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Clean car scheme breaks EV records, but ‘Ute Tax’ may need to rise to pay for discounts

The Government's EV scheme may need higher fees after thousands buy new EVs.

Efeso Collins among list of likely Green candidates for 2023 election

The former Auckland mayoral candidate is widely understood to be running to be a Green MP.

Simon Wilson: The 2023 election is a choice between the best Government yet, and the worst

The general election offers us the biggest choice in our lifetimes.

How NZ's $1.3b climate change fund is being spent on the Pacific

So far New Zealand is spending at under half the rate needed to meet its commitment.

Revealed: Govt's multi-million dollar bill on empty building

More than $2m was dished out in just four months.

'It's a chronic illness': Golriz Ghahraman on her MS diagnosis - and what Parliament should be doing

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman first went public with her MS in 2020 before the Covid lockdown.

‘Don’t give up’: Act MP on her dyslexia and being a politician

About one in 10 people are estimated to have a form of dyslexia.

New images of Pūhoi to Warkworth ‘holiday highway’ revealed

The drive will chop 11 minutes off the current route, Waka Kotahi says.

How police avoid a warrant to search for your car

Six months of vehicle movements available to police with no warrant.

Youth crime: How shopping malls, mental health and broken systems played a part

Teenagers have fallen foul of the law in spectacular ways this year.

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash on NZ’s best beaches - and his ultimate summer pick

From the East Coast to the top of the South, Nash says we're spoiled for choice.

Why don't we fix roads before we lower speed limits? The experts reply

"Improving road quality is happening, but is necessarily relatively slow.”

How speed limit reviews could affect your holiday journey

The Herald analyses the impact speed limit changes could have on journey times.

Revealed: How lower speed limits will affect long-distance travel times

Lower speed limits could slow productivity too, so where should safety balance lie?

Calls to wipe beneficiary dental debt as loans top $30m a year

The Govt recently increased the grant cap, but hasn't committed to wiping existing debt.

Thousands of skilled migrants invited to apply for one-off residence ballot

Skilled migrants have been invited to apply for residence in one-off ballot before change.

Parliament protest and gang crackdown prompt rethink of towie rules

Pay for towies is so poor, the Government is worried no one will want to tow cars.

Thomas Coughlan: A tale of two maiden speeches

The top five columns of the year from Thomas Coughlan.