RNZ Politics Headlines2h ago

Porirua City Councillor Mike Duncan dies suddenly

Mike Duncan had an array of Christmas jumpers and a knack for finding spelling mistakes in council reports.

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Porirua City Councillor Mike Duncan dies suddenly

Mike Duncan had an array of Christmas jumpers and a knack for finding spelling mistakes in council reports.

RNZ
Show threadsamuel mehr2h ago
whenever I've talked to kiwis about this in the past I get a mess of responses that smacks of "nothing can be better than it is now" despite the situation for home energy use (especially heating/cooling, better construction etc) being plainly worse in NZ than in many other wealthy nations #nzpol
Gold4h ago

Any Aucklanders here? Shanan Halbert, Labour MP, is on Pātai with the Pollies right now. Taking Q&A from the audience in the last half of the show. #NZPol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plgh4uewrSE

Ep06 Shanan Halbert: Advocating for Māori and rainbow communities

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RNZ Politics Headlines4h ago

NZ First says overhaul of GMO laws unlikely before election

The Gene Technology Bill seeks to end an effective 30-year ban on the use of technologies like gene editing outside the laboratory.

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NZ First says overhaul of GMO laws unlikely before election

The Gene Technology Bill seeks to end an effective 30-year ban on the use of technologies like gene editing outside the laboratory.

RNZ
Nick Young5h ago
The climate denial chickens are coming home to roost. We all pay for the free pass given to the dairy industry for its emissions. New Zealand handed a $5b bill for its inaction on climate newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/14/n... #nzpol

New Zealand handed a $5b bill ...
New Zealand handed a $5b bill for climate inaction

Comment: NZ's first Paris target was set by National's John Key, who always expected to send billions offshore to meet it.

Newsroom
Reece5h ago

National doing overtime with making false claims against Labour. 🤣

What do you mean the $20 fare cap was the first and only policy? What about the 3 free GP visits? There's probably another one (or more) but I definitely remember the GP visits.

I'm not even voting for Labour but these numpties (Nats) are just ridiculous.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

(Not sure if CGT is another one. I know I can just google it lol)

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛5h ago
Barbara Edmonds - Experienced Tax Lawyer now in politics as Finance Spokesperson for Labour Nicola Willis - 🤷‍♀️ #nzpol
Al ⁂6h ago

What a disaster. Great for farming community and terrible for the #climate and our #rivers. I genuinely can't understand how people can still eat meat and dairy at all.

Yes, overly processed food isn't great and I don't eat those products more than a couple of times per week.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/12/agriculture-sector-claims-victory-in-battle-against-synthetic-food/

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Agriculture sector claims victory in ‘battle’ against synthetic food

As global trends swing back toward animal protein and whole foods, failed alt-meat champions bemoan lost opportunities. Alice Peacock reports

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Foxes6h ago
Imagine if the media had spent the last two years pointing out that Nicola Willis' tax cuts were not fiscally neutral as she promised they would be, instead the closest they have come is pointing out their foreign buyers policy didn't even come close. Are they scared of her? #NZPol
64 Islands Aroha Cooperative7h ago

but the bigger question is, why isn't there public transportation "in the regions?"

kiwiride: a publicly-funded rideshare app for rural new zealand, employing thousands of professional drivers to make millions of safe trips around the country, as efficiently as possible
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