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National mulling U-turn on $190m rental tax policy

However, the party won't commit to axing all of Labour's housing taxes.

'We've run out of staff': Restaurants shut up shop, say Omicron catastrophic

Some eateries have staff but no customers; some have customers, no staff. Some face both.

Omicron iceberg: Officials 'flying blind' without better data

Hospitalisation numbers are a useful indicator but also a "dangerously lagged" one.

'Disgraceful': Hipkins disclosed Charlotte Bellis' personal information despite Mfat urging him not to

It 'misled the public and resulted in vicious online personal attacks' her lawyer says.

Govt's Auckland light rail project could cost $29b, Treasury says

Route planned from the central city to the airport.

'No evictions' policy blamed for explosion in unpaid Kāinga Ora rent

About 12 per cent of Kāinga Ora households are now behind on their rent.

Thomas Coughlan: We've lived an entire election in four days

Announcing National's tax policy on Sunday, Christopher Luxon goaded Grant Robertson.

Superyacht sanctions: The oligarchs' vessels that have visited NZ

A look back at visits by superyachts owned by friends - and an enemy - of Putin.

Cost blowout, delays hit 21-unit state housing project

Kāinga Ora is sticking by its decision to go modular and with overseas builders.

Anti-mandate protesters moving on from Remutaka Forest Park, DoC says

Protesters demonstrating at Parliament in Wellington were dispersed on Wednesday.

Border reopenings start, but bumpy road ahead for tourism

Tourism has taken a big hit during the past two years of border closures.

How will history judge NZ's mothballed MIQ system?

Now MIQ is getting scrapped, the question remains: Was it fit for purpose?

Top cop on what we need to learn from the Parliament protest violence

"We need to think as a nation how we got there & how we avoid being there in the future."

'Nonsensical': More than 30,000 rapid tests seized at border

Is Australia winning the RAT race? Seized rapid tests slammed after school denied.

Covid cases drop below 19,000, five more deaths - health chiefs' warning

Five deaths and 22,535 cases were registered yesterday.

Live: Omicron's grip - daily cases could be almost 100k; expert's warning for age group

Rod Jackson says the only numbers that matter are hospitalisations and deaths.