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Ministry advisory group rented expensive Symonds Street space against advice
The group is paying $119,000 for the 2025/26 year.
Retail crime advisory group disbands four months early
Labour's police spokesperson Ginny Andersen said the group had been a "disaster" for the government, and it was cutting its losses.
'Unpleasant environment' - Over half of retail crime advisory group resigns
Questions have been raised about the group's value for money and the behaviour of its chair Sunny Kaushal. Audio
NZTA stands firm on braking system linked to six deaths
The transport agency has assured the minister that the braking system is not unsafe, going against findings in the 2018 death of Graeme Rabbits. Audio
'Haven't actually got a parkbrake': Campaigners call for ban on unsafe system
The cardan shaft parking brakes have claimed six NZ lives since 2010 and have been declared "inherently unsafe" by a coroner. Audio
Common truck brakes 'inherently unsafe', coroner rules
Tens of thousands of trucks are putting people at risk because their brakes are unsafe. Audio
Minister warned of crime advisory group chair's 'concerning behaviour'
Details of the alleged behaviour are still being kept secret.
The 'fly in, fly out' cancer patients spending hundreds of thousands for help
A former top cop says he travelled to China for cutting-edge therapy after his cancer returned earlier this year. Audio
NZ's slow uptake of cancer treatments driving doctors offshore
It comes as blood cancer patients with myeloma are forced to move to Australia to get drugs that cost hundred of thousands of dollars here. Audio
