Articles by Julia Gabel
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Politics
'Had enough': Senior iwi leaders walk out of public gallery during Treaty Principles Bill introduction
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 9:12pmIwi leader Helmut Modlik and six other senior members of Ngāti Toa walked out of the public gallery at Parliament today in...
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Politics
Treaty Principles Bill: Protesters gather ahead of bill's introduction
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 11:47amProtesters have gathered at Parliament and outside ACT’s electorate office in Epsom, ahead of the introduction of legislation...
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Politics
Treaty Principles Bill: Wording to be revealed tomorrow amid fierce criticism
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 8:59pmThe wording of David Seymour’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill will be revealed tomorrow – more than a week before originally...
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Politics
Almost 60kg of greenstone seized by Customs at border returned to SI hapū
Friday, 1 November 2024, 3:08pmAlmost 60 kgs of sacred greenstone have been returned to a West Coast hapū after people tried to illegally export it overseas. The...
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National
'Relentless attacks': Thousands descend on Parliament for workers’ rights protest
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 4:16pmThousands of protesters took to Parliament’s lawn on Wednesday to object to what they described as relentless and unprecedented...
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Politics
Watch: PM grilled over complainant's email in Minister Andrew Bayly’s insult controversy
Monday, 21 October 2024, 3:58pmThe Government has announced work has begun in the Hawke’s Bay on the first of seventeen prioritised Road of National Significance...
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Politics
Benefit sanctions up, hardship assistance payments down: What the latest social welfare data tells us
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 1:40pmThe Government handed out more beneficiary sanctions and fewer hardship grants in the last quarter than the previous government...
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Politics
Early data shows most beneficiaries with obligations meeting requirements
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 2:06pmInitial data shows almost all beneficiaries with work and social obligations are meeting their requirements. In August, the...
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Politics
'They should be able to': Minister backs nurses speaking non-English language amid Waikato Hospital memo
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 1:28pmHealth Minister Shane Reti says nurses should be able to speak a language other than English with their patients after Waikato...
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Politics
David Seymour and Helmut Modlik: What went down in the first public Treaty Principles Bill debate
Wednesday, 9 October 2024, 7:25amIn his first public debate on his contentious Treaty Principles Bill, Act leader David Seymour drew comparisons between the...
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Education
Charter schools: Education union changes rules, David Seymour calls it a ‘come to Jesus moment’
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 3:42pmAn education union staunchly opposed to charter schools has changed its constitution so teachers who work at charter schools...
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Politics
Inside the report used to justify cutting $30m from a te reo Māori course for teachers
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 7:38amAn independent Government-commissioned review into a te reo Māori course that has just had its funding cut found the programme...
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Politics
David Seymour says parents could face prosecution for kids' truancy
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 10:36amAssociate Education Minister David Seymour says there will be no more teacher-only days during term time and schools will...
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Politics
Foreshore & seabed: Govt seeks shortened select committee process, bill passes first reading
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 3:37pmThe Labour Party is crying foul over plans for a truncated select committee process for controversial legislation that will...
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Politics
Whakaata Māori cuts: Execs say impact will be ‘significant’; staff to get proposal this month
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 2:43pmWhakaata Māori’s leadership team has warned that the impact of recent funding cuts will be significant, as the organisation...
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Politics
Treaty Principles Bill: Three principles agreed on by Cabinet
Wednesday, 11 September 2024, 12:17pmThe three principles to be included in Act leader David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill have been agreed on by Cabinet. A...
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Politics
Watch live: Politicians to honour late Māori King Tūheitia
Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 2:11pmMinisters and MPs will depart from their usual Parliamentary proceedings in the House this afternoon to share speeches in...
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Politics
Treaty Principles Bill ‘damaging’ Government-Māori relationship, says Labour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel
Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 1:32pmLabour MP Cushla Tangaere-Manuel has called for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to “show leadership” and squash the contentious...
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Politics
Watch: ‘We have to honour our agreements’: PM questioned on Treaty Principles Bill
Monday, 9 September 2024, 3:54pmPrime Minister Christopher Luxon is set to speak to reporters in his first post-Cabinet press conference in a couple of weeks...
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National
Passport wait times back to normal after system upgrade caused 10-week backlog
Friday, 6 September 2024, 3:22pmThe Government says the waiting time for a passport has returned to normal after a system upgrade earlier in the year increased...
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National
Watch: Kīngi Tūheitia laid to rest on Taupiri Maunga
Thursday, 5 September 2024, 7:12amThe youngest child of Kīngi Tūheitia has been anointed the new leader of the Kīngitanga, hours before Kīngi Tūheitia Pōtatau...
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Politics
'The SAS of prisons': Inside NZ’s harshest unit from high-risk prisoners
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 11:15amThe first inspection of the country’s strictest prison unit – reserved for the most dangerous and complex prisoners – has...
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Politics
'Overwhelming' demand for charter schools: David Seymour says 78 applications received
Thursday, 15 August 2024, 1:07pmAssociate Education Minister David Seymour says there have been 78 applications to open new or convert existing state schools...
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Politics
PM repeats calls for people to come forward if they have info on alleged 80s paedophile ring
Friday, 26 July 2024, 1:39pmPrime Minister Christopher Luxon has again encouraged people with information about allegations of a paedophile ring in the...
