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ELECTION 2020: NZ First makes immigration cuts coalition 'bottom line'
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ELECTION 2020: NZ First makes immigration cuts coalition 'bottom line'

NZ First leader Winston Peters kicked off his party’s election campaign with immigration a key focus.

Brent Melville 19 Jul 2020
ELECTION 2020: Tiwai Point workers deserve a future - Peters
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ELECTION 2020: Tiwai Point workers deserve a future - Peters

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says workers deserve better at Southland's Tiwai Point smelter, with an announcement as early as next week. Peters told media during his party’s conference yesterday that he was doing something “nobody else had...

Brent Melville 19 Jul 2020
ELECTION 2020: Battle to solve Auckland congestion heats up
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ELECTION 2020: Battle to solve Auckland congestion heats up

The government has hit back at National’s grand design to spend billions upgrading transport links through the upper North Island, unveiling $182 million to fund four Auckland projects principally designed to get people out of their cars. Transport Minster Phil Twyford and his...

Brent Melville 18 Jul 2020
Jobless numbers continue to rise
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Jobless numbers continue to rise

Unemployment benefit numbers continue steady increase as wage subsidy support wanes.

Andy Fyers 17 Jul 2020