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While monitored calls can aid rehabilitation, contraband phones fuel crime and expose serious risks behind bars.
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Midwives warn job cuts will worsen NZ’s stretched maternity system
Health NZ cites financial deficits.
Government scraps waste minimisation policies
"This approach allows councils to choose what works best for their communities."
David Seymour promises overhaul of early childhood education sector
Seymour plans to "simplify the system."
Whangārei council to seek injunction against fluoridation order
"Unreasonable risk to human health."
Two more gangs added to Gangs Act list, insignia bans in place
"Restoring law and order"
Government introduces free speech rules for universities
Tertiary institutions will be barred from taking stances on non-core issues.
Navy commander faces military trial over 2023 allegation
Navy Commander Bronwyn Heslop denies the allegations.
National’s borrowing spree, deep recession raise questions on fiscal strategy
“Excluding COVID periods, the past six months have been the weakest since June 1991.”
Taxpayer loss looms as SolarZero’s collapse exposes flaws in $115m public loan
At one time, SolarZero was considered "the future."
Australian doctor wins landmark case over vaccine criticism
The judge condemned the regulators' conduct as "profoundly unsatisfactory."
