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Seizing the Opportunity
One poll does not make an election, but this week’s Roy Morgan poll presented an enticing prospect for the Opportunity Party.
Editorial
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Vulnerable group poorly served
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Vulnerable group poorly served
The way Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) has changed services for intravenous drug users in the South has been a master class in how not to treat a vulnerable group.
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Govt fails 50,000 more children
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Govt fails 50,000 more children
In the movies, there’s always a hand with an iron-strong grip that reaches over the cliff edge, grabs the wrist of the poor unfortunate dangling there and painstakingly drags them back to safety.
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The percentage debate
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The percentage debate
Overseas trips by the Minister of Defence seldom make headlines back home, but Chris Penk’s visit to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore was quite the exception.
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Improving patient portals
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Improving patient portals
December’s ManageMyHealth (MMH) hacking has focused overdue attention on the need to improve controls around patient portals’ security.
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Burden of proof on new ministry
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Burden of proof on new ministry
RIP the Ministry for the Environment, 1986-2026.
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Little in Budget for struggling Kiwis
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Little in Budget for struggling Kiwis
If yesterday’s Budget seems to have passed you by, it’s no wonder. It does little or nothing for most people increasingly and desperately needing help.
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Transparency matters
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Transparency matters
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s shrugging off controversy over the mysterious disappearance of documents from his office is unconvincing.
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Where the wilding pines grow
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Where the wilding pines grow
The broad and gorgeously sweeping Central Otago, Maniototo and Mackenzie Basin are austere landscapes emblematic of a time when the South Island’s southern half was less cluttered than today.
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Ducking whether to show your workings
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Ducking whether to show your workings
Veteran political journalists often bemoan this modern era of media training, where rather than giving authentic and honest answers to questions MPs and ministers instead issue a stream of waffle...
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Moving too fast on Move-on
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Moving too fast on Move-on
The government’s determination to box on with the controversial Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill illustrates its arrogance and blinkered thinking on social issues.
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Glib comment on housing revealing
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Glib comment on housing revealing
Despite being marketed by the government as making the social housing system fairer, the taste left in the mouth from Thursday’s announcement is sour.
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Ratios and rationales
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Ratios and rationales
As the adage goes, there are lies, damned lies and statistics.
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NCEA changes lack detail
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NCEA changes lack detail
Those who have questioned the worth of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement will be looking forward to its replacement.
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Editorial: Time to resign, Cr Ong
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Editorial: Time to resign, Cr Ong
Head-scratchers of the world unite.
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Back to the future with NZ First
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Back to the future with NZ First
On Sunday New Zealand First leader Winston Peters trekked to West Auckland — ‘‘the home of traditional hard-working Kiwi battlers’’ to announce two policies he hopes will resonate with that...
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Port Otago assets
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Port Otago assets
Where Port Otago will fit with any reorganisation of local government in the Otago region is already shaping up as a contentious issue.
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The great corporate climate escape
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The great corporate climate escape
That classic horror trope of “don’t look behind you” can be taken out of the B-film environment and dropped unobtrusively into our current reality.
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Our place in the world
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Our place in the world
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon gave the first of what will likely be a series of pre-Budget speeches earlier this week.
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Paediatric care delays concerning
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Paediatric care delays concerning
A parent knows there is something wrong with their child.