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PM pulls out of toasting Chinese business

Hipkins has withdrawn as guest speaker at a gala dinner next week hosted by a business group founded by ex-National MP and Chinese spy school lecturer Jian Yang and presented by a major Chinese liquor brand.

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Meka Whaitiri jumps to Te Pāti Māori – its first big-name election candidate

And party president extends invitation to minister Mahuta: 'If Nanaia feels there's something awry with the way she was treated, she knows what she can do.'

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Rod Oram: Anxiety into action

‘Anxiety into action’ is the theme of this 10th and last episode in our Newsroom video series The Way Forward about the ways we are tackling the climate crisis in Aotearoa.

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Ministers consider whether community services card 'fit for purpose'

Carmel Sepuloni and Grant Robertson are both open to changing the thresholds for community service cardholders, which currently penalise people trying to save for their retirement.

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Govt green light for riskier KiwiBuild projects to steady market

Ministers will accept greater risk for potential developments to head off a wider construction crash.

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PM dodges questions over elderly living in poverty

Though no political leader will commit to means-testing superannuation as it would amount to political-suicide, there’s an argument to be made for doing so for the winter energy payment

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Wayne Brown called out on voter fraud claim

An allegation of voting fraud in Otāhuhu during Auckland's local body election leads to a demand the mayor front up with evidence.

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Raw Politics: Greens eat themselves

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: What's eating the Greens, in what should be a big year for them? And Jo Moir tells us how Chris Hipkins came across as our chief statesman on his Aussie trip

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After year-long delay, ministry scraps Covid survey

A Covid-19 prevalence survey would have revealed the true levels of infection in the community, with one expert saying their advice to the Government will suffer without it.

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Looking beyond Aussie and China for trade wins

The citizenship announcement in the late hours of Friday night left some New Zealand officials with the impression the Australian government was trying to quietly bury it. Now that it has finally been put to rest it means New Zealand can focus its diplomatic energy elsewhere.

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Raw Politics: Votes in kids’ grades; National’s shame

On this week's Raw Politics video and podcast: Why the flurry of activity by the Government on school achievement and education reforms? And how does National ever get control over its scandal-prone candidate list?

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Victoria University grilled by US regulator over political predictions site

Kiwi academics secretly ceded control of a political predictions market to a private corporation, a US regulator claims.

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Emergency response: Mayor points the finger at the other Wayne Brown

Auckland Council officials and the Mayor are at odds – again – over his insistence that they called the wrong Wayne on the night of the floods. No sirree, they say.

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Greyhound industry given a lifeline until after election

Long-awaited decisions on the future of greyhound racing have been kicked down the road until after the election, Jo Moir reports.

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Kieran McAnulty - Eketāhuna's straight-shooting MP

Kieran McAnulty has come a long way since his self-confessed “pretty disappointing” Wairarapa result at the 2014 election. Political editor Jo Moir looks at the Labour MP’s road from TAB bookie to Cabinet minister.

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Anti-Aukus feeling growing at home

A public debate is needed before New Zealand moves ahead with any efforts to join the controversial security deal, groups say.

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National finalises candidate selections, including two Māori seats

The race is on in Wellington Central for the National Party candidate selection where a well-known pub owner will battle it out against a human rights expert on Sunday.

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Raw Politics: Is National ready to govern?

In episode 3 of Raw Politics, we look at whether National, six months out from the general election, is in a fit state to govern, and debate whether the Three Waters changes are real or just imaginary

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'A price worth paying': Counting the cost of wider local voice

Newsroom has modelling suggesting 10 smaller regional water corporation will cost communities billions more than the Govt's previous reform model. Jonathan Milne talks with seven key mayors about that trade-off.

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NZ's ocean strategies all at sea

Given the huge importance of the oceans to our wellbeing, we need to urgently elevate oceans in our national discourse and political processes, says Rod Oram

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'Decisions have consequences' – Climate Commission scolds Govt

The Government's top climate advisors have told it to shape up or risk failing to meet its own climate targets.

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Kiwi police work with Hong Kong force accused of brutality

Hong Kong police have provided lessons to their Kiwi counterparts on riot control, despite allegations of brutality and misconduct after a crackdown on protesting residents.

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CEO tensions trigger Coast council coup

Behind-the-scenes legal wrangling looks to have led to the unseating of West Coast council chair Allan Birchfield.

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From military combat to Parliament – meet Labour's 'working class' MP

Labour’s Dan Rosewarne hoped to get the nod for the safe Labour seat of Christchurch East. Now he’ll likely be scrapping it out on the list but puts up a good case for being one of few “working class” MPs left in the Labour Party.

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Political relationships have become 'polarised', says PM

Chris Hipkins is frustrated that political disagreement has got personal. He explained to political editor Jo Moir that smokefree laws are partly to blame.

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