The results of the 1News Verian poll, carried out amid the fuel crisis and after the PM's Cabinet reshuffle, will be released at 6pm.
The results of the 1News Verian poll, carried out amid the fuel crisis and after the PM's Cabinet reshuffle, will be released at 6pm.
NZ Herald
Labour will today announce Māori advocate Kingi Kiriona as its Hauraki-Waikato candidate to take on Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke at November’s...
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Tuesday's National caucus meeting is building to be the ultimate showdown. But MPs will be on the phones all weekend long trying to avoid a messy blood-letting.
RNZ
Analysis: The Prime Minister was clearly schooled up ahead of his media conference in Pōkeno on Friday to bat away any questions about his leadership.
NZ Herald
EXCLUSIVE Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is expected to face the most difficult two weeks of his leadership when Parliament returns next week, sources...
Stuff
His leadership is under intense scrutiny from within, and it could come to a head within the week.
Newsroom
Cricket is taking $10m and heading to the suburbs, rugby is plotting its payout and exit and the 'national stadium' stands to lose its No 2 ground, its $48m debt and operating independence
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RNZ
National says Labour was sending "mixed signals" on its tax policy, after its revenue spokesperson said there were "good suggestions" in a document calling for changes to the tax system.
Newsroom
Public confidence was hit by the Jevon McSkimming scandal, but the Govt has no firm timeline for a new police watchdog as the IPCA struggles with complaints
RNZ
The prime minister says his government is "very interested" in rooftop solar, but has given no firm answers yet, amid calls to use the Budget to subsidise it for households.
Newsroom
No government since at least 1987 has passed 30 or more laws without a select committee vet – until the coalition last month, Marc Daalder reports.
RNZ
But the PM is ruling out any escalation of alert levels despite another drop in all fuel stocks.
Energy officials revealed one "small shipment" has been delayed in Singapore, with warnings that delays around fuel shipping are becoming more frequent.
NZ Herald
Councils might soon be able to receive a portion of the GST collected on some construction that occurs in their areas, potentially adding tens of millions of...
Te Pāti Māori warns an lectoral bill could delay boundary reviews and keep Māori seats at seven, calling for submissions to oppose the changes.
RNZ
"Our cars don't run on feel-good feelings," says Helen who adds that her job is costing her money.
NZ Herald
Retail NZ warns “time is running out” to address the growth of the illicit tobacco market as it urges the Government to establish a new taskforce to improve...
RNZ
An open letter calls on all political parties to back the agreement, after New Zealand First withheld support over immigration concerns and Labour is still to decide.
NZ Herald
Health Minister Simeon Brown says increased funding will mean 13,000 additional cancer infusions will have been delivered by the end of the current fiscal...
NZ Herald
By Russell Palmer of RNZ Christopher Luxon says he’s happy to be labelled woke if it means New Zealanders are not losing their lives in the recent cyclone....
Local government Minister Simon Watts has asked his officials to ‘engage with’ Far North District Council after a local councillor called for the appointment of a Crown Observer.
NZ Herald
In March, Minister Erica Stanford announced the country’s abuse in care redress system would be expanded to include people who were abused in mental health...
Newsroom
In a blizzard of potential sub-deals Aucklanders would write off a $48m stadium loan, convert their main library into a school and welcome a new hospital in the deep south
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