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Budget's main relief slow to land for parents

The cornerstone of the Government’s cost-of-living package won’t kick in for almost a year. It isn’t the big ideas Budget Grant Robertson would have liked to deliver and leaves it exposed to attacks from the Opposition in election year, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Budget 2023: ECE expansion, prescription changes in 'pragmatic' plan

The Finance Minister has unveiled a measured Budget as New Zealand is forecast to avoid recession - but low growth and peak unemployment expected to hang around.

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Budget 2023: Climate fund slashed by $800m

While nearly $2 billion of new climate-related spending was announced in Budget 2023, funding for future policies was cut by $800 million.

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Govt orders inquiry into anti-competitive land covenants

First petrol stations, then supermarkets, then building supplies merchants. Now the Commerce Minister has asked for a wide-reaching inquiry into the use of land covenants to block competition, and cites meat processing plants as a place to start.

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All hail the book of the year

Jane Stafford on the novel that won the 2023 Ockham fiction prize on Wednesday night

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SailGP ignored order to halt Lyttelton race

Super-fast boats raced on despite the presence of dolphins nearby

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NZ 'too small' for PwC-style tax rort

Despite the tax advice scandal rocking the Australian business community, experts say the symbiotic relationship between the big four accounting firms and the New Zealand Government is apparently no cause for concern.

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Govt agrees to let councils retain water contractors

Mayors welcome Three Waters concession so most council-controlled contractors will remain council-controlled.

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Myanmar minister to NZ: 'Attention is good, action is a must'

Human rights minister in exile calls on NZ to do more about abuses committed by the military regime in his home country.

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Wayne Brown softens on social service cuts

The outcry against proposed cuts to social, arts and culture services has seen Auckland mayor Wayne Brown promise to go a little easier with the shears

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NZ needs deterrence, not just diplomacy

Taking a neo-isolationist approach to new threats facing New Zealand may make us feel better in the short run - but it is ultimately self-defeating.

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The stand-off between a philanthropist and Victoria University

A dispute over how a $10 million research grant gets used has exposed the tension between academic freedom and university funding.

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Luxon's 'coalition of chaos' may yet come to pass

It looks as though the Green Party is at last being anointed as Labour’s preferred partner, but it will need a strong showing from the Greens to have any chance of leading the next government

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Enough with the decision paralysis, Auckland Transport

Asking everyone what they think of every transport micro-decision is an enormous waste of time and resources. It's time to stop asking and start doing, argues Timothy Welch.

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Fern juggles player and coach roles

Adding to her extensive CV, Annalie Longo’s new coaching role is helping her Football Ferns career - as she strives to play in her sixth FIFA World Cup.

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Budget: Time to pay the piper for Three Waters IT system

The Government goes into this week's Budget with a list of $16 billion in quantifiable contingent liabilities; some costs may never transpire but some will now come due

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Bird wins book of the year

Winners of the Ockham book awards revealed

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Building safety is not a 'war on landlords' - Greens

Green Party co-leader James Shaw is outraged every time a political party proposes improving the quality of rental stock it gets accused of a “war on landlords”.

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Wellington hostel fire rescue could have been hampered by broken ladder truck

Firefighters confronted by people screaming at them to "save their mates" on the top floor did not have a second truck.

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Government pushed to boost foreign aid

A new review warns of "eroding" institutional knowledge in our aid programme and a gap between political ambition and resourcing.

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Public sector emissions fall due to less air travel

The Climate Change Minister expects greenhouse gas pollution from the public sector to rise again after a Covid-related dip.

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Whaitiri's family to be moved aside by Labour Party

Labour's selection of a new candidate for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti is being held up as the party sorts new electoral committee members to replace Meka Whatiri’s whānau,

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Moving on Up: The titanic re-think on shipping

In the second episode of our new podcast series, Emile Donovan talks to BNZ’s Jason Reeves about massive changes in the shipping industry, using a ‘blue highway’, and being nimble when you’re so far away from the main shipping lanes.

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Fisheries observers miss one in four planned sailings

Fisheries New Zealand removed observers from around half of voyages to inshore and highly migratory species fisheries due to failure to follow safety regulations,

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Money or morals? Team NZ, Saudi Arabia and sportswashing

Sparks are flying over Team New Zealand's decision to hold a pre-America's Cup regatta in Saudi Arabia.

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