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The Transport Minister said cycling and walking initiatives are a waste of time and money.
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"What is the Government waiting for? An actual disaster where people lose their lives?"
Is Shane Jones the 'champion' the fishing industry wished for?
Fishing policy a trade-off says Jones, but misinformation is in his gunsights.
New Government passes first bill, Reserve Bank back to single mandate
The new coalition has passed its first law.
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Ian McCrae: How Te Whatu Ora strangled the health tech Golden Goose
Despite the flood of spending the agency appears to be angling for even more money.
Three Kāinga Ora units in South Auckland overcharged more than $400k in rates
The error was identified during Herald data analysis.
Govt eyes private partnerships for future hospital developments
ACT coalition deal commits the government to explore build and lease-back arrangements.
IRD puts four Auckland dentistry companies under
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Opinion: David Seymour and Beltway bureaucrats must learn from medieval Iceland
OPINION: Gargantuan red tape will be gone if we learn a "Thingvellir" or two from Iceland.
Public service cutbacks: The Kiwi startup framed as David Seymour-friendly
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Three retirement village issues NZ Shareholders Association is considering
'More transparency in cash-flow reporting: something we’re happy about, some way to go.'
Underwater drone to keep an eye on leaky Dannevirke dam
The council says the cost of the underwater vehicle is expected to be less than $50,000.
The 'fiscal cliffs' as Nicola Willis puts together mini-Budget
What are the cliffs and holes faced by the new Finance Minister?
Editorial: New Govt can't let economy get lost in the coalition noise
OPINION: It's been a tumultuous start but it shouldn't forget why it won the election.
Letters: What about education and health inequality?
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Editorial: Here is Wayne Brown's opportunity to 'fix Auckland'
OPINION: Challenge or opportunity? The rubber is about to meet the road.
Focus: New coalition govt repeals world-leading smoke-free laws
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'Scrapped the world's first generational smoking ban' - Global media's shock at NZ law repeal
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Opinion: Fighting fires, preventing floods - the case for a dam has never been stronger
OPINION: Gabrielle then wouldn't have caused as much damage in CHB, Tim Gilbertson argues.
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'Strong, productive, unified': Luxon sworn in as PM
The new coalition Government will be sworn into office today.
Radius expenses push profit down as it brings in nurses from overseas
Company went on a big overseas nursing recruitment drive last year to fully staff places.
‘Chickens coming home to roost’: Rates rises, axed cycle lanes in Mayor Brown's 10-year budget
'The decisions of the past have determined our current budgetary woes.'
Editorial: Pointless byelection held in Port Waikato
OPINION: The law could swing an election unfairly and it causes voters needless trouble.
Beehive Diaries: Luxon's humblebrag by song; will Weet-Bix be safe from taxes?
Weet-Bix played a leading role in the talks — will it save Sanitarium from being taxed?
The biggest concessions Luxon made to get three-party coalition over the line
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Power List: Who owns Mitre 10 stores throughout New Zealand?
Structure of this shy 49-year-old giant a quietly brilliant story of co-operative success.
The law changes looming from new Govt; Peters, Seymour to split Deputy PM
Unorthodox Deputy PM jobshare, 20 Cabinet roles include three each from NZ First, Act.
Seymour: We got a good deal, suggests Act trumps NZ First for ministerial roles
A coalition deal will be signed today and a Government sworn in next week.
'Excessively high': Te Whatu Ora's $100m consultant bill - and the firm that got $44m
Staff feel 'they are being second-guessed and overruled,' former chairman says.
We look forward to being the pebbles in the shoes of Pāremata Parliament
Takutai Kemp takes the Whānau Ora kaupapa to Parliament.