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Opinion: Does the Fast-track Approvals Bill hand too much power to three ministers?

OPINION: Bill widely criticised for potentially handing too much power to three ministers.

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.

Editorial: NZ's infrastructure issues caused by lack of long-term thinking

OPINION: New Zealand needs a Government that will look to the future.

Letters: David Seymour out of his depth on school lunch debate

OPINION: Also in today's letters – rubbish council comms; that NZDF plane versus ferries.

Gisborne letters: Mining not the answer, Grey St mobility park

OPINION: As Sir David Attenborough once said: 'We have a finite environment – the planet.'

Matthew Hooton: NZ must mine its way out of economic ruin

OPINION: New Zealand has put itself on a path to bankruptcy since 2008.

'Obviously deliberate': Landlords illegally piped human waste to riverside drain

The offending continued for nearly four years despite orders to stop.

Letters: I'm nearly 80 – and ready to change for the planet's sake

OPINION: 'Our Government is intent on doing what we as a country have always done.'

Letters: Tikanga Māori has no place in our secular legal system

OPINION: 'The role of the judiciary is to interpret our law, not to make new law.'

Shane Te Pou: National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win?

OPINION: Could this be a one-term government?

Chasing millions: Appeal 'likely' as High Court gives council more time

Extension given as council chases $20.5m+ after selling part-built carpark for $1.

Government to take 'good look' at ministers' powers in Fast-Track Approvals Bill

Submitters raised concerns about ministers' powers and conflicts of interest.

Stock exclusion, winter grazing, and SNA changes in RMA reform

Federated Farmers says the changes “mark the end of the war on farming”.

Chasing millions: Tauranga council considers appealing High Court decision

Council claims more than $20.5m in 'wasted costs' after selling part-built carpark for $1.

Fast-track bill has lack of transparency, protections for conflicts of interestral

The Auditor-General says he's concerned at aspects of the coalition's new bill.

'Risky': Two businesses on fast-track list donated to National

Labour is warning against allowing three MPs the right to fast-track infrastructure.