NZ Herald
Act Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden says she will not be standing for re-election this year. At a last-minute press conference at Parliament, a visibly...
RNZ
Nicola Willis is hinting it will be targeted towards low and middle income families.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis said from April 7, 143,000 working families with children will get an extra $50 a week through a boost to the in-work tax credit.
RNZ
The Labour leader refused to outline his own suggestions on how to respond to the current challenges.
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Minister for Resources Shane Jones said cabinet agreed to temporarily allow fuel that meets Australian specifications to be supplied to the New Zealand market.
NZ Herald
The Government will allow fuel that meets Australian criteria into the New Zealand market as pressures are felt at the pump over the effective closure of the...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon acknowledged the impact of diesel's role in the economy is key.
RNZ
Analysis: Voters say National and its leader are doing worse, according to a new poll. But they also aren't pointing to a clear alternative.
NZ Herald
The Green Party has written to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, suggesting he make public transport free for three months to help alleviate transport cost...
RNZ
Nicola Willis concedes that keeping that buffer was still "dependent on ships like this continuing to turn up".
NZ Herald
Former National minister Alfred Ngaro will stand as a candidate for New Zealand First in this year’s election, an announcement made ahead of Winston Peters’...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis said it was a "reminder" of why fiscal discipline matters.
NZ Herald
A record number of candidates will be running for The Opportunity Party at the election this year, with the party saying it’s on track to stand candidates in...
RNZ
That meeting began the overhaul of the once "world-leading" Equal Pay Act - retrospectively stripping nurses, teachers and carers.
NZ Herald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon travelled to the Pacific this week to meet its newest leaders and came back as a Samoan chief. On a muggy Monday outside...
RNZ
Finance minister Nicola Willis stressed there was no escalation in the National Fuel Plan right now,
NZ Herald
The Government is considering how it might prioritise fuel access as it prepares for the “worst-case scenario” in light of the Middle East conflict...
Most industries recorded an increase in economic activity in the December quarter.
RNZ
Analysis: When stuck in a bind, Christopher Luxon can always rely on talking about law and order.
Newsroom
NZ is now one of just five countries to have rejected the post-pandemic changes to the WHO's global health rules without providing a reason. Marc Daalder reports.
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The National Party is above 30%, but still behind Labour, in the latest political poll.
RNZ
For most of 2025, the government talked tough. What's changed?
NZ Herald
The Government’s redress scheme for victims of abuse in state care is expanding after a plea from one survivor who was hitting “bureaucratic dead ends”....
NZ Herald
A second diplomatic confusion has erupted over Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s matai ceremony, days after the New Zealand and Samoan governments hosed...
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Thirteen ships en route to New Zealand will give us a buffer for fuel supply, but it’s not as steadfast as we might think.
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