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Woods splashes out $1.4b for Auckland housing upgrades
Policy

Woods splashes out $1.4b for Auckland housing upgrades

Housing acceleration fund will allocate $1.4 billion to upgrade five suburbs, with new social and private housing on the cards.

Staff reporters 28 Apr 2022
Health officials lukewarm on their ministry's abilities
Policy

Health officials lukewarm on their ministry's abilities

Its own staff gave the Ministry of Health a less than glowing review of its project planning and delivery abilities.

Oliver Lewis 28 Apr 2022
Summerset's 'number one issue' is government underfunding
Policy

Summerset's 'number one issue' is government underfunding

The government funds nurses working in aged care at nearly $20,000 a year less than it funds nurses working in public hospitals.

Jenny Ruth 27 Apr 2022
Property rights and insurance: two thorny issues for climate change adaptation
Policy

Property rights and insurance: two thorny issues for climate change adaptation

The government says NZ has to face up to difficult questions as it adapts to the extreme of climate change.

Ian Llewellyn 27 Apr 2022