Sexual abuse survivors plan a protest over changes to subsidised counselling - which they say are putting lives at risk.

Police racked up more than $2.5m of charges on business credit cards last year, including stays at luxury hotels, restaurant dinners and taxi rides.

Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.

The Labour Party says the Government "seems determined" to eliminate the staff who make public services work.

Bill English says $1.8bn of "low quality" spending will be redirected education, health and law and order in next month's Budget.

The Govt is adding another $1.8bn in spending cuts to the $2bn already announced over the next four years, Bill English has announced.

The Government's bank balance is better than forecast ahead of next month's Budget, but its income from tax has taken a hit.

The Maori Party's flagship policy is a step closer - but major details still have to be sorted out.

The taxpayer has so far unwittingly chipped in at least $320,000 for MPs embroiled in lawsuits.

Metiria Turei is backing a plan to expand MPs' travel perks which could open the way for MPs to claim for taking their children on holiday.