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Act leader David Seymour responds to public sector cost-cutting efforts, social media spat with academic
Act party leader David Seymour is embroiled in a spat with the head of a publicly funded anti-extremism centre...
Children’s Minister Karen Chhour disagrees with anti-boot camp brigade
A boot camp for juvenile offenders. Photo / Getty Images by RNZ The Government is adamant boot camps for...
Thick smoke, road closures as firefighters fight scrub fire around Auckland’s Newton Rd overbridge
Smoke shrouds the area around the Newton Rd overbridge after firefighters extinguish a vegetation fire underneath. Photo / Hayden...
Hawke’s Bay Airport: Delay in huge solar farm project to power airport
An artist impression of what the solar farm could look like. A project to build a huge solar farm...
International Women’s Day has me thinking about equality — and not just for women
Racism is everywhere – you don’t even have to get up in the morning before you can spot it...
Wellington chemical leak: Residents evacuated in Kelburn as emergency services respond
Emergency services are responding to reports of a chemical leak in Central Wellington this evening. Photo / Brad Roberts...
Supreme Court case over robbery charge raises questions of police powers, lawyer says
By Hamish Cardwell of RNZ The lawyer for a man appealing an aggravated robbery charge in the Supreme Court...
Spring Hill prison inmate punches fellow prisoner in face; then drops down to do sit-ups
Terry-Tim Karekare Vercoe was serving a jail term at Spring Hill Prison when he punched another inmate in the...
How the Government’s transport budget will usher in big changes to your roads
Transport Minister Simeon Brown announcing the plan. Photo / Mark Mitchell. ANALYSIS There are few public services New Zealanders...
Auckland Grammar: Mother disgruntled with enrolment zone clash protests outside school
A mother disgruntled with Auckland Grammar School has begun protesting outside after it refused to enrol her son, despite...
