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Corporates and councils cut card surcharges – under duress

The Commerce Commission has persuaded phone company 2degrees to cut its credit card surcharge, but its competitor One NZ is refusing to budge. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Raw Politics: What the heck's Labour holding back?

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: National rolls out its tried, trusted – and a bit exaggerated – spend-up on roads, Labour promises to patch things up, and the polls reflect a new reality with NZ First.

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The government we elect will shape the councils that decide our rates and roads

The pre-election uncertainty hanging over local councils has stalled much of their work, such that some mayors are muttering about a snap election, to be done with it. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Port company keeps cost of party secret

Lyttelton’s port closed for a staff party – but the company won’t reveal the cost, reports David Williams

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$5K Surrey Hotel writers prize returns

New Zealand's coolest writers residency award is back, via Newsroom, Dick Frizzell and a Grey Lynn hotel

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Road user charges loom for hybrid and EV owners

The new transport minister has received recommendations for how to charge hybrid and electric vehicle owners for road usage, but whoever is in government after October 14 will likely decide, reports Jo Moir

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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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High-end grocery chain questioned, but 'not the subject of investigation'

It's hard to say whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant the Commerce Commission investigating specific claims of retailer pressure, says Food and Grocery Council boss Raewyn Bleakley.

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Resource management red tape for fish farms to stay

New national direction under the RMA for marine aquaculture won't come any time soon, with the Ministry for Primary Industries cancelling a planned consultation.

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Climate optimist loses faith in oil and gas industry

When Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres says she no longer believes the oil and gas industry will do the right thing around climate change, it’s a big deal, including in New Zealand. Ditto when Al Gore says the same thing.

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Three grocery suppliers cautioned for price-fixing, forcing online store's closure

The Commerce Commission has formally warned three groceries suppliers for demanding a small online store charge more than supermarkets. Its next step is fines of up to $10m. Jonathan Milne reports.

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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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Lack of data foils SailGP probe

A Conservation investigation crumbled when SailGP didn’t provide data. David Williams reports.

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We are bending the climate curve

Newly-released data shows greenhouse gas emissions continued to fall through 2022, suggesting New Zealand has passed peak climate pollution.

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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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Finding and training the right youth justice staff evades MPs

The Government has continued its law-and-order drive but the details of exactly how it will address long-term systemic problems at youth justice residences is unclear, writes political editor Jo Moir

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Complaint laid against Solicitor-General over withholding of Lake Alice evidence from police

Lake Alice survivor Leoni McInroe continues her fight to hold the Crown accountable for its failure to take responsibility for state-sponsored torture, laying a complaint with the Law Society about Solicitor-General Una Jagose.

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Podcast claims new sighting in case of murdered Swedes

Has a crime podcast turned up a possibly pivotal development in one of the country's most controversial murder cases?

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China to NZ: Don't open door to the devil

China's man in Wellington makes it clear Beijing doesn't want New Zealand partnering Nato in any push to contain China in the Indo-Pacific

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Raw Politics: Life, death and Labour ruling out taxes

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Two polls show different fortunes for the major parties but still a tight election, and Labour steps away from the ledge on a wealth and capital gains tax.

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Procurement without purpose: the problems with broader outcomes

Five years ago the government announced its ‘broader outcomes’ procurement strategy as a way of adding social, economic, environmental and cultural goals into the criteria guiding the billions of dollars of taxpayer money it spends on stuff each year. So Nikki Mandow was surprised this week to get a press release…

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Americans pour in cash to keep TV3 afloat

TV3’s American owner has stumped up $35 million in the past two years to keep the underperforming network on air. Mark Jennings analyses the problems that still beset the free-to-air broadcaster.

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Pasifika had 'reasonable expectation' Dawn Raids would stop

Government ministers and senior immigration officials didn’t give any thought to formally changing the way overstayers were dealt with following an apology from the Prime Minister for historic Dawn Raids

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Nato balances Ukraine focus with Indo-Pacific interest

Chris Hipkins joins a Nato summit focused on the Ukraine war – but looking to the Indo-Pacific for shared security challenges.

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Hipkins jets to Nato having ditched novice diplomat status

Freshly back from China and about to jet to Europe, the Prime Minister is looking more comfortable than ever threading the complexities of both the US and China into New Zealand’s view of the world, writes Jo Moir

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