treasury just over halfway through review of state asset ownership
3 Dec 2025But it insists the exercise is not driven by a desire for asset sales.
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Defence Force turns to 1930s strategies
3 Dec 2025The country needs to be able to quickly add up to 10 times more personnel if needed, the NZDF's boss says.
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The four big targets the government may miss
3 Dec 2025We look at the government's nine key goals and see what it's achieved so far.
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Will they or won't they? Ministers at odds over key policy
3 Dec 2025Willis says the government won't be sending "cheques for billions of dollars" offshore, but an expert says this could have real-world trade and legal risks. Audio
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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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