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Revealed: A cost-benefit analysis for Wellington’s long tunnel: Cost: Would be extremely complex and expensive. Benefit: Would provide a vital boost for the ...
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Revealed: A cost-benefit analysis for Wellington’s long tunnel
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Tauranga's speed limit proposal met with warning from minister: The council is currently consulting on a proposed blanket speed reduction to 30 km/h in the city ...
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Tauranga's speed limit proposal met with warning from minister
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Senior Labour MP ordered to take down ‘gross’ social media posts: Peeni Henare has deleted cartoons he reposted ridiculing government ministers David Seymour and ...
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Senior Labour MP ordered to take down ‘gross’ social media posts
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Government investigates 4km tunnel under Wellington: The massive tunnel would run under a chunk of the city and a series of suburbs.
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Government investigates 4km tunnel under Wellington
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Māori wards ultimatum for councils as coalition government imposes referendums: Councils that brought in Māori wards without polling residents will need to hold ...
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Māori wards ultimatum for councils as coalition government imposes ...
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Tauranga council commission request for hybrid model turned down again: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has also rejected the commission's recommendation ...
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Tauranga council commission request for hybrid model turned down again
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Māori ward referendum 'an expense we don't need' – Masterton mayor: Masterton's mayor says holding a referendum for an already established Māori ward is an ...
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Māori ward referendum 'an expense we don't need' – Masterton mayor
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Labour defends roadside drug testing legislation: There are growing calls for random roadside drug testing after seven people were killed in crashes over the ...
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Labour defends roadside drug testing legislation
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Councils label Māori wards reversal 'complete overreach' by government: Reversing councils' ability to decide on Māori wards is "complete overreach by central ...
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Councils label Māori wards reversal 'complete overreach' by government
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We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d expect: 'WTF is this?' wrote Wayne Brown on September 14 last year ...
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We have Wayne Brown’s texts to the boss of AT. They’re exactly what you’d ...
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Brynderwyn Hills motorway to reopen for Easter weekend: The gateway to the north will reopen this weekend - but visitors will have to get in quick.
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Brynderwyn Hills motorway to reopen for Easter weekend
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What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan : Councillors in Auckland are hoping a submission supporting some and opposing other aspects ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/28/what-about-auckland-council-on-new-govt-transport-plan/
What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan 
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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown had no power to halt transport projects: The mayor had no authority to tell Auckland Transport to immediately stop projects funded by ...
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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown had no power to halt transport projects
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Government agrees to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids: The government has agreed to the suggestion from the opposition that was initially voted ...
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Government agrees to slash road user charges for plug-in hybrids
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Auckland Transport to be stripped of planning powers: The transport minister says he will work with Auckland Council to give it the power to set its own ...
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Auckland Transport to be stripped of planning powers
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse: Simeon Brown just announced the most anti-driver transport policy in recent memory.
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We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse
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Transport Minister accused of 'broken promise' over roads: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is unsure if he can turn the ignition key on major motorway ...
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Transport Minister accused of 'broken promise' over roads
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Transport Minister proposes fuel tax increase for 2027: Simeon Brown is proposing a fuel tax increase of 12 cents to hit in 2027 - the same amount Labour ...
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Transport Minister proposes fuel tax increase for 2027
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Road pricing debate shrouded in smoke and (rear-view) mirrors: Opinion: With a huge funding gap confronting the Transport Agency, it is high-time we shifted to a ...
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Road pricing debate shrouded in smoke and (rear-view) mirrors
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‘Excellent speech’: NZ prime minister backs Penny Wong in Keating spat: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he fully supports Foreign Minister ...
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‘Excellent speech’: NZ prime minister backs Penny Wong in Keating spat
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future: Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising completion of Auckland’s big projects ...
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Auckland's public transport faces a privately financed future
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What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan : Councillors in Auckland are hoping a submission supporting some and opposing other aspects ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/28/what-about-auckland-council-on-new-govt-transport-plan/
What about Auckland? Council pushes back on new Govt transport plan 
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Government sets up advisory group ahead of Three Waters repeal: Simeon Brown says it will "restore continued local council ownership and control of water ...
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Government sets up advisory group ahead of Three Waters repeal
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Minister points to 'backstops' if councils refuse Three Waters amalgamations: The minister responsible won't say, pointing only to regulations that could let it ...
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Minister points to 'backstops' if councils refuse Three Waters ...
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What the light rail millions got Auckland: As the dust settles on the doomed light rail plan for Auckland, newly released documents spell out exactly what the ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/05/what-the-light-rail-millions-got-auckland/
What the light rail millions got Auckland
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Councils get their Three Waters wish - but will they regret it? : The coalition has ticked off another objective - repealing the troubled Three Waters programme ...
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Councils get their Three Waters wish - but will they regret it?
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The Week in Politics: Water wars - who pays and what happened to $1.2 billion?: Analysis: The government's plan raises questions as it is revealed Labour spent ...
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The Week in Politics: Water wars - who pays and what happened to $1 ...
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Auckland Regional Fuel Tax to end in June, PM announces: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax will be scrapped in months ...
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Auckland Regional Fuel Tax to end in June, PM announces
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What is Local Water Done Well, the new not-quite-Three Waters?: In just 10 days, the last government's efforts to fix water infrastructure will be scrapped ...
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What is Local Water Done Well, the new not-quite-Three Waters?
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NZ Transport Agency emails reveal concerns within Waka Kotahi about name change: By RNZ The head of the Transport Agency ( NZTA ) ordered the only line about a ...
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NZ Transport Agency emails reveal concerns within Waka Kotahi about name ...
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'Unacceptable': Auckland mayor Wayne Brown demands answers over cancelled trains: 88 trains in Auckland were cancelled on Monday. Wayne Brown wants to know why.
