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A panel of MPs from across Parliament are urging the Government to increase funding for broadcaster Whakaata Māori amid warnings wider cuts across the Māori...
It's the second time the party has scrapped one of its flagship members' bills to make way for a new one.
RNZ
The ACT party is questioning whether the government should retain its majority share in the airline, following news of its poor financial performance.
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Officials are in talks with the US about a new visa-free travel deal.
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The Government has been warned its plans to open up highly productive land for housing will be irreversible.
New Zealand First has hit out at National after its coalition partner promised to campaign on stronger fishing protections in the Auckland waterway.
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The Government has ditched the quarterly action plans that Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said helped focus the public service. The plans previously...
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The People's Select Committee on Pay Equity has released their report into the pay equity changes enacted by the Government last year.
Dog control rules have come under the spotlight after a woman was killed by a pack of dogs in Kaipara's Kaihū.
"I hear it everywhere I go – that anxiety about the future," the Labour leader says.
NZ Herald
Labour leader Chris Hipkins continued his theme of managing voter expectations in his State of the Nation speech, delivered today in Auckland. Hipkins said a...
RNZ
The government says the orders are part of reclaiming town centres, and a retailers' group doubts they will work.
Chris Hipkins launches Labour’s 2026 pitch, pledging to put affordability at the heart of every decision and unveiling the slogan “A future made in New Zealand.
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The Government is giving police the power to issue ‘move-on’ orders to ban rough sleepers for up to 24 hours, a move Police Minister Mark Mitchell calls a “public safety” measure.
RNZ
The US Supreme Court ruled the sweeping tariffs Donald Trump imposed on nearly every country, including New Zealand, were illegal.
RNZ
The bill is being fiercely defended by Winston Peters.
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Labour's deputy leader says the backtrack is a huge blow for families looking for affordable homes.
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NZ First leader Winston Peters says his deputy Shane Jones “could have expressed himself better” when sharing his view on the potential immigration impacts...
Kieran McAnulty ordered out after challenging Speaker Gerry Brownlee's decisions on comments made by Winston Peters.
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Brooke van Velden says she doesn't know why MBIE omitted estimates produced via consultation in its regulatory impact statement
RNZ
The Housing Minister has had to grapple with a process which he says is "legally complicated".
RNZ
But the Ministry of Education says there is enough time for schools and kura to provide feedback.
The decision by Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith is revealed by 1News.
RNZ
Hipkins has decried an "ugly side to NZ politics", calling out "outright race-baiting" and "direct racism" being expressed in the debating chamber.
NZ Herald
The Government is being taken to court over “tectonic” funding changes that limit what disabled people can spend their money on and the way equipment is...
All major political parties agree artificial intelligence must not be used to mislead, but their approaches to using – or avoiding – the technology in the 2026 campaign vary widely.
Luxon will be there tomorrow, but how often have his predecessors taken part?
Voters are facing significant rule changes that were only just made into law.
Two Chrises, two rival coalitions, and lingering economic malaise will help define the political year ahead.
NZ Herald
By Phil Smith of RNZ The 2025 parliamentary year has ended and it was a monster. In the MPs’ final hurrah – the adjournment debate – David Seymour announced...
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We look at the government's nine key goals and see what it's achieved so far.
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