Thomas Coughlan: The real Budget question - what's being cut to pay for it?
OPINION: Voters will ultimately judge whether it's worth it.
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Pugh has face criticism and calls to apologise.
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Protest motorists will converge on motorways to try to accomplish maximum disruption.
Te Pati Māori protest: Four Rotorua locations targets for hikoi
Police want commuters to hit the road to work early and avoid the peak-hour Māori carkois.
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Louise Upston: Carmel Sepuloni’s welfare claim misleading
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Anger after Assistant Speaker interrupts Whakatōhea rangatira during mihi
The incident happened during the third reading of the Whakatōhea Treaty settlement.
MP 'confusion' causes select committee to favour scrapping news bargaining bill
The minister responsible had to clarify what his position was on the bill.
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders back calls for strike action around NZ due to 'oppressive' Government
A nationwide protest is planned for Thursday, Budget Day.
Audrey Young: All eyes on Budget borrowing; brickbat for a nasty ad
OPINION: There's one line Nicola Willis really doesn't want to cross with her tax cuts.
D-Day nears for Māori wards disestablishment bill
The public have until tomorrow to have their say on council bill.
Māori youth called upon to activate on Budget Day 2024
'Nationwide activation' call for the day the Budget is read.
Inside a $2 billion pay-equity debacle
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Shane Te Pou: Will the Budget give young people a reason to stay in NZ?
OPINION: More than 1000 Kiwis a week are packing their bags. Who can blame them?
Liam Dann: Never mind the numbers, what's the Budget vibe going to be?
OPINION: A Budget preview that ignores the numbers and looks at the vibe of the thing.
Labour’s Barbara Edmonds prepares to go head-to-head with Nicola Willis
On Thursday Labour's finance spokeswoman will face her first big public test in the role.
Audrey Young: 'Targeted extermination' - tensions high over controversial bill
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Willie Jackson channels David Lange at Oxford debate: ‘I can smell the colonialism on your breath’
MP uses historic - and victorious - Oxford appearance to call for the return of mokomokai.
John Tamihere on next week’s Budget: ‘I don’t have any hope’
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Will Three Strikes be any different a second time around?
"There’s a high risk ... people will come out of prison more dangerous."
Speaker to address Green MP’s use of f-bomb in Parliament
There was stunned silence when Ricardo Menéndez March used the word during a debate.
Simon Wilson: Politicians must agree to agree if we're going to get things built
OPINION: The big challenge for long-term planning: politicians must agree to agree.
Former PM Chris Hipkins was gifted a bike by Chinese Premier Li Qiang
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Claire Trevett: National MP David MacLeod comes a cropper to paperwork, will it hurt him much?
OPINION: MacLeod was on a fast track to be a minister - until his paperwork went awry.
Audrey Young: The best of a boring bunch of pre-Budget speeches
OPINION: Also in today's politics briefing - MP David MacLeod's donations drama.
Opinion: Make school lunches the norm and you’ll get rid of the stigma
When school lunches for children becomes normal, there's no stigma
Political Roundup: Could Willie Jackson be the populist leader Labour needs?
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Māori tourism sector hopes for Budget backing
Māori operators seek substantial Government investment in Budget 2024.
Watching the Going brothers' triple treat was a spectacle - Willie Jackson
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Iwi leaders against changes to Oranga Tamariki Act
Karen Chhour's Amendment Bill was introduced to Parliament this week.
Chris Hipkins unveils Labour's 'vision' and plan to get back in power
Labour's set its sights on regaining power and improving NZ's tech, education and housing.
Thomas Coughlan: Wealth tax or capital gains tax? Labour’s big choice
Labour has a big, taxing decision on its hands.
Government plans for Māori wards breach Treaty of Waitangi -Tribunal
The Government has been urged to halt the Māori ward changes and consult properly.