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'Unacceptable': Auckland mayor Wayne Brown demands answers over cancelled ...
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Simon Wilson: 10 questions for Simeon Brown about his transport plan: OPINION The new draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport has four ...
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Simon Wilson: 10 questions for Simeon Brown about his transport plan
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The Brown v Brown showdown is a positive for Auckland - Heather du Plessis-Allan: It’s tempting to think the Brown v Brown showdown is bad for Auckland ...
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The Brown v Brown showdown is a positive for Auckland - Heather du ...
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Simeon Brown wants Auckland’s transport ‘back to basics’: The new Minister of Transport has promised to reprioritise transport planning from cycleways and speed ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/09/simeon-brown-wants-aucklands-transport-back-to-basics/
Simeon Brown wants Auckland’s transport ‘back to basics’
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No bailing out water, says minister: Nationwide water metering and security over water assets are likely to be conditions of international financiers backing the ...
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No bailing out water, says minister
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Minister for Auckland job in doubt, thanks to funding running out in June: The Minister for Auckland, Simeon Brown, could lose all his staff for the portfolio ...
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Minister for Auckland job in doubt, thanks to funding running out in June
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Un-banning oil and gas exploration may not fix energy supply gaps, minister told: Repealing the ban on oil and gas exploration may not succeed at extending the ...
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Un-banning oil and gas exploration may not fix energy supply gaps ...
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Decision on bilingual road signs coming soon - transport minister: By RNZ Transport Minister Simeon Brown is promising a decision soon on whether to make almost ...
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Decision on bilingual road signs coming soon - transport minister
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Local government financial crisis: Local Government Minister Simeon Brown says he's firming up new ways to fund water services for cash-strapped councils – ...
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Local government financial crisis
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Māori and PI spaces at unis no place for wusses or MP's reckons: Comment: The importance of ‘space’ – observations of a Pākehā working in a ...
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Māori and PI spaces at unis no place for wusses or MP's reckons
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The five most baffling moments from Melissa Lee’s post-Newshub interviews: Don't ask her to talk about the process.
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The five most baffling moments from Melissa Lee’s post-Newshub interviews
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All the things we won’t know in 10 years: We're more likely to see Judith Collins waving at us from space than 12 years of data on child poverty.
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-04-2024/all-the-things-we-wont-know-in-10-years
All the things we won’t know in 10 years
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Deal reportedly reached to save Newshub 6pm bulletin: Stuff is reporting it has reached a deal with Newshub to provide television bulletins for Three ...
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Deal reportedly reached to save Newshub 6pm bulletin
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An Ode to .. Melissa Lee: Bard Billot on the broadcasting dunce
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An Ode to .. Melissa Lee
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Christopher Luxon readies for 'full-on' Southeast Asia tour: Christopher Luxon is determined to prove the scoffers wrong in his promise to "raise the energy" of ...
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Christopher Luxon readies for 'full-on' Southeast Asia tour
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets KPIs on Southeast Asia mission: Power Play - Asked for his own assessment of the visit, the prime minister said he was ...
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets KPIs on Southeast Asia mission
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PM Christopher Luxon would consider Singapore drone testing in NZ airspace: The Prime Minister has talked up the prospect of stronger defence ties with Singapore ...
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PM Christopher Luxon would consider Singapore drone testing in NZ airspace
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Luxon has released another action plan – here’s how to make one for yourself: Feel like your life has gone off track? Got something to prove to an entire ...
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Luxon has released another action plan – here’s how to make one for ...
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Aotearoa was first in the world to hear Cowboy Carter – here’s what we thought: Chris Luxon has weighed in, and now so are we.
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Aotearoa was first in the world to hear Cowboy Carter – here’s what we ...
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Fast-track approvals: Minister's letter states some 'were invited to' apply: A letter from Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop shows some project owners had ...
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Fast-track approvals: Minister's letter states some 'were invited to' ...
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Watch live: Government announces pet bond policy for renters: The government has announced a two-week pet bond and obligations for tenants to pay for damage ...
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Watch live: Government announces pet bond policy for renters
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Watch live: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Thailand: The Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is taking questions ahead of a meeting with his Thai counterpart.
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Watch live: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in Thailand
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The Christopher Luxon dictionary of corporate speak: An operationalised, strategically aligned, actionable guide to the phraseology of prime minister Christopher ...
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The Christopher Luxon dictionary of corporate speak
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Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon talks to media in Auckland: The Prime Minister is back in Auckland and talks to journalists during a bleak week for media and ...
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Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon talks to media in Auckland
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Secrecy shrouds 'fast track' projects as submissions close: Not even the MPs supposed to be scrutinising the Fast Track Bill are allowed to know which projects ...
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Secrecy shrouds 'fast track' projects as submissions close
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Watch live: Christopher Luxon speaks to media in Manila: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is speaking to reporters in Manila after pledging greater defence ...
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Watch live: Christopher Luxon speaks to media in Manila
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Public service cuts: $6.3m in payouts at one ministry so far: The total cost of redundancies across the public service is not yet known and the Finance Minister ...
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Public service cuts: $6.3m in payouts at one ministry so far
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon looks for Estonian inspiration: Analysis - In his quest to get New Zealand 'back on track', Christopher Luxon has often looked ...
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon looks for Estonian inspiration
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How Christchurch got sucked into an eye-wateringly expensive cathedral rebuild: The great and the good ‘saved’ Christ Church Cathedral from demolition but is a ...
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How Christchurch got sucked into an eye-wateringly expensive cathedral ...
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Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions at post-Cabinet briefing: The Prime Minister says progress on the targets will be reported publicly every quarter so ...
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Watch: Christopher Luxon faces questions at post-Cabinet briefing