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Climate litigation’s economic impact would be worse than Covid, MPs told

Green MP Steve Abel accused the firms of direct lobbying to protect billions in vested interests and to extinguish the rights of New Zealanders.

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Restaurateur selling Downlow Burger franchises to vulnerable migrants, liquidator states

One migrant co-owner lost 11 years of savings after buying a Ponsonby store that proved commercially unviable within months. Alice Peacock reports

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Big spending isn’t ‘wasteful spending’ when it’s at Wayne Brown’s mayoral office

Expenditure records show the mayor’s office spent twice as much in one year as his predecessor Phil Goff, heavily utilising consultants for strategic advice. Todd Niall reports.

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Wrongfully accused, wrongfully convicted and still waiting for justice

Comment: As the parent of children with brittle bone disease, former Race Relations and Human Rights Commissioner Joris de Bres became an advocate for a family torn apart by accusations of abuse.

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Health NZ’s silence on child abuse misdiagnoses

For almost three years, Newsroom’s investigations team has been trying to get answers from Health NZ and ministers on what now appears to be a serious issue with the misdiagnosis of non-accidental injury in infants. Their questions have gone nowhere.

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The story behind National donor Chris Meehan’s sudden exit from his own firm

"I hope this gives others a safe space to come forward," says former executive assistant Leah McCann after a $105,000 authority award.

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Greens take aim at the ‘cost of greed’ with $32b wealth and big tech tax plan

A reined-in version of the party’s earlier plan looks to raise $32b over four years, mostly by taxing the income and inheritance of New Zealand’s wealthiest

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Willis claims win as just 0.5 percent opt out of higher KiwiSaver contributions

High level of contributions at new 3.5 percent rate defy some expectations – but come with implications for the public service workforce

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Australian firm advises Stanford on ‘winning hearts and minds’ of NZ teachers

Newly released documents have shed light on the extent of Learning First’s involvement in NZ’s curriculum reform

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Labour leads with its chin on transport cap costs – critics swing wildly

The party’s first big policy of election year sparks intense blowback over its cost, partly because its potential upside wasn’t spelled out. Tim Murphy investigates.

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Honoured again: Newsroom’s podcasts ‘The Detail’ and ‘Diagnosis of a Crime’

Newsroom podcasts won two sought-after awards at this week’s Radio and Podcast awards 2026

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Oh boy! NZ’s own Mickey Mouse law spurs debate on rights and wrongs of copyright

The law change will also extend copyright protection for multinationals like drug marketers and health software firms. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Four key questions to be answered this Budget

How the fuel crisis is hitting the Government's books and what, if anything, Nicola Willis has hidden up her sleeves

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Melanie Reid’s Diagnosis of a Crime named best NZ podcast

Newsroom Investigates' groundbreaking work examining medical findings in some child abuse cases takes out the major podcasting award at the national media awards

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Former bankrupt is frontrunner to take over historic Chateau Tongariro

Templeton Group has been named preferred bidder despite officials’ concerns about the company’s failure to deliver another iconic $120m-plus hotel development in Hamilton. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Minister tells Crown companies to ‘get on the bus’ with cost-cutting

But Air NZ, and the three big power gentailers that paid $564m in dividends last year, won't be expected to lay off staff. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Sky’s the limit for Rod Oram Essay Prize winner

Plummeting towards the ground after her parachute failed to open last month has given Angela Fang, 19, a unique perspective

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Truckies worry as diesel slows to a trickle: ‘Shortage would bring economy to its knees’

Newsroom forecasts just 17 days' diesel by Sunday. Plus, Z Energy chief executive Lindis Jones gives his first interview since the start of the oil shock, agreeing business needs to work with ministers in something akin to a wartime governance of national unity. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Morning Mail: water challenge for AI revolution, Labor weighs gas reserve options, Starc sublime but England have edge

Cooling giant datacentres will place strain on supplies, experts warn; government must take on producers to get better deal, say unions and industry

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New Zealand’s top book award disqualifies two prominent authors over AI artwork

Publisher says rule against AI use came after books were submitted for consideration

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Morning Mail: the 48 hours that killed a Liberal climate policy, thousands of diplomas dumped, pressure mounts on Trump

Inside the politics of Liberal leader’s rejection of net zero commitment

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Going, going … the 10 state-owned assets atop ministers’ sales block

Newsroom asks Associate Finance Minister David Seymour which Crown businesses need to justify their continued public shareholding.

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Newsroom candidates survey: Alarm as councils breach debt ceilings

Ruapehu District Council was hailed a “ratepayer hero” by the Taxpayers’ Union lobby group last week. That was because the small North Island council managed an unexpected $700,000 overspend by cutting services and infrastructure investment, rather than hiking rates and fees. But, highlighting the difficult balancing act between high rates…

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Stanford discovers one size doesn’t fit all school builds

The use of standardised, repeatable designs has become a Government mantra – and the education minister says that all started with her project to cut costs by building modular classrooms. "We've halved the cost of building a classroom," she tells Newsroom. "And I can see other ministers looking at us,…

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