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Driving in the wrong direction: Why NZ's oil consumption is at a 5-year high

OPINION: Oil now makes up 77% of NZ's fossil-fuel emissions, mostly from transport.

Another power comparison site launches

Billy replaces Electricity Authority's What’s My Number tool, merged with Powerswitch.

NCEA to go: Govt officially confirms new qualifications – what parents, students need to know

The changes have been signed off by Cabinet.

Bryce Wilkinson: Oil price policy traps from 1970s the Govt should learn from

OPINION: Today’s ministers face intense pressure to cap fuel prices and subsidise petrol.

ACT and Retail NZ claim paywave surcharge ban 'dead', but National says that's wrong

Act and New Zealand First say the bill lacks the support to pass this term.

How and why NZ could be drawn into the Iran war – and the high stakes involved

OPINION: NZ is among 22 nations weighing a mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

Pay equity clash deepens as 'surprised' minister hits back at Human Rights Commission

Brooke van Velden met with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner last year.

MSD told to clarify grounds for declining emergency housing under Govt’s new criteria

The Auditor-General says the guidelines need to be clearer for when people seek help.

'Cash for access': $10,000 to sit next to Luxon at party fundraiser

A deleted invitation listed $5000, $8000 and $10,000 tables as fundraiser tiers.

Poll results reveal Kiwis' view of Luxon, Hipkins after their recent troubles

Have recent events affected Kiwis' opinions on the leaders?

Thomas Coughlan: Nicola Willis tells Labour there’s a new sheriff in town

The Government's cost of living package sends a strong message.

Young riders, new rules: Govt plan legalises kids and e-scooters on footpaths

Children aged 12 and under would be allowed to ride on the footpath.

A different kind of woman: What Brooke van Velden's resignation could mean for Act

She is leaving on her own terms. It's no longer clear who could succeed David Seymour.

About 140,000 families to get $50 a week to help with high fuel prices

The boost is expected to cost about $373 million and last no more than a year.

Fuel crisis: Nicola Willis slams Chris Hipkins’ ‘unbased claims’ over Govt’s tax take

Willis said advice she'd received suggested tax revenue would go down.

Act Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden to leave politics

The 33-year-old expressed a desire to work in the private sector.