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Luxon makes Paris membership non-negotiable without saying how New Zealand will meet the target
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says remaining in the Paris climate agreement will be non-negotiable in post-election coalition talks.
Māori-medium attendance at 42% as Seymour says kura told him ‘leave us alone’
Regular school attendance improved nationwide in term two, but remained at just 42% among students predominantly learning in te reo Māori.
Fuel-tax rise delayed as emergency fund siphoned to cover part of shortfall
The government has replaced the 12-cent-a-litre fuel excise increase due on 1 January 2027, with a series of smaller rises beginning in 2028.
Labour’s 2,400-nurse guarantee is costed for just 350 additional jobs
Labour has promised every eligible New Zealand-trained nursing graduate a public health job, potentially covering about 2,400 graduates each year.
The Haters and the Wreckers
The repellent tactics of a bigoted, elitist, ideologically driven minority are knocking down New Zealand.
Labour’s Fiscal Strategy Doesn’t Add Up
Their numbers are a chaotic mess of promises, ideology and complete disregard for simple sums.
Seymour’s Focus On Equality Is 50 Years Too Late
If you choose to keep following rules that an increasingly smaller number of your neighbours also follow, then you are living dangerously indeed.
America Is Now a Peter Pan Nation
Nowadays, growing numbers of the well-off and the poor see handouts as their birthrights in a quest to turn life into one big cradle until the grave. Not everybody, of course – but ever-growing numbers.
Quick Hit: Five or Zero
Chippy's genuine shot is a binary bet on Qiulae Wong. Five per cent or zero.
Watching ‘No One Cares About Crazy People’ Will Change You
Problem solved, no. But problem met head-on, yes.
Manly Monday
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Our 2 Year Drive From NEW ZEALAND to the UK Starts Now
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Snapper Fishing At Its BEST
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Editors’ Picks
How High Did the Grooming Cover Up Go?
UK PM implicated in Muslim child-rape gang scandal.
Most of the Covid Tyrants Are Gone, What Next?
Ardern, Biden and Trudeau are now gone. But where to from here?
Continued Contempt of Parliament from Te Pāti Māori
If they don’t like the institution of parliament and its standing orders, then they can always go back to the mat.