New ZealandTe Pāti Māori supporters protest in WellingtonThousands of people packed the streets around the country this morning, protesting todays national budget release.Watch30 May 02:09 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Buckle in – money is tight, you’d better believe itOPINION: Cuts to Government agencies will become business as usual.30 May 02:00 AM
New ZealandBudget 2024: The 10 key pointsBamboozled by the Budget? Here's all the main highlights explained.30 May 02:00 AM
LivePoliticsBudget build-up: Cookies over sausage rolls - Luxon and Willis say they're 'ready to deliver'Today, the Government puts its money where its mouth is.30 May 01:11 AM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsQ&A: What are the Govt's Budget priorities? Our experts weigh inLiam Dann, Audrey Young and Jenee Tibshraeny answer your questions.29 May 08:51 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Day-of-disruption status inadvertently boosted by PM, Opposition leaderOPINION: Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins pumped up the protest by entering the debate.29 May 05:05 PM
New ZealandThe Country: Christopher Luxon on Budget 2024Christopher Luxon, Miles Hurrell, Hunter McGregor, Scott Duggan, Peter Nation.29 May 03:30 AM
New ZealandTe Pāti Māori protests: Party leaders steadfast in encouraging people out, PM Luxon says it is illegalStrike action is planned across the country tomorrow with major disruption to traffic.28 May 05:30 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Willis' game of good and bad numbers as Budget reckoning loomsOPINION: The Budget will be a tally of promises kept and broken.28 May 05:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: All eyes on Budget borrowing; brickbat for a nasty adOPINION: There's one line Nicola Willis really doesn't want to cross with her tax cuts.28 May 12:37 AM
PoliticsPublic service cuts becoming clear as Nicola Willis forecasts ‘frontline’ BudgetAlmost 4000 roles would be cut as part of the Government's aim to reduce spending.27 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandSimon Wilson: Conflicts of interest invite corruption, so why do politicians pretend they don't?OPINION: Political conflicts of interest are dragging the Government down. Does it care?27 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsLuxon and Willis speak ahead of their 'careful' Budget, 240-plus savings initiativesThe Finance Minister is promising the tax cuts won't be inflationary.27 May 05:03 AM
Politics'Unsupported by evidence': Auckland Council opposes fast-track billIt comes after hundreds marched on Parliament to protest the bill.27 May 03:13 AM
Politics‘A thorn in National’s side’: Which coalition partner is giving Luxon a headache six months in?Today marks six months since National, Act and NZ First were sworn into power26 May 05:00 PM
OpinionJohn Tamihere: The big winners of next week's Budget are not MāoriOPINION: There's not much for Māori to celebrate in Budget 2024.25 May 11:15 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionShane Te PouShane Te Pou: Will the Budget give young people a reason to stay in NZ?OPINION: More than 1000 Kiwis a week are packing their bags. Who can blame them?25 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: 'Targeted extermination' - tensions high over controversial billOPINION: Te Pāti Māori didn't hold back in the House - neither did Act's Karen Chhour.23 May 11:23 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionMatthew HootonMatthew Hooton: Here’s the big number to watch in next week's BudgetOPINION: Luxon lumbered Willis and National with a tax policy that was instantly panned.23 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: Politicians must agree to agree if we're going to get things builtOPINION: The big challenge for long-term planning: politicians must agree to agree.22 May 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Pretty hellish': Kiwis on first evacuation flight from Noumea describe ‘frightening’ experienceFirst evacuees say they are very grateful to be back in New Zealand.21 May 05:39 PM
New ZealandNZDF flight rescuing 50 stranded Kiwis from New Caledonia lands in AucklandA Hercules plane has brought home the first 50 Kiwis from Noumea tonight.21 May 10:21 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: The best of a boring bunch of pre-Budget speechesOPINION: Also in today's politics briefing - MP David MacLeod's donations drama.20 May 11:30 PM
OpinionDr Shannon Walsh: Charter schools will fail again - here is whyOPINION: In this fiscal environment, charter schools are a costly diversion of funding.20 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: Luxon and Swarbrick - a tale of two speechesOPINION: The PM and the Greens co-leader gave very different climate speeches last week.20 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsPM declares total refresh of Kāinga Ora board, KiwiBuild ditchedThe review was announced amid projections Kāinga Ora’s debt could reach $28.9 billion.20 May 06:30 AM
New ZealandPM Christopher Luxon outlnes his governments 9 public service targetsPM Christopher Luxon outlines his governments 9 'better public service' targetsWatch19 May 01:06 AM
New ZealandChristopher Luxon on Budget 2024National leader and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Budget 2024. Video / Mark MitchellWatch18 May 11:34 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Badly behaved MPs needed a time-outOPINION: Misconduct and extreme rhetoric have become too familiar in NZ politics.17 May 12:03 AM
New ZealandFocus Live: PM Chris Luxon gives pre budget transport announcementPrime Minister Christopher Luxon joins Transport Minister Simeon Brown for a pre-Budget announcement.Watch16 May 08:20 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsGovt gets advice on billion-dollar merger and potential sale of state assetsPrevious Governments have failed in attempts at an asset mega-merger.16 May 06:09 AM
New ZealandThe Country: Christopher Luxon on live animal exportsChristopher Luxon, Lance Kerr, Jane Smith, Nadine Tunley, Craig Hickman, Grant Farquhar.15 May 03:30 AM
EconomyWatch: Luxon defends tax cuts in pre-Budget speechThe PM spoke at the Auckland Business Chamber's pre-Budget lunch.15 May 01:31 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandWaters wars: Simeon Brown v Kieran McAnulty on Auckland's infrastructure woesA fix for the city’s water problems or have the Govt 'buggered it up'?14 May 05:00 PM
