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As the full impact of category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston continues to emerge, UNICEF's main concern is for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers across Fiji, who may have been adversely affected by this extreme weather event.

Tearfund is appealing to the New Zealand public for donations to help families affected by Cyclone Winston.

Federated Farmers has welcomed the release of the Government’s discussion paper on freshwater management as a useful next step in this important debate.

I am predicting it will be a busy year for all of us and one in which we will be making some quite big decisions as the second flag referendum occurs in March, and local Council and local board elections occur in the latter part of the year around ...

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce must be held to account for the continued wastage of taxpayer money within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment . Responding to today's news that MBIE spent nearly $200,000 on a barely used mobile ...

Red Cross Responds to Cyclone Winston in Fiji As Fiji begins the clean-up from Cyclone Winston, the devastating category five tropical cyclone to hit the islands overnight, Red Cross says their teams on the ground were well prepared and their response has ...

An exciting and varied line up of cars kept spectators entertained at Teretonga Park near Invercargill this weekend.

The $375 million plus Kiwifruit Claim against the government will be heard after 1 June 2017, the High Court at Wellington has ordered.

It’s not often I get a column mostly written in my head, and then have to tear it up and throw it away. Surely that should be even less likely to happen with a memorial column: isn’t the subject the past? But this will be a very different column from the one I would have written two weeks ago.
I have very dear people in my life who come to visit Christchurch once or twice a year. Because they don’t see it every day, they can be our best guides to how things are changing. All those I saw around…

Danyl McL writes: Two new polls in the last few days. Roy Morgan here, Colmar Brunton (I’ll link to it when its up).  There are interesting discrepancies at the margins: Roy Morgan has the Greens up and New Zealand First way down, Colmar Brunton the opposite and it’d be nice to know which – if […]

The NZDUSD opens at .6638 (midrate) this morning Friday’s CPI Inflation Data release from the U.S surprised the market – U.S Inflation rose by 2.2 percent annually, the most in January for 4 ½ years This initially saw the USD rally and the markets ...

The Canterbury economy is continuing to strengthen and its economic infrastructure continuing to develop as the region positions itself for long-term growth post the earthquake rebuild.

NZ dollar hits 8-month high vs. pound amid uncertainty about UK vote on EU membership

Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Gerry Brownlee says the people of Canterbury can be enormously proud of what they have achieved in the past five years. “As we mark the fifth anniversary of the February 22 earthquake, it’s a chance to reflect ...

The fifth anniversary of the Canterbury earthquakes, is a time to remember those who lost their lives, the massive recovery effort since and to look to the great future Christchurch has ahead. Tim Grafton, Chief Executive of the Insurance Council ...

The Government’s wide-ranging support for Christchurch has ensured the city’s housing market is nearing recovery five years on from the Canterbury earthquakes, Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett and Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith ...

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the Government is committed to ensuring Canterbury DHB is well placed to deliver high quality services. “Canterbury’s health workforce has demonstrated incredible resilience and determination since the earthquakes five ...

Feb. 22 (BusinessDesk) - Investors will watch this week’s speeches by US Federal Reserve officials with extra intent after economic data on the country’s inflation, jobs and even manufacturing suggested the central bank might hike interest rates ...

As Christchurch’s new education network rises from the rubble, Education Minister Hekia Parata has praised all those involved in shepherding Christchurch’s kids through extremely difficult times.

Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says that thousands of Cantabrians have received free counselling and support with their accommodation expenses since the earthquakes five years ago, and that help continues to be available for those that ...

The $180 million investment into the rollout of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) programme demonstrates the Government’s commitment to rebuilding a smart and sustainable Christchurch, Communications Minister Amy Adams says.

Tags: General Debate

The now-or-never argument - that we must change the flag now, or be stuck with it for the rest of our lives - is plainly wrong.
We will have to change the flag if we become a republic; and we will have a real republic debate when we have an unpopular monarch ("King Charles of New Zealand"?), another popular leader looking for a legacy project, or (let's face it) when Australia does it.
If you've got twenty years left in you, I reckon your odds of seeing a flag change are pretty good.
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For many years now one of the biggest areas of difference between the government and the council has been in the area of transport. Nowhere was this more apparent than with the City Rail Link where the government dismissed the project for years until it became politically untenable to continue doing. Even when government agencies [...]

Richie McCaw posted on Facebook: This is the moment when I decided a new flag would be great for our country. Running out at Twickenham and seeing the two flags looking so similar. The silver fern has always been the special symbol on the All Black jersey that represents who we are as kiwis, so […]