RNZ
Animal Welfare Minister Andrew Hoggard could not get Cabinet agreement on overturning the ban, which formed part of coalition agreements with both ACT and NZ First.
The Government had promised to overturn a ban on the controversial live cattle export trade this term but now says the legislation is not progressing.
NZ Herald
The Government has stood up a Ministerial Oversight Group to monitor the fallout from the war in Iran on the economy, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and...
RNZ
Education Minister Erica Stanford has often been tipped as a possible leadership contender.
The High Court determined that Kapa-Kingi should be reinstated into the party.
RNZ
"We got a lot right. More than most," the former PM and Grant Robertson say, while Simeon Brown says warnings about the economy "were not heeded".
NZ Herald
National Party minister Dr Shane Reti has announced his retirement from politics, effective from the November 7 election. He wished to “spend more time with...
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National MPs who watched on in dismay as Christopher Luxon spectacularly flailed and failed to articulate New Zealand’s position on Iran last week will have had some of their fears allayed on Monday.
NZ Herald
The Government has stood up a Ministerial Oversight Group to monitor the fallout from the war in Iran on the economy, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and...
RNZ
Finance minister Nicola Willis says a Labour government would be terrible for the New Zealand economy.
NZ group STILL Minding the Gap urges women to invoice PM Luxon for wages lost to gender and ethnic pay gaps, pushing mandatory reporting; leaders cite personal inequities and impacts.
ZB
Explosions rocked one of Tehran's main commercial airports, after Israel said it was launching a new wave of strikes on Iran.
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RNZ
The Prime Minister says he is 'absolutely not' considering standing down after a poll result putting National in the 20s.
"It is not good, is it?" Winston Peters says about the poll results, while Nicola Willis says it's "not a good number".
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Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is “doing a very good job” and will not be going anywhere, as a new poll is expected to show National’s support hovering only slightly above its 2020 election low.
RNZ
Jackie Blue says she can't stay by what the government has done to low-paid workers.
NZ Herald
The Taxpayers’ Union is set to release a poll tipped to show the National Party only a couple of points above its disastrous 2020 wipeout. The poll is done...
ZB
David Seymour believes New Zealand could become a “high-value powerhouse” for exporting medicinal cannabis, similar to the success of the country’s wine se
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has criticised the Government after being asked to produce the council’s plans for housing intensification changes in the city, taking aim at the deputy prime minister in particular for “trying to screw [him]”.
NZ Herald
The MP who initiated an inquiry into the harms of social media for young people has disagreed with its recommendations, which include a ban on social media...
RNZ
The government has been accused of scaremongering after Erica Stanford said there were "tens of thousands more" overstayer.
A bill aimed at embedding health targets into the country’s health system is facing strong criticism from Māori health advocates and opposition MPs, who say it weakens Te Tiriti.
RNZ
Paul Goldsmith said the chair of the public broadcaster, Andrew Barclay, had raised the story during the call.
E-Tangata
“Without a plan for constitutional protection of Te Tiriti, we risk any progress being laid to waste again within a few years. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to go through this again.” — Tina Ngata on voting to protect Te Tiriti.
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