Labour’s finance spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds hit out at the use of pre-allocated funding.
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New Russian Ambassador keen to shift relationship from war crimes to pavlova
Ambassador spoke to the Herald as invasion of Ukraine hangs over international relations.
Supreme Court overturns $4.2m award in Whangārei quarry negligence case
Whangārei District Council wins legal challenge in two-decade quarry dispute.
Serial sex offender Shannan Taylor sentenced in Whanganui to 22 years in prison
A judge labelled Shannan Taylor’s ‘persistent pattern’ of offending ‘gravely concerning’.
Fleeing driver critically hurt in Hamilton crash, police seek witnesses
The vehicle was spiked then collided with another car.
Auckland boy with autism left in school van for four hours, Ministry of Education demands answers
It comes after an 8-year-old boy drowned last month after escaping a school van unnoticed.
Emergency evacuation order issued for parts of Wellington over ‘significant swell event’
The warning comes after Wellington City Mayor Andrew Little declared a state of emergency.
Havelock North assault: Man charged after 12-year-old attacked at park
The man was arrested in Picton and will appear in Blenheim District Court.
HDC finds charity chairman financially exploited vulnerable woman he met on social media
Ministry plans to restrict the man from acting as an agent for other disabled clients.
Act MP Mark Cameron to leave Parliament because of kidney failure
The politician says he’s stepping away after six years representing rural New Zealand.