The Labour Party has inched closer to campaigning on a wealth tax or capital gains tax at the next election after members today passed a proposal to move the... Keep Reading

Speaking at the Labour Party annual conference, Willie Jackson criticised the coalition leaders for their respective roles in the Treaty Principles Bill. Keep Reading

Clinicians warned officials about the dangers of scaling down the new Dunedin hospital project just two days before the government announced... Keep Reading

New Zealanders have lost faith in Labour, and "we need to reconnect with a much broader range of Kiwis", the party leader says. Keep Reading

The Health Minister wants to work more closely with the private sector to cut waiting lists - but insists that is not a step towards privatisation. Keep Reading

Labour's finance spokeswoman says it must improve its sales pitch on tax reform to succeed where others have failed Keep Reading

MBIE - the ministry of ministries - might yet need to be broken up after becoming too big and unwieldy, a review finds Keep Reading

The Waitangi Tribunal is calling on the Government to reconsider creating a stand-alone Māori health entity after it deemed the repeal of the Māori Health... Keep Reading

Analysis: The party is meeting in Christchurch this weekend to begin paving its path to the 2026 campaign. Keep Reading

The report - which recommended building public health capacity - arrives as thousands of jobs are being culled in the sector. Keep Reading

The climate finance contagion has spread to the government green bank that engineered the multimillion dollar deal to put solar panels on 20,000 Kiwi roofs. Jonathan Milne investigates. Keep Reading

Labour Leader and former Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was the minister in charge of the Covid-19 response. Keep Reading

Labour leader Chris Hipkins on how his party has changed during a year in opposition, and policy priorities heading into 2026. Keep Reading

As a new era in policing unfolds under the watchful eye of a new commissioner , the country’s former top cop is relishing a chance to try to stop people ever... Keep Reading

The economy is tanking and Treasury has downgraded the forecasts again after "the government inherited finances in better shape than expected" in January. So who is Nicola Willis blaming, and Winston Peters too? Keep Reading

Plans to cut nearly 1500 jobs at Health NZ - Te Whatu Ora have been met with outrage by health sector leaders. Keep Reading

Newsroom analysis of official advice to ministers shows that fast, ambitious lawmaking comes at a cost. Fox Meyer and Laura Walters report. Keep Reading

The first charter school announced to open under the Government ’s new regime will be based on an Australian model said to have had strong results across the... Keep Reading

The government says the drop is positive, but Labour says the need hasn't dropped - just the number of applicants. Keep Reading

Labour MP Willie Jackson has announced he will debate David Seymour on Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill. But Seymour said he wants an apology from Jackson... Keep Reading

The Save Science Coalition says political parties agree there are "big issues" within the science sector but Judith Collins is yet to do anything about it. Keep Reading

By Pokere Paewai of RNZ The Māori electoral roll has grown by more than 3000 people after organisers of the hīkoi mō te Tiriti promoted a switch from the... Keep Reading

The review will focus on how the Sport NZ Group allocates public funds, with one insider saying there is an impression the organisation's strategy has become "a cash free-for-all". Keep Reading

Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee is facing a choice: Crack down on the haka, or open the House doors to tikanga. Keep Reading

The Government has unveiled how it’s going to make it easier for community housing providers (CHPs) to get the money required to do more of the heavy lifting... Keep Reading