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Battles over felling exotic trees on Auckland's Tūpuna Maunga highlight an inevitable clash of strong personalities and conflicting visions – but some say they're also a warning sign about co-governance in action. Nikki Mandow reports.

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Radio silence on Govt plan to regulate Big Tech

Government plans to subject tech companies like Facebook and Google to the same content regulations as news media and advertisers may have been put on hold.

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MPs to discuss expanding use of virtual Parliament

Political parties are “universally agreed” new criteria is needed for virtual Parliament sittings, political editor Jo Moir reports

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Piha resilient, but looking for answers

Newsroom’s investigations editor and Piha resident Melanie Reid on what the surf village is facing and what other devastated areas will soon be dealing with - if they aren’t already.

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Cyclone Gabrielle's path of destruction in seven charts

From rivers topping 20 metres to pressure lower than Cyclone Bola to Auckland's wettest ever year, Newsroom has pulled together data illustrating Cyclone Gabrielle's catastrophic consequences.

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Co-governance – it’s nothing like you think

Bemused by the political furore, nay fury, Newsroom’s Nikki Mandow went hunting for examples of shared governance in action.

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Auckland floods and votes grab attention of Hipkins and Luxon

Political editor Jo Moir looks at the focus for National and Labour as the two Chrises go head-to-head in the House for the first time this week.

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Pharmac to get one-time $66m boost

The national drug-buying agency will get an extra $66 million in 2023 in a one-off cash injection, according to documents reviewed by Newsroom.

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Police investigate deep discounting of alcohol by Uber and supermarkets

Prosecutions of big retailers over discounts of up to 68 percent on alcohol, revealed by Newsroom, would be a groundbreaking test of the law on internet sales promotions.

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PM axes Ardern's projects, takes wind out of Nats' sails

Hate speech, biofuels, the media merger and social insurance have been dumped in the worthy, but not important bin, after Chris Hipkins takes the axe to his predecessor's policies.

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Covid-19 health funding quietly halved

The money the health system has to fight Covid-19 in the first half of 2023 is less than half of what it had in the second half of 2022.

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TVNZ merger response raises eyebrows

MediaRoom column: On the eve of a Cabinet decision on the proposed public broadcasting merger, questions emerge over the engagement by TVNZ's chief executive of two former National government aides to change the narrative and push TVNZ's view about the Government's plan.

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Artist told to pay GST on his own paintings

The experience of a painter dealing with NZ Customs is a salutary lesson about engaging with bureaucracy – and getting your paperwork right. As Nikki Mandow reports, this story comes with a twist in the tail…

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PM will now speak at Waitangi after communication chaos

The Prime Minister will once again speak at Waitangi commemorations after the organising trust originally moved the political leaders to a panel away from the main event, prompting Chris Hipkins to agree to not give a speech at the põwhiri

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Inferior overseas honey being passed off as mānuka – new research

The discovery that Serbia, Spain and the UK are producing their own 'mānuka honey' has highlighted the significance of a looming NZ legal decision on trademarking the brand. Jonathan Milne investigates.

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Rich Lister Olympian goes to ground in new row over his aggressive alcohol sales

Foodstuffs admits not one, but three of its Pak'nSave supermarkets were offloading short-dated beer – some at prices the Government calls 'irresponsible'. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Investigation underway over concerns pokie trusts cooking the books

Millions meant for community grants appears to have been spent on new equipment and paying down the debts of class 4 gaming trusts.

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Hipkins picks his team, turns his focus to policy purge

The easy part is over for Chris Hipkins in naming his new team, now the tough policy decisions lie ahead, writes political editor Jo Moir

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Pak'nSave's 67c beers are 'simply irresponsible'

Minister condemns supermarket's 'targeted and aggressive' marketing of $3.99 six-packs, amid calls to speed up review of Sale of Alcohol Act. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Auckland's historic flooding explained in five charts

The epic deluge and subsequent flooding across Auckland broke just about every record in the book. Newsroom has pulled the data together to show just how unprecedented this storm was.

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Hipkins needs a new plan for TVNZ and RNZ

A focus on “bread and butter” issues likely signals the end of the RNZ/TVNZ merger, writes Mark Jennings

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Kiwi tech success story becomes the face of Chris Hipkins' workforce crisis

Never mind the chief executives and TV cameras in the CBD – it was a small business grouping in west Auckland that had the new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister as a captive audience, to talk through the challenges for struggling employers. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Clean car crowing ignores stark reality

Kiwis are still buying oodles of new gas guzzlers, David Williams writes

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Experts to advise Govt on autonomous sanctions regime

An independent group will look at how New Zealand can best punish human rights violators overseas, as the "complexities" of the Russia sanctions regime are outlined.

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Man gets 14 months in prison for threatening Ardern

David Ruck was held on remand for months after a judge determined he was likely to continue sending death threats if released.

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