PoliticsCoalition back on track after months behind LabourLabour has been squeezed in a new poll, while the minor parties have gained support.04 Apr 12:14 AM
Politics‘Outrageous haste’: Labour criticises Treaty bill processLabour: “This is an appalling lack of process on a hugely consequential bill."03 Apr 07:33 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: ‘Offensive and damaging’ – Swarbrick feels the heatOPINION: Criticism is coming from all sides over the Benjamin Doyle controversy.02 Apr 11:31 PM
New ZealandPoll: 61.5% say parents should provide school lunchesMost voters say parents should provide school lunches, not the Government.01 Apr 05:09 AM
New ZealandPoll shows coalition holds slim lead as Labour gains groundNational, Act, and NZ First would secure 62 seats, giving them a slim majority.31 Mar 06:22 PM
PoliticsLabour-Green rift over policing prompts Hipkins to reflect on rhetoricThe Labour leader has made amends with the Greens.31 Mar 05:28 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionRyan BridgeRyan Bridge: Govt guilty of Labour's crime on bloated public serviceOPINION: Yes, this is the same “woke” that New Zealand First voted for.29 Mar 05:00 PM
PoliticsBill English on fixing the health system - and the Auckland iwi leading the wayThe former Prime Minister thinks there are plenty of ways to improve performance.28 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettWars on woke and police in dark alleys: why are politicians giving the time of day to nonsense?Winston Peters ended the week with an epistle from St Peters to the Anti-Woke28 Mar 04:00 PM
PoliticsReview into absconding bootcamp youths more than a month lateThe review was supposed to be days away from release in mid-February.28 Mar 05:11 AM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsCabinet blocks Bishop's plan to zone for 540,000 new Auckland homesHousing Minister Chris Bishop's audacious proposal for new housing was overruled.27 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandKāinga Ora sells up state houses in Auckland’s wealthy suburbsKāinga Ora said it's been waiting on final building approval from Auckland Council.27 Mar 05:30 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: MP’s crazy cop comments set to clobber the Greens, LabourOPINION: Tamatha Paul has badly misread her own constituency. 26 Mar 11:31 PM
PoliticsLabour reserves judgment on Govt’s caps to sentencing discountsJudges will soon only be able to discount sentences by up to 40%.26 Mar 04:27 AM
New ZealandDrug-driving testing legislation passes despite concernsBill passes with support of National, Act, NZ First and Labour.26 Mar 02:48 AM
PoliticsHenare apologises after powerful committee reports on his actions during Treaty Principles votePrivileges Committee says the Labour MP's haka did not amount to contempt.25 Mar 11:30 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: The real reasons for Winston Peters' war on wokenessOPINION: The war on wokeness is one of Donald Trump's special gifts to this country.25 Mar 08:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionThomas CoughlanThomas Coughlan: Winston Peters has a lot of thoughts about ... LabourOPINION: Winston Peters couldn't stop talking about the Labour Party.23 Mar 06:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPolitics‘I’m pragmatic’: Willie Jackson gears up for one of Labour’s biggest jobs"On my own marae, I have banned [gang] patches for years."23 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandWhy MP Willie Jackson intends to stayLabour MP Willie Jackson talks about why he is committed to staying in politics.Watch23 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionThomas CoughlanThomas Coughlan: Govt comes out on top this week but choppy waters aheadThe Government has fared best of late – but it is unprepared for a brutal winter.21 Mar 06:00 PM
New ZealandNew low: Kiwis score Govt 4/10 in performance survey Labour is closing in on National on inflation, the economy and crime.20 Mar 10:13 PM
PremiumPremiumPolitics‘False facts’: Govt hits out at Labour for ‘misleading’ attacks on PPP schoolsLabour has had to change its story on PPP schools and their alleged downfalls.20 Mar 05:00 PM
Politics‘Embarrassing’, ‘hypocrites’: Feud over working groups re-erupts between Labour, NationalThe two political parties had strong words.20 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Veteran vs newbie – Luxon and Peters take very different styles to world stageOPINION: The PM gets an A for enthusiasm, but he may have his high trade hopes dashed. 19 Mar 11:38 PM
PoliticsLabour recommits to abolishing charter schools after Andersen comments criticisedThe Labour MP has defended her comments.19 Mar 03:20 AM
PoliticsFirst official talks between NZ, US trade representatives as Trump rolls out tariffsTodd McClay's meeting with US trade representative Jamieson Greer lasted 45 minutes.16 Mar 12:25 AM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: Trudeau’s tariff riposte was brave, not cringeworthyOPINION: 'Does anyone remember the concept of tough love?'15 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumLetters to the EditorLetters: NZ needs a long-term vision for infrastructureOPINION: 'Why do we have to spend time and money cleaning up after the incompetents?'14 Mar 04:00 PM
PoliticsGovt reject advice to lower cancer screening age further for Māori, PasifikaThe Government is focused on 'need, not race'. 14 Mar 02:15 AM
OpinionOpinion: You don’t fix an education system by tearing it apartOPINION: The thing is not all children learn in the same way.13 Mar 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Bayly’s 2-week holiday becomes 3; school lunches flown in from OzOPINION: Taking a break is understandable. Blurring the facts is not.12 Mar 11:48 PM
PoliticsPeeni Henare apologises but stands by his haka in ParliamentHenare was one of four MPs referred to the powerful privileges committee.12 Mar 05:32 AM
PoliticsPeeni Henare speaks after facing Privileges Committee for haka in HouseThe Labour MP said he would do the haka again 'if it is the right cause'. Video / Julia GabelWatch12 Mar 05:32 AM
