My passport is due to be renewed shortly and I'm incensed that I'm not going to be able to reapply for one that will last me 10 years.

Finance Minister Bill English has acknowledged there is little he can do to stop shares from partial floats of state-owned enterprises ultimately ending up in foreign hands.

Forcing teachers to take courses to learn Te Reo Maori will backfire, the president of the Secondary Principals' Association says. A new report to Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples has recommended tertiary level Maori language be made...

Govt departments and agencies could save $236m a year in efficiencies on backroom administrative and support service, a Treasury report released today says.

A new welfare code for layer hens which effectively bans battery cages is expected to push up the price of eggs to consumers.

Growing problems for New Zealanders trying to obtain British visas will be up for discussion in talks with British ministers this week. From April, the number is to be limited to 21,700 a year, compared to about 28,000 in 2009.

Wellington's mayor has defended a leaked email which suggests councillors learn Te Reo, Mandarin or ballroom dancing to keep 'mentally fit'.

Two men were back in court today facing more 300 charges relating to defrauding the former North Shore City Council of more than $800,000.

The bill setting up the framework for the Govt's $1bn leaky homes package gets its first reading in Parliament today.

Labour leader Phil Goff today called for Botany MP' Pansy Wong's breach of international travel rebate rules to be referred to the Auditor-General, after she was cleared of any serious misuse of the perk today.

Botany MP Pansy Wong considered resigning from Parliament after admitting misusing the Parliamentary travel perk during a trip to China with her husband, but says she did not realise she had breached the rules at the time.

A report into Pansy Wong's use of her Parliamentary travel allowance has cleared the Botany MP of serious misuse. Mrs Wong says she will repay the rebate for one trip found to have breached Parliament's rules.