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Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says she has lost confidence in the chief executive of Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
Newsroom
Competition advocates are divided on whether creating nationwide Pak'nSave and New World groups would improve the grocery sector.
Newsroom
Seven former conservation ministers from Labour, National and the Greens demand changes to a bill they say would upset decades of protection
Stuff
Three years after leaving Parliament, this former political leader is viewed more favourably than every current political leader tested in a new poll.
A new Whakaata Māori–Curia poll of 1,000 Māori voters puts Labour ahead on the party vote, while Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke ranks second as preferred prime minister
RNZ
National's push to drive competition in the supermarket sector by breaking up one of the key players has drawn stinging criticism from the country's leading business groups.
Labour disputes all but one of the nine would be a new tax under a government it leads.
RNZ
Outgoing National MP Andrew Bayly has used his final speech in Parliament to set the record straight about his resignation, calling it one of the "most brutal experiences" of his life.
NZ Herald
The survival of National’s plan to split up Foodstuffs in future coalition negotiations remains uncertain as the three governing parties take potshots at one...
NZ Herald
For years we’ve been told that New Zealand’s supermarket sector isn’t competitive enough. With grocery prices top of mind for many voters, political parties...
RNZ
Major political parties have agreed more work needs to be done to protect children, as Barnardos warns that inaction will cost Aotearoa $450 billion by 2050.
The filing raises some tricky legal questions, including whether a company can legally trademark a name another organisation has just announced.
RNZ
National has made a supermarket break-up a key part of its election pitch, proposing to sever Pak'nSave from New World in a bid to drive down grocery prices.
The crackdown would target the big players in food, power, fuel, transport, telecommunications, banking and insurance.
Newsroom
While NZ First battled with its coalition partners, National and Labour presented a united front on infrastructure to a business audience.
A forty-strong horse convoy arrived in Wellington today with a petition that attracted over 50,000 signatures.
RNZ
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is telling Local Government Minister Simon Watts to "butt out" of his council's democratic processes.
National’s Nicola Willis hints at policy around research and development tax incentive, Labour’s Barbara Edmonds says not making KiwiSaver employee contributions compulsory means people have flexibility to contribute as they can
NZ Herald
National won’t be campaigning on asset sales at this election, the party’s campaign chair Simeon Brown says. Brown, also the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE)...
Newsroom
A new poll obtained by Newsroom shows National unable to form a govt without Opportunity, as Labour drops and the Greens rise.
NZ Herald
The Labour Party has slumped in another poll, falling to 31% in the latest Anacta poll for corporate clients. This is down four points from the last...
RNZ
What do rich donors expect for their contributions? We ask two big donors who give to opposite sides of the spectrum why they donate to politics.
Changes to the research and development tax credit could also be campaigned on after businesses hailed its success, Nicola Willis said.
RNZ
Labour's Chris Hipkins is calling on Oranga Tamariki's boss to fix the "systemic issues" in the agency after RNZ revealed staff were present during the assault of a young person by his peers in a ritual attack known as 'walking the line'.
NZ Herald
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins is accusing Police Minister Mark Mitchell of inventing allegations against Labour candidate Rakesh Naidoo, after the...
RNZ
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