RNZ
An independent review of the Treasury has found its ability to effectively deliver economic policy advice is weak and ministers are losing trust in it.
Winston Peters was called out by the minister after taking India trade deal discussions public before final decisions had been made.
RNZ
The government is refusing to budge on including rough sleeping as part of its move-on orders, and denies the legislation would criminalise rough sleeping.
Just under half of eligible voters thought the Government's top priority should be keeping NZ super eligibility unchanged.
NZ Herald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was unaware there are no night shelters for Auckland’s rough sleepers who can soon be shifted on from the CBD – and charged...
Housing Minister says allowing allow tenants to use KiwiSaver to pay bonds ended up in the "nice idea, but too difficult basket".
Stuff
Labour hasn’t decided. But investors, economists and renters already disagree on who would win and lose in one of the big unanswered questions of this election.
Leader Chris Hipkins has announced the election policy at the party congress in Wellington.
The party revealed the appointment at its AGM in Auckland this afternoon.
RNZ
The Justice Select Committee has recommended a bill to make English an official language be passed without any changes, despite strong opposition to the move.
RNZ
Labour Party members are buoyant about its chances this election, with the party in the lead in the polls and finally rolling out policy.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: A new candidate stole the show as Labour rallied the troops in freezing Wellington, writes political reporter Glenn McConnell.
RNZ
Labour Party candidates and members are rallying in Wellington, with leader Chris Hipkins saying it is a chance for the party to get "fired up" ahead of the election.
RNZ
The Transport Minister has told truckies he won't grant their wish to carry heavier loads, saying it will wreck roads and cost too much to fix.
RNZ
Analysis - National and New Zealand First are again at odds over the India trade deal, this time over what a briefing says about migration, but they do agree it will remain secret - for now.
Critics say the real cost is the strain on the Māori-Crown relationship.
NZ Herald
Pharmac Minister David Seymour is calling on the drug-buying entity to use more artificial intelligence, which he argues won’t compromise the “human touch”...
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
One of the most closely watched contests in Māori politics is shaping up in Hauraki-Waikato, where Labour candidate Kingi Kiriona is seeking to reclaim a seat that dramatically shifted away […]
RNZ
Winston Peters has criticised the India Free Trade agreement at its first reading, saying National has "covertly" changed course on migration settings for Indians.
Tama Potaka had previously described the bill as the biggest change to conservation management in decades.
RNZ
National is promising to offer New Zealand households another way to put solar power on their homes, if it's re-elected.
The party says just 3% of New Zealand homes have solar power, far behind Australia and the US, and wants to fix that with cheap loans and fewer consents.
RNZ
Explainer: Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says the Conservation Amendment Bill doesn't include a plan to sell great swathes of conservation land.
More than 180 years after the original Nelson Tenths promises were made, Parliament has passed the first reading of legislation returning 3,000 hectares and $420 millio
Stuff
Jones kept a private driver on standby to take him to meetings in Toronto but the receipts suggest his accommodation was right next door to the conference he was attending.
RNZ
Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill both successfully led hand-picked Cabinets that included their own fiercest rivals in order to forge a team of the most able.
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