Opinion: New Zealand’s End of Life Choice Act is currently being reviewed. Both sides of the assisted dying debate share their thoughts on what should happen.
Newsroom
Peter Reidy disagrees with Govt on rail ferries but, under fire from the finance minister, he says: 'I'm committed'
Councils simply reaffirming their support for Māori wards is not enough. The true fate of Māori representation lies in the hands of voters.
Newsroom
Opinion: Councils are expected to show a commitment to work with central government, so they should be able to expect a reciprocal commitment to work with them before announcing a work programme ‘about them without them’, says Lianne Dalziel
Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick sat down with Te Ao with Moana.
RNZ
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said he would work with both Winston Peters and David Seymour again, as he likes working with them.
Newsroom
Opinion: Constitutional law expert and former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer takes a deep, concerned look at the risks this Government is taking with hasty law changes
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS Professor Peter Crampton (Pākehā) is a public health teacher and researcher at the University of Otago. He is a member of the board of Te...
Newsroom
The Government has scrapped a proposal to lower the carbon price floor but still faces questions over the scale of industrial subsidies.
The fixation on the PM's recent fumble reveals something bigger.
RNZ
Analysis - ACT's coalition partners have very publicly killed the Treaty Principles Bill, writes political editor Jo Moir.
Waikato iwi leader Tukoroirangi Morgan spoke of Government policies rolling back 50 years of iwi-Crown relations.
Newsroom
NZ and Oz claim to be 'in lockstep like never before', but 501 deportees remain a thorn in the side of the trans-Tasman relationship.
What are the odds of two human rights commissioners holding anti-trans views?
Newsroom
There's something strange about New Zealand's 'three-headed taniwha' and what it is pushing, writes Dame Anne Salmond
New Zealanders have been here before, and have kept the receipts.
RNZ
Even though he's a proponent of small government, the Act Party minister is plotting a huge expansion of the state-run drug buying agency.
E-Tangata
“Our future under Te Tiriti gives cause for huge opportunity and optimism, if only we Pākeha would simply get out of the way, and let that future come to greet us.” — Martin Williams.
E-Tangata
“For a government to announce it will overrule the courts of law, in order to make it nigh on impossible for Māori to attempt to claim our customary rights, takes us back to the dark ages.” — Ngāi Tahu chair Justin Tipa.
The Conversation
If New Zealand supports a ‘rules-based international order’ its response to the International Court of Justice’s findings on the Occupied Palestinian Territories should involve deeds more than words.
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS: Nanaia Mahuta was the 12th minister of local government from 2017 to 2023, and served nine consecutive terms (27 years) as a member of...
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS Chlöe Swarbrick is the Green Party co-leader and MP for Auckland Central. OPINION In order to have a rational – let alone constructive –...
NZ Herald
Teanau Tuiono is a list MP for The Green Party OPINION There is a well-known saying in Te Ao Māori that goes “Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te...
Analysis: Nurse practitioners are a potential solution to workforce shortages within NZ’s health system. Why is the role not better recognised?
Newsroom
Opinion: There are valid criticisms of the rating system from both local authorities and ratepayers that question its long-term viability – the problem is what to replace it with.
Newsroom
In this week’s episode of Newsroom’s weekly politics podcast, we look at the PM's foot-in-mouth over low-level business types, scrutinise Scrutiny Week and work out what species we should pay up to save
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