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A year in Opposition with no leaks has left Chris Hipkins feeling optimistic about caucus unity and his chances in the next election. Keep Reading

Housing Minister Chris Bishop says more notices and shorter complaint wait times show its crackdown on Kāinga Ora tenants is working. Keep Reading

A descendant of one of the original translators of the Treaty of Waitangi says the guarantees of the treaty have not been honoured. Keep Reading

As Minister for Transport, Local Government, Energy and Auckland, Simeon Brown has a big say in the country’s biggest city, arguably more than Mayor Wayne Brown. Keep Reading

Tamatha Paul is urging New Zealanders to continue to make bill submissions, specifically on the Bootcamp and Anti-Stalking bills. Keep Reading

Parliament's justice select committee will meet to discuss what to do about website problems that meant people couldn't meet the deadline. Keep Reading

MP Tamatha Paul is calling on New Zealanders to actively engage on the submissions for other bills currently in the process of a select committee. Keep Reading

Māori health organisation Hapai Te Hauora will deliver more than 10,000 Treaty Principles Bill submissions to Parliament today following a Justice Select... Keep Reading

Parliament's website has been flooded with submissions, as the deadline to submit feedback on the Treaty Principles Bill draws close. Keep Reading

New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones criticised the marae’s tikanga, which barred non-Māori speakers from addressing the gathering. Keep Reading

Willie Jackson was among politicians past and present paying respect to Dame Tariana today - and made the call for an apology over her treatment during the Foreshore and Seabed controversy. Keep Reading

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Education Minister Erica Stanford is warning that Budget 2025 will see a knife taken to ineffective and unjustified spending in education. Keep Reading

Associate Health Minister Casey Costello has announced plans for vaping starter kits to help move people off smoking cigarettes. Keep Reading

The Children’s Minister has lambasted a group of youths who climbed on to the roof of a youth justice facility in Auckland . On Monday night, Oranga Tamariki... Keep Reading

As Winston Peters pivots from statesman to tub-thumping campaigner, can his party defy their history of getting turfed out of Government? Keep Reading

The Medical Council is tripling the number of places for NZREX exam spots for international candidates next year. Keep Reading

Workers from iwi and hapū, Te Pāti Māori staff, activists and individuals have been busy helping whānau make submissions on the rewrite of the principles used to interpret Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Keep Reading

The Ministry for the Environment posted an update on its website saying four of five policies for waste minimisation had been put on hold. Keep Reading

"Just build the damn hospital." That’s one Dunedin nurse’s straightforward appeal to the government — rejecting a "mind-boggling" proposal to... Keep Reading

In the aftermath of the 2023 election, 2024 loomed as quite a challenging 12 months for the Labour Party and its leader Chris Hipkins . Receiving just 26.9%... Keep Reading

The coalition Government has ended the year with a number of policy wins under its belt — but which ones performed the best, and where did they stumble? For... Keep Reading