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OPINION: It's the gaps in legislation, which allowed the lone-wolf terrorist to be in a supermarket at all on Friday, that leave the Government exposed.

There has been capacity to administer 50,000 vaccinations a day in recent weeks, but it’s only just in the past week starting to ramp up to the high 30s. If 12,000 vaccinations sitting in the freezer at the end of each day is exactly where we intended to be, then that’s not particularly ambitious. Christel Yardley/Stuff When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced tier four of the rollout on Wednesday, she said this was “exactly where we intended to be’’. Injecting a dose of truth serum on Wednesday was Ardern’s associate health minister, Peeni Henare. In the same stand-up, wi...

'I don't have that lived experience' - Luxon's difficulty with new role Newsroom 15 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom National MP Chris Luxon is touted as a future leader and is registering in recent polls. He spoke to political editor Jo Moir about his current challenge in iwi development, and why he hasn't fronted on He Puapua. Chris Luxon joined the National Party after seven years at the helm of Air New Zealand. The backbenches are a long way from corporate high-flying wining and dining, but that said, his leader Judith Collins has given him three portfolios where he has the opportunity ...

"Who is responsible? And can the party clean up its candidate selection process to fix the problem?" asks political analyst Dr Bryce Edwards.

Budget prioritises 'righting inequality wrongs' Newsroom 6 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. Thirty years on from the ‘Mother of all Budgets’ the Labour-majority Government has targeted inequality, but it will be April next year before the full benefit lift is truly felt, writes political editor Jo Moir Finance Minister Grant Robertson has delivered his fourth Budget – one he describes as the first of three this term that will “mak...