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Former Governor backs review into Reserve Bank Covid moves
12 Feb 2026However, concerns over the review's timing so close to election time are a "fair question", he says. Audio
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Natural hydrogen can make decarbonising industry cheaper
12 Feb 2026Currently, "green" hydrogen - made by splitting water with renewable electricity - costs more than $12 per kilogram.
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Wellington's mayor promises to cut commercial rates
12 Feb 2026However, even a modest reduction in commercial rates could push residential rates up by around 4 percent.
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Mayors on Moa Point - what happens next and who will pay
11 Feb 2026Some mayors in the Wellington region have weighed in on the Moa Point sewage plant failure.
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Children's Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report
11 Feb 2026Coroner Janet Anderson report found everything possible went wrong for the 5-year-old in the last six months of his life.
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Peters denounces Israel over West Bank expansion
11 Feb 2026The measures passed by the Israeli security cabinet also pave the way for more settlements in the occupied territory.
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Parties sympathetic to Pacific access petition
11 Feb 2026Pacific nationals are calling for the same travel rights to NZ as more than 60 other countries.
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Review into Reserve Bank's Covid response launched
11 Feb 2026Labour leader Chris Hipkins called the review "another exercise in cynical political manipulation by Nicola Willis".
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NZ's corruption-free reputation at risk
11 Feb 2026Transparency International's latest Corruption Perception Index had New Zealand fall two points.
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'Unacceptable' delays to improve child protection system, minister says
11 Feb 2026Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Louise Upston acknowledged the delays after the coroner released a damning report into the death of five-year-old Malachi Subecz.
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Question Time gets more pointedly political
11 Feb 2026Parliament's Question Time is often frustrating but elections politicise it further, as recent exchanges on unemployment and gas imports demonstrate.
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Ministry of Social Development set to cut security guards
11 Feb 2026Two staff were killed in a shooting in 2014, and some fear it could happen again.
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Fears of another Moa Point, as scale of wastewater plants problem revealed
11 Feb 2026The water regulator says about a third of New Zealand's wastewater plant consents have expired.
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Minister promises to release proof gas plan will lower power bills
11 Feb 2026The government is pushing ahead with plans to build a $1b gas import facility, funded by a levy. Audio
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Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith defends pulling the plug on retail crime group
11 Feb 2026It comes as the government confirmed the group will wind down four months early. Audio
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The laws Parliament is currently mulling over
11 Feb 2026After a slow start to their year, MPs are back in Wellington and mostly focusing on government business. We run through the bills under discussion.
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'We've got more questions': Hipkins on support for India trade agreement
10 Feb 2026Labour is getting closer to confirming support for the India Free Trade agreement, but says the full text has raised more questions that need answering.
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Internal fraud and corruption under-reported, new report shows
10 Feb 2026It found cases were likely being being under-reported due to inadequate prevention and detection controls in some agencies.
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Retail crime advisory group disbands four months early
10 Feb 2026Labour's police spokesperson Ginny Andersen said the group had been a "disaster" for the government, and it was cutting its losses.
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Labour talking 'load of rubbish' about new gas terminal - Luxon
10 Feb 2026But the opposition has fired back with one of National's own attack lines - "if it looks like a tax and it quacks like a tax, it's a tax".
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NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in projects
10 Feb 2026Deputy leader Shane Jones says he will campaign on a system where politicians "failed or flourished" by making big calls.
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Hipkins still not saying who Labour could work with in government
10 Feb 2026Labour leader Chris Hipkins is dampening down claims of internal disagreement over working with Te Pāti Māori, with his own MPs' comments adding confusion.
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Is a new, $1 billion gas terminal 'vital' or 'bonkers'?
10 Feb 2026The government wants taxpayers to fund a natural gas import terminal, but says lower power prices will come as a result. Audio
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Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent
10 Feb 2026A 1100-hectare block near Wairoa had its annual rates bill skyrocket from $30,000 a year to $200,000.
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