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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is vowing to scrap the Government’s major health and safety reforms, saying the legislation that is expected to have...
Iwi and environmental groups warn the Conservation Amendment Bill could enable disposal and privatisation of conservation land, undermining Treaty redress and Hauraki mana whenua.
RNZ
After 10 years, five leaders and a name tweak, the Opportunity Party is on the cusp of making it into Parliament for the first time.
NZ Herald
The coalition Government is meeting most of its mental health targets yet at a regional level, some areas covering the country’s largest hospitals are...
Stuff
Labour MP Phil Twyford has revealed that officials mislead the education and workforce select committee earlier this year.
Stuff
NZ First leader Winston Peters says the National Party is acting in “desperate” ways due to poor polling, after its campaign chair referred to NZ First and ACT as squabbling siblings who needed the oversight of their parents.
Speaking to Breakfast's Tova O'Brien, the pair sparred about how soon the tax would have to be paid and what happens with any inherited second or investment properties.
RNZ
The majority of New Zealand voters oppose selling public conservation land, a new poll has found, and politicians who support it could lose votes.
NZ Herald
"An inheritance tax is about the cruellest thing a state can impose on a grieving family". Video | Ryan Bridge TODAY
RNZ
Four of the government's nine key targets risk not being met, the latest update shows.
National's coalition partners have responded after campaign chairman Simeon Brown likened coalition dynamics to parents managing misbehaving children.
NZ Herald
National is promising to make KiwiSaver compulsory for all New Zealand workers, while also supporting parents by providing a government contribution while...
RNZ
The Green Party is proposing a suite of new taxes, including taxes on wealth, inheritance, and corporations, which the party said would "tackle inequality and corporate greed".
The party's leadership rallied those in attendance, preparing them for the work ahead to "fight for every party vote".
Andrew Bayly told 1News at National's conference in Wellington it was "no big deal", having already ruled himself out of standing again in Port Waikato.
RNZ
National Party members are gathering for the party's annual general meeting, with a big focus on the economy and an election policy announcement expected.
Stuff
Police are assessing comments made by inflammatory figure Brian Tamaki, who called for the “purge” of Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus earlier this week.
RNZ
A scrutiny hearing at Parliament devolved into a rowdy spat with accusations of lying, cries of hypocrisy and a demand that the minister "shush".
RNZ
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has defended the government's new ministry, saying it will "amplified" the environment rather than ignored it.
RNZ
The Foreign Affairs Minister has clashed with protesters over the government's stance on Palestine, during a hearing at Parliament.
NZ Herald
The dire state of New Zealand Defence Force bases and facilities is one of the reasons the land combat readiness fell to only 45% at the end of 2025. The...
The move would resurrect a universal scheme the previous Labour government first introduced at Budget 2023, only to be scrapped by the coalition in mid-2024.
RNZ
The parts of the country where conservation land will become easier to sell off are revealed in new maps produced by a lobby group.
RNZ
NZ companies were not offered the job because the ministry was already working with Learning First, the Education and Workforce Select Committee has heard.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has held his first formal meeting with iwi leaders since April, with Treaty clause reforms, resource management and economic issues on the agenda.
RNZ
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