RNZ
ACT is promising to stop motorists' money being spent on roadside sculptures, cultural monuments and decorative artwork, saying fuel taxes and road-user charges should pay for roads instead.
NZ Herald
The Green Party claims the Public Service Commissioner is “out of step” with his predecessors for urging the main public service union not to display...
RNZ
Outgoing National MP Andrew Bayly is using his final days in Parliament to urge all parties to start raising the superannuation age from next term, warning further delay will make the eventual fix more painful.
RNZ
Opportunity party leader Qiulae Wong says New Zealand needs to rebuild its relationship with Māori, promising to restore changes to marine and coastal area law and repeal legislation that has stripped references to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
RNZ
As previously reported by RNZ, the select committee has recommended lifting the age of people move-on orders could apply to - along with a range of other changes.
NZ Herald
A cross-party committee of MPs has recommended the Government weakens its controversial move-on orders, including vastly expanding the reasons someone can...
RNZ
Social Development Minister Louise Upston cannot say whether the government will consider compensation for people whose benefits were wrongly suspended.
NZ Herald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is trying to avoid offending China, New Zealand’s largest trading partner, by insisting the Government will abide by...
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
ACT leader, Deputy Prime Minister and Associate Health Minister David Seymour is sharpening his Election 2026 pitch around a simple proposition — government should be smaller, taxpayers should keep more […]
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
More than a century after their tūpuna carried petitions and claims to Wellington seeking justice, Waikaremoana hapū have watched Parliament pass legislation acknowledging the Crown breaches that left their people […]
Newsroom
The Foreign Minister on whether the US and China are a help or hindrance in the region, and whether he is out of step on Paris deal. Sam Sachdeva interviews him in Palau.
Stuff
Nicola Willis alleged Chris Hipkins had been “lying” about businesses being excluded from Labour’s proposed capital gains tax because it would apply to commercial properties.
RNZ
Labour says the government should help itself to more of the party's policies, after it announced free cervical screening for all women.
RNZ
Both National and the Greens are refusing to back down over inaccurate claims they've made about their political opponents, as the election campaign heats up.
NZ Herald
Labour wants to introduce a “mandatory public good test” before government agency restructures or job cuts, a move that could delay any proposed public...
RNZ
The Government has shelved plans to ban hard-to-recycle PVC and polystyrene from food and beverage packaging, and Zero Waste Aotearoa says big brands may be to blame.
Newsroom
Ginny Andersen promises to pause coalition education reforms, but teachers warn Labour against tearing up literacy changes that are lifting achievement.
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NZ Herald
The Green Party is refusing to apologise after one of its MPs made a false claim about a National MP in the House, with a clip of the comment racking up more...
Stuff
Louise Upston has apologised to beneficiaries who had payments wrongfully suspended due to processing delays at MSD.
The party is questioning whether the rules governing the threatened species are fit for purpose.
RNZ
The Labour Party has toughened its stance on chastened ministry head Nic Blakeley, saying his position is now untenable.
RNZ
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says the coalition's freeze on fuel tax will almost certainly require more borrowing because the government's books are in deficit.
Stuff
It has been alleged that Seymour and Luxon had a “shouting match” in Cabinet over the social media ban for under-16s. We ask them, and get some interesting answers.
RNZ
Trees are in leaf, hayfever is rife and the wind is getting up - spring has officially arrived in Wellington as Parliament reaches its semi-penultimate week. The House's agenda is a smörgåsbord of action, including treaty bills, government legislation, budget debate, members bills and something close to a sentencing hearing.
RNZ
Explainer - It's two months until Election Day and campaign billboards have been sprouting up like multicoloured weeds, with catchy slogans and smiling candidate portraits lining the roads.
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