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Three things I've learnt on the road to help us break the climate logjam

Dysfunctional political cultures, complacency and vested interests all hobble NZ in confronting the climate crisis. Empowering people is the most crucial way forward, and that means overhauling our democracy.

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UN refugee agency criticises mass arrivals crackdown

'Freedom from arbitrary detention is a fundamental human right,' the United Nations refugee agency says of NZ's plans to increase the maximum period of warrantless detention for asylum seekers.

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Internal Affairs expands pokie probe with dozens now asked for a 'please explain'

An investigation into pokie operators has been expanded nationwide amid heightened concerns many have spent cash that was meant to be used for community grants. Emma Hatton reports.

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Cabinet set to break up Ruapehu ski fields for sale to investors

Two NZ consortiums are officials' preferred bidders for the insolvent Turoa and Whakapapa, but the investors are yet to persuade iwi. Andrew Bevin and Jonathan Milne report.

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Mud and Gore: Council's long history of workplace complaints

A Newsroom investigation into two almost decades of workplace complaints at the Gore council talks to more than a dozen victims, including the former finance chief. Vaneesa Bellew reports.

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Right to healthy food back on the table

The resurrected Public Health Advisory Committee will tackle access to healthy food and other factors that shape our eating habits as its first major project.

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Wealthy NZers offer to pay more tax – but Inland Revenue says no thanks

Expressing disappointment at the PM's reluctance to impose a capital gains tax, one of Labour's biggest donors Phillip Mills is a signatory to a new open letter offering to pay more tax. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Conservation department confirms probe into SailGP race

News of a Conservation Department investigation emerges after SailGP’s finale

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Labour looks for heavy hitters ahead of list rankings

A high-profile United Nations advisor will be confirmed in the North Shore seat for Labour this weekend and the party is in talks with a KPMG managing partner based in Vietnam

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Meka Whaitiri breaks silence on defection

Labour’s Māori caucus MPs have invited Meka Whaitiri to meet with them at Parliament this week. The former Labour minister intends to make a personal statement in the House on Tuesday from Te Pāti Māori’s front bench seat, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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Proactive release used to circumvent OIA

Official advice sheds light on a long-suspected loophole, in which the Government proactively releases material with redactions so it can circumvent freedom of information laws.

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Raw Politics: An out-of-party experience

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: How the defection of a minister changes political equations for the election and coalition building, and the endless nothingness of the republican debate.

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Plans to cap climate pollution from new buildings

Both residential and commercial new builds would be subject to proposed regulations of climate pollution in the construction and operation of buildings.

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The legend writes on

LockerRoom's founding editor, Suzanne McFadden, is relinquishing the administrative chair for a return to writing - including regular stories for her creation, the home of women's sport.

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Labour's assumption – a mistake it won't make again

The Labour Party assumed Meka Whaitiri was on their team for the October election and by the time a colleague asked, she’d already decided to jump ship, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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PM pulls out of toasting Chinese business

Hipkins has withdrawn as guest speaker at a gala dinner next week hosted by a business group founded by ex-National MP and Chinese spy school lecturer Jian Yang and presented by a major Chinese liquor brand.

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Meka Whaitiri jumps to Te Pāti Māori – its first big-name election candidate

And party president extends invitation to minister Mahuta: 'If Nanaia feels there's something awry with the way she was treated, she knows what she can do.'

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Ministers consider whether community services card 'fit for purpose'

Carmel Sepuloni and Grant Robertson are both open to changing the thresholds for community service cardholders, which currently penalise people trying to save for their retirement.

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Rod Oram: Anxiety into action

‘Anxiety into action’ is the theme of this 10th and last episode in our Newsroom video series The Way Forward about the ways we are tackling the climate crisis in Aotearoa.

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Govt green light for riskier KiwiBuild projects to steady market

Ministers will accept greater risk for potential developments to head off a wider construction crash.

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PM dodges questions over elderly living in poverty

Though no political leader will commit to means-testing superannuation as it would amount to political-suicide, there’s an argument to be made for doing so for the winter energy payment

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Wayne Brown called out on voter fraud claim

An allegation of voting fraud in Otāhuhu during Auckland's local body election leads to a demand the mayor front up with evidence.

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Raw Politics: Greens eat themselves

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: What's eating the Greens, in what should be a big year for them? And Jo Moir tells us how Chris Hipkins came across as our chief statesman on his Aussie trip

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After year-long delay, ministry scraps Covid survey

A Covid-19 prevalence survey would have revealed the true levels of infection in the community, with one expert saying their advice to the Government will suffer without it.

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Looking beyond Aussie and China for trade wins

The citizenship announcement in the late hours of Friday night left some New Zealand officials with the impression the Australian government was trying to quietly bury it. Now that it has finally been put to rest it means New Zealand can focus its diplomatic energy elsewhere.

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