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Opinion: Quick takes on Nicola Willis' first Budget

OPINION: Nicola Willis’ first Budget has done exactly what she had put on the tin.

Opinion: A credibility gap in the Nicola Willis Budget

OPINION: National hasn’t done itself any favours on economic front with Budget delivery.

'A bit scary': National MP assaulted during raucous Golden Bay protest, police alerted

The incident happened after a local community board meeting.

James Meager and Tamatha Paul discuss what it’s like being a Māori MP in 2024

A National MP and a Green MP outline why it's tough being Māori in Parliament.

Opinion: Boot camps are back - the psychological evidence they don’t work never went away

OPINION: Why do we keep returning to interventions that don’t work?

Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St

OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'

Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700

The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.

Agriculture removed from ETS; He Waka Eke Noa disbanded

The Government also announces new initiative.

'Helping increase supply' - Luxon to Kiwi Property at build-to-rent Resido opening

Changes will allow foreigners to buy build-to-rent land here.

Mining sector body decries 'hysteria' in debate on fast-track bill

It comes just days after thousands marched in Auckland against the bill.

New stats show which industries lost and gained the most public sector jobs

The data shows 2.3 million jobs were filled in the March quarter.

Hawke's Bay flood projects get faster consenting process

Streamlined consenting would only be available to applications lodged by councils.

Te reo Māori in public sector Waitangi Tribunal inquiry starts

The Tauranga-based iwi had been inundated with support since lodging its application.

‘Dreaming’: Greenpeace labels Govt plans to reverse oil and gas exploration ban a ‘pipe dream’

Legislation to undo the 2018 ban will be introduced to Parliament later this year.

Steve Maharey: Why the Government made its own problem with Pharmac

OPINION: The Pharmac model has done irreparable damage.

Increasing prison beds will not reduce crime, say experts

'Using prisons to deter crime or reoffending doesn’t work.'

'It's insane': Patient advocate criticises tax cuts as people fundraise for surgeries, cancer treatments

Budget 2024 did not deliver the much-promised funding for 13 new cancer drugs.

Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms

OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.