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Green MP Ricardo Menéndez March's partner's visa has been given the green tick by Immigration New Zealand. After National MPs raised questions at a parliamentary...
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Simon Bridges has continued to dominate headlines this week. Earlier this week, the National MP hit headlines for calling Police Commissioner Andrew Coster 'woke'. They...
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson says "the Reserve Bank is now required to consider housing" when making monetary and financial policy decisions. Changes have been...
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Senior National MP Simon Bridges clashed with Police Commissioner Andy Coster this morning, accusing him not doing enough about gangs in New Zealand. Coster, however,...
Three Australian states are now requiring New Zealanders travelling into their country to undergo a mandatory stay in quarantine. New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland...
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I think we might’ve struck on the very reason that we have this Covid outbreak in Auckland right now: Families can’t afford to stay home and isolate for two weeks The...
The Prime Minister's unimpressed with National's Simon Bridges calling lPolice Commissioner Andrew Coster a woke. Bridges says Coster's putting being nice ahead...
After the shambles of KiwiBuild, now the government's proud track record on new social housing is being questioned. It turns only half of the so called "new" public...
There are hopes we'll be in a position to see an Official Cash Rate increase next year. The OCR remains unchanged at 0.25 per cent. The Reserve Bank says prolonged...
A two bedroom house is being given away for free in Lower Hutt. Naturally, there's a catch - only the house is being given away, not the land it sits on. But if...
NZ Herald owner NZME exceeded its guidance for the year to December 31 clocking up operating earnings of $67.3 million and signalling a return to dividends. The...
Another week, another tiff between a National MP and Parliament's Speaker. During Question Time, Paul Goldsmith argued with Trevor Mallard who wasn't allowing the...
Golf legend Tiger Woods suffered serious leg injuries and was trapped but conscious when emergency responders reached the scene of his one-vehicle rollover crash...
Former officials who were responsible for security at the US Capitol testified Tuesday at the first congressional hearing about the failure to prevent the deadly...