NZ Herald
The Government has decided that existing agreements between councils and local iwi will be scrapped under its new resource management reforms. The deals,...
RNZ
The Green Party has pledged to set up a publicly-owned entity to boost investment in renewable energy and ensure affordable power and energy security.
RNZ
Analysis - New Zealand First, led by Parliament's longest serving MP, is playing the long game - both in building party support and policy.
NZ Herald
The incoming citizenship test faced numerous delays before being publicly launched, as the Government initially considered running it online. Freshly...
RNZ
The Employment Leave Bill promotes insecure work and will leave thousands of workers worse off, the Labour Party and the Greens say.
RNZ
National is promising to modernise laws on sexual consent, saying there must be consent before sex every time, rather than assuming it has been given.
Stuff
NZ First leader kicks off his election year party convention with a pledge to “turn this country’s democracy upside down for a great and real purpose”.
Party members and candidates are gathering in Auckland for the conference and election campaign launch, as polling shows the party's popularity continues to rise.
RNZ
Shane Jones says looking after "our own people" isn't racist, it's what a nationalist party that represents the interests of New Zealanders protects.
NZ Herald
New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones claims political leaders need to “take off your kneepads” when receiving a visit from foreign leaders, one week...
Newsroom
Three months out, polls show NZ First posting decades-high numbers – but history shows this may be an underestimate.
NZ Herald
Officials warned the Government that its move to put the English name before the Māori name in its official branding could cause “material harm” to the...
NZ Herald
Sir Bill Birch, a former senior minister in two National Governments, has died at 92. His most senior role was Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1999 in the...
RNZ
More than half of those surveyed in the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll could be persuaded to vote for a different party, and it is Opportunity which could benefit most.
Stuff
Four senior physicians have criticised Simeon Brown’s handling of Medical Council appointments, while the Health Minister says the Government is putting patients ahead of ideology.
RNZ
An AI expert says Australia's move to set up an office of artificial intelligence at the top of government is a "kick up the bum" for New Zealand's leaders.
NZ Herald
Labour is non-committal towards the Green Party’s policy for New Zealanders to automatically be enrolled as union members when they commence new employment....
RNZ
The Justice Minister insists the government's move-on orders are being mischaracterised as the Police Association raises concerns.
RNZ
National will face an uphill battle convincing people to lift the superannuation age, with most voters opposed to the idea, according to the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll.
The policy would only take effect if National forms the next government.
RNZ
Most voters remain unconvinced a new leader would help boost National or Labour's election chances, although support for a switch-up has grown over the past year.
Stuff
At the 1999 election, Paul Henry stood for National in the Wairarapa seat. But he lost to Labour’s Georgina Beyer who flipped the seat with a majority of 3,033.
Stuff
ACT Party leader David Seymour made the “major election-related announcement” in central Auckland.
NZ Herald
Anyone opposed to New Zealand’s free trade agreement (FTA) with India is “a clown”, Sir John Key says. The former Prime Minister took aim at those against...
RNZ
Chris Hipkins insists Labour hasn't lost its momentum, despite dropping in support since January.
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