Rob MacCulloch writes - Finance Minister Willis was asked whether she wanted to change legislation to force the Reserve Bank of NZ to cut capital requirements that are currently being imposed on our Big Banks. She replied, “Whether or not I need to do that is something I’m taking advice on”. Finance Minister Willis was… Keep Reading

The PM's got plenty on his plate right now - the economy, health, housing, Trump, and school lunches. Now the media are also hinting he might not be in the top job for long - but based on very little. Keep Reading

“Social workers still have the power to just go in, willy nilly, and take children away, largely based on whānau not being able to afford to feed their kids — not abuse.” — Paora Moyle. Keep Reading

“Despite producing enough food to feed 40 million people annually, Aotearoa allows its most vulnerable tamariki to go hungry. Food insecurity here is one of the worst in the OECD, and disproportionately affects Māori and Pasifika children.” — Dr Madeline Shelling. Keep Reading

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has opened up about her experience with breast cancer, which came during one of the most difficult periods in the... Keep Reading

The turmoil at the federal level in the United States is all too evident in our daily broadcasts. But is a smaller scale version of it unfolding in New Zealand? It's low key, more observant of legal niceties, but there are some parallels - and concerns. Keep Reading

“ Bugger the pollsters!” WHEN EVERYBODY LIVED in villages, and every village had a graveyard, the expression “whistling past the graveyard”... Keep Reading

David Farrar writes -  A reader inquired if the support lost by the major party of Government since the election is a record. I didn’t think so, but have now gone and checked the data. This compares the 1st 1 News poll of the middle year of a term against the last election result. 2008:… Keep Reading

On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Christchurch terror attacks, New Zealand’s gun control laws are again under review. What can our nearest neighbour teach us? Keep Reading

Analysis: New Zealand is being urged to spend 2% of GDP on defence, but is that possible and would it make a difference? Keep Reading

The economic opportunity India presents is obvious. The PM must ask not what India can do for NZ – but what NZ can do for India. Keep Reading

By international standards the New Zealand healthcare system appears satisfactory – certainly no worse generally than average. Yet it is undergoing another redisorganisation. Keep Reading

In pursuit of 'fairness' for the US, the president could send his country into recession – and throw New Zealand's hoped-for recovery into reverse. Keep Reading

Peter Dunne writes -  The school lunches debacle is a classic example of what happens when social policy projects lose sight of their original objectives. When the school lunches scheme was established in 2018 the intention was to provide a healthy lunch to those students who because of their circumstances might be going without lunch… Keep Reading

Winston Peters loves facts. The most important part of being a politician, he says, is “to do your homework and get the facts right”. But last week, the dog ate his homework. The New Zealand First leader launched a bill that was so devoid of facts that it would have made Donald Trump blush. Keep Reading

The Prime Minister is speaking to media after today's Cabinet meeting. Keep Reading

A simple waiata, composed by Whaea Inupo Farrar, was sung at each of the 22 hui held around Aotearoa in 2009 to answer the question, what is Whānau Ora? Its... Keep Reading

Contenders:  The next question after “Will Luxon really go?” is, of course, “Will that work?” The answer to that question lies not so much i... Keep Reading

“Just like that, we were told there’d be no more books and language support for our children and families. It's been devastating. I want whoever’s in charge of these literacy funding decisions to walk in my shoes for a day.” — Alana Nootai. Keep Reading

Labour's leader talks up the importance of taking new faces to the electorate at the 2026 election, but there's an exception, writes Tim Murphy Keep Reading

ANALYSIS: New Zealand will be forced to take sides with either the US or Europe - and neither option comes without risk. Keep Reading

Analysis: NZ Doctor editor Barbara Fountain considers what will be in store for the audience at this week's invitation-only Health Forum, when newly-anointed minister Simeon Brown steps up to the podium. Keep Reading

Analysis - It's increasingly clear after exchanges between Erica Stanford and David Seymour, via the media, that all is not well. Keep Reading

The government wants to make retail a safer work environment by allowing for citizen's arrests. One legal expert fears the change will have the opposite effect. Keep Reading

Additional funding for primary healthcare is a good thing, even where it is a mix of previous funding decisions, reallocation of other health funding, and... Keep Reading