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'Achievable and affordable': Ardern and Shaw react to emissions advice
Politicians react to the draft advice on how to meet emissions targets.
MFAT says still no evidence New Zealand meat is the source of Covid-19 in Chinese cool stores
Officials are considering the biosecurity risk of imported frozen products.
Election 2020: What is National promising farmers? Collins unveils agriculture policy
Recently passed water regulations are in National's sights.
'Don't know why she'd say such foolish statements': Collins hits back
Collins says National always intended making changes to Zero Carbon Act if it won power.
Live: D-Day on election - National says it would be happy with a 2021 date
Collins: 'I said to Jacinda Ardern... we're happy to give you the numbers in Parliament'.
13 new Covid cases in community; Blunder enrages school
Ashley Bloomfield is revealing the results of another day of mass testing at 1pm today
Auckland in lockdown, rest of country in level 2 after community transmission
It comes after four cases of community transmission.
Party of 6? Meet the Act team who could soon become MPs
The Act candidates likely to join David Seymour in Parliament.
Live: Crushed it - Collins sets sights on Ardern; senior Nat MP also looks shaky
Third time lucky for Judith Collins as she succeeds Todd Muller in Nats leadership vote.
Migrant workers get $37.6m temporary support package but it comes with a warning
Strict new funding has been announced for migrant workers, but it comes with a warning.
Cows' welfare at stake if 1000 jobs aren't filled, warn dairy farmers
Skilled migrant workers stuck overseas after lockdown, call for certainty on visas.
Budget 2020: $1.1b put towards saving the environment while creating jobs
The investment will pay dividends for generations by giving nature a helping hand: Sage.
Live: 'Make racing great again' - $72m emergency package announced
Winston Peters is making an announcement from the Beehive.
Too soon? Level 2 rules decided today, start may be delayed
However, Kiwis' complacency could hinder further relaxation of lockdown conditions.
Butchers now allowed to process pork but doors still closed for the public
Butcher's won't open to the public but can process pork for supermarkets.
Faecal warning at Auckland's beaches following downpour
Auckland's most popular beaches are unsafe to swim at after storm.
Parents on alert for smallest symptoms
"Their inability to tell us with confidence that our two babies will not fall ill from any of its products ... is unforgivable."
Never again, says mum
Hayley Nieuwoudt will never use Karicare again - the mixed messages and misinformation from Fonterra and the Government have put her off the milk formula brand for good.
Worried parents take their babies to GPs
Frustrated parents have been flooding helplines in a desperate bid for information on which infant formula is safe and some have taken their children to the doctor.
'We regret the distress'
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has expressed regret for consumer anxiety caused by revelations that batches of whey protein had been contaminated.
Milk scare angers parents
Worried parents are flooding an infant formula company's hotline, amid revelations almost 68,000 cans of formula could be tainted with a botulism-causing bacterium.
Dad: 'It's hard not to be worried'
Worried parents have criticised authorities over misinformation about Karicare formula.
NZ meat: Everything but the horse
A range of meat products sold in New Zealand have tested negative for horsemeat, DNA tests show - but the content of some products would raise eyebrows.
Meat scare 'highly unlikely' in NZ
It is "highly unlikely" horse-flesh has been introduced into beef products illegally in New Zealand, the meat industry said yesterday as a contamination scandal widened in the UK.
What's really in our milk?
Dairy giants are coming under increasing pressure to reveal how much of a controversial "snot-like" by-product they put in their milk.
From little flower to a monster in 100 days
A pumpkin the size of a tractor wheel and the weight of two baby elephants made a perfect-sized sofa for Ella Gordon-Scapens.