All political parties in Parliament have supported a law improving regulation of body corporates, with hopes it will improve access to apartment living.
Labour’s move to kill a National Member’s Bill to give primary and intermediate schools the tools to teach a second language is narrowminded and misses a golden opportunity to equip our kids with greater language skills National’s Education spokesperson
Watch: Labour MP Kiri Allan in good spirits as she undergoes chemotherapy treatment for cervical cancer
19 Apr, 2021 05:14 AM
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Kiritapu Allan has entered week two of treatment. Video / Kiri Allan - Labour MP
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Labour MP and Minister of Conservation Kiri Allan has entered week two of treatment following her cervical cancer diagnosis earlier in the month.
The MP announced she had been diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer in early April.
"So now the fight of my life begins," she said in a Facebook post.
In a video update posted online today, there were plenty of smiles, laughs and waiata as Allan received chemotherapy while being supported by fellow Labour MP Meka Whaitiri.
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Analysis - The travel bubble is the best good news story for a long time, the government has another go at Auckland light rail and Kiri Allan faces the "fight of her life".
Tourism operators are hoping to go from surviving to thriving.
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"Gidday mate!" The
Herald's headline on Wednesday said it all. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's announcement the previous day that trans-Tasman quarantine-free travel would start on April 19 was the best good news story in a long time.
Definitely the best since the pandemic struck more than a year ago, and media coverage reflected that. "Have bubble, will travel" said Stuff, reporting on an Australian woman Avalon Kent who hadn't seen her family since December 2019 and booked her flights moments after the announcement.
Stacey Morrison says Labour MP Kiri Allan's cancer battle reminder for women to have cervical smears
7 Apr, 2021 06:40 AM
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Labour MP Kiri Allan has been diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer. PM Jacinda Ardern answered questions from the media on Tuesday morning. Video / Mark Mitchell
Labour MP Kiri Allan has been diagnosed with stage three cervical cancer. PM Jacinda Ardern answered questions from the media on Tuesday morning. Video / Mark Mitchell
Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz
Radio host Stacey Morrison has thrown her support behind Labour MP Kiritapu Allan's cancer battle and urged women to get regular cervical smear check-ups.
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But the current legislation dated from a time when apartment living was still relatively new, she said. To give a sense of that, Willis pointed out that in 2010 multi-unit housing developments made up around 15 percent of new houses and by 2017 that number was 40 per cent. “Multi-unit housing developments must continue to grow, but because the current law is archaic and outdated, it is creating headaches for owners and prospective buyers. It is preventing people from choosing apartment living.”
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Reform of the law governing apartments will make life easier for people living in multi-unit dwellings. The bill would make life easier for thousands of people currently living in multi-unit dwellings and it would open the door for thousands more people to choose that type of housing in the future, she said.