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Farmer writes massive 'end of an error' sign in paddock after Ardern resigns
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New National MP delivers powerful speech: The left 'don't own Māori, the poor, or the workers'
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'Broken and in desperate need of repair': Paul Henry says NZ 'deeply in the sh*t' after Labour
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Mitchell calls 'assault' of anti-transgender activist a 'failure' by police
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Jacinda Ardern voted Australia's most trusted politician for second time
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Chlöe Swarbrick makes Fortune's list of world's most influential people under 40
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Government officially scrapping NZ's oil and gas exploration ban
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Davidson refuses to apologise publicly over 'white cis men' comment
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'Makes me furious': NZ is becoming 'third world' country with violence on streets - Seymour
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'No mandate from public': Survey reveals Kiwis overwhelmingly support smokefree legislation Govt wants to scrap
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'Completely wrong': Govt is promoting racial discrimination after report shows surgeons having to consider ethnicity - Seymour
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'Dangerous, disgusting': Gower says 'absolutely no need' for dialogue with protesters
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'Economically illiterate': Leading economist slams Seymour's post-budget comments
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'Thank goodness!': Elon Musk congratulates Christopher Luxon on election win
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'Contradictory grab-bag': NZ will 'ultimately' go backwards under new Govt - Hipkins
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Poll results: Majority of voters trust Hipkins, many don't trust Luxon
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'National embarassment': Stanford slams Davidson, Ngarewa-Packer as 'two silly schoolgirls' during debate
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New National MP flooded with messages after maiden speech telling left they 'don't own Māori, the poor, or the workers'
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'Irrelevant': PM says he doesn't care what Harry Tam thinks of Govt's gang policies
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Ex-PM Jim Bolger urges MPs to 'get off their high horses' and meet anti-mandate protesters
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'Priorities all wrong': Govt should be focused on fixing roads rather than signs - Luxon
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Ardern first New Zealander to be invited to speak at NATO Leaders Summit
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PM Ardern's message to NZ on anti-mandate convoy: 'They're not the majority'
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Dame Tariana Turia has 'no confidence' in 'socialist' Ardern over 'bullying' of protesters
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'Law and order crackdown has begun': Govt to scrap taxpayer funding for cultural sentencing reports
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Hipkins says Brown requested more communications staff days after saying council had too many
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'Totally nuts': Govt treating adults like kids by keeping COVID isolation rules - Seymour
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Māori Party push for all Māori place names to be restored by 2026 and 'Aotearoa' to officially replace 'New Zealand'
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Seymour says Waitangi Tribunal recommendations should be rejected, warns of consequences for Kiwis' rights
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Chris Bishop claims unruly Kāinga Ora tenants don't deserve 'privilege' of state housing
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ACT Party unleashes on Reserve Bank for hiring 'diversity adviser'
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Four unions demand resignation of Finance Minister over ferry funding saga
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Greens launch petition to stop new Govt restarting offshore oil, gas exploration
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Patrick Gower slams National's cost of living policy saying it does 'absolutely nothing' for struggling Kiwis
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'Labour opened the floodgates': Luxon says NZ's immigration system not sustainable
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Poll results: Nearly half of New Zealanders believe Luxon is out of touch
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NZ 'embarrassed' internationally by new Government's 'morally reprehensible' planned change – Hipkins
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Auckland bar under fire for 'vile' signs celebrating PM's resignation
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ACT blasts sentence for man who punched 71yo woman at Posie Parker protest
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National vows to scrap contracts with gangs for community support
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'Worst Govt since Muldoon': Ardern, Robertson blasted by business leaders in CEO survey
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Thousands sign letter supporting Freyberg High School students' haka at David Seymour
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New poll shows sharp rise for ACT during heated Waitangi period, Greens' support slumps
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'I was preparing for a different phone call': Kiri Allan reveals she's cancer-free in emotional post
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New Govt to make electric vehicles pay road user charges from April
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Sir John Key's Govt ran 'a lot more competently' than Ardern's, Gower says
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'A bit of an error': Former top police negotiator points blame at Speaker for aggravating protesters
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Luxon says Ardern should resign if she backs down on reopening dates
