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Māori TV braces for budget cutbacks

The Whakaata Māori restructure comes before a funding cut.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: 'If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it' - we need certainty on Whānau Ora

OPINION: 'The Government continues to pursue a narrow-minded, anti-Māori agenda.'

Builders want government help to smooth troughs of construction industry

While consents are down 29%, more trained builders will be needed soon in Northland.

Finance Minister unreceptive to calls for new finance monitoring unit

New Zealand warned it's not immune from the risk that Budgets start lacking credibility.

Editorial: Oranga Tamariki boss must have missed memo on handling leaks and staff morale

OPINION: Chappie Te Kani slams staff leaks as his organisation lets hundreds go.

Property Insider: Insolvent modular apartment-builder owes $51.7m

A modular housing project has a big financial fallout, liquidators picking up the pieces.

Sour grapes: Opposition to Parliament wine brand plans

Contracts are due to be signed-off in August.

Luxon compares Govt action plan to 'corporate turnaround'

Law and order will be the Government's focus.

Public sector cuts: Job cuts finalised at Oranga Tamariki, MSD and ACC

Final decisions announced at Oranga Tamariki, MSD and ACC today.

PM brushes off poll result as Kiwis deliver verdict on Budget 2024

Christopher Luxon also stayed ahead of Chris Hipkins as preferred PM but the gap closed.

Steve Maharey: Failure to prepare – this Govt can blame itself for the hole it's in

OPINION: To be blunt, it is becoming obvious that the Government did not prepare.

Governing coalition bounces back in new poll, Hipkins closes preferred PM gap

How the Government is faring in the first 1News Verian poll since the Budget.

Coalition friction: NZ First invokes first 'agree to disagree' clause

It's the first time the 'agree to disagree' clause has been used during the term.

Three Strikes 2.0: Why the Government has watered down the hardline policy

The 'manifestly unjust' clause will apply to both sentence length and parole.

Mixed reaction from patients to cancer drugs promise

Specific treatments for bowel, liver, kidney, lung and bladder cancer have been named.

Meet the Government’s 'independent' fast-track consenting advisors, their connections and interests

The fast-track consenting panel advising ministers, and their connections and interests.