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Helen Clark: Former Prime Minister on the Knowledge Wave project, scrapping NCEA
Helen Clark: Former Prime Minister on the Knowledge Wave project, scrapping NCEA

The Government's proposing to entirely phase out NCEA within five years, saying New Zealand needs a schooling system that sets students up for succes…

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Kerre Woodham: The ward for people with nowhere to go shouldn't exist, but I can see why it does
Kerre Woodham: The ward for people with nowhere to go shouldn't exist, but I can see why it does

I was struck by a story from Radio New Zealand.  

North Shore Hospital, it has revealed, has an entire ward of people who are stuck in hospital, but …

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Erica Stanford: Minister for Education joins Kerre Woodham to discuss the scrapping of NCEA
Erica Stanford: Minister for Education joins Kerre Woodham to discuss the scrapping of NCEA

The Government's intends to entirely phase out NCEA within five years.

The proposal would require students take English and Maths in Year 11 and sit …

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Andrew Dickens: What can we do to ease debt and the cost of living?
Andrew Dickens: What can we do to ease debt and the cost of living?

Household budgets remain under pressure from rising costs, a credit expert says. 

Centrix’s latest credit indicator shows consumer arrears fell by 7,…

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Kerre Woodham: Will overusing emergency alerts create complacency?
Kerre Woodham: Will overusing emergency alerts create complacency?

Let's face it, civil defence coordinators are damned if they do, damned if they don't. Fail to give people sufficient warning of a natural disaster a…

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Mark Mitchell: Civil Defence Minister on the use of emergency alerts after the Russia earthquake
Mark Mitchell: Civil Defence Minister on the use of emergency alerts after the Russia earthquake

The Civil Defence Minister is staunch on the need for mobile emergency alerts. 

An alert sent at 6.30am warned people to stay away from water, beache…

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Kerre Woodham: Rising gang numbers aren't good but the charges are
Kerre Woodham: Rising gang numbers aren't good but the charges are

Gang membership is on the rise, but if you believe Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Basham, an increase in numbers is not necessarily a bad thing. …

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Kerre Woodham: Yesterday was a day to forget for the Government
Kerre Woodham: Yesterday was a day to forget for the Government

There is much that this coalition government is dealing with that is not of their own making – they are mopping up, cleaning up the mess. Then there …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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Jonathan Dale: BNZ Head of Payment Development on the surcharge ban, Payap
Jonathan Dale: BNZ Head of Payment Development on the surcharge ban, Payap

BNZ is taking advantage of the Government’s ban on in-store card surcharges to promote its new banking platform. 

Payap, an open banking platform, al…

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Kerre Woodham: MMP - does it need tweaking?
Kerre Woodham: MMP - does it need tweaking?

Politicians rely on voters having short memories. They all do it.  

Politicians and governments get swept out of power, they fester away on the oppos…

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