PM Luxon praises viral breakdancer Raygun: 'We’re loving her in New Zealand'
PM hints at further Reserve Bank cuts and discusses Pacific stability, Raygun, in Sydney.
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He will push for a return to Australia's agreement with former PM Dame Jacinda Ardern.
Audrey Young: Government on track for post-Olympic policy sprint
OPINION: Also in this week's wrap – the PM's embarrassing benefit blunders.
Fears meth lollies could be fatal and budget blowout | Focus Morning Bulletin August 15
Fears meth lollies could be fatal, calls for accountability from the Reserve Bank and budget blowout at Ministry of Disabled People.
Richard Prebble: Speech reveals what really motivates Christopher Luxon
OPINION: Luxon’s politics is motivated by a desire to lift education achievement.
Opinion: The numbers don't add up on Govt's rushed maths changes
OPINION: The Govt appears to be manufacturing a crisis to justify rushing the changes.
Letters: The art of the matter - why the PM's wrong about education
OPINION: 'Another brainwave from Christopher Luxon, and it’s only August.'
Sir Ian Taylor: Dear PM, you're not measuring up to my KPIs
OPINION: 'The arrogance of Goldsmith’s total disregard for the language is infuriating.'
Audrey Young: Hipkins' political radar way off with petty, outdated questions
OPINION: Kiwi voters are worried about many things. Lapel pins are not one of them.
Letters: Study history to improve our education standards
OPINION: 'All New Zealand children should have access to music education.'
Luxon voices doubts on Australians' intelligence: PM on why te reo Māori scrubbed from doc
Minister Paul Goldsmith told his staff to remove te reo Māori from a Matariki invitation.
‘How many kids did you kill?’: Labour MP publishes pro-Palestinian protest video, chanting at Luxon
Duncan Webb has courted controversy on social media before.
Christopher Luxon talks agriculture on The Country
Christopher Luxon, Miles Hurrell, Blair McLean, Wendy Paul.
Simon Wilson: Nats conference hugs and kisses, silly statements and plan for better maths
OPINION: It was happy days for National over the weekend but is the party subtly changing?
Social investment to be at heart of Government
The Government wants departments to share more data.
PM Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford on new 'Make it Count' Policy
On Sunday, National Ministers announced a policy dubbed “Make it Count” to boost maths education.
PM's maths fix makes the perfect conference announcement – Claire Trevett
OPINION: It won't have hurt that Luxon's rush job on maths shows him as an Action Man.
PM Christopher Luxon challenged to lift polls to Key-era levels
OPINION: National has too often been overshadowed by coalition partners.
Audrey Young: Cabinet report card - the ministers thriving and those just surviving
OPINION: This minister wasn’t ready when a crisis struck - and scores just 3 out of 10.
Audrey Young: Urgent action required as Act, Te Pāti Māori battle rages
OPINION: The temperature at Parliament has reached boiling point.
Councils urged to control spending as Kiwis face big rates increases
How profligate are councils really?
The PM talks tax cuts on The Country
Christopher Luxon, Dick Tayler, Sir Don McKinnon, Jeremy Rookes.
Simon Wilson: Tracing the links from abuse in care to crime on Queen St
OPINION: The links between violence in public and private and how the state acts.
Watch: 'Cost of living relief is on its way' – Luxon and Willis speak ahead of tax cuts
The cuts to income tax will come into force from Wednesday.
'Bureaucratic bloat': 14 layers of management’ at Health NZ
Health NZ Te Whatu Ora's board was sacked a week ago and replaced with a commissioner.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Govt's gang conundrum - which victims should get abuse in care compo?
OPINION: Either the Government pays compensation to everyone abused, or to no one.
Matthew Hooton: Wellington bureaucracy faces criticism for intellectual timidity
OPINION: Ministers are frustrated that mandarins remain stuck in the do-nothing era.
'Very different': PM defends boot camps after case highlighted in abuse report
An inquiry into abuse in state care was released and tabled at Parliament on Wednesday.
Audrey Young: Caring words for abuse survivors are easy. Actions won't be
OPINION: Many of the royal commission's recommendations run contrary to the Govt's agenda.
Are we ready for this? The Treaty debate in 2024
ANALYSIS: The Treaty of Waitangi debate is about conflicting values. Can we line them up?
Agribusiness and Trade: Luxon dubbed NZ’s ‘salesman in chief’
Business people accompanying Luxon in Tokyo called him 'chief marketing officer'.
The PM talks US trade on The Country
Christopher Luxon, Wayne Langford, Graeme Williams, Nick Hammond.
PM responds to Abuse in Care final report
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care began probing into state and faith-based care of children, young people, and vulnerable adults over five years ago.