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    Debate around changes to strengthen penalties for coward punches and assaulting first responders - and widen citizens' arrests
     11 December 2025
    Debate around changes to strengthen penalties for coward punches and assaulting first responders - and widen citizens' arrests
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    The Finance Minister is characterising the Taxpayers' Union campaign against her as childish
    11 Dec 2025: The Finance Minister is characterising the Taxpayers' Union campaign against her as childish... more
    A toxicologist's urging parents not to panic - but suggests children exposed to contaminated coloured sand should be regularly monitored
    11 Dec 2025: A toxicologist's urging parents not to panic - but suggests children exposed to contaminated coloured sand should be regularly monitored... more
    Tourists continue to flock across the ditch - to New Zealand
    10 Dec 2025: Tourists continue to flock across the ditch - to New Zealand... more
    Praise for a People-First approach - that also helps farmers
    10 Dec 2025: Praise for a People-First approach - that also helps farmers... more
    8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ
    10 Dec 2025: Introducing oral nicotine pouches risks exposing more young people to nicotine addiction and compounding the problems caused by vaping.... more
    Christchurch City Council has modelled what a Government-imposed rates cap could mean for the city
    10 Dec 2025: Christchurch City Council has modelled what a Government-imposed rates cap could mean for the city... more
    Six years of challenges, court hearings, and legal battles have paid off for two parents
    10 Dec 2025: Six years of challenges, court hearings, and legal battles have paid off for two parents... more
    Many aesthetic changes to buildings will no longer need consents - under the Government's Resource Management Act shake-up
    9 Dec 2025: Many aesthetic changes to buildings will no longer need consents - under the Government's Resource Management Act shake-up... more
    A push to rework the student loan repayment scheme so New Zealanders overseas, feel they can come home
    9 Dec 2025: A push to rework the student loan repayment scheme so New Zealanders overseas, feel they can come home... more

     Most Popular Recent Politics News
     16 Dec: Students are being encouraged to "persist" as they compete for summer jobs +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     15 Dec: A nod of approval for the KidsCan school lunches scheme ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     22 Dec: The Education Minister's promising support for teachers struggling with sweeping sector changes +++++++++++++++++++++++
     02 Jan: Authorities are working to get to the bottom of a major cyber security breach which may have exposed the personal health data of tens of thousands of Kiwis +++++++++++++++++++++
     01 Jan: The government's calling for transparency in the wake of a cyber security breach - that could put patients' medical data at risk +++++++++++++++
     15 Dec: Air New Zealand has dodged a series of cabin crew strikes in the countdown to Christmas ++++++++++++
     21 Dec: A local councillor's condemning the actions of a Destiny's Church linked group, who tried to block a pre-planned Sikh parade in Auckland ++++++++++++

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      29 Dec: Mon, 29 Dec 2025: 2025 in review: politics, health and climate change dominated pacific news headlines this year (RadioNZ)
      28 Dec: Sun, 28 Dec 2025: Even christmas break couldn’t pause politics as luxon and hipkins trade social media barbs (Stuff.co.nz)
      26 Dec: Fri, 26 Dec 2025: Tech life (BBCWorld)
      23 Dec: Tue, 23 Dec 2025: Who will pass the summer barbie test in nz politics? (Stuff.co.nz)
      23 Dec: Tue, 23 Dec 2025: Social media is being slammed by deceptive ai videos. here’s how to spot them (PC World)
      20 Dec: Sat, 20 Dec 2025: Did microsoft do anything right in 2025? wins, fails, and wtf moments (PC World)
      19 Dec: Fri, 19 Dec 2025: Tech life (BBCWorld)
      18 Dec: Thu, 18 Dec 2025: Are foreign countries interfering in uk politics? (BBCWorld)
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