Cabinet has agreed to introduce a suite of new obligations and sanctions, including community work experience (CWE), for job seekers next year.
RNZ
The Prime Ministers concedes he "could have expressed myself better" after calling voters "customers" in the latest episode of 30 with Guyon Espiner.
RNZ
Mental health advocates are questioning whether the government has funded a man or a kaupapa in providing $24m to campaigner Mike King's Gumboot Friday initiative.
RNZ
Fifty-one percent of New Zealand's exports to the Middle East region will now be tariff free on signing.
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The Labour Party is calling on the coalition Government to review its $24 million worth of support for Mike King’s Gumboot Friday after the mental health...
RNZ
The government says the latest figures forecasting how long beneficiaries stay on welfare underscore the need for tougher sanctions.
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The ACT leader says that's because he likes "knowing who the idiots in society are".
RNZ
It will swap out some council inspections for a self-certification scheme.
RNZ
Labour is closing the gap on the issues Kiwis care about according to a new poll, which also found almost two-thirds of Kiwis support a capital gains tax in some form.
RNZ
One lawyer says the taxpayer funded bill is actually likely to be much higher.
Costello has every right to feel aggrieved, writes Craig McCulloch.
Doyle will replace Darleen Tana, whose seat is now vacant after her ejection from Parliament.
Rawiri Waititi’s description of a police raid on gangs in the east Coast on Wednesday “state-sponsored terrorism” was ridiculous, Police Minister Mark Mitchell says.
RNZ
Government agencies and ministries have had to fork out at least $80 million in redundancy payments to public servants since the coalition took office.
1News has obtained an unredacted copy of the complaint made against the Cabinet Minister.
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Government ministers have pushed back after the Wellington mayor accused them of "punching down" in their recent criticisms of her council.
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The government has pulled funding from the country's flagship research centre into white supremacy and violent extremism.
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State abuse survivors say Una Jagose is conflicted by years of ‘aggressively’ throwing everything at legal challenges to silence them. Laura Walters reports.
RNZ
The Prime Minister has defended Bayly - saying that although his behaviour had fallen short he had "unreservedly" and "genuinely" apologised.
Minister Simeon Brown has written to the council with a draft terms of reference and has given the council 10 working days to respond as required under the law.
RNZ
Labour's Ayesha Verrall has laid a formal complaint over the policy, saying it lacks justification and claiming there are indications of industry influence.
Christopher Luxon said his senior minister had "genuinely" apologised over the incident.
RNZ
The prime minister answered questions about MP Andrew Bayly's conduct after a regular meeting of the government's top ministers.
RNZ
How do you replace the 900 pages of development laws? This is what we know about the government's plan so far.
NZ Herald
The last time Shane Jones was in the hot seat, the Labour-led coalition Government dispersed $3 billion of the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) before Jones and...
After many months of heated discussion, the controversial Bill has finally begun what is likely a doomed legislative journey. 1News explains what's next.
"It was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong," Christopher Luxon said.
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