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"Warning light": National sinks six points behind in dire poll results
An explosive poll shows National has reached its lowest result since forming a Government, as Labour climbs ahead. The Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll has Labour on...
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"The future is bright": Industry urges Govt to 'lean into' medicinal cannabis production
The medicinal cannabis industry could be worth billions of dollars to the country in the not-so-distant future, if regulation's improved. ACT leader David Seymour...
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Kerre Woodham: A golden, or green-golden, future
When I heard David Seymour talking up the potential of New Zealand's medicinal cannabis industry, I was immediately transported to a world where the Far North was...
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Kerre Woodham: Is the primary teachers' union acting in its members' best interests?
I'd be getting seriously brassed off if I was a primary school teacher, especially if I was a non-union primary school teacher. The NZEI has been in protracted negotiations...
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Kerre Woodham: Is it the Government's responsibility to get you home?
I just want to get your opinion. This follows a, shall we say, spirited discussion in the office around people who are trapped overseas and how they get home. I'd...
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Kerre Woodham: Mutually assured destruction - will it work again?
I was listening to the podcast ‘The Rest is Politics’ last night. The speakers were saying that Trump's inclination to invade countries at will, will almost certainly...
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NZ Open winner Daniel Hillier reflects on victory at the tournament
Golfer Daniel Hillier's won the New Zealand Open by two strokes at Millbrook, eight days after getting married. The 27-year-old finished at 22-under overall after...
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Kerre Woodham: The world is in an uneasy place
When it comes to telling stories about what I did in my weekend, I thought I had a pretty good one, but Donald Trump takes the cake. Bombing the hell out of Iran...
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"Unique experience": NZ Golf Open tees off at Millbrook
The 105th New Zealand Golf Open has teed off at Millbrook. It’s a unique Pro-Am event, where 156 professionals compete alongside amateur partners, and is the only...
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Promoting patience: New 'S' plates highlight cars driven by seniors
Another way of keeping older folks safer on the roads. Aucklander Boyd Steel has started a business producing ‘S’ plates – a car sticker designed to let other drivers...
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Kerre Woodham: Volunteers deserve trauma counselling cover
I can't even believe we're having to discuss this, but we are. It seems absolutely ludicrous that drunk drivers who say, kill their passengers, maim their passengers,...
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Kerre Woodham: Privacy - can we have our cake and eat it too?
There's been a second major medical platform hack, leaving live patients labelled as dead and people's names changed to Charlie Kirk, the American activist who was...
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Kerre Woodham: Chris Hipkins' underwhelming State of the Nation speech
Credit to those 120 business people who went along to hear Chris Hipkins' State of the Nation address yesterday, hosted by the Auckland Business Chamber. Credit...
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Kerre Woodham: You can't lump the homeless into one group
I am torn on this one because I know somebody needs to do something. That classic old talkback quote, Somebody needs to do something." Well, somebody has. The government...
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'Take positive action': Mark Mitchell discusses anti-homeless measures beyond 'move on' order
The Government is providing police with the power to issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places. But, the Police Association...
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Kerre Woodham: Did the intensification announcement allay your fears?
We thought we'd start with the housing densification or de-densification that was announced yesterday. We didn't really get a chance to talk about it despite the...
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Investigations continue after Andrew's release from police custody
An unprecedented day continues for the UK, with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released under investigation after his arrest overnight. The former Prince has been pictured...
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Kerre Woodham: Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel?
The Official Cash Rate has been left unchanged, 2.25%, expected by all the commentators, but perhaps less expected was a dovish view of the future. It was the new...
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Govt takes pressure "off the suburbs" with watered down Auckland housing intensification plans
The Government will today reveal its back down on controversial Auckland housing intensification plans amid fierce public criticism. New planning rules would currently...
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Kerre Woodham: We need to see more governance and less politicking
The National Infrastructure Plan was released yesterday, and it makes for grim reading. I don't think anyone expected good news, but nonetheless a cold hard dose...
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MP seeks to revise End of Life Act that "doesn't take into account some people's circumstances"
An ACT MP is looking to improve and extend the End of Life Choice Act. Todd Stephenson has proposed a member’s bill that would incorporate all 25 of the recommendations...
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Kerre Woodham: Does the End of Life Act need amending?
Act MP Todd Stephenson has been looking to improve and extend the End of Life Bill since around August of last year. His new bill, for which he's seeking support...
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"Timing is absolutely right": Queens Arcade set for a $5m overhaul
Five million dollars is being injected to revitalise one of Auckland's longest-standing shopping locations. The private capital will be used to overhaul the historic...
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Kerre Woodham: Can locals put up with the extra noise from Eden Park?
We thought we'd start with Eden Park given that the number of concerts allowed annually at the Auckland stadium will almost triple. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon,...
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Kerre Woodham: Are you willing to see a rise in rates to clean up our waterways?
I've been saying every morning to Helen, God, would you look at what's happening in Wellington? Look at what has oh! Like one of those people, usually men, watching...
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Kainga Ora turnaround plan exceeds saving targets
After pouring more than $11 million into a Rotorua motel complex for the homeless, Kāinga Ora has decided to tear it down and put the Fenton St site on the market. One...
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Kerre Woodham: I would love a dispassionate, clear-headed analysis of the Covid response
For those of us with PCT, post Covid trauma, I've just given it a name and an acronym, the news that Nicola Willis is launching an inquiry into the actions of the...
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"Hard calls": Why Augustine will no longer offer plus size clothes
A Kiwi clothing brand will no longer make plus sized clothing. In a post on social media, Augustine owner Kelly Coe explained they’re focusing on the core of their...
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Printing money: What exactly did the Reserve Bank do during the pandemic?
The Government's announced an independent review of the fiscal response to the Covid pandemic. Finance Minister Nicola Willis says it will look at any lessons the...
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"Pragmatic": NZ should be burning Huntly's coal, not importing LNG, renewable energy advocate says
One renewable energy advocate believes New Zealand would be better off burning our coal reserve than building a liquefied natural gas terminal. The Government’s...
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Western Springs bowl: New 30,000‑seat concert venue to rival Eden Park
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