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Authorities are investigating whether the arson attacks on two properties linked to Keir Starmer are connected to 'hostile state involvement'.
Police are also investigating whether a suspected attack at another North London property linked to the Prime Minister 24 hours earlier is also connected.
A car fire on the same street as Starmer's family home is also under investigation.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says it's unknown where the 'hostile state' is - but Iran is a prime suspect.
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It's been a memorable year for financial markets so far - but experts have noted that the NZX appears to have calmed down.
After President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day', the NZX took a significant dip, but the markets appear to have shaken off the impact caused by the tariffs.
Milford Asset Management's Jeremy Hutton explains further.
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Finance Minister Nicola Willis has talked up how changes to KiwiSaver, due to be announced at the Budget, will boost members’ balances.
She's offered up some hints - but it's unlikely the Government will help by opening up its wallet.
NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny speculates further ahead of Budget day.
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Tonight on The Huddle, David Farrar from Kiwiblog and Curia and Jack Tame from ZB's Saturday Mornings and Q&A joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
The Green Party has unveiled their alternative Budget - what do we make of it? How laughable are these ideas?
Brooke van Velden made history in Parliament today by dropping the c-bomb to call out Labour for referencing the Andrea Vance column. Was this the right move?
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We're a week away from Budget 2025 being released - and more organisations have found out whether or not they're invited to the lock-up.
The Budget lock-up refers to the four-hour window where journalists, analysts and other associated experts can read through the Budget and hear the Finance Minister present it before the information gets released to the public.
Infrastructure NZ has been left off the list - and chief executive Nick Leggett has voiced confusion as to why they've been barred.
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Wednesday, 14 May 2025, Workplace Minister Brooke van Velden speaks to Heather after using the c-word in Parliament in protest against what she says are misogynist attacks by Labour.
Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick defends her Budget alternative - including free GP and dentist visits, a wealth tax and inheritance tax and a private jet tax.
Northland principal Pat Newman on what would really help to get truant kids back to school.
Plus, former Finance Minister Steven Joyce on why he supports free vaccines for over 65s and his future as a NZME board chair.
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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I'd love to know what Labour are saying behind closed doors about the Green Party's alternative Budget released today.
I mean, they're playing nice in public - but behind closed doors, they must be tearing their hair out because this is next level crazy.
I mean, none of it is a surprise. It is full of exactly the kind of utopian, money grows on trees, when-I-grow-up-I-want-to-be-a-unicorn kind of stuff that we expect from the Greens.
There is a wealth tax, there is an increased tax for companies, there are two new personal tax rates, there's a private jet tax, an inheritance tax, there's doubling the bright-line test to bring in more capital gains tax, and a doubling of the minerals tax.
They're also gonna save some money by cutting planned prisoner beds, but they haven't quite explained how they're going to stop these bad guys actually committing the crimes that land them in prison in the first place.
They're gonna spend the money on light rail in Auckland, an overnight train from Wellington to Auckland, trains from Auckland to Tauranga, trains from Christchurch and Dunedin, trains from Auckland to Hamilton,
There's free GPs, free nursing services, free annual dental check-ups, free basic dental care, free prescriptions, and free childcare from age 6 months.
There's also free income in the form of a UBI for students and beneficiaries - as I say, just the usual crazy stuff which 90 percent of us voters seem to agree makes them completely unfit to run the country's books.
My reaction, obviously, has just been to laugh - because, you know, I was 5 years old too once and I also had these kinds of dreams.
Labour's reaction must be to cry, because this kind of loony nonsense that's paraded as serious policy just makes it so much harder for them to get back into Government.
I mean, Labour will need the Greens much more than they have in the past, right?
We are no longer dealing with the Greens sitting at 5 percent where their nutty ideas can be ignored because they will not get as much out of coalition negotiations, we are now dealing with the Green Party consistently sitting at 10 percent and above.
A Labour-Greens government will be 3 quarters Labour and one quarter the Greens - and that's not even counting the other dollop of crazy that's going to come from the Māori Party.
Jet tax, death tax, wealth tax, crims out on the street - Labour must be weeping today.
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One former Finance Minister has voiced support for introducing a comprehensive vaccination program aimed towards older New Zealanders.
A new report has revealed that a publicly funded vaccination program for the flu, shingles and RSV directed at over-65s would create an economic benefit of over $1 billion over four years.
Steven Joyce says health systems all over the world are under pressure - and a new solution is needed.
"What attracted me to this is - we know about the benefit of vaccinations to children, there's a huge increase in life expectancy that occurred as a result of that. When you look at it this way, it's just as much of a no-brainer."
