Articles by Julia Gabel
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National
Treaty Principles Bill: 15-year-old says bill is damaging Govt’s ‘positive’ relationship with young people
Monday, 17 February 2025, 11:28amA 15-year-old has told parliamentarians her generation is one of the first to grow up with a positive relationship with the...
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Politics
Listen live: Did David Seymour ‘overstep the mark’ on teacher-only day crackdown?
Monday, 17 February 2025, 6:58amEducation Minister Erica Stanford said her associate minister David Seymour was “overstepping the mark somewhat” when he...
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Politics
Treaty Principles Bill: Far North mayor says law would place near ‘impossible’ costs on council
Friday, 14 February 2025, 3:44pmA council has baulked at the potential costs David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill could place on its financially strained...
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Politics
Govt process on Treaty bill ‘fundamentally flawed’, former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer says
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 1:18pmFormer Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer says David Seymour’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill is damaging the “collective...
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Politics
Watch: PM unveils Govt’s first action plan for 2025
Monday, 10 February 2025, 4:04pmPrime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled the Government’s first action plan for 2025 including further details about...
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National
Government introducing more beneficiary sanctions, including weekly five-hour training course
Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:21amThe Government is planning to introduce fresh sanctions to its new beneficiary traffic light scheme. The new non-financial...
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National
New poll shows most New Zealanders believe respectful treaty, race relations debate important
Friday, 31 January 2025, 4:23pmA new poll shows despite the current political drama surrounding the Treaty, most New Zealanders believe a respectful discussion...
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National
Taranaki maunga becomes legal person, Govt acknowledges ‘immeasurable harm’ inflicted on iwi
Friday, 31 January 2025, 2:57pmAlmost a decade of settlement negotiations between the Crown and Taranaki formally concluded yesterday, when Parliament voted...
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Politics
'Won’t happen again': NZ apologises for failing to consult Pacific countries on RSE changes
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 9:19amImmigration Minister Erica Stanford says New Zealand has apologised to Pacific countries for failing to consult them about...
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Politics
Kiri Allan set to slam Treaty Principles Bill as submissions resume
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 7:07amKiri Allan is the latest former politician to voice opposition to the controversial Treaty Principles Bill, telling the Herald...
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Politics
'Abhorrent': Te Pāti Māori MP says minister doesn't understand 'essence of being Māori', Seymour responds
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 1:59pmTe Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has told Children’s Minister Karen Chhour she does not understand the “essence of being...
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National
'Be very careful what you wish for’: Christopher Finlayson, Sir Taihakurei Durie submit on Treaty Principles Bill
Monday, 27 January 2025, 1:11pmDavid Seymour should “be very careful” what he wishes for with his controversial Treaty Principles Bill, former Treaty Negotiations...
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Politics
'Had enough': Senior iwi leaders walk out of public gallery during Treaty Principles Bill introduction
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 9:12pmIwi leader Helmut Modlik and six other senior members of Ngāti Toa walked out of the public gallery at Parliament today in...
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Politics
Treaty Principles Bill: Protesters gather ahead of bill's introduction
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 11:47amProtesters have gathered at Parliament and outside ACT’s electorate office in Epsom, ahead of the introduction of legislation...
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Politics
Treaty Principles Bill: Wording to be revealed tomorrow amid fierce criticism
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 8:59pmThe wording of David Seymour’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill will be revealed tomorrow – more than a week before originally...
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Politics
Almost 60kg of greenstone seized by Customs at border returned to SI hapū
Friday, 1 November 2024, 3:08pmAlmost 60 kgs of sacred greenstone have been returned to a West Coast hapū after people tried to illegally export it overseas. The...
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National
'Relentless attacks': Thousands descend on Parliament for workers’ rights protest
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 4:16pmThousands of protesters took to Parliament’s lawn on Wednesday to object to what they described as relentless and unprecedented...
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Politics
Watch: PM grilled over complainant's email in Minister Andrew Bayly’s insult controversy
Monday, 21 October 2024, 3:58pmThe Government has announced work has begun in the Hawke’s Bay on the first of seventeen prioritised Road of National Significance...
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Politics
Benefit sanctions up, hardship assistance payments down: What the latest social welfare data tells us
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 1:40pmThe Government handed out more beneficiary sanctions and fewer hardship grants in the last quarter than the previous government...
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Politics
Early data shows most beneficiaries with obligations meeting requirements
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 2:06pmInitial data shows almost all beneficiaries with work and social obligations are meeting their requirements. In August, the...
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Politics
'They should be able to': Minister backs nurses speaking non-English language amid Waikato Hospital memo
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 1:28pmHealth Minister Shane Reti says nurses should be able to speak a language other than English with their patients after Waikato...
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Politics
David Seymour and Helmut Modlik: What went down in the first public Treaty Principles Bill debate
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 7:25amIn his first public debate on his contentious Treaty Principles Bill, Act leader David Seymour drew comparisons between the...
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Education
Charter schools: Education union changes rules, David Seymour calls it a ‘come to Jesus moment’
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 3:42pmAn education union staunchly opposed to charter schools has changed its constitution so teachers who work at charter schools...
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Politics
Inside the report used to justify cutting $30m from a te reo Māori course for teachers
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 7:38amAn independent Government-commissioned review into a te reo Māori course that has just had its funding cut found the programme...