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Budget 2023: Jibes and jabs from the Opposition

From the “no frills” Budget to the “blowout” Budget, the speeches in the House on Thursday had plenty of one-liners and no shortage of over-used catchphrases. Political editor Jo Moir was there to watch it all.

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Wealthy NZers offer to pay more tax – but Inland Revenue says no thanks

Expressing disappointment at the PM's reluctance to impose a capital gains tax, one of Labour's biggest donors Phillip Mills is a signatory to a new open letter offering to pay more tax. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Charles and Diana ‘targeted illegally by newspaper investigators’, claims Harry

MGN claims Royal Family members themselves were leaking stories that Prince Harry believes came from phone hacking

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Piers Morgan knew of phone hacking when at the Mirror, high court hears

Barrister acting for Prince Harry and others says former editor must have known about illegal behaviour

The Guardian - UK

PM dodges questions over elderly living in poverty

Though no political leader will commit to means-testing superannuation as it would amount to political-suicide, there’s an argument to be made for doing so for the winter energy payment

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American and Southwest still fall short for getting passengers on-time post-pandemic

As passengers came out of pandemic restrictions and pent-up demand to travel in 2022, airline on-time arrival rates still lagged 2019 levels at most of the country’s major carriers including Fort Worth-based American Airlines and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines.

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Amid fears for small players, big banks agree to a competition inquiry

Is NZ developing a two-tier banking system? There’s concern smaller savings institutions may be placed at greater risk, if customers follow Americans' flight to big banks this week. Jonathan Milne reports.

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The case for an NZ Reconstruction Authority

With a recent run of natural disasters, could a standalone reconstruction agency help NZ recovery and response efforts?

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Yesterdaze: Now's not the time, David

There are sound bites and then there’s just plain vile. James Elliott looks back at a painful week and asks: is cyclone denial now a thing?

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Co-governance – it’s nothing like you think

Bemused by the political furore, nay fury, Newsroom’s Nikki Mandow went hunting for examples of shared governance in action.

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Minor parties: Will they have a major impact?

Newsroom's Jo Moir and RNZ's Craig McCulloch join The Detail to size up the minor parties as election year gets underway.

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The political debate National and Labour can't agree on

Labour and National’s leaders came to Waitangi agreed on which areas need more investment in election year. But as political editor Jo Moir writes, the country is going to see a big debate on how Māori should benefit from it

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Ardern squandered her chance at transformational change at every turn

How Labour's economic handling of the Covid crisis created an explosion in inequality. By Elliot Crossan

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NZ rejected Ukrainian request for military vehicles

The Ukrainian Ambassador wrote to the Prime Minister asking for surplus light armoured vehicles, Marc Daalder reports.

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The eight defining moments of Jacinda Ardern’s premiership

New Zealand’s PM has made history with her trailblazing leadership. Maddy Mussen looks back on her time in office — and the eight key moments that defined it

The New Daily

Jacinda Ardern’s lasting legacy as a trailblazing leader

Jacinda Ardern received international recognition in the wake of terrorist attacks and the pandemic. She wants her kindness to be remembered.

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Seymour on battling ‘astonishingly prepared’ Govt

In an end-of-year sit down with Newsroom, ACT Party leader David Seymour discusses the difficulties of opposing the Government's agenda.

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From hot mics to goneburgers - 2022 had it all

Newsroom's 2022 Political Awards: It's been a slow crawl to the finish line of this monster political year full of highs, lows and everything in-between, writes political editor Jo Moir

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Signed transcript of ‘p***k’ remark made by Jacinda Ardern sells for $100,000

The prime minister muttered the insult after an exchange with ACT party leader David Seymour

The Independent UK

Jacinda Ardern’s ‘arrogant p***k’ comment nets more than $100,000 at charity auction

Her comment came during question time in parliament last Tuesday

AFP

'Faux pas' insult by Ardern raises $63,000 for charity

Wellington (AFP) - A signed transcript of a parliamentary exchange in which New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a political rival an "arrogant prick" raised more than $63,000 for charity when bidding closed Thursday in an online auction.

The Independent UK

Ardern, rival turn her hot-mic vulgarity into charity's win

When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was caught on a hot mic using a vulgarity against a rival politician last week, it seemed the nation’s politics could be taking an ugly turn heading into an election year

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Co-governance plan kicked down the road to 2024

The Cabinet agreed on Monday that ministers wouldn’t receive any further reports on developing a draft plan in response to the United Nations declaration until 2024, @jo_moir reports

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Chinese ‘police centre’ in NZ tied to businessman

A Newsroom investigation has uncovered further details about alleged transnational policing by Chinese officials in our country - but the man tied to the centre denies involvement in police work.

AFP

Ardern auctions transcript of parliament insult for charity

Wellington (AFP) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is raising money for a prostate cancer charity by auctioning off a transcript of a parliamentary exchange in which she called a political opponent an "arrogant prick".

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