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No full airport sale but councillors 'going to have to swallow a dead rat or two’

After a day of debate and questions, Auckland’s councillors have put off their budget votes until today

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Law change empowers a new consumer advocacy agency for water

The new Water Services Consumers Agency would protect vulnerable consumers, rather than exposing them to independent user groups' 'specific agendas'. Andrew Bevin reports.

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Raw Politics: Labour's free range ministers

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Whatever did Chris Hipkins do to deserve the absent-minded, busy, superior minister Michael Woods, and which of the electoral reforms deserve to be adopted

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Ruapehu bidder backs out before big vote

Turoa Alpine is supporting the Ruapehu Stakeholders Association bid in lieu of making its own.

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Hoping for an effective COP28? Bonn chance!

Bonn climate meeting planning for Dubai COP in December starts with clashing agendas, including EU and US politicians saying having an oil company chief executive as president of the negotiations would “severely jeopardise" them

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Football Fern's unique double allegiance

Indiah-Paige Riley can lay claim to having played for both host nations at the FIFA Women's World Cup - but it's the black jersey she wants to wear come July.

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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Brown's budget ends in purgatory

Wayne Brown conceded ground on almost all his original planks for Auckland Council's budget, and ground out a kind of political draw that left no one particularly happy.

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Men without a safe place to call home

How do some of society's most vulnerable people – men in particular – fall into insecure housing?

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Three Waters select committee slates officials usurping democratic process

'Combative and intransigent' bureaucrats white-anted attempts to regulate stormwaters and set in place consumer protections, says one MP. Jonathan Milne reports.

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National cringes at climate spending

The National Party calls for pragmatism and 'trade-offs', but will the climate listen? David Williams reports.

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Cooling talk of 'a new Cold War'

Fresh off a promising trip to Beijing, a US diplomat says his country is doing all it can to avoid miscalculation in tensions with China. Sam Sachdeva reports.

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Michael Wood denied any other pecuniary interests, in email to Newsroom

Many busy people are disorganised in their life admin, but Michael Wood's life impacted on his ministerial decision making. Jonathan Milne argues this was more than an error of omission.

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Book of the Week: Chidgey, again

The extraordinary Catherine Chidgey is back, already, with a page turning novel about a family with a piece missing

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Donations cases back to haunt National, NZ First

As New Zealand First tries to win its way back into Parliament, its controversial fundraising foundation will be back in court at the peak of the general election campaign.

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Time for women to fly in America's Cup

Will the inaugural women's America's Cup pave the way for female sailors to compete for the Auld Mug? Team NZ can see the path clearly, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

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Alzheimers NZ calls for urgent cash injection

The situation for people living with dementia is becoming increasingly hopeless with most people not able to get the help and support they so desperately need, Alzheimers New Zealand has warned government ministers.

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Enough density on housing 'debate'

Our current political environment only contributes to a state of inaction and delay in addressing critical and urgent urban matters, writes Iresh Jayawardena

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A hard balance to strike between revolving door politics and old timers

The relatively short political careers of most of our MPs raises questions about the way Parliament functions, and the operation of our system of government

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Brown airport plan still in need of votes

It’s an historic day for Auckland Council as the vote looms on Wayne Brown’s ‘reset budget’.

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NZ pushed to take stronger stance on Iran

Diplomacy should give way to sanctions against Iran's regime, Iranian Kiwis say as New Zealand holds off on designating the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist entity.

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The university funding shortfall with no easy fix

Universities across the country are facing funding shortfalls. But philanthropy is unlikely to help them make up the difference.

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Congestion charge: pay the price now not later

Infrastructure Commission chief executive gives green light to congestion charging this year: 'Sometimes it's not about more concrete, it's about more courage'. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Roger, Ruth, Wayne and Tina

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown conjures up the ghosts of economic reformers past in demanding his council sell its biggest asset

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Luxon's infrastructure pledges don't mention climate

National’s five-point infrastructure plan contains some familiar elements.

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