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'There’s so many things that keep me up at night'.

Silence whispers over the seats of The Joyce Theater as Atamira Dance Company's Artistic Director Jack Gray and Executive Producer Marama Lloydd greet the audience in Māori, the Austronesian language spoken primarily by Maōri people; the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.

Lotto is being urged to drop plans to launch online Bingo, with an expert saying it could increase gambling harm in Māori and Pasifika communities

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At present, almost half of NZ's children do not regularly attend school. The government is launching a marketing campaign to try to fix that.

A government document says the pandemic has hit school attendance among five- and six year olds especially hard.

Budget 2022: Budget 2022 gives doctors, nurses and other health professionals working in our public health system the resources they need to get on with the job of looking after patients.

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There's a lot of spending flying around in Budget 2022 - here are the main expenses in an easy-to-read list.

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