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Giles Dexter

Reporter · NZ

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  1. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Giles Dexter

    Political parties make their climate adaptation pitch (opens the original)

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    Political parties have made their pitch on how they will deal with climate adaptation if they are part of the next government. Speaking to the Aotearoa Society of Adaptation Professionals conference at Te Papa in Wellington, representatives from National, Labour, Opportunity, the Greens, New Zealand First, and ACT set out their party’s climate change policies and credentials, and addressed the looming questions, particularly around “who pays?”. The climate change minister Simon Watts, a register

  2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Giles Dexter

    ‘Unacceptable’: Thousands of pensioners miss out on Winter Energy Payment due to error (opens the original)

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    The prime minister and social development minister have offered an apology to thousands of pensioners who did not receive their Winter Energy Payment this year, after an error in a law change meant people who were supposed to get the payment missed out. The law change, passed under urgency last year, has meant beneficiaries receiving certain payments like the Supported Living Payment, Accommodation Supplement, and Disability Allowance have had to re-confirm their circumstances at least once ever

  3. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Giles Dexter

    Minister says she can’t yet show social media bill to Labour (opens the original)

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    Education Minister Erica Stanford says she hopes to get a copy of the social media ban bill to Labour's caucus this week, after previously saying legal reasons were preventing her from doing so. Stanford has been working on a government proposal to ban social media for under 16-year-olds. Her party National would need Labour's support, as coalition partners ACT and New Zealand First oppose the bill. Labour's support is contingent on the caucus having a copy of it first, but so far MPs have only

  4. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Giles Dexter

    Government to consider future of cost of living payment (opens the original)

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    The government may opt to keep its cost of living payment for a little longer, despite one of the triggers to end the payments likely to be met. The deputy prime minister, who argued for the four-week test in the first place, is supportive of keeping the payments for now, in case recent lower prices have turned out to be a blip rather than a return to normal. But David Seymour says if it is a return to normal, then it is time for the payments to end. Since April, 143,000 families have been able

  5. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Giles Dexter

    Green Party determined to return to government benches (opens the original)

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    Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says the party is determined to return to the government benches, ahead of its annual general meeting. Party members, delegates, MPs, and candidates have gathered in South Auckland to prepare for the campaign ahead. Ahead of the AGM, Davidson told RNZ the Greens were committed to "getting rid of this government," and having a strong influence on the next one. The party has already rolled out its tax policy, as well as its policies for water and energy. Co-le

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