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Opponents of the bipartisan bill aimed at enabling housing blitzed the media over the past few weeks. Many of the reports failed to include relevant context and balancing opinion.

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a Cold War brewing between Newstalk ZB's political editor and the PM, misinformation in local papers - and the need for better oversight of opinion pieces.

Damien O'Connor says the agreement sends a clear signal to the world.

UK diplomat: Trade is never just about trade Newsroom 12/05/2021 © Provided by Newsroom Britains High Commissioner Laura Clarke speaks to Sam Sachdeva about picking up the pace on free trade talks and whether New Zealand is lagging behind on China In a speech to the NZ Institute of International Affairs last month, British High Commissioner Laura Clarke noted a striking fact: the combined GDP of autocratic regimes is set to overtake that of democracies in the coming decade. That expectation...

Mahuta and Payne defused questions about sore spots – but tension will endure

RNZ The Housing Minister says there are so many different figures being thrown around - from 28,000 to 200,000 - that its impossible to put a specific figure on it (video first published in February 2021). Nearing the two-year mark as Housing Minister, Megan Woods speaks to Sam Sachdeva about learning from the mistakes of KiwiBuild, opposition plans to fix the housing crisis, and whether the Government is leaving renters behind. In New Zealand, the health portfolio has served as the traditiona...

All the news thats easy to print Newsroom 2 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. While were overdosing on the death of the Duke, were being starved of news of a possible changing of the guard in our backyard, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell Samoa may have its first female Prime Minister, but do not let that distract you from the news that Prince Ph...

Which of the 41 new MPs gave the best maiden speeches?

The Bulletin: The news that will matter in 2021 Good morning and welcome to the final Bulletin of 2020. In today’s edition: A wrap of some of the issues that will matter in 2021, and a reflection on coming out of this tough year with hope.  For the final Bulletin of the year, we’ll once again look ahead to the next one: Some people might think 2020 was uniquely interesting, with correspondingly serious issues playing out in the news. But I don’t think it’s going to work out like that ...