Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey wants to ban the use of seclusion in the mental health system and help people to find the care they need. Earlier this... Keep Reading

The Electoral Commission has approved the name and logo of Mariameno Kapa Kingi’s new political party, giving the ex-Te Pāti Māori MP the green light to... Keep Reading

The Green MP who Winston Peters told to "go back to your own country" has challenged the Foreign Minister in Parliament over his comments. Keep Reading

All the most overdue responses to Parliament's official Written Questions are addressed to the one MP responsible for ensuring prompt answers, and for enabling a responsible government - the Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee. Keep Reading

National is backing its economic policies while Labour accuses them of "actual disregard" for struggling families as unemployment reaches the highest in over a decade. Keep Reading

National needs Labour's votes to pass its social media ban, but the two parties can't even agree on who showed up to read it. Keep Reading

Four candidates are vying to represent the country’s biggest electorate – they put their case forward on Marae's first political debate. Keep Reading

The Government says retailers will be better equipped to stop shoplifters, while new offences targeting coward punches and assaults on first responders are also set to become law. Keep Reading

"Am I seriously going to be the worst offender in this for merely daring to point out that the rules are being applied equally?" Keep Reading

Some voters encountered disruption as maintenance was carried out on two identity-verification services days before the deadline to switch electoral rolls.... Keep Reading

Senior minister Erica Stanford said Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s comments comparing small businesses to children caused “a lot of hurt and upset” and... Keep Reading

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Winston Peters wants to pay New Zealanders to have more babies. He revealed his party’s new policy to boost New Zealand’s birth rate at a public meeting over... Keep Reading

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has apologised after dismissing a business leader’s bleak economic outlook as “negative” and telling businesses to act like... Keep Reading

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has apologised for describing a business community’s concerns as taking a “negative view” and saying they should be acting... Keep Reading

A leading sociologist says New Zealand First’s policy to pay parents for having children is addressing a real issue but will not have a tangible effect. The... Keep Reading

Winston Peters has called for arrests over the mock guillotine protest targeting him, saying police should already be investigating those involved. Keep Reading

Less than 100 days out from the next election, Helen Clark tells The Detail New Zealand needs less clickbait politics and more long-term thinking. Keep Reading

Education leaders warn the Act Party’s plan to allow school staff to use “reasonable force” to remove disruptive students and fine parents up to $3000 risks... Keep Reading

ACT wants to give teachers the legal power to remove "seriously or persistently disruptive" students from a classroom. Keep Reading

Announced today, the proposed Kiwi Kids Grant would provide a tax-free $5000 annual payment for the first three years of a child's life for each family's first, second and third child. Keep Reading

Former New Zealand First minister Ron Mark is returning to the party and will contest this year’s election as a candidate. Mark’s candidacy has been... Keep Reading

Christopher Luxon was told Rotorua business owners’ confidence was at a low. Keep Reading

Two new railway stations in South Auckland are among the final elements of a $2.4 billion government investment in Auckland's network, Minister for Auckland Simon Watts says. Keep Reading

OPINION: A Wellington landscaper knows exactly which way he's going to vote. Keep Reading