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<i>Editorial</i>: Coalition is shakier by the day

<i>Paul Thomas:</i> Race politics need careful attention once and for all

Apology just proves NZRU had no spine, says critic

<i>Claire Trevett:</i> Timing matters in comedy, and politics

Key's 'cannibalism joke' picked up by global media

International media are having a ball with John Key's Tuhoe "cannibalism joke" and "passive-aggressive" apology.

Key like aunties rushing hui to get to biscuits - elder

'Cabinet is not so different from a marae committee meeting,' Tuhoe representative Tamati Kruger says.

PM's joke inflames dispute with Tuhoe

<i>Tariana Turia</i>: Te Urewera and Tuhoe are inseparable

Tuhoe hold emergency talks over Key 'betrayal'

Tuhoe are holding emergency hui to discuss John Key's announcement that iwi ownership of the Urewera National Park is off the negotiating table.

<i>Editorial</i>: Whanau Ora hopes hobbled by low funding

<i>Editorial</i>: Failure of nerve on liquor law

<i>Editorial</i>: Tough love should work for smokers

Smoke signals - controlling tobacco

Higher tobacco taxes are a first step to reducing numbers of smokers. Martin Johnston looks at what else could be on the cards.

Beneficiaries and pensioners lose $430m

The Govt has cancelled pumping $430m into superannuation, tax credits and benefits that would have, in effect, been compensation for higher tobacco taxes.

$17 a packet: Parliament socks smokers

A typical pack of 25 cigarettes will cost now $17 after tax hikes were bulldozed through Parliament last night.

<i>Hugh Barr</i>: When tide goes out, it will all belong to Maori

Tobacco tax to jump 10pc at midnight

Tobacco tax will jump 10 per cent from midnight, raising the price of a pack of 20 cigarettes by about a dollar to around $11.

Maori king's niece 'must repay kohanga'