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It's time for the Greens to grow up – Swarbrick - Newsroom
1 day ago · The Green Party has increasingly faced the probably unfair (at least inaccurate) criticism that it’s abandoned its raison d’être. During the 2024 adjournment debate, where Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick refused to stick with the convention of making niche political jokes and bad puns, Act leader David Seymour accused Swarbrick of talking about everything but the environment.
Stanford braces herself for a year of cuts – and reform
2 days ago · “Next year is going to be a tough year for me, because I’m going to have to make some very, very difficult decisions,” Education Minister Erica Stanford says. That means cuts. Or at least replacements. “This is the problem in education: …
A plea for more politicians of conviction - Newsroom
1 day ago · Opinion: The sad passing of Dame Tariana Turia has rightly drawn attention to the value of politicians who have strong convictions which they pursue even when it is difficult to do so.Not all of the people who have expressed admiration for her were moved to that emotion when she originally took the positions any more than they were to support them.
Protecting our democracy by reforming Parliament - Newsroom
2 days ago · Opinion: Aotearoa New Zealand currently exists in an unstable world. Democracies are under challenge across the globe, and we are not immune. As the inhabitants of one of the world’s oldest democracies, New Zealanders are accustomed to electing their Members of Parliament every three years and we value the importance of free and fair elections.
The Wāhine Māori leading NZ’s largest education union
3 days ago · Ripeka Lessels had been an educator for 20 years before she decided to become involved in NZEI Te Riu Roa’s Māori governance body, Te Reo Areare. It’s here she believed she could do the most good for tamariki Māori. As someone who had trained and taught in mainstream schools, but happened to ...
Raw Politics: Throwing in the towel on climate and the foreshore
Dec 6, 2024 · Newsroom political editor Laura Walters, senior political reporter Marc Daalder and co-editor Tim Murphy ask if the national and international mood on dealing with climate change is enabling National, Act and NZ First to give up, even if just a little, on our national targets.
‘We know what we need to do, now let’s make it happen’
Dec 5, 2024 · Examples include quick design by using pre-existing solutions, and components prefrabricated off site. For the rapid build of the $43m bridge, known as Taparahi, on SH 25A to re-connect Thames and the eastern Coromandel, Lieshout says the use of previous bridge designs was vital.
Raw Politics: A year on the Right's track - Newsroom
Oct 11, 2024 · On Raw Politics this week, Newsroom political editor Laura Walters, senior political reporter Marc Daalder and co-editor Tim Murphy discuss how the parties of government and opposition have performed, and what their political risks and opportunities might be between now and the 2026 election.. It has been a year of thunderous, cascading political change and the panel marks the high and low ...