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Schools may scrap camps to get new grant

School camps may be an unexpected casualty of a new grant to low and mid-decile schools.

New grant 'will help NZ's learning tail'

"A huge step in the right direction for supporting the tail of learning".

Building boom keeps GDP growth on track - just

GDP growth came in on target for the first quarter but held warnings for the outlook

Claim: New offer would see deputy paid 'thousands' more than principal

The offer is worth an extra $271m, on top of the $1.2 billion already on the table

Classroom crunch: The areas where kids are learning in prefabs

A big backlog of school building work is blamed on an overstretched construction industry.

Simon Wilson: 6 myths about road safety

COMMENT: We need to take proposals to lower road speeds much more seriously.

Rising costs: The big fear for Kiwi consumers

Consumer survey shows rising living costs dominate New Zealanders' concerns.

Comment: Children had no say in the Wellbeing Budget, and that matters

Budget seems to be missing the well-being of 20% of the New Zealand population.

Listen: Arden sticks with target of 100,000 KiwiBuild houses

KiwiBuild's web site today shows just 83 homes finished.

The two big threats looming over $4.4b City Rail Link

$4.4b CRL tunnel phase starts soon: what's ahead of the contractors

Disability funding cuts: Commissioner seeks answers

Disabled people must be 'front and centre' of Govt's wellbeing budget, commissioner says.

Forget CGT, we need a new plan

COMMENT: The people who lose with no CGT are those who are already struggling.

Mixed reactions to Government's shutdown of CGT

The Government has categorically rejected a capital gains tax earlier today.

Watch: City Rail Link video goes underground, shows progress on $3.4b project

Watch: Beneath Auckland, watch the City Rail Link being built.

Legislation to battle cowboy clampers introduced

Legislation to curb wheel-clamping cowboys has its first reading at Parliament today.

Government has no more money to offer schools, strikes looming

School strikes loom following the rejection of the latest Government pay offer.

Former KiwiBuild leader disputes claims about his behaviour

Details of a dispute between the former KiwiBuild chief and a ministry boss have emerged.

Helen Clark on plane disaster: 'I've taken this flight in the past'

Former NZ Prime Minister is currently visiting Ethiopia.