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Sport NZ’s transgender guidelines are a good start – but can they filter up from grassroots to elite competition?

The release this week of Sport NZ’s new Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport caused a minor and predictable controversy. One former parliamentarian called the guidelines “woke ideology”. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson responded that such opposition was “petty and small-minded”.

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Quake rebuild agency takes over Govt infrastructure in major shake-up

Instead of winding up, the Crown-owned company responsible for big Christchurch rebuild projects like Te Pae convention centre has been handed a new, enduring, nationwide challenge.

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Labour's shrinking conga line

The Labour Party conference glories in new Government investment for childcare for families - only to experience a major buzzkill hours later with a dire poll result

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Labour reassures itself: 'We've got this'

Grant Robertson concedes economic conditions can seem 'scary' but warns voters a return to National next year could be 'dangerous.' Tim Murphy reports

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Why New Zealand must consider restricting alcohol sponsorship of broadcast sports as part of a wider law reform

For those concerned about the public health impacts of alcohol, the government’s recent policy announcement was perhaps a little “glass half empty” to be cause for outright celebration.

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Support growing for changes to how Parliament runs

The public will have their say on proposed changes to the way Parliament is run when the standing orders committee meets next month.

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Ardern lands industrial relations reform

New Zealand has legislated for a return to sector-wide agreements in the biggest industrial relations shake-up in three decades.

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The climate-conscious are looking to NZ, says Grant Robertson

The finance minister says farmers know full well pricing agricultural emissions is as much about the country’s economy as it is the environment.

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New Zealand has a wellbeing budget and the man behind it says it proves budgets aren't all about finance

When Grant Robertson meets his counterparts at global events, he's regularly asked about wellbeing — not his own, but that of his entire country.

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Will New Zealand’s opposition fall into the same tax trap as Liz Truss?

New Zealand and the UK both have top tax rates that raise little revenue but lie as potent political traps for parties on the right

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Record tax take improves NZ accounts

A surge in government revenue has improved the New Zealand government's books, delighting Finance Minister Grant Robertson.

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NZ tax attack leaves Ardern's Labour flat

Jacinda Ardern's Labour government has been left flat-footed by the New Zealand opposition claims of tax-raising.

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The school worst-hit by equity funding changes – and why they're not complaining

Al-Madinah School faces a $230,000 funding cut. Principals are preparing to challenge the adverse impact of the new equity funding on schools in Pasifika and minority communities.

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The 2020 election taught National what not to do

National’s newly appointed campaign chair Chris Bishop says plenty of lessons have been learnt from the last election and the party is in 'markedly different shape' going into next year

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Govt's income insurance plans prove polarising

Businesses and unions are at odds over the merits of a social unemployment scheme.

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Threats against MPs 'greater and more intense'

The Acting Prime Minister told political editor Jo Moir the election campaign will have to be different to deal with the intense nature of threats against MPs

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The government taking full ownership of Kiwibank is a bailout in all but name – what are the risks now?

With the transfer this week of Kiwibank’s assets to a state-owned company, the New Zealand crown has now taken full control of the bank. At an estimated cost of NZ$2.1 billion, the change of ownership has all the hallmarks of a government bailout.

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Labour's two Tuesday trials at Parliament

An angry mob descending on Parliament grounds at the same time the Labour caucus meets to deliver a verdict for its own rogue MP will be a Tuesday morning the Prime Minister would rather forget

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Dead received NZ cost of living payment

New Zealand's opposition has described the government's much-vaunted cost of living payments as a "debacle" after cash went to backpackers and the deceased.

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'Insult to injury': Missing data undermines emergency housing trial

Officials running a pilot scheme in Rotorua forgot to collect data and create measures to determine what difference it had made for those in the motel-based accommodation.

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New Zealand exploring Comm Games bid

New Zealand is exploring bidding to host a future Commonwealth Games, the government has confirmed.

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Govt hires for income insurance scheme despite timing concerns

A hiring spree for senior employees to oversee a social unemployment scheme comes despite an ongoing wait for Cabinet approval.

ABC News

New Zealand extends fuel excise duty cut until the end of January to ease inflationary pressures

The New Zealand government extends cuts in fuel excise tax, road user charges and public transport fares until the end of January, as families struggle with higher living costs.

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House prices continue to climb despite sales falling – survey

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its survey of property professionals in Scotland showed the number of houses being sold was falling.

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Federal budget to measure ‘what matters’

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is working on a special statement looking beyond traditional economic measures to be included in his first federal budget.

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