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The Government's latest announcement about worker safety is about business, not people.

Early comments on the budget. Basically tax cuts are being paid by more borrowing. There is no way this can be described as being fiscally neutral.

Maybe Shane Jones is at least partially right about mining.

It is sickening to see how economic power is being used against ordinary New Zealanders right now.

Questioned by Senator Van Hollen re US response to China's February 2024 offer of no-first-use, Assistant Secretary Bonnie Jenkins told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee they would have to think about it, but at this point had no intention of changing to a no-first use policy.

By Lydia Lewis and Patrick Decloitre of RNZ The presumed ringleaders of the unrest in New Caledonia have been placed in home detention and the social network...

By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ French President Emmanuel Macron has declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia after several days of civil unrest in the...

Following on from the decision to cut $103 million a year from the school lunch programme the Government has announced the return of chartered schools at a cost of $153 million over four years.

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The Government is less than 12 months away from a change in the Deputy Prime Ministership and the transition will be a smooth one. Labour needs to be getting ready now. Because for the first time in this Country's history this could be a one term National led Government.