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Government to formally apologise for Dawn Raids - Jacinda Ardern © RNZ / Dom Thomas Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make a formal government apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids on 26 June at a commemoration event in the Auckland Town Hall. She made the announcement today alongside Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio. Watch the announcement here: There was strict criteria Cabinet needed to apply when deciding to make an apology, including whether a human injustice must have been committed and was well documented, victims must be definable as a distinct group, and they continued ...

'A National Party board document': Judith Collins trying to distance MPs from review © RNZ / Dom Thomas National leader Judith Collins says a review of the party's crushing election loss and first three years in opposition belongs to the board and the fact that MPs can read it is a "good concession". Judith Collins told Morning Report the review "obviously shows... that it was a really difficult time for the National Party. The review itself was made available to each of our MPs to read and of course the party is reaching out to members to go through the results of it and the recommendatio...

Dolly Parton declines statue of her in hometown Newshub 19/02/2021 © Getty She hopes several years down the line that she could still be considered. Dolly Parton has declined the offer of a statue being built in her honour in her home state of Tennessee. In a statement shared to her social media the country music star said she is "honoured and humbled" by the government's proposal to put a statue of her on the state's Capitol grounds - but asks lawmakers remove the bill from consideration. "Given all that is going on in the world, I don't think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at ...

She will appear in court on Thursday.