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Inside the proliferation of working groups and jobs for mates
Governments are increasingly opting for working groups – led by their mates – over the core public service
Concerns of spending spree if disability funding changes were consulted on
Whaikaha had no intention of giving anyone – even other agencies – advance warning of its plan to limit what disabled people and their carers could buy
Govt should forget the ‘horse race’ polls and focus on the going
Opinion: The real cause for concern for the Government is the downward turn in economic and confidence indicators
Drama as the knife hovers over Kiwi soap
It’s our own soap opera, telling New Zealand stories to a loyal audience. But Shortland Street may be starring in its own drama
Fire and Emergency payroll plan scrapped after spending $29m
After three years and millions of dollars, Fire and Emergency’s payroll replacement project is back to square one
National Park name change referred to minister
The NZ Geographic Board has supported an iwi request to revert the town’s name back to Waimarino after 100 years of advocacy
Fast-track bill is a lolly scramble for deep-pocketed applicants
Opinion: There’s nothing transparent about the fast-track bill despite what ministers say
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Preterm babies deserve better
Opinion: It has proven impossible so far to get adequate funding to complete a best practice guide
When the doghouse is an upgrade, ECE is in trouble
Opinion: ECE teacher Susan Bates wants to know why our dogs have more regulatory protection than our very youngest children
Boards, don’t just wait for the axe to fall
Opinion: Community organisation board members need to step up their strategic thinking
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Restored: the Newsroom story the Crown and court didn’t want you to see – ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’
Finally, after a three-year legal fight, Newsroom can again show you the sad tale of four young children who were victims of a ‘reverse uplift’
Restored story: Kelvin Davis to Oranga Tamariki: ‘Please explain’
This story reappears today after a three-year legal fight by Newsroom to overturn a High Court injunction on our coverage of this reverse uplift case.
Restored story: Oranga Tamariki’s new wave of trauma
A Newsroom documentary revealed a disturbing Oranga Tamariki child uplift case – but was banned from publication for three years by a High Court order.
New SASS Talk podcast sparks convo in sport
New sports podcast SASS Talk looks at the uproar over female sportswear, and discovers why squash queen Joelle King is returning to the world stage for an astounding 17th season
Mother and daughter ride into the world champs
NZ champion Toni James and her mum Nancy are both heading to the US to compete in the BMX world champs
Eliza wants more than a last tango in Paris
Back on track after years of injury, Olympian Eliza McCartney is looking towards a big future in pole vault – while championing the environment
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Leaked document reveals millions of dollars of cuts at Te Whatu Ora
Minister says savings sought by Health NZ are beyond the Government’s wider public sector cuts
Act’s arts spokesman once watched a musical
A scornful interview with Act’s arts spokesman who knows next to nothing about the arts
Melissa Lee’s media Hail Mary comes up short
Analysis: The Minister for Media and Communications and veteran MP was given one last shot to prove she was across the issues plaguing the industry, but she didn’t deliver
Child protection decimation a ‘callous razor gang response’
Opinion: The message is clear – the neoliberal state will set the social agenda