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The Royal Commission of Inquiry's report into abuse in state and faith-based care unveiled this week lays bare an ugly history, offering damning evidence and denouncing leaders for silencing or ignoring survivors for decades.
The government has promised to listen, but how it responds and whether justice is served remains to be seen. 
In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Anneke Smith speaks to Aaron Smale and explores the initial response to New Zealand's inquiry on abuse in care. 

The government's draft emissions reduction plan - out this week - puts New Zealand's ability to meet its climate targets in jeopardy. That was the key takeaway for RNZ's climate change correspondent Eloise Gibson, who pored over the document and gave it a 2 out of 10. 
In this week's Focus on Politics, Political Reporter Anneke Smith looks at why New Zealand's ability to meet its climate targets is on shaky ground.

New Zealand has been hit by a 501 boomerang, with Australia this month backtracking on its commitment around deportations.
 

Government ministers hoping to bask in a post-Budget glow this week have instead been trying to tamp down the backlash to a big broken promise.
The clock is now ticking for the coalition to correct its failure to fund 13 potentially life-extending cancer treatments beginning this year.
In this week's Focus on Politics, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch takes a closer look at National's broken cancer commitment - and considers how the government could put it right.

At last, the tax cut tease is over, the full details on full display. The Budget's headline was only ever going to be tax cuts - and they arrived almost exactly as promised.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis kept her promise, but will voters thank her?
In this week's Focus on Politics, RNZ Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch examines the first Budget of the coalition government.