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Analysis - The political stakes are sky high as the government waits anxiously for confirmation from Pfizer that enough of the Covid-19 vaccine will arrive to keep the rollout going.

“On that basis I stand with those families and with great sadness I will be returning my NZOM Medal to Dame Patsy Reddy.” When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern named King as the 2019 New Zealander of the Year award in February, the awards chief judge Cameron Bennett described him as a "wonderfully complex and compelling Kiwi". King started campaigning for better access to mental healthcare after seeking help himself when he was 45 years old. He said he needed professional help to ditch booz...

"Three years ago I remember standing on a podium with you singing your partys praises as you announced that you were spending $1.9b on mental health," he writes. "As long as I live I will never forget that day. There was such a euphoric feeling in the air, full of optimism and hope and I believed with all my heart things were about to change, finally we had a government who cared." But three years on, he says he feels theyve both "let everybody down". "I know none of this is your fault Prime Mi...

AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR PRIMEMINISTER Dear Primeminister Tomorrow is the 3rd anniversary of Gumboot Friday and to celebrate I’ll be walking 100,000 meters in Gumboots around the Auckland Domain to raise $100k that will go towards our $5 million goal. If we reach our goal it will provide over 37,000 free non stigmatising counselling sessions for our kids. I say non stigmatising because under the current system the only way young people can get free counselling is to go to a doctor, be diagnosed ...

Savanna went along and tried out as a piper. “The piping was difficult, I didn’t have enough breath to get to it. I lasted a couple of months and went onto drums. A couple of tutors helped me with Tiffany Gilchrist my main tutor.” She has not looked back. “There’s a lot of hard work and practice, but I’m not performing with the South Canterbury band during the competition season because I’m so busy with sports, rowing in summer and netball in the winter.” In 2019, Savanna w...

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The Kiwi Prime Minister believes there will be a 'time and place' to have that conversation.

“Clearly I accept the Queen as the head of state of the Commonwealth and I am here to support her,” she said in a press conference shortly after accepting the role. “I have accepted the role and I will serve under her.” Those remarks are a long way from being treasonous but they are not exactly a full-throated endorsement of the monarchy to what was essentially a binary question. It is not clearly a yes or no either way. Dame Cindy does not even know whether you need to be a monarch...

New Governor General has message of hope 26 May 2021 08:00 AM Dame Cindy Kiro speaks to media on May 24, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Dame Cindy Kiro takes over as Governor-General from Dame Patsy Reddy, whose five-year term has ended. (Photo by Mark Tantrum/Getty Images) More Related Stories New Governor General has message of hope The country’s next Governor General wants to bring to a sense of hope to the job. Dame Cindy Kiro from Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Kahu will ta...

OPINION: Incoming Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro will have a largely symbolic role, but can be a powerful inspiration.