Newsroom
A rule against shareholdings would exclude some MPs with business and investing experience from ministerial roles, some opponents warn. Jonathan Milne reports.
Newsroom
National Party campaign chair Chris Bishop says he's "cautiously optimistic" as the party rolls out its vision for what it would do in government if it triumphs in October.
NZ Herald
Police and the Government are being cagey about how they’ve reached the milestone.
Newsroom
An internal report on the progress of the Emissions Reduction Plan finds the chances of meeting climate targets are "finely balanced".
If it were only a measure of his talents, then he certainly can, writes Jack Tame.
RNZ
MPs have spent much of the week debating the merits - or otherwise - of an algorithm that takes into account ethnicity to help prioritise patients waiting for elective surgeries.
NZ Herald
A decade ago, a former Green Party co-leader was critical of Cameron's NZ land purchases.
Newshub
"He certainly did not disclose interests which he should have."
RNZ
"Human beings make mistakes, but clearly if Michael wants to continue in politics he will need to address what clearly has been a real blind spot for him."
NZ Herald
Michael Wood has released a brief statement but hasn't yet spoken to media.
Newshub
Try it out yourself.
RNZ
The ACT Party is proposing to more clearly define who contractors are so they cannot challenge their employment status in court.
Newsroom
Chris Hipkins is acutely aware his prime ministership has taken a beating after a string of ministerial sagas and he’s running out of time before the election to stem the bleeding, writes @jo_moir
It came amid an emotional debate in Parliament as MPs made speeches following the announcement of a "rapid" inquiry this morning.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The PM said repeatedly that he coudn't understand Wood's behaviour. Nor can anyone else for that matter, but it is bad for Labour.
With a mixture of puzzlement and anger, Chris Hipkins has announced the resignation of Michael Wood – and the reverberations won’t stop there.
RNZ
Newly unveiled additional shareholdings held by a trust for which Wood was a trustee and beneficiary raised concerns about him not identifying and managing potential conflicts of interest, Chris Hipkins says.
Stuff
PM reveals the former minister had not disclosed shares in Chorus, Spark, and the National Australia Bank, in undeclared conflicts of interest across his portfolios.
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Newshub
But a top official thinks it's good value for the taxpayer.
Newsroom
More than 442,000 people who are eligible to vote are not registered – a population larger than Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga combined. Many of them are from marginalised communities. Many are Māori. Aaron Smale runs the numbers
RNZ
The government has announced a revamped skilled migrant visa, as part of an ongoing immigration settings rebalance since the pandemic border closures.
Stuff
OPINION: Let’s be clear, there are MPs from across the political spectrum who have less favourable reputations about how they treated their staff.
This year marks the first where the Government has filled its refugee quota of 1500 people, blaming the global pandemic for not doing so earlier.
RNZ
Opposition parties have been accused of trying to whip up racism over a tool which prioritises surgery waitlists based partly on ethnicity, and the Health Minister's been asked to check it's working as it should.
