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NZ First leader Winston Peters says there should be a referendum on immigration, and has proposed a cap of 20,000 migrants. Where did that number come from?
One MMP veteran reckons it might be.
Stuff
New Zealand First has unveiled a sweeping suite of immigration proposals aiming to substantially curb non-essential migration and restrict rights for non-citizens.
NZ Herald
More powers to deport criminal non-citizens, demanding the immigration portfolio and a referendum on capping resident visas at 20,000 are among the raft of...
RNZ
There was milk, Turkish delight and talk of a steak as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins tried to win over business owners, with less than two months to go until the election.
NZ Herald
May Budget initiatives are expected to add a “net average increase” of 1300 public service jobs a year, despite the Government’s tough talk on shrinking the...
NZ Herald
Today, the Government lifted the lid on its 2026 Budget, publishing hundreds of pages of advice ministers received before Budget Day. The Herald ’s political...
RNZ
More than 30,000 benefits and other payments were wrongly suspended with concerns continually raised for three months before being appropriately escalated, a government review has found.
Review also found issues were raised as early as April but only seriously addressed in August.
Health New Zealand said it's helping Zenith Technology, or ZenTech, respond to the incident and police are also investigating.
NZ Herald
After a big loss at the 2023 election, the Labour Party had to do some soul-searching about what went wrong. At the final count, they received just under 27%...
Newsroom
Donald Mackenzie Mayo might have got ahead of his party hierarchy but he’s made a big call early in favour of a rival, writes Tim Murphy.
RNZ
House prices may not get back to their 2021 peaks until the end of the decade, ASB says.
NZ Herald
Labour leader Chris Hipkins kicked off his election-year tour of public meetings to a packed crowd of about 150 people in Naenae, in his electorate of...
RNZ
The government inquiry into the fatal Tauranga landslides will now report back in February, two months after originally planned.
RNZ
Labour is calling the government's stance on Israel an embarrassment to the country, and says it is failing to meet its responsibilities under the genocide convention.
RNZ
The Post has reported that Labour volunteers had to form a protective barrier around health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall to fend off anti-vaccination protesters at an event in Wellington on Tuesday night.
NZ Herald
Former police superintendent Rakesh Naidoo says he holds no ill will toward the Police Commissioner or the Police Minister after the pair publicly condemned...
Scrutiny of the AI sector has grown in the past year, including calls for a moratorium on new data centre consents.
RNZ
Migrants and academics are questioning the rationale of New Zealand First's new superannuation policy, calling it unfair and unjustified.
NZ Herald
David Seymour is defending the Government’s low-cost school lunch programme after revelations “unknown” foreign matter was found in a brownie that came with...
Newsroom
Labour’s leader might doubt the veracity of a TPU-Curia poll that has his party at 25.9 percent support, but he’s moving into action mode regardless
PM Luxon plans to showcase Māori identity at the 2026 PIF while facing domestic Treaty tensions, joining the Troika as NZ pushes regional security, climate, and development goals.
RNZ
Labour's leader Chris Hipkins is lumping National in with ACT and New Zealand First's promises to exit the Paris Agreement, after weeks of National doing the same with Labour and tax.
Councils had wanted money to fund tourism-related infrastructure and events.
RNZ
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