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Documents reveal the Govt has paid consultants $155,000 to date for Ihumātao advice.
The island is owned by the Buttle family, through Whakaari Management Limited.
Tony Blakely says NZ is 'playing politics, not science' in delaying transtasman bubble.
'We were left defenceless,' says Kiwi Muslim group.
Residents of a small Marlborough beach community say tourists defecated in their gardens.
The Government will start the process of giving every New Zealander an extra five days of sick leave a year before Parliament adjourns for the summer break.
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The Government will start the process of giving every New Zealander an extra five days of sick leave a year before Parliament adjourns for the summer break.
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Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy delivers the Speech from the Throne during the official State Opening of Parliament. Video / Parliament TV
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Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi says the Govt's decision on signage is 'bloody awesome'.
"She leads the way, Kiwis shows the way, in the war against virus," the song's lyrics say.
Top minister is muddying the waters when it comes to pre-election promise, National says.
"When I put on a shirt and blazer, my whole way of being changes," Sally-ann Moffat says.
It comes after two MPs walked out of the first session of the new Parliament yesterday.
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The new border exceptions mean that few others will be granted before April next year.
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Ibrahim Omer cleaned the lecture hall before his first day at university.
The Auditor-General was told the Government was open to not following the rules.
Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern clashed strongly in the House on housing.
'The tyranny of our democracy for minority parties - it's absolutely disgraceful.'
PM Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins face-off after State Opening of Parliament. Video / Parliament TV
Davis is still refusing to publicly back his ministry's chief executive, Grainne Moss.
Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins addressed MPs in the House today.
A Chinese spy's change of heart is unable to bring him a residence-class visa.
There has already been an attempt to declare a climate emergency but it was shot down.
Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy delivers the Speech from the Throne during the official State Opening of Parliament. Video / Parliament TV
Today is the official State Opening of Parliament.
Councils are struggling with financial pressures amounting to billions of dollars.
Is the PM's bid to hold on to newly converted voters hampering action on housing market?
Greens co-leader James Shaw has a personal plea for the Speaker.
Oranga Tamariki chief executive Grainne Moss was defiant in staying on at the agency saying she had 'no idea' where rumours of her quitting came from. Video / Mark Mitchell
Finance Minister Grant Robertson is looking into extending to CGT-esque Brightline test.
Grainne Moss insists she's committed to the agency to make change.
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