The saga has seen Jan Tinetti hauled off to Parliament's court. Keep Reading

Speech came amid child support debate, claims comment aimed instead at 'deadbeat dads'. Keep Reading

Family Planning welcomed the move to scrap prescription fees. Keep Reading

Te Pāti Māori has again emerged as the potential kingmakers determining the country's next government at October's general election. Keep Reading

National's leader has painted Labour's offer to discuss the backdown on their bipartisan housing deal as an offer by the government to poach his policy. Keep Reading

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Changes to New Zealand's surrogacy laws are set to be fast-tracked, with the government deciding to adopt a Labour MP Tamati Coffey's bill. Keep Reading

"His view's different to mine," said National's Harete Hipango. Keep Reading

The main parties both say they are willing to work together on policies to build more housing, but neither seems likely to budge over their approach. Keep Reading

The accusation revolves around Tinetti claiming she had no responsibility for the release of attendance data, but was told later that day by staff that was an error. Keep Reading

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is accusing National of dog-whistling in its criticism of bilingual road signs. Keep Reading

Associate Transport Minister Kiri Allan wants to see bilingual road signs being put up across the East Coast within a few months. Keep Reading

It comes after PM Hipkins suggested their stance may be a "dog whistle". Keep Reading

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Concern over bilingual road signs in New Zealand is as much political as it is about safety – but the international evidence suggests there’s little to worry about. Keep Reading

An independent review of New Zealand’s Intelligence and Security Act 2017 has been presented to the House of Representatives today. “Ensuring the safety and security of New Zealanders is of the utmost importance in an ever-changing global security environment,” said Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins. “New Zealand and its sovereignty is not immune to security threats. […] Keep Reading

Power Play - Labour is ramping up its pitch to regain power, telling voters they "deserve to know the choices they have" in election year, Jane Patterson writes. Keep Reading

There are few “grown-up” moments between National and Labour in recent political history other than the 2021 bipartisan housing accord. But as political editor Jo Moir writes, it only took a whiff of a tightly contested election to unravel it. Keep Reading

ANALYSIS: There was plenty of left-wing read meat thrown to the party faithful - and a clear indication of where Labour's camapign is headed. Keep Reading

PM Chris Hipkins was open to having conversations about finding middle ground with National on the housing density rules. Keep Reading

"Our work to repair the damage from the lost decade under National is not finished." Keep Reading

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has used his first major speech to his party to promise to keep an existing apprenticeship scheme in place. Keep Reading