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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Politics articles  Politics
    Questions over where to now, as New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 target turns to ash
     12 December 2025
    Questions over where to now, as New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 target turns to ash
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    Debate around changes to strengthen penalties for coward punches and assaulting first responders - and widen citizens' arrests
    11 Dec: Debate around changes to strengthen penalties for coward punches and assaulting first responders - and widen citizens' arrests... more
    The Finance Minister is characterising the Taxpayers' Union campaign against her as childish
    11 Dec: 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: 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: Tourists continue to flock across the ditch - to New Zealand... more
    Praise for a People-First approach - that also helps farmers
    10 Dec: 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: 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: 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: 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: Many aesthetic changes to buildings will no longer need consents - under the Government's Resource Management Act shake-up... 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 ++++++++++++++++++++
     05 Dec: A Christchurch school at the centre of this week's mouldy lunches debacle, has launched an internal inquiry +++++++++++++++++
     05 Dec: The PPTA says leaving out their recommendation from the latest Government offer, wasn't the only thing that swayed members ++++++++++++++
     09 Dec: A push to rework the student loan repayment scheme so New Zealanders overseas, feel they can come home ++++++++++++++
     05 Dec: Satisfaction from the Education Minister, as secondary school teachers give the Government's latest offer the thumbs up +++++++++++++
     08 Dec: The under-16s social media ban will damage young people’s political education. Teachers need better support ++++++++++++

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