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There's concerns and fears among some that the Regulatory Standards Bill sidelines te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The ACT Party bill aims to reduce regulation, claiming it'll create standards for 'good legislation'.
The Waitangi Tribunal is meeting to discuss the legislation's failure to include the Treaty in those standards.
Ngati Toa CEO Helmut Modlik says ACT pushed it quickly through consultation before introducing it.
"They've been a bit naughty beggars where they've truncated the time-frame - rushing it through so that it can quickly get to the phase where the Tribunal has no jurisdiction."
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Auckland's War Memorial Museum still doesn't have a re-opening date after closing on Saturday when asbestos dust was found in multiple areas.
The dust isn't air-borne - and has been found in the older part of the museum and Grand Foyer, where the emergency exits are located.
Staff have been working remotely.
Deputy mayor Desley Simpson says the museum's doing the right thing and putting safety first.
"They're working under a licenced asbestos assessor to actually get rid of it."
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The Greens' Chlöe Swarbrick says tax policy has been used before to create a better society.
The Greens today launched their alternative Budget, which includes a 2.5 percent tax on individual net wealth over $2 million.
It would help pay for policies like free GP trips, free ECE and an Income Guarantee.
Swarbrick says after World War Two, higher taxes helped fund public housing and schools.
"That created a period by which even those who were having a hard time were able to participate in society and get the necessary social mobility so that they could live a good life in the future."
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ACT's Brooke van Velden is not apologising for using the c-word in the House today.
The Workplace Relations Minister said it after a question from Labour that referenced an opinion piece in The Post that used it in relation to a group of female ministers.
She delivered a strong rebuke - and criticised Labour for bringing it up in the House.
She says she stands by saying it.
"I wanted to stand up for myself and stand up for all the female Cabinet ministers - that it's not okay that we have misogynistic abuse and it's not okay that it was brought into the Chamber."
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Donald Trump has started his four-day trip to the Middle East by strengthening ties with Saudi Arabia.
The US president has met with the country's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
They announced a $600 billion (USD) commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in America.
The two also discussed efforts to dismantle Iran's nuclear programme and end the war in Gaza.
US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says this trip has raised concerns - especially following the infamous plane gift Trump received from Qatar.
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The Workplace Relations Minister's defending saying the C-word in Parliament, while lashing out over an opinion piece opposing her pay equity policy.
In the Sunday Star Times, Andrea Vance referred to senior Cabinet ministers as girl-bosses and a hype squad, and said the policy used 'girl math'.
Quoting it in Parliament, Brooke van Velden herself used the extreme swear-word - saying she's standing up for MPs.
Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls unpacked the whole saga - and explained how it backfired on the opposition.
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An Australian will take the helm of Team New Zealand in their next defence of the America's Cup.
Nathan Outteridge - part of the crew that retained the Auld Mug last year - will step up to skipper after Peter Burling walked away from the syndicate.
Three-time Cup-winning helmsman and Olympic gold medallist Burling announced last month he was parting ways with the Kiwi syndicate.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.
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A Northland principal says the Government's inventing a bureaucracy in its crackdown on school truancy.
This year's Budget has $140 million for getting kids back in school - with a new case management system and better data monitoring.
Horahora school principal Pat Newman says schools should be in charge of what happens with the funding.
"We don't need Big Brother sitting over us from Wellington, giving directives and telling us how to do the job. We're actually more skilled in it."
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A 21-year-old man has been arrested over a series of arson attacks after a fire at a house owned by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Police arrested the suspect in the early hours of Tuesday. He remains in custody.
UK correspondent Enda Brady says reports reveal there were three similar fire-related incidents over a four days last week.
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Carpet maker Bremworth has reversed its wool only policy - and will soon start making synthetic carpets again.
The NZX-listed company, which stopped producing synthetic carpets in 2020 in favour of a wool-only policy, will restart production of synthetic carpets at its Auckland facility in the next financial year.
The Country's Jamie Mackay unpacked the market reactions to this.
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Tonight on The Huddle, CTU economist Craig Renney and Tim Wilson from the Maxim Institute joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
Why has the CTU been excluded from the Budget lock-up?
The green bins debate- do they need to go? Simeon Brown suggested Aucklanders could shave 2 percent off their rates bills if they went away. What do we make of this?
The IRD is cracking down on chasing up people overseas who haven't paid back their student loans. Why have they taken so long to do this?
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The Finance Minister has revealed the Government will will make its first withdrawal from the Super in 2028 - five years earlier than initially planned.
In the first year, $32 million will be withdrawn - but from 2031, withdrawals are expected annually.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen explains why this is happening.
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