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Debate around changes to strengthen penalties for coward punches and assaulting first responders - and widen citizens' arrests

11 December 2025

Debate around changes to strengthen penalties for coward punches and assaulting first responders - and widen citizens' arrests

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The Finance Minister is characterising the Taxpayers' Union campaign against her as childish
	11 Dec: The Finance Minister is characterising the Taxpayers' Union campaign against her as childish... more

A toxicologist's urging parents not to panic - but suggests children exposed to contaminated coloured sand should be regularly monitored
	11 Dec: A toxicologist's urging parents not to panic - but suggests children exposed to contaminated coloured sand should be regularly monitored... more

Tourists continue to flock across the ditch - to New Zealand
	10 Dec: Tourists continue to flock across the ditch - to New Zealand... more

Praise for a People-First approach - that also helps farmers
	10 Dec: Praise for a People-First approach - that also helps farmers... more

8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ
	10 Dec: Introducing oral nicotine pouches risks exposing more young people to nicotine addiction and compounding the problems caused by vaping.... more

Christchurch City Council has modelled what a Government-imposed rates cap could mean for the city
	10 Dec: Christchurch City Council has modelled what a Government-imposed rates cap could mean for the city... more

Six years of challenges, court hearings, and legal battles have paid off for two parents
	10 Dec: Six years of challenges, court hearings, and legal battles have paid off for two parents... more

Many aesthetic changes to buildings will no longer need consents - under the Government's Resource Management Act shake-up
	9 Dec: Many aesthetic changes to buildings will no longer need consents - under the Government's Resource Management Act shake-up... more

A push to rework the student loan repayment scheme so New Zealanders overseas, feel they can come home
	9 Dec: A push to rework the student loan repayment scheme so New Zealanders overseas, feel they can come home... more

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