RNZ
A retired paediatrician says changes to government policy can reverse the growing number of children in poverty.
RNZ
Few councils have been able to keep their rates rises below the proposed 4 percent a year cap in recent years, and commentators say something will have to give if they are expected to try to do so.
NZ Herald
A group of 11 child poverty experts and researchers are urging politicians to adopt a list of actions to address the number of children living in material...
RNZ
For Labour to have a shot at government, it needs Opportunity to get five or zero percent at November's election, the party's campaign chair says.
RNZ
*This article has been corrected to clarify that this is the first time Blakeley offered his resignation and not the second time.
Prime Minister says the call to priorities a rates cap over a social media ban for under 16s is important to help people with the cost of living.
RNZ
Te Pāti Māori has unveiled its "Kiwi tax plan" for the November election, which retains some policies from last election, tweaks some others, and launches an entirely new one.
Stuff
The Labour Party says it has to drastically alter the way it is campaigning for the general election because of changes which make it harder to vote.
Waatea News: Māori Radio Station
Plans to keep children under 16 off social media could create new privacy risks for every New Zealander, with Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster warning that proving someone’s age inevitably raises […]
RNZ
Labour's Barbara Edmonds has for the first time revealed the party intends to support the government's legislation for rates capping through initial stages.
NZ Herald
Parliament’s Privileges Committee has ruled that ministry officials deliberately misled MPs regarding a failing immigration IT project at the heart of a...
Stuff
A student petition proposes slashing MP pay to $103,000 based on median hourly earnings. Tell us what you would pay politicians in the comments.
the Guardian
National and Labour have passed government back and forth for years but many voters are no longer content with politics as usual
RNZ
Labour will support National's under-16s social media ban to select committee, having earlier in the day indicated "no rush" to take a position.
NZ Herald
Act and New Zealand First are seeking to address how National advanced its social media ban as a Government bill, potentially through future coalition...
Independent Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris is urging supporters to give him their candidate vote while sending their party vote to the left as he campaigns to retain the seat in Nov
RNZ
Housing minister Chris Bishop says it doesn't sit comfortably with him that there is no guarantee of shelter for people on any given night.
Stuff
Education Minister Erica Stanford says the Stuff opinion needle must've swayed Labour’s caucus.
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The government is introducing an Online Safety Bill to make social media companies verify user ages and assess their risks to child safety. Verification could work using face scans, ID, credit cards, and other methods. The Bill covers 'age-restricted platforms' like TikTok and Facebook, as well
RNZ
National's decision to stick with Christopher Luxon appears at odds with the wider public, with more voters saying the caucus got it wrong than right.
Stuff
The bill would require “high risk” platforms like TikTok and Facebook to check ages, take action to reduce harm or face a fine of up to 10% of their global revenue
The bill won't get through Parliament before the election, and the proposed system excludes a range of digital services based on existing Australian standards.
NZ Herald
The Government was advised that introducing a digital identification system was one way to verify people’s ages when using social media. The National and...
RNZ
The Opportunity Party is in the kingmaker position, with the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll showing neither the coalition nor the opposition would have the numbers to form a government without its help.
Three candidates have put their hat in the ring for the electorate made up of regions in the west of the North Island.
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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