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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Politics articles  Politics
    The Cambridge factor: how influential NZ schools hastened the demise of NCEA
     8 August 2025
    By choosing to offer the Cambridge exam system and publicly criticising NCEA, a group of prominent schools subtly helped shape the government’s new education policy.
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    Israeli security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City, Benjamin Netanyahu's office says
    8 Aug: The Israeli security cabinet's decision marks another escalation of Israel's 22-month military offensive in Gaza, although Benjamin Netanyahu's office has not said when the assault could begin.... more
    BusinessNZ says our product labelling regulations are a multi-billion dollar issue for New Zealand
    8 Aug: BusinessNZ says our product labelling regulations are a multi-billion dollar issue for New Zealand... more
    Another community's raising the alarm about potential cuts to police officers in their area
    8 Aug: Another community's raising the alarm about potential cuts to police officers in their area... more
    Te Pati Maori is backing Act - on a Bill aiming to ban sexually explicit deepfakes
    7 Aug: Te Pati Maori is backing Act - on a Bill aiming to ban sexually explicit deepfakes... more
    A view higher than average grocery prices show something's clearly wrong with our grocery sector
    7 Aug: A view higher than average grocery prices show something's clearly wrong with our grocery sector... more
    A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate
    7 Aug: A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate... more
    Fresh no-confidence motion to be moved in Rockliff government, Labor confirms
    6 Aug: Tasmanian Labor Leader Dean Winter says a no-confidence motion will be moved in the Liberal government when parliament returns on August 19 — just on two months after the last no-confidence motion resulted in Tasmania going to a state election.... more
    Sudan’s rebel force has declared a parallel government: what this means for the war
    6 Aug: The creation of a parallel government risks cementing a permanent division of Sudan.... more
    The minister responsible for the Marine and Coastal Act says the government would have passed the bill even if the Supreme Court had agreed with a lower court's ruling against it
    6 Aug: The minister responsible for the Marine and Coastal Act says the government would have passed the bill even if the Supreme Court had agreed with a lower court's ruling against it... more

     Most Popular Recent Politics News
     27 Jul: Fire and Emergency is reassuring strike action by unionised firefighters will not reduce or impact the services ++++++++++++++++++
     28 Jul: Balancing building safety and cost is behind changes to building material legislation +++++++++++++++++
     26 Jul: General practice owners say they're delighted about changes to the funding systems +++++++++++++++++
     03 Aug: One in three New Zealanders are falling for online scams, and many are likely to keep it quiet out of shame +++++++++++++++++
     29 Jul: The union for education specialists is seeking an injunction - to stop the Ministry of Education docking pay for workers taking industrial action +++++++++++++++++
     04 Aug: A bad smell from a spoiled 30-million diaper deal - as consumer goods company Zuru takes its former partners to court +++++++++++++++++
     08 Aug: The Cambridge factor: how influential NZ schools hastened the demise of NCEA ++++++++++++++++

     Politics NewsLinks
      21 Aug: Suranne jones: playing the prime minister 'changes your perception' of politics (BBCWorld)
      20 Aug: From kiwi politics to hungarian refugees, this home has always been a place of shelter (Stuff.co.nz)
      15 Aug: How ‘papaya’ politics may decide piastri’s f1 title hopes (Sydney Morning Herald)
      15 Aug: How trump and putin's past meetings went - and what to expect this time (BBCWorld)
      14 Aug: Minister slams striking health workers for ‘playing politics’ and causing ‘real harm’ (Stuff.co.nz)
      14 Aug: Health minister simeon brown slams striking health workers for 'playing politics' (RadioNZ)
      12 Aug: Joel maxwell: zombie politics and the lost art of actually doing things ()
      5 Aug: Peters’ adviser tells media to ask ‘questions that aren’t about politics’ (Stuff.co.nz)
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