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Audrey Young: Nicola Willis on the Budget - it's bad, but not 'Ruth Richardson bad'
OPINION: The fiscal news is grim, Willis admits, but an austerity Budget isn't the answer.
Letters: Tikanga Māori has no place in our secular legal system
OPINION: 'The role of the judiciary is to interpret our law, not to make new law.'
PM in a huff after questions over 'woke food'
The Prime Minister did not want to answer questions about which foods were woke.
Government keen on electoral law changes after enrolments debacle
Same-day enrolment could go the way of the dodo.
Mental Health Minister sought advice on ‘social impact bonds’
The Government has indicated it may use social bonds to provide transitional housing.
Double voting found in election result, judges and minister briefed
A small number of double votes is likely, but it would not change the result.
Audrey Young: The minister who made a criminal mess of Budget reveal
OPINION: Everybody - including the PM - left yesterday's press conference confused.
The Shaw bank redemption: Simon Wilson on the former Greens leader and the Fast-Track Bill
OPINION: Everyone likes to call James Shaw a Blue-Green, but what does that mean?
Voluntary redundancies bring MBIE job cuts to 341
The ministry accepted another 59 voluntary redundancies last week.
Minister doesn’t want Māori caught up in ‘green gullibility’ over changes to Crown Minerals Act
Shane Jones and Tama Potaka want to hear Māori views on changes to mining rules.
Simon Bridges says NZ wasn't ready for a Māori PM: 'I didn’t think enough about race relations'
The former National leader stepped away for a quiet life away from politics,. Or has he?
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Why Luxon should have acted like Ardern in pay rise saga
OPINION: The country’s so broke that more than 3000 public servants were fired.
Shane Te Pou: National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win?
OPINION: Could this be a one-term government?
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
Nats declare massive election donation haul - the most ever in a year
Its largest donation was $500,000 from an Auckland businessman.
Audrey Young: Peters switches from statesman to street-brawler
OPINION: Also in today's political wrap - what on earth is up with Green MPs?
'Not my first legal rodeo': Winston Peters responds to defamation allegations
Peters gave a speech to the NZ China Council this morning.
Winston Peters to deliver speech to New Zealand China Council after China remark about Bob Carr
The NZ First leader wouldn't repeat the comments outside the House, but stood by them.
Peters refuses to repeat China remark after defamation threat from former Australian minister
The NZ First leader wouldn't repeat the comments outside the House, but stood by them.
Watch: PM distances himself from Peters' 'defamatory' remarks, literacy boost announced
The NZ First leader's comments overshadowed a Government policy announcement on education.
Question Time live: Politicians face off amidst accusations of intimidation and defamation
The former Australian Foreign Minister says he will take legal action.
Analysis: The Govt needs a good Budget; why it might not deliver one
After a bad poll, the Government needs to find a way to make voters feel happier.
KiwiRail boss travelled to South Korea amid mega ferry fallout
Chief executive Peter Reidy travelled to South Korea in early April.
Ditched: Plans by Government to regulate property managers
'There is not a desire for more red tape with the current Government.' - Joanna Pidgeon
Te Puni Kōkiri Māori Development Ministry to axe 38 jobs - PSA says decision 'reckless'
Overall, about 3474 public service jobs will go.
Politics is a marathon - not a sprint - Shane Jones
NZ First deputy leader says politics is a marathon - and he's in for the long haul.
Politicians face off after poll dismissed as 'fruitcake business'
The poll comes a month before the Government's Budget.
Audrey Young: Peters has the most to complain about after grim poll result
OPINION: The poll will only prove to Peters' team that statesmanship doesn't win votes.
Government to take 'good look' at ministers' powers in Fast-Track Approvals Bill
Submitters raised concerns about ministers' powers and conflicts of interest.
Dramatic rescue, measles epidemic and Israel truce offer | Focus Morning Bulletin April 30, 2024
Skipper speaks out after Manukau Harbour rescue, health experts warn of a measles epidemic and Hamas considers Israel’s latest cease-fire offer in the latest NZ Herald headlines.
New poll is a potentially disastrous result for NZ First
The new poll is not good for the coalition Government.
Coalition crumble: Govt parties drop in poll - Labour, Greens, Te Pāti Māori edge ahead
The poll comes a month before the Government's Budget.
Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
Work programmes would soon be announced relating to the priority areas.