A bill allowing 300 new homes on prime coastal land in Auckland is set to pass into law.

Greens say they will spend up large to try and win in Nick Smith's electorate.

Cracking down on window washers has come at a big cost to the Auckland Council.

Police are assessing information, after previously finding insufficient evidence.

The PM and the police are not off the hook on the Todd Barclay case, Andrew Little says.

Sue Bradford says she is "terrified" by the release of a new book about her life.

The Greens want a higher refugee quota - and for rich foreign investors to pay for it.

COMMENT: Labour felt compelled to share more flattering poll results.

E Tu union represents more than 54,000 New Zealanders.

A drug smuggling themed advert for BurgerFuel is offensive, say NZ's Latino community.

The Greens claim their own version of Sanders and Corbyn.

"The sad reality is you have to have money to play."

Dairy farmers won't have to pay for their climate pollution yet, the Govt says.

The Green Party wants the court rolled out nationwide sooner.

Government wants to cut the number of sudden infant deaths by nearly 90 per cent.

A vote on legalising euthanasia could be closer than predicted.

COMMENT: The long, fraught process to deciding on a right to die has only just begun.

With three months until the election, a poll shows National is in a strong position.

NZ Govt says US withdrawal from Paris climate accord "really disappointing".

Some of NZ's biggest companies are lining up to oppose country of origin labelling.

A third of NZ's native birds could soon go the way of the moa, a damning report reveals.

COMMENT: The Greens have alternatives, even if they don't like them, writes Audrey Young.

Funding to reduce rheumatic fever in NZ has been halved in this week's Budget.

Labour and Greens' deal to work together has not affected their broadcast funding.

Andrew Little says Labour will soon present its own rival families package to National's.

Greens say the Budget's environment and conservation funding is far below what's needed.

Mental health patients' stories will give most people sleepless nights, one mother says.

Opposition parties reveal what they want to see in the health budget on Thursday.

Consents given to firms to take our water opened taps on furious row.

Shaw called Trump "dangerous", but Labour's Andrew Little reatins faith in US system.