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[ad_1] Finance Minister Grant Robertson believes that the Labor Party would not be breaking its pre-election promise not to introduce new taxes, apart from a new top income tax bracket, if it expands the bright line test. According to the test, anyone who sells a residential property within five years …

[ad_1] The Pōhutakawa trees were strewn across the Harborside Dr trail and causeway, Karaka. Photo / Supplied A man pleaded guilty to felling eight pōhutukawa trees lining a street in Karaka and causing $ 40,000 in damage. A 40-year-old man had been arrested and charged with criminal damages for allegedly …

[ad_1] OPINION: It is a completely new Parliament. Dozens of new MPs, the return of the Maori Party and the departure of NZ First. But it could hardly be said during the first big debate in the House, with Labor and national leaders making the same arguments they made during …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and National Leader Judith Collins addressed MPs in the House this afternoon after the state opening of Parliament. The parliamentarians were officially sworn in yesterday, but today is when both leaders defined their agenda for the next term. Collins began his speech by saying that …

[ad_1] New Zealand’s first African MP has brought politicians to tears by telling the story of his journey of “hope” from war-torn Eritrea to a Sudanese refugee camp and finally to the government as a Labor MP. “I am Eritrean. I am a former refugee. I’m Muslim. I am a …

[ad_1] Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer left Parliament in the middle of a space to speak in the debate responding to the Speech to the Throne. Your playlist will load after this ad. The party could not respond because it has less than six deputies. Source: 1 …

[ad_1] Police have confirmed that Horst Westenfelder, 64, died abroad in July, bringing to 22 the number of people who died as a result of the eruption in December last year. Tributes to the victims of the eruption. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas Whakaari / White Island erupted on December …

[ad_1] Speeding drivers are raising concerns for the safety of road users and workers on roadworks in the south. The Waka Kotahi NZ Transportation Agency said highway contractors have expressed concern about a “significant increase” in drivers ignoring posted speed limits at southern roadworks sites in recent months. The agency …

[ad_1] Another person has died as a result of injuries sustained during the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption in December. Your playlist will load after this ad. Police today confirmed that 64-year-old Horst Westenfelder died in a hospital abroad in July. Source: 1 NEWS Horst Westenfelder, 64, died on …

[ad_1] OPINION: Buckingham Palace has a ghost problem. Since the last season of The Crown launched this month, the spectral force of Diana, Princess of Wales and all their misery and suffering has been haunting the royal family and the Queen. So there is a certain horrible symmetry that more …