Articles by Jason Samenow, Washington Post
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: AUKUS – is a boon for Kiwi military intelligence worth poking the Chinese dragon?
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 2:51PMFormer Australia Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr was not mincing his words this week, when describing the highly contentious...
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National
Police allege patrol car rammed in Tauranga
Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:13PMPolice have arrested a 21-year-old man after a patrol car was allegedly rammed in Tauranga. Detective Sergeant Leonie Smith...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: ‘Point of order, Mr Speaker!’ Snoozefest Question Time has lost its spark
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:52AMNew Zealand’s great democratic pantheon is starting to feel more like a high school debate session than a great temple of...
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Politics
PM’s pay pickle: MPs’ pay rises loom amid public sector cuts
Monday, 8 April 2024, 7:30AMThe independent body tasked with setting MPs’ pay is just weeks away from deciding if politicians will get a pay raise for...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: The Prime Minister, his Ministers and every MP in Parliament are vastly underpaid
Friday, 5 April 2024, 12:20PMIt’s 3:55pm on a Monday afternoon. The Prime Minister’s just finished leading the most important weekly meeting in the country...
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Crime
Second person charged with murder of Mongrel Mob president
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 1:11PMA second person has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of Mongrel Mob Barbarians president Steven...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Willis disappoints fiscal nerds, but the worst is yet to come
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 10:35AMNicola Willis disappointed economic nerds across the country on Wednesday. The Finance Minister broke with a well-established...
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National
'10 minutes of shaking': Uncommon style of earthquake activity at Ruapehu
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 11:39AMMount Ruapehu is experiencing an “uncommon style of small earthquakes”, GNS Science says. The volcano’s crater lake recently...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Winston Peters - ‘drunk uncle’ or political genius?
Friday, 22 March 2024, 2:43PMWinston went full Winston this week. In a seeming return to campaign mode, the New Zealand First leader has pulled out all...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Major Labour missteps highlight tumultuous times in post-Robertson era
Monday, 18 March 2024, 3:04PMIt was not the week Chris Hipkins was hoping for. He and his MPs made their annual pilgrimage to Wairarapa on Thursday...
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National
Restaurant closed for repairs after car smashes through window
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 3:25PMA Rotorua restaurant is closed for repairs after a car smashed through its window on Friday and left four people injured. A...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Luxon waves 100-day checkered flag as Willis waves economic red flag
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 10:38AMToday is the Government’s 104th day in office – better known as the day the real work begins. Chris Luxon’s had 100 days...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Why Labour Party excuses are less effective for National
Friday, 1 March 2024, 2:05PMNine long years. That was the rallying cry of Labour MPs and ministers during the last term of Government. It seemed...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: The pointless, PR-driven nonsense of a 100-day plan is just bad governance
Friday, 23 February 2024, 2:56PMNews flash: New Zealand is not the USA. A staple of a new, or re-elected, president for decades has been to establish a...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Who are Labour’s up-and-coming heavy hitters?
Saturday, 17 February 2024, 11:13AMThe wilderness of opposition can be a gift, or it can be a curse. For former ministers, the drop from the lofty heights...
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Audio
Football Fever: Five-point leads and six-goal Ferns
Monday, 12 February 2024, 12:41PMPiney and Bonnie break down the Football Ferns' 6-0 win over Samoa and the Phoenix men's latest win, taking them five points...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Luxon firms up Act’s support by backing away from Treaty Principles Bill
Thursday, 8 February 2024, 4:18PMThe dead duck got deader this week. After weeks of tepid, non-committal answers on his party's post-first reading support...
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Jason Walls
Jason Walls: Kill Bill – Shane Jones crushes Seymour’s Treaty dreams, but the battle’s not over yet
Friday, 26 January 2024, 2:28PMThere’s already trouble in paradise it seems. The Act Party secured half a win during the coalition negotiations when it...
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ZB Plus - Guest Opinions
Jason Heale: Our character deficit and how to fix it
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 11:59AMWith another shoplifting charge just laid against former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, with a subsequent summons to appear in...
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National
Health warning for lake as 'potentially toxic' algae blooms
Friday, 5 January 2024, 3:56PMA health warning has been issued for Okawa Bay at Lake Rotoiti, in Rotorua, due to a bloom of “potentially toxic” blue-green...
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National
Coastguard Rotorua Lakes rescues four swimmers from Lake Rotorua
Friday, 29 December 2023, 11:02AMTwo people have been rescued after floating off on a “small inflatable mattress” on Lake Rotorua. In a press release, Coastguard...
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National
Rotorua police investigate multiple burglaries after shops smashed up overnight
Thursday, 28 December 2023, 1:51PMRotorua police are investigating a string of overnight burglaries after shopowners arrived to find smashed windows and stolen...
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National
'Final journey to heaven': Couple killed in tragic crash
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 1:45PMA heartbroken daughter has shared her family’s shock and sadness after her parents’ lives were “tragically taken” yesterday in...
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National
One person dead after crash in Rotorua overnight, investigations under way
Sunday, 17 December 2023, 2:05PMOne person has died after a crash in Rotorua overnight, police have confirmed. A police spokesman said the single-vehicle...