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The Waitangi Tribunal wants local government to enable shared decision-making or other forms of collaboration with iwi and hapū. It wants the Government to...
Former Te Pāti Māori lawyer and prominent Treaty activist Tania Waikato will stand as a candidate for the Green Party in next year’s general election.
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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is preparing an “answer” intended to silence speculation about whether he’d govern again with Labour as questions...
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Health NZ’s procurement systems failed so badly that an independent reviewer could not verify whether conflict of interest checks or basic due diligence were ever carried out before $1.7m was awarded to a single supplier.
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The Green Party says they’ve made “major changes” to their selection processes before the 2026 general election. This follows the ousting of disgraced MP...
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The Government will sell the debt it holds in Chorus, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has confirmed. She said the money raised from the sale will be “invested...
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The leaders of New Zealand’s parliamentary political parties have delivered their final speeches of the year. The adjournment debate wrapped up the...
The Bill ends same-day voter enrolment, bans prisoners from voting, allows for larger anonymous political donations, and clarifies the ban on giving out food at voting places.
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RNZ
Buildings under three storeys and in towns with under 10,000 people will not need strengthening, remediation or warning notices.
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Labour’s Barbara Edmonds says Treasury’s latest economic update shows the “Government have lost control of the economy” but repeatedly refrained from saying...
Transport Minister Chris Bishop said subsidies would drop from 75% to 65% from July 1, 2026, blaming unsustainable rising costs.
A bill returning one of New Zealand’s most historic sites to Māori is due to be passed by Parliament on Wednesday, ending a 20-year quest by Northland iwi Ngāpuhi.
RNZ
The ACT leader made the comments in a sit-down interview with RNZ reflecting on 2025 and looking ahead.
RNZ
That's up from the $60.4b record set this year.
RNZ
The Commission is due to hand over the first National Infrastructure Plan to ministers by the end of the year.
RNZ
In its penultimate sitting block of the year, Parliament was in urgency debating 12 bills, but the most controversial were among the last.
RNZ
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
The PM also says renters should negotiate with their landlords, saying he's heard stories of people taking "$50 to $100 off a week".
RNZ
The Prime Minister is reminding people he rebuilt the party after "a state of civil war".
RNZ
Police Minister Mark Mitchell talks about the moment he found out about Ms Z, his relationship with Coster, and why emails were diverted from his office.
David Seymour says the current licensing rules are heavy-handed and outdated, and will be replaced with new rules.
NZ Herald
Two Government ministers have taken aim at the United Nations after the release of a report criticising Government policies affecting Māori. The report from...
RNZ
The Taxpayers' Union campaign features the slogan 'A treat today - A tax tomorrow'.
RNZ
"I have children who went through a life without this, and the fact our kids are going through this is just not acceptable."
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...
RNZ
We look at the government's nine key goals and see what it's achieved so far.
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