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Audio
Kate Hall: The rise of repair cafes in Aotearoa
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 12:35PMRepair Cafes have become increasingly popular across the country, 233 of them popping up in the last twelve months. What...
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National
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Kate MacNamara: Can the Government unseat the chair of the Covid-19 inquiry - and at what cost?
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 2:37PMThe new Government has begun the process of broadening the remit for the Covid-19 Royal Commission Inquiry. On February 8,...
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National
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Kate MacNamara: Three Waters execs paid out $355k each after just 10 months work
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 11:44AMTwo of the government’s water reform chief executives have taken redundancy payouts of $355,000 apiece, while a third has...
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Politics
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Mind the gap: gender pay reporting likely to fall through the cracks
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 1:52PMA plan to reduce the pay gap between men and women has stalled and appears likely to be diluted or cancelled. A mandatory...
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National
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Water regulator’s $47,577 Canada trip touches a nerve in Christchurch
Monday, 1 January 2024, 9:53AMTaumata Arowai, the water services regulator, spent $47,577 to send four staff to Canada last year, to help develop an exemptions...
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National
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The Public Purse: How successive Prime Ministers have spent from a little slush fund known as “Emerging Priorities”
Monday, 18 December 2023, 2:20PMThe Prime Minister’s Emerging Priorities Fund is a handy little pot of money that New Zealand leaders have tapped for decades. It’s...
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National
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Analysis: The uses and abuses of Regulatory Impact Analyses
Friday, 15 December 2023, 2:37PMThe new Government has lifted the requirement for “regulatory impact analyses” in instances where it will “solely repeal...
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National
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‘Totally inappropriate’: $5100 of public money spent on retirement gifts for DoC boss
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 3:44PMThe Department of Conservation spent $5,159 on two farewell gifts for outgoing boss Lou Sanson documents released this year...
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National
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Eating its words: National backtracks on Māori language bonuses for public servants
Monday, 4 December 2023, 2:48PMZB Plus has confirmed that three more of the government’s core public agencies – the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of...
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National
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Consultants’ bill nearing $2m for cost-cutting work at the Department of Conservation
Monday, 27 November 2023, 2:33PMThe cash-strapped Department of Conservation (DoC) has moved to “phase two” of a cost-cutting review and restructure that...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: It's time to turn off the early alarm
Friday, 24 November 2023, 7:37AMSo, this is my last day – not just for the year but for good. It’s time for me to turn off the early alarm. I’ve been so...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Nicola Willis looks like the most mature of them all
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 8:31AMSo has the anticipation of this government been greater than the event itself? Will it be under whelming when we finally...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Seymour for Deputy PM?
Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 9:38AMI don’t begrudge David Seymour tipping his hat into the ring for Deputy PM. Many would argue it’s a relatively inconsequential...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: I think we've reached peak woke
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 9:30AMI think we’ve reached peak woke, or at least I hope we have... who would know? But I think we’ve reached it when I see that...
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News
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How now-insolvent Ruapehu Alpine Lifts got $5m from the Provincial Growth Fund without applying
Monday, 20 November 2023, 2:50PMWhen the Office of the Auditor General focused its attention on the $640 million pot of Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) money...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: " I'm As Impatient As The Next Guy"
Monday, 20 November 2023, 8:25AMI’m as impatient as the next guy but can we cut Luxon some slack here? He’s dealing with Winston. He’s dealing with two parties,...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Finnish study finds Early Birds get the worm
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 9:26AMI’ve got some good news for you. Every one of you up now listening, is a go getter. Early birds are into it as we know, but...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Public services workers are doing what they can
Wednesday, 15 November 2023, 10:04AMWhen you think about all the sectors and industries in this country which have gone to the dogs lately —much of the public...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Alarming new data on vaping
Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 7:28AMSo we got new data yesterday on vaping, and it's nothing short of alarming. We here in NZ are among the biggest vapers...
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Crime
People losing up to $10k on Facebook tiny house scam
Monday, 13 November 2023, 9:50PMPolice are urging victims of a scam on Facebook Marketplace to come forward following reports of people transferring money...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: I'm not sure Kiwis are really willing to potentially mask up for another Christmas
Monday, 13 November 2023, 8:37AMI thought I was in a bad dream at the weekend when I saw the headline ‘Health experts recommend people wear masks and celebrate...
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National
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Three Waters: New water bosses got pay bumps of 50 per cent department finally reveals
Friday, 10 November 2023, 11:25AMThree water reform chief executives, hired by the Department of Internal Affairs this year, were paid salaries of $710,000...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: When do we give up on public transport?
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 8:48AMI am just wondering at what point we give up on trying to get anywhere by ferry in this country? If you’re an Aucklander,...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Will Labour's decisions sway voters next time?
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 9:06AMI’m not surprised Chris Hipkins is staying on as leader. I mean let’s face it, one, who else have they got? And two, when...
