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PM stuck in limbo-land governing over campaigning

Chris Hipkins wants to be talking about his Government’s housing and infrastructure plans this week but instead he’s trapped in obfuscation mode as Labour leader

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National's roads equal to eight weeks a year of Huntly coal-burning

Transport planners say National's plans to build more roads won't ease congestion in the long run and will jeopardise our climate goals, but Labour isn't doing much better.

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Cash retention payments to stop Three Waters engineers fleeing uncertainty

The Government created 10 water corporations to give local communities more control, but new changes to the Three Waters reform package ensure they will share the same employment contracts, the same IT systems, and more. Jonathan Milne reports from the Local Government NZ conference in Christchurch.

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Mahuta holds her own on stage with Blinken

Analysis: The relationship between Antony Blinken and Nanaia Mahuta is clearly a strong one with the US Secretary of State referring to her by first name in front of media from both countries.

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Battered trust the biggest hurdle to bold new local government funding model

City mayors are pushing for new funding deals that would devolve more responsibility for infrastructure and social services to local communities. Jonathan Milne reports from the Local Government NZ conference in Christchurch.

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Foreign affairs marathon brings relief to PM's domestic woes

Visits from the Aussie PM and US Secretary of State are giving Chris Hipkins an opportunity to talk about anything other than ministerial resignations, caucus leaking and wealth tax tantrums.

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Dissenters Robertson and Parker ought to resign as ministers

Grant Robertson is just as compromised as David Parker in his position on the wealth and capital gains tax and should also stand aside. But because Hipkins has already faced more Cabinet upheavals than any modern PM, Robertson survives

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PM under pressure without Opposition's help

On Monday the end of Kiri Allan’s political career brought MPs, staff, and journalists to a standstill, and 'tragic' was used repeatedly to describe her job loss. By Tuesday Allan was a political football in an urgent debate.

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Where to draw the line on MPs' mental health

Christopher Luxon wants a new threshold for ministers with mental health problems to be able to return to work – clearance from a clinician.

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New Zealand minister quits after being charged with reckless driving following car crash

Kiri Allan is fourth minister to exit from Hipkins’s cabinet in recent months

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New Zealand justice minister Kiri Allan resigns after crashing car ‘while drink-driving’

New Zealand’s justice minister has resigned after she crashed into a parked car while reportedly over the legal alcohol limit.

Evening Standard

From the 'top of her game' to tragic downfall

Chris Hipkins summed up the tragic downfall of his Justice Minister describing her as ‘an incredibly talented person who clearly has been battling some demons and has not won that battle’.

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Ginny Andersen becomes Justice Minister after Allan resigns

Kiri Allan's ministerial portfolios have been reallocated, with Police Minister Ginny Andersen picking up Justice and Kieran McAnulty taking the Regional Development role.

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New Zealand's justice minister resigns after facing criminal charges in car crash

New Zealand’s justice minister has resigned after police charged her with reckless driving and resisting arrest following a car crash

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Labour's car crash of an election campaign

The time taken by Kiri Allan to consider her political future will be brief, the outcome inevitable. She won't be the only Labour MP contemplating her future, argues Jonathan Milne.

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Kiri Allan quits after driving, resisting officer charges

Troubled justice minister involved in car crash in Wellington and minor breach of breath alcohol

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In the wake of national tragedy, New Zealand scores historic Women's World Cup win

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The Women's World Cup opened with pomp despite the circumstances Thursday, kicking off less than 12 hours after a mass shooting in Auckland's scenic harbor district.

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Raw Politics: Tragedy prompts a temporary truce

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Politics is briefly put aside as leaders respond to the Auckland shooting tragedy; Plus Labour's law and order policy deluge and who might next lead Labour and National.

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Mapped: Auckland shooting takes place just 5km from venue of Women’s World Cup opening match

Shooting took place near the hotel of the Norwegian team hours before opening match

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A solemn day in a shaken city

Both major party leaders put politics to the side as they responded to the shooting on Auckland’s Queen Street

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Women's World Cup opens in New Zealand despite deadly shooting hours before

The opening match of the Women's World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand went ahead as planned Thursday after a shooting hours earlier near the Norwegian team’s hotel left three people dead and six injured.

The Guardian - AU

Auckland shooting: what we know so far about New Zealand killings

Gunman kills two at building site in Auckland CBD, with six victims injured, hours before New Zealand city was due to host the Women’s World Cup

The Guardian - AU

Women’s World Cup 2023: opening game to go ahead as players speak about Auckland shooting

The first match of the Women’s World Cup will go ahead as planned after teams were unaffected by a shooting in central Auckland

Al Jazeera

New Zealand shooting kills two ahead of World Cup tournament

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has assured the public that there is ‘no wider national security threat’ from the shooting.

The Independent UK

Women's World Cup security heightened ahead of opening match following deadly shooting in Auckland

Security will be heightened ahead of Thursday night’s opening Women’s World Cup game after a gunman killed two people at a downtown construction site in Auckland, roughly 12 hours ahead of co-host New Zealand’s match against Norway

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