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Protesters in Dunedin to condemn the government’s controversial pay equity law change and call for the decision to be reversed.
Caption:Protests against the changes last week in Dunedin as part of nationwide gatherings.Photo credit:RNZ / Tess BruntonWorkplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden.RNZ / Samuel RillstoneKristine Bartlett.RNZ / Mei HeronBrooke van VeldenRNZ / Angus Dreaver
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to the media after violent crime statistics are released on 15 April 2025.
The pay equity protest in Nelson, Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Christopher Luxon
RNZ/Reece Baker
Kristine Bartlett at a pay equity protest outside the Court of Appeal
Tiltshift effect of prescription bottle for Oxycodone tablets and pills on wooden table for opioid epidemic illustration
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Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders spokesperson, Christine Rose and Minister Shane Jones.
Wellington mayor Andrew Little.
Coogee Beach shark attack victim Leah Stewart with her daughter before the June 2026 shark attack
Richard Chambers
Juan Manuel Leon Sandoval’s case was heard in the Hamilton District Court.
A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises and training of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the waters around the Taiwan Island, 5 August, 2022. T