Thomas Coughlan
Political Editor at New Zealand Herald
Deputy Political Editor @NZHerald into politics, transport, climate change, and business. I write the Thursday column. Ex @NZStuff @newsroomNZ
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19 hours ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Thomas Coughlan
Green Party co-leaders Chlöe Swarbrick and Marama Davidson. Photo / Mark MitchellOpinion by Thomas CoughlanThomas Coughlan, Political Editor at the New Zealand Herald, loves applying a political lens to people's stories and explaining the way things like transport and finance touch our lives. Learn moreJames Shaw’s fate was sealed months before he entered Government.
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2 days ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Julia Gabel |Jamie Ensor |Thomas Coughlan
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp is being remembered as a “beautiful soul” dedicated to helping young people in South Auckland and a “wonderful community leader” in her Tāmaki Makaurau electorate who was looking forward to the next election. The MP died early Thursday morning, aged 50. She was battling kidney disease.
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2 days ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Thomas Coughlan
Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Photo / Mark Mitchell The Government would need to reduce health spending to roughly 2008 levels by 2038 if it continues to use its current tools to meet its fiscal goals, according to a new briefing released by Treasury after a long tussle with the Ombudsman. That would open up a $10.8 billion gap (in today’s prices) between the amount of money available and the amount of money Treasury believes would be required to fund services at their current level.
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Thomas Coughlan
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Photo / Supplied Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was given the star treatment in the most traditional sense when he met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. It wasn’t the motorcade or the red carpet (although the motorcades have been impressive and, this being China, there’s a lot of red carpet).
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Thomas Coughlan
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon brought up New Zealand’s frustrations over China’s engagement with the Cook Islands in his meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing yesterday. Relations between New Zealand and the Cook Islands are strained after Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China without consulting the New Zealand Government.
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