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Thomas Coughlan: Chris Hipkins and Labour taste irrelevance
OPINION: The party must find a way to pull itself out of an opposition funk.
OPINION: The party must find a way to pull itself out of an opposition funk.
Auckland Council has today closed Muriwai Beach to vehicles following yesterday's crash.
The militaries are using warship-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets.
Judicial discretion is in the firing line - are judges getting it wrong?
Teachers union says no consultation or guidance over planned changes to sex education.
OPINION: Is the political gap between left and right supporters becoming unbridgeable?
The previous Government put together this year's New Year Honours list.
Well-known athletes, film stars and broadcasters are on the list.
OPINION: National must be cautious not to let gloomy rhetoric undercut confidence.
The Minister got a ticking off for a wide-ranging clause in the new RMA law.
A gloomy economic outlook - with a silver lining on inflation.
Beehive Diaries: Plus, Shane Jones meets his match in Te Pāti Māori.
"We’ve got a serious shortage of staff - why would you want to work for $10,000 less?"
The new Government is having fun - so is the Opposition.
The new MP presented his maiden statement in Parliament yesterday.
Long-time political reporter Jane Patterson joins the On the Tiles podcast.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi was first out of the blocks. Who's next?
It came as leaders launched into the first Parliamentary debate this term.
OPINION: Health, education, water...if centralisation continues, problems will get worse.
NZ is one of just a handful of 194 member states raising concern over “minor” policy.
OPINION: He should be happy, but it is as though Winston Peters needs an enemy.
OPINION: But the new Government has inherited a mess.
A rundown of some of the big stories from the Herald's podcast network this week.
National got its tax package over the line but concessions had to be made.
OPINION: Cabinet positions suggests National well and truly in charge.
The challenge remains: How to walk the fiscal tightrope while delivering tax cuts.
Act's policy was one of the more contentious on the election campaign.
Yesterday was day 35 since the election. These talks are now the second longest since MMP.
The coalition talks have resulted in a fair share of incidents.