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Teachers and doctors are losing the ability to self-regulate. What are the risks?

Until recently, New Zealand legislation has recognised teachers, doctors and nurses as self-regulating professionals. But several recent law changes will change all that.

The Conversation

Cultural safety in healthcare is not ‘ideological’ – it is saving lives

Introduced under urgency this month, the government’s latest proposed law change would increase the health minister’s powers to interfere in the work of medical registration authorities.

The Conversation

Health NZ’s silence on child abuse misdiagnoses

For almost three years, Newsroom’s investigations team has been trying to get answers from Health NZ and ministers on what now appears to be a serious issue with the misdiagnosis of non-accidental injury in infants. Their questions have gone nowhere.

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Here’s how Willis and Edmonds will really dodge the fiscal potholes along the campaign trail

Analysis: Economists warn neither side's campaign costings add up as parties bank on tax revenues tomorrow to fund election pledges today, writes Jonathan Milne.

Newsroom.co.nz

Hipkins echoes Reagan: ‘Are you better off than three years ago?’

Labour’s leader borrows from a neoliberal boogeyman as he attacks the malaise caused by the coalition Government

Newsroom.co.nz

A coalition house divided cannot stand … each other

Comment: Don't vote for governing parties NZ First or Act, says their coalition partner and National leader, because that'll put the country's economic recovery at risk.

Newsroom.co.nz

Labour leads with its chin on transport cap costs – critics swing wildly

The party’s first big policy of election year sparks intense blowback over its cost, partly because its potential upside wasn’t spelled out. Tim Murphy investigates.

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Mind the gap: Labour’s policy platform empty no more

The main opposition party rolls out its first major election policy since late 2025 - cheaper weekly bus and train fares focusing on the main cities

Newsroom.co.nz

Power firms to fund LNG port through user pays – but effect is the same for consumers

Analysis: Major industrial power users say confirmation of a $1b-plus LNG terminal will help them stay in the country; the jury is out on whether is will help electricity companies and residential consumers. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

Govt finally acknowledges the end of gas is nigh

Analysis: Plummeting gas reserves mean the Government can no longer ignore the reality that domestic gas in NZ is dead, not just resting, writes Marc Daalder.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ambulance boss says Budget must deliver more than ‘short-term Band-aid’ to broken funding model

Analysis: With ageing population and out-of-control fuel costs, a $35m pre-Budget announcement serves only to highlight the existential threat to ambulance services, writes Jonathan Milne.

Newsroom.co.nz

Sparks fly as energy dominates first major political debate

The first major debate of the 2026 campaign had intra-coalition bickering, a near-leak of Budget policy and maybe a budding political romance

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ’s rejection of new WHO pandemic rules makes no real sense

New Zealand’s recent decision to reject the latest amendments to the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (IHR) made news largely due to the lack of a clear explanation from the government rather than what the rules actually say.

The Conversation

Luxon shakes up cabinet, campaign in NZ election year

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has announced the country's next defence minister, following the retirement of National stalwart Judith Collins.

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'One of the best pandemic responses in the world': NZ

Jacinda Ardern has defended her government's pandemic record, saying they got "more than most" right on New Zealand's COVID-19 handling.

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New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people

Critics warn move could have devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of those affected

The Conversation

Mega-strike: where is the ‘ethical line’ in public health and are doctors really crossing it?

Health Minister Simeon Brown’s claim that this week’s industrial action by doctors “crosses an ethical line” misunderstands doctors’ ethical responsibilities.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ministerial compromise seeks efficiencies in buying $1.5b of medical devices

Analysis: It’s only taken 13 years! But this afternoon, health ministers are expected to announce a compromise that shares responsibility for procuring $1.5b of medical devices a year. Simeon Brown and his associate David Seymour are seeking to stamp their authority on Health NZ and Pharmac, after the agencies and their predecessors…

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Just the ticket? The problem with local body candidates aligning with national political parties

With accusations flying thick and fast last year about supposed “dysfunction” and a “shambles” at Wellington City Council, Local Government Minister Simeon Brown stepped in and appointed a Crown Observer.

The Conversation

NZ Budget 2025: anything less than a 5% increase in health funding amounts to merely standing still

Minister of Health Simeon Brown claimed earlier this year that health funding in New Zealand has never been higher and that suggestions of underfunding are “fake news”.

The Conversation

Are New Zealanders ‘sick and tired’ of spending on cycleways? Not according to this survey

Many more New Zealanders now choose to get around by bike than a few years ago. A Ministry of Transport survey reports 36% of people say they have cycled in the past 12 months, and Christchurch City Council tracking shows bike journeys are up nearly 40% over the past few…

The Conversation

Spinning its wheels: the new national transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past

The government’s new National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) could easily have been renamed the “highway funding project”, given its intense focus on road building.

AAP

New Zealand's Interislander ferry runs aground

Tugboats will attempt to refloat the Aratere after an Interislander ferry ran aground in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds.

Newsroom.co.nz

Ministers-in-waiting begin selling off shares – but not all

But National's commerce spokesperson Andrew Bayly says disclosure requirements make it hard to be an MP, and he'd prefer to manage conflicts rather than divesting his business interests. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Light rail the casualty in transport’s political war

The election results existentially threaten Auckland’s light rail plans – but would a less political approach to solving transport issues have struck a healthier compromise?

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