NZ Herald
The Government is set to rush through a further last-minute amendment to its anti-gang legislation to ensure gang members do not try to side-step the ban by...
Newsroom
Social services providers mix frustration over government funding cuts with optimism that they can weather the storm.
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RNZ
The government has identified education and reducing violent crime as the biggest problem areas.
NZ Herald
The coalition has tightened its grip on power according to the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll , which showed the three parties of Government gaining a...
RNZ
Nicole McKee won't promise not to re-introduce banned semi-automatics, saying instead she's committed to listening to stakeholders.
RNZ
Supporters say the move will provide more clarity, but the Greens say it's the latest in "a series of assaults on workers' rights".
Some Masterton residents have taken it upon themselves to set up a night shelter for what they say is a growing number of people sleeping rough under bridges and in shop doorways.
The Ministry of Social Development's latest monthly housing report showed it paid $10.7 million for emergency housing grants in August - down from $15.6 million in July.
RNZ
Environment officials tried to warn Cabinet the move risked blowing NZ's climate targets - but were told they were too late.
Investment outlined in the National Land Transport Programme doesn’t cover as much funding for projects as some regional councils were expecting, if any.
Ngāti Kahungunu has hit out against the scrapping of free doctor visits for Māori and Pacific youth in Hawke’s Bay.
The Australasian College of Road Safety said the proposed roll back "is causing worldwide concern".
RNZ
Minister for Seniors Casey Costello insists the government is not considering any spending cuts.
Parties call to abandon the Marine and Coastal Area Act Coalition Changes after the Waitangi Tribunal found it to be committing gross breaches of the Treaty.
Senator Jacinta Price says both NZ and Australia are leading the way for a conservative cause.
NZ Herald
Act leader David Seymour, speaking to media from Auckland, argued it was “much less divisive” to deliver public services based on need, not race. He said the...
RNZ
Changes to customary marine title showed a blind adherence to pre-existing political commitments at the expense of Māori, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
NZ Herald
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon believes support for Act’s Treaty Principles Bill doesn’t reflect the views of all New Zealanders as he is again forced to...
RNZ
A yet-to-be published study also found achievement improved at some schools participating in the Ka Ora, Ka Ako scheme.
Newsroom
The Justice Minister cuts grants helping overseas families attend the next phase of the Christchurch terror attack inquest
The January 31 briefing, in addition to others describing the policy choices behind the re-introduction of charter schools, was released today as part of a wider tranche of documents from the Budget 2024 decision-making process.
RNZ
Investment was "better directed to preventative initiatives", officials said ahead of this year's Budget.
RNZ
The new ministry has laid out some time frames for getting things done.
RNZ
Wayne Brown is proposing to build a causeway across the Waitematā Harbour - and says he promised the prime minister he would "sink" the idea of an expensive tunnel.
After many months of heated discussion, the controversial Bill has finally begun what is likely a doomed legislative journey. 1News explains what's next.
"It was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong," Christopher Luxon said.
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