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New Zealand in limbo one month after election as government coalition negotiations drag on

Incoming PM Christopher Luxon must bring together the libertarian Act party and populist New Zealand First, parties that have major differences

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Peters and Seymour team up as Luxon hits hurdles

New Zealand First wasn’t happy with the first deal offered by National and the big hurdle ahead is how to fund Christopher Luxon’s promised tax relief

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Incoming PM defends pace of New Zealand coalition talks

Incoming New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon says he is "not selecting a flatmate", defending the slow pace of his government coalition negotiations.

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Advocating for stronger public media a charitable cause, court rules

The newly anointed charity says the decision is a major endorsement of the importance of public media, reports Andrew Bevin

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Business group's urgent calls for roads to the ‘isolated north’

A new business group is keen to get roading investment between Northland and Auckland happening urgently

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Sepuloni says forum 'successful' despite Nauru walkout

A walkout by one nation marred an otherwise undramatic summit, but the barriers to reconciliation between Nauru and the Pacific Islands Forum are not insurmountable.

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Haryana retains the overall title; Tamil Nadu finishes second

After four days of sweat and toil, it was party time for the Haryana boys and girls as they retained the overall title with a tally of 411 points in the 38t Junior National athletics championship which concluded at the Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore on Friday. Tamil Nadu, with 362…

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Gaza at breaking point: 'For the sake of humanity, we need action now':

I HAVE listened to Fidaa Al-Araj’s almost daily audio recordings from Gaza for a month now, but this one felt different...

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SUV and ute sales slowed due to NZ's Clean Car Discount – expect that to reverse under a new government

With National, ACT and NZ First locked in coalition negotiations, various urgent and climate-related transport challenges hang in the balance.

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The data drought affecting water reforms

As the incoming government draws up the next blueprint for urban water management reform, there needs to be more transparency about the use of data and evidence, writes Julia Talbot-Jones

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National's diplomatic fossil fuel problem

If National is seen as taking New Zealand two steps backwards for every step in the right direction, it will face increasing pressure at diplomatic summits.

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Vanuatu urges National not to restart offshore oil and gas

Vanuatu's outspoken Climate Change Minister, Ralph Regenvanu, has called on the incoming government not to reverse the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration.

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If NZ's new government wants a simple fix to improve child poverty, here’s what it should do

With a National-led coalition government taking shape (how long it takes is another matter), the nation’s “squeezed middle” awaits the financial relief promised during the election campaign.

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National Party donors cleared as SFO case crumbles

All charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office over political donations to National and Labour in a milestone case have now been quashed - leaving just one defendant guilty of lying to the SFO.

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The real election winners and losers

The last three years of single party majority government were an aberration, and as business-as-usual resumes many on the left will lament Labour’s failure to govern decisively, writes Peter Dunne

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Migrants and change of government drive sharp forecast rise in house prices

The nascent return of first home buyers is set to be snuffed out by 'horribly unaffordable' house prices. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Slow coalition talks stifle NZ's voice at Pacific forum

At a time when the Pacific is the focus of increasing geopolitical pressures and tensions, New Zealand is unable to speak with a clear, authoritative voice, writes Marc Daalder

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Caramel Brownie reports for Kiwi duty at PIF

New Zealand is being represented at the Pacific Islands Forum summit this week by two politicians of opposite stripes: Carmel Sepuloni and Gerry Brownlee.

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Auckland Transport reaches for the growing Northwest

A new express route aims to ease the growing demand for transport in the Northwest

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Kamboj and Baidwan set new National marks

Two National records broken on Day 1 of 38th National Junior Athletics Championship in Coimbatore: Punjab's Amanat Kamboj (U-16 discus) and Joy Baidwan (U-14 shot put) set new marks. Host TN also won golds in triple jump and pole vault.

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It’s not Luxon who needs to agree to a Treaty referendum, it’s Ngāpuhi

Act's proposal should go to David Seymour's own iwi first. You do not get good outcomes when one party, the Crown, tells another party how it’s going to be.

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Seeds planted for a Green win in Christchurch

The red wave of 2020 has receded, is a green one now on the way? David Williams investigates how the Greens have eaten Labour's lunch in the Christchurch.

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In-person government negotiations slow going

There are no meetings in the diary between Winston Peters and David Seymour this week and some talks with National have moved to email and phone

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No deal yet on forming next New Zealand government

The National party is yet to strike a deal with two minor parties - ACT and New Zealand First - to build a government for the next three years.

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Winston Peters back in the driver's seat for coalition negotiations

Here go again. The final results of this year’s election have delivered two more seats to te Pati Māori, thereby increasing the size of New Zealand’s 54th Parliament to 123 seats (once the Port Waikato by-election has taken place).

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