Act leader David Seymour says the tribunal has gone well beyond its brief. Keep Reading

Industry groups helped develop several initiatives about alcohol harm - including one on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Keep Reading

Nationwide protests are taking place today in response to the government's controversial pay equity law change. Keep Reading

Act minister Brooke van Velden and several National MPs will face protests tomorrow as anger from union members grows after the Government’s changes to pay... Keep Reading

Officials warned ministers of 'legal risks' if the government talked about its intentions to make changes to pay equity laws ahead of the new legislation being passed. Keep Reading

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says New Zealand "has been living beyond its means" ahead of the Budget later this month, which is expected to be tight after the finance minister cut about $1 billion from the operating allowance. Keep Reading

More than half a billion dollars has now been spent on an axed project meant to deliver two inter-island ferries. Keep Reading

Defence is one of the few sectors getting new money in the upcoming Budget. Keep Reading

It comes days after an urgent Waitangi Tribunal claim regarding the Bill was accepted, with claimants saying the Bill - if enacted - would breach Te Tiriti and cause significant prejudice to Māori. Keep Reading

After initially arguing in favour of need-based interventions for Māori and Pasifika workers, a Crown entity has now changed course after complaints from a coalition partner and a ministerial intervention Keep Reading

Act will not support a National Party member’s bill banning social media for under-16s , killing the Prime Minister’s hope for the bill to be adopted by the... Keep Reading

The re-vamped scheme has been plagued by concerns about late, inedible, repetitive or nutritionally lacking lunches this year. Keep Reading

The Government will today and under urgency seek to pass amendments to the Equal Pay Act, the law which prohibits employers from paying men and women different rates for the same work, in a move which will scrap all current pay equity claims and make it harder to raise a claim. Keep Reading

The Government is planning a massive overhaul of New Zealand’s pay equity regime, which will make it more difficult for people to take pay equity claims .... Keep Reading

Leaked documents suggest the $118 million programme will be axed 'effective from Budget 2025'. Keep Reading

There are multiple examples of Stanford using her personal email for ministerial business. Keep Reading

The Government and Department of Conservation are seeking public feedback on the next stages of two major conservation strategies. Conservation officials are... Keep Reading

The public service union is calling on the Auditor General to investigate proposed job cuts to Te Whatu Ora anti-fraud roles. Keep Reading

A survivor of torture at the notorious Lake Alice psychiatric facility will appeal to the High Court today to challenge the Government’s new redress scheme . Keep Reading

Education Minister Erica Stanford said the tool was about putting parents back at the centre of their child’s learning journey. Keep Reading

Winston Peters is proposing new legislation that will define the term "woman" as "an adult human biological female". Keep Reading

Seymour has called for a smaller team of ministers, portfolios and departments. Keep Reading

Finance Minister Nicola Willis has left the door open to means-testing for large Budget items, including Government KiwiSaver subsidies, as she looks to make... Keep Reading

Changes made in 2020 allowed prisoners serving sentences of less than three years to vote. Keep Reading

Drawing on his own experience dealing with Trump, Malcolm Turnbull warned New Zealand against adopting a posture of appeasement. Keep Reading