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Opinion: Why are food rescues doing the $70m job of Government? - Angela Calver

OPINION: Food rescues like KiwiHarvest offer a lifeline to communities.

More than 1300 public sector jobs to go: Full list of where axe is falling as more cuts loom

A number of job reductions have been due to stop-work notices.

'It's about addressing a historical wrong' - Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono

The bill to remove the Citizenship [Western Samoa] Act 1982 is up for its first reading.

Opinion: Vulnerable, disabled, marginalised targeted - Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

OPINION: True leaders stand up for the rights and dignity of all individuals.

Winston Peters: Eclipse united US; says Clark will regret Aukus comments

The Foreign Minister spoke as his Europe-US tour drew to a close.

The power of Act and NZ First: who holds the most power - and how they use it

It's become clear which small party ministers have the most influence.

'Cutting the engine room to the frontline': What we know so far about the public sector savings scramble

Multiple agencies are being affected and seeing hundreds of jobs on the line

Why Government decision to scrap Labour rules could lessen competition and push up ECE fees

Officials don't know why ECE costs have soared.

Nicola Willis admits some agencies won’t hit savings target

Nicola Willis says ministers are rejecting some savings proposals.

MP shares moving cancer tale as Govt pushes on with public service cuts

The Government targeted areas where Labour is weak, but one MP made a personal warning.

Winston Peters delivers hard-hitting speech at UN: ‘Gaza is an utter catastrophe’

Winston Peters says civilians must not pay the price of defeating Hamas.

MPs ‘probably’ deserve pay rises, former minister says

MPs need to stop turning down pay rises, Chris Finlayson says.

Christopher Luxon outlines the Government's nine new public service targets

Christopher Luxon outlines the Government's nine new public service targets to be delivered by 2030. Video / Mark Mitchell

Christopher Luxon reveals nine Govt targets to be delivered by 2030

The Government announces a suite of policy as Parliament returns for another sitting week.

Ministry for the Environment staff told redundancies ‘likely’, as Govt aims to save $1.5b

A voluntary redundancy scheme has been started at the ministry.

Major critic of Māori and Pasifika study rooms Act’s Parmjeet Parmar fronts up to Cameron Bennett

Act Education spokesperson Parmjet Pamar faces her critics

PM’s pay pickle: MPs’ pay rises loom amid public sector cuts

The independent Remuneration Authority will soon decide if MPs should get a pay rise.

Meta changes could stifle democracy

'A chilling effect on politics' - what Meta's latest policy means for democracy.