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Government quiet on costs, building plan for Waikato prison expansion
8 May 2024The extra beds would take longer than the four-years covered in this week's budget announcement to deliver, the Corrections Minister told RNZ.
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Budgeting service cuts: 'It's like watching a train derail'
7 May 2024With some services facing closure after missing out on the latest government funding, there are concerns for some of NZ's most vulnerable people.
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'Pretty dire' situation for patients as junior doctors strike over pay cuts
7 May 2024Disruption to patient care from a nationwide junior doctors strike is bordering on unsafe, a senior doctor claims, despite what health officials say.
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'He's doing a good job' - PM backs Corrections Minister after muddled announcement
7 May 2024The prime minister is backing Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell, saying he "quickly clarified" a confusing media conference announcement. Audio
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Live: 'He got it mixed up' - Luxon on minister's confusing prison announcement
7 May 2024The Corrections Minister admits he "muddied the water" after he and the Prime Minister repeatedly provided incorrect information about a $1.9 billion prison spend-up. Audio
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More questions than answers at government press conference
6 May 2024The Prime Minister and Corrections Minister repeatedly provided incorrect information about their $1.9 billion planned prison spend-up.
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PM Christopher Luxon announces $1.9 billion plan to make NZ safer
6 May 2024The Prime Minister says there will be a "significant investment" in funding for frontline Corrections staffing and services.
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Voluntary redundancies bring MBIE job losses to 341
6 May 2024The latest round of voluntary redundancies at the ministry has lifted RNZ's count of public sector job cuts to more than 4000.
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Labour says Government's water plan will see some councils 'left out in the cold'
6 May 2024Meanwhile, the party and National are also odds about whose plan to fix the pipes will cost more. Audio
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Government climate advisor has shipping in its sights
6 May 2024The Climate Change Commission is floating the idea of bringing international shipping into New Zealand's carbon-cutting targets.
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GCSB foreign spying capability under scrutiny
5 May 2024The Government Communications Security Bureau denies hosting a foreign spying capability flagged by the watchdog, differentiating it from the system recently criticised.
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New Zealand signs deal with Germany on Antarctica cooperation
4 May 2024The memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute is expected to foster cooperation between the two polar science bodies.
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Government begins weekly reporting of school attendance figures
7 May 2024Schools should aim to have 94 percent of their pupils in class every day, David Seymour says.
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MP to keep job as councillor - and two salaries
6 May 2024Jamie Arbuckle, a councillor who has become an member of parliament, says he has settled into having two roles so comfortably he's going to keep both pay cheques.
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Auckland's new water plan unveiled
5 May 2024The government claims Aucklanders will avoid a projected 25.8 percent water rates increase with the coalition's Local Water Done Well plan.
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Ministry of Māori Development proposes to cut 38 positions
30 Apr 2024A recruitment pause put in place last year had reduced the scale of job losses necessary, says the secretary for Māori development.
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Does fighting inflation always lead to recession?
26 Apr 2024Here is what 60 years of New Zealand data shows us.
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What made PM Luxon go cold on Dave Letele
17 Apr 2024Community leader Dave Letele considered Christopher Luxon a friend - until the PM reacted badly to an open letter he signed decrying racism.
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Porirua mayor calls for Wellington water deal with government
6 May 2024Councils from Horowhenua, Kāpiti, Wairarapa, the Hutt Valley, Porirua and Wellington City will meet this Friday to work together on a plan for a Greater Wellington region water deal.
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'Data is the new oil': Call to save jobs of data security guards
4 May 2024New Zealanders' data is at risk with the government's "unintelligent" proposal to cut information security jobs, the Privacy Foundation says.
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NZ food safety agency monitoring Indian spice mix recalls
4 May 2024New Zealand Food Safety is monitoring overseas recalls of Indian packaged spice products manufactured by MDH and Everest due to concerns over a cancer-causing pesticide.
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Don't 'mistake' Pacific leaders 'quietness' on AUKUS as support for NZ's position - expert
3 May 2024A Pacific regionalism expert has called out New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS military pact.
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Plea for focus on disease prevention
3 May 2024The government needs to step up in the wake of a report showing a third of Kiwis have unmet health needs, Professor Boyd Swinburn says.
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Free speech debate back on as uni expands panel diversity
3 May 2024A perceived right-wing bias and concerns about panellist diversity have pushed Victoria University to reformat its debate.
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