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Watch: 'Hysteria' - Jones says NZ won't meet 'dreamy, fairytale' 2030 Paris Agreement goal
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'Raid on NZ talent': Seymour slams Aussie citizenship deal, says Hipkins was played like a 'didgeridoo'
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'We've had six years of that': Kiwis sick of 'Ardern-style politics' - Bishop
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Green MP calls for voting age to be lowered to 16
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Luxon calls for Ardern to sack Mahuta as document shows Cabinet agreed not to entrench part of Three Waters legislation
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New Transport Minister slams brakes on cycling and walking projects
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Family violence advocate says Davidson saying what those in field have 'been saying for long time'
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'Get an education, get some manners': Peters hits back at Waitangi crowd after being booed through speech
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Ardern 'terrified of letting go of COVID politics', Seymour says
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National wants to send youth offenders to military academies for up to year
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'Can sleep at night' knowing Kiwis were kept safe with COVID-19 response, PM tells BBC
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'You can't have it both ways': Swarbrick calls for consistency in Govt's approach to tobacco, alcohol and cannabis
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Hipkins 'worst Education Minister we've ever had', Stanford declares amid flailing school attendance rates
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ACT wouldn't allocate separate funding for Māori education body - Seymour
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National says it will allow landlords to evict tenants without reason again
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Goldsmith won't reappoint Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt
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'The time has come': Greens call for Matariki to become public holiday
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Luxon says right to free speech must be protected following counter-protest at Posie Parker rally
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'It's tragic': Palau President slams NZ Government's oil and gas exploration plans
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Politicians who exploit 'fear' around co-governance must reflect on actions, Hipkins says after iwi meeting
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Collins' claim 100 percent renewable electricity would increase power prices fact-checked as 'mostly false' #Decision20.
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Swarbrick not backing down: Green MP refuses to apologise over Luxon 'demonstrable lie' claim
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David Seymour promises 'full investigation' into Labour's handling of COVID-19 if ACT forms next Government
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Jones says Government needs to ensure 'we don't abandon gas, coal' amid climate change 'hysteria'
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'Vile' and 'devastating': Health experts condemn new Government's plans to scrap smokefree legislation
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National to ban cell phone use from all schools if elected
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'Like a drunk uncle at a wedding': Hipkins strikes back after Peters' Nazi comparison
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Businesses that lose income because they refuse to use vaccine passes shouldn't qualify for financial help - Robertson
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ACT promises end to sacrificing farmers to 'climate gods'
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Helen Clark pays tribute to Ardern, says leaders like her 'don't come along too often'
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'Major left wing beat up': Seymour slams electoral recommendations as 'waste of everyone's time'
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Seymour slams Ardern over 'truly pathetic' Chch Call summit, says PM's focus should be at home
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Hipkins calls for 'urgent' Gaza ceasefire, condemns 'appalling attacks and violence'
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Jacinda Ardern will drop the name Ministry for Vulnerable Children and call it Oranga Tamariki - the Ministry for Children.
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'Lives worth less than your tax cuts': Luxon sent clear message by advocate over possible Suicide Prevention Office closure
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The moment $71m was transferred to the NZ Super Fund, the first deposit since 2008.
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National will scrap 'undemocratic and unworkable' Three Waters if elected
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Luxon wants timeline for when vaccine mandates will end
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Govt dept bosses would be subject to performance pay under ACT, Seymour announces
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Watch: Te Pāti Māori MP swears allegiance to mokopuna, performs stirring haka
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Incoming PM Hipkins hints at tax changes, says some NZers aren't paying their way
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'Incredibly humbled': Jacinda Ardern announces next career move
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Govt seeks to halt extra pay for public servants fluent in Te reo Māori
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'They've burnt the house down': Commentators fear new Govt will set race relations back by decades
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Hipkins calls Govt 'dictatorship' for 'ramming' through law changes, advice shows it could breach international obligations
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Greens call for excess profit tax on supermarkets after another spike in food prices
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'Arrogant and pathetic': Govt's campaign suggesting Kiwis could shorten showers, limit heating to save money brutally criticised
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