Laura Walters

Filing this one under 'you live and you learn'! Suggestions of a good (ideally relevant) charity to send my Kremlin $$ to would be most appreciated newsroom.co.nz/i-was-part-of-…

Parliament committee to wash its hands of Treaty Principles Bill today MPs are attempting to put the Treaty Principles Bill behind them as the Justice Committee sends its final report back to the House, 40 days ahead of schedule newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/par…

Sports, ships and security. A punishing tour of India for the PM (and those of us chasing after him) newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/21/a-p…

@dan_brunskill @chamfy @BradOlsenNZL Brad will never retire

@henrycooke So good!

I'm back in Stuff today with a month-by-month guide to r̶u̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶l̶i̶f̶e̶ moving to London in 2025!

New English and maths curriculum documents remove all mention of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, worrying teachers. #Echobox=1731973981-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/19/pup…

@tmurphyNZ This might help

Stuff is going with the earlier police estimate of the hikoi crowd at Parliament of 35,000. But RNZ is reporting 42,000 And the Herald has it at 55,000 It was big, and like the principles, open to interpretation.

I don't know who to credit this photo to, but this is the best aerial shot I've seen that gives a sense of scale for today's hīkoi protesting the NZ government's direction for Māori. Unbelievable numbers.

Trump wins the White House. Again. The Democrats blew it. Again. A depressing yet predictable result.

Analysis: An urgent Waitangi Tribunal report finds the Treaty Principles Bill would be 'the worst, most comprehensive breach' of te Tiriti in modern times, writes Jonathan Milne - Newsroom $ - #Echobox=1730831094-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/06/tri…

New: Unions have filed a formal complaint over charter schools to the global workers’ rights watchdog, following official advice to ministers that the policy likely breaches international labour law. newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/05/uni…

New data from Fonterra reveals its Australian dairy farmers have a lower carbon footprint than its New Zealand farmers, challenging the narrative that NZ dairy is the world's cleanest. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/29/fon…

Scoop: Offshore wind developer BlueFloat Energy is pulling out of New Zealand just weeks after the Government proposed fast-tracking seabed mining off the coast of Taranaki. BlueFloat has previously said the two industries cannot coexist. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/24/off…

Formidable work by @ikon_media - going in behind the Royal Commission abuse report to identify who, what, where, when and why: Crown cover-up? When the state turned on its victims newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/14/cro…

This story on @NewsroomNZ Pro ($) is your periodic reminder that our PM writes all emails in blue comic sans newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/10/the…

Paywall now lifted on part two of The Burden. The most heartbreaking part of writing this series was spending hours speaking with four Kiwis suffering from Long Covid. In this piece, they tell their stories. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/09/the…

My colleague, Fox Meyer, has captured the chaotic energy of the two days of public submissions to Parl on the Govt's plan to restart oil and gas exploration newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/08/sho… (NewsroomPro- $)

This might seem like an amusing stunt to capture the select committee's attention But @LegalEbooksNZ 's singing in the rain submission was a poignant reminder of what's at stake when Parl considers things like the future of oil and gas exploration in NZ youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

New: In the first of a three-part series, new data reveals the burden of Long Covid sufferers in New Zealand, from common symptoms to job losses to reduced quality of life. And it's a problem that's growing by the day, not fading away. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/08/the…

In this week's episode of @NewsroomNZ's Raw Politics @tmurphyNZ quotes the Sound of Music and @marcdaalder recommends his dad's article in The Atlantic. How wholesome ... maybe newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/13/raw…