Court grapples with Newsroom's banned story
WEBOct 20, 2023 · Legal. Court grapples with Newsroom's banned story. Crown lawyers endure strong questioning from a panel of judges as Newsroom goes to court to overturn a ban on a video investigation into Oranga Tamariki. Tim Murphy reports. by Tim Murphy 20/10/202317/11/2023. Children were taken from their 'forever home' …
Scrutiny Week's scoreboard - Newsroom
WEBJun 24, 2024 · Scrutiny Week's scoreboard. New Zealand politicians have survived the first ever Scrutiny Week, an innovation that clears the parliamentary decks and lets them eyeball each other over Budget decisions. Today on The Detail we call in Newsroom’s senior political reporter Marc Daalder to tell us what we learned from the week where politicians ...
Five key takeaways from new Climate Change Commission reports
WEBApr 8, 2024 · Newsroom has gathered the key takeaways from the three reports below. 1. Climate change is getting worse faster than expected and we should consider strengthening our 2050 targets. In its review of the 2050 target, the commission examined whether there has been significant change in any of nine areas since the goal was set in 2019.
Opinion - Newsroom
WEBTranspower seeks millions in penalties for pylon collapse. Analysis: Electricity Authority dismay at multinational’s refusal to disclose what it knew about shortcomings in training and practices. Start your day with a curation of our top stories in your inbox. Informed analysis and opinion on the big issues from experts and specialists.
Government finally introducing emergency response law
WEBDec 8, 2022 · A legislative overhaul of New Zealand’s emergency management system will finally be introduced to Parliament in early 2023, more than five years after a review first recommended changes. The Government is also exploring the possibility of replacing the outdated emergency bunker in the Beehive with a more modern replacement – potentially ...
Now sworn in, new Govt turns attention to tax package
WEBNov 28, 2023 · Politics. Now sworn in, new Govt turns attention to tax package. There’s a lot for the newly-sworn in Government to do, but finalising the promised tax cuts and repealing the RMA reforms, Three Waters and Fair Pay Agreements top the list. by Marc Daalder 28/11/202328/11/2023. Christopher Luxon has done the easy bit: get elected.
Newsroom podcasts
WEBMelanie Reid launches scorching new investigation. A baby taken. A mother jailed. A couple forced apart and facing deportation without their daughter. Fractured is the new investigative podcast from Newsroom’s Melanie Reid. by Bonnie Sumner.
Cabinet weighing early move into traffic light system
WEBNov 11, 2021 · The Prime Minister isn’t ruling out moving the whole country into the traffic light system when Cabinet meets this month. In an interview with Newsroom, she tells political editor Jo Moir that vaccine certificates can …
Rod Oram: Words, crowds and Kiwis at global climate summit
WEBDec 15, 2023 · ‘Words matter in the politics of climate change at COP28’. Really? Certainly there are a lot of them spoken. As George Monbiot explains today in the Guardian ‘…climate summits are broken…the delegates talk and talk, while Earth systems slide towards deadly tipping points’.
Major risks to NZ's climate plan - Newsroom
WEBJun 21, 2023 · Three quarters of the 301 actions highlighted in the Government’s first Emissions Reduction Plan are tracking well, according to an internal progress report obtained by Newsroom under the Official Information Act.. Despite this, achievement of the first two emissions budgets was already “finely balanced” at the end of 2022 and the subsequent policy bonfire when Chris Hipkins became Prime ...