"Mātauranga Māori has been at the heart of decision making on the new public holiday."

By 2033, JLL estimates around 81,000 people will live in these villages.

'It would be unethical, at best. We're not talking Saudi sheep, here.'

'It will be something that brings us together as a country,' Willie Jackson says.

Grant Robertson delivered his rendition of National's 'night of the short plastic knives'.

The weakness is mainly at the ports, but Hipkins can't say if workers are being contacted.

Long-awaited reform of planning system would cut number of national plans to 'around 14'.

'The guard was immediately removed from duty.'

Minister defends the spending as "better than forcing people to live in cars or in tents".

A vaccinated health worker who tested weak positive for Covid has since tested negative.

Update comes after confirmation Sydney to Wellington traveller has Delta variant.

The first new St John resource in the city for 20 years is part of Govt's Covid response.

'Health referrals are a good thing because we want demand for drugs to decrease'.

'Within the next 48 hours, we'll have a clearer picture of [any] community transmission.'

Port sector has enough issues to earn its own first report, says public audit watchdog.

'[It is] an ideological vanity project that the majority of New Zealanders oppose.'

'It was not deliberately withheld ... but I am pleased they didn't see it,' Jackson says.