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COMMENT: A year on, the three Government parties have remained ahead in the polls.
Govt addresses settlement inequity for survivors of torture at Lake Alice
The Government has been working on a redress package.
'Trailblazing' - first private business wins building consenting accreditation
Able to process building consent applications and inspect buildings during construction.
Claims Kiwi businesses shut out of multimillion-dollar cleaning contracts
'A lot of the Government’s cleaning work doesn’t go out to tender.'
Wellington councillors warned to 'get on with it and behave'
Councillors have met for the first time public since the Crown observer decision.
Mayor says deaths inevitable unless Govt cracks down on spectators as well as boy racers
Masterton Mayor Gary Caffell said yesterday's illegal car meet was 'gut-wrenching'.
What can the US teach NZ about gun control?
OPINION: Firearms control is a complex and contentious issue.
Alan McDonald: Holidays Act reform – let’s get it done once, and done right
OPINION: The Holidays Act has long been in need of reform.
'Self-serving': Cook Strait ferry uncertainty fuels tensions between ports
CentrePort's chairman says ferry terminal proposal is laughable.
New Zealand’s aid spend forecast to drop
The forecast aid budget's $1.1b this financial year, compared to $1.2b last year.
How to make the Public Works Act work for you if your land is needed for a highway
Land is needed for the SH1 corridor, but what about the property owners?
An end to fiscal holes? New plan to independently assess political parties' costings
Poking holes in opposing parties’ costings has long been a feature of NZ elections.
'Give people their freedom back': MP's push to end licensing trusts
'Monopoly' for selling alcohol labelled an 'outdated, nanny state throwback'.
'Depressing, unsafe': Doctor speaks out on dire state of Whangārei Hospital
An Northland emergency doctor says the health system is in a death spiral.
Nationals pre-election commitments, Iwi cannabis producer partnership | NZ Herald News Update
Calls for National to honor its pre-election commitment, NZ's largest iwi and medical cannabis producer partnership and a road in Hokitika renamed in honor of Mayor Bruce Smith.
Editorial: If not the America's Cup, what's the next big thing?
OPINION: New Zealand's flatlining tourist recovery is in need of a shot in the arm.
Auckland Council snubs Government, makes own decisions on transport spending
Auckland Council has spread transport cuts far more widely than the Government wanted.
‘Best of New Zealand:’ Luxon full of praise for Kiwi Manawanui taskforce
'Well done, my bald brother,' Luxon said to one NZDF personnel at the taskforce HQ.
Peters, Hipkins trade barbs as ministry apologises over not telling Costello of conflict of interest
Winston Peters claimed Ayesha Verrall had 'misled the leader of the Labour Party'.
Christopher Luxon speaks to media
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to media from Samoa.
The financial debt hangover of 2025 will be more than just an economic issue - Opinion
New Zealand consistently ranks among the most expensive countries to live.
The clue that Wellington's Crown observer was waiting in the wings in January
Analysis: Bursting water pipes are the inescapable backdrop to the city's problems.
WorkSafe plans second major restructure, job losses proposed
40 net roles are proposed to be cut.
Unredacted letter shows Andrew Bayly complainant a former Defence Force worker
The Small Business Minister has retained all of his ministerial portfolios.
$80m spent on redundancies since Govt took office
Ministries and agencies have also carried out 161 change processes or restructures.
Time for the Ōpōtiki community to claim back their town - Mark Mitchell
The Police Minister fully backs gang crackdown.
Letters: Next on the menu – healthy $3 lunches for MPs
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Oranga Tamariki accepts reoffending possible as boot camp pilot teens return to community
The three-month in-residence phase has finished but now the 'hard work is just beginning'.
Christopher Luxon on this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting
Prime Minister Chris Luxon is adamant the saga surrounding the sunken HMNZS Manawanui off the coast of Samoa won’t overshadow this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
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Former US President Barack Obama raps to Eminem's song 'Lose Yourself' after being introduced by the rapper himself as the two rally alongside for the Harris campaign in Michigan.
'Another ridiculous gold rush': Group vows to continue fight against new mine
A controversial Waikato mining site has the Government’s green light of approval.