Labour backs 28 percent capital gains tax
Party leader Chris Hipkins said the revenue would help pay for a new “Medicard” scheme, giving “a limited number of free GP visits.”
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Te Pāti Māori moves to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
“As far as I’m concerned, this so-called suspension has no mana.”
‘Contact tracing’ returns: Health NZ sounds nationwide alarm over 10 measles cases
“Hundreds” at Wellington College have been told they’re close contacts.
Author of new Ardern bio aims to cut through ‘tsunami of syrup’ to get to the real Jacinda
“This book tries to cut through it.”
‘Official narrative is crumbling’: NYT concedes genetics explain only a fraction of autism cases
”For years, researchers who questioned pharmaceutical or environmental links were marginalised,..."
Labour’s ‘Future Fund’ could deepen fragility, not resilience
Labour’s scheme amounted to “bureaucrats picking winners”.
Same old bureaucracy, new Māori branding
The agency’s focus on staff wellbeing and “our people” misses the point.
Winston Peters warns courts are undermining democracy in Oxford Union debate
He cautioned that when courts reinterpret laws based on ideology rather than statute, democracy itself is “under assault.”
The holy grail of internet control: how New Zealand’s ‘safety’ laws inch toward censorship
“The Holy Grail" of complete state control over online content.
GRAHAM ADAMS: Tikanga inserted into cutting-edge gene bill
“It’s incredibly difficult to get your head around what basically spiritual concepts [are doing] inside a regulatory scientific regime.”
Electric bus fire kills one, reignites concern over EV safety
16 fire trucks were unable to bring it under control.
US Secretary of War revokes TVNZ press pass, correspondent escorted from Pentagon
“Purely logistical."
‘Deepfake abuse’ bill drawn: ACT seeks to criminalise explicit AI images
Netsafe reports of daily complaints and feedback from school principals that incidents are rising among students.