Audrey Young: Nicola Willis on the Budget - it's bad, but not 'Ruth Richardson bad'
OPINION: The fiscal news is grim, Willis admits, but an austerity Budget isn't the answer.
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Watch live: Govt pledges $571m for Defence Force pay, helicopter and vehicle upgrades
The new spend includes more than $100m of cuts to the NZDF and the Defence Ministry.
Police strategy to combat knife crime amid rising trend in Britain, Australia
Knife crime is an issue the Police Minister says he's monitoring closely.
Matthew Hooton: Labour needs a bolder leader than Hipkins
OPINION: As the Luxon Government fails, the Opposition needs someone who will step up.
Govt ramps up threat of sanctions on beneficiaries if new obligations aren’t met
Beneficiaries have two weeks to attend a seminar or they could be sanctioned.
Almost every Kiwi household will benefit from tax relief, Finance Minister promises
Nicola Willis has set the scene for the upcoming Budget.
Judge delivers verdict on early NZ justice system
Justice David Collins points to early miscarriages of justice in colonial New Zealand.
Iwi sends warning as hundreds march on Parliament against fast-track consenting bill
Developers that advanced projects that harmed the environment were warned.
PM in a huff after questions over 'woke food'
The Prime Minister did not want to answer questions about which foods were woke.
Government keen on electoral law changes after enrolments debacle
Same-day enrolment could go the way of the dodo.
Watch live: Question time - School lunches scheme gets new, cut-back funding
The free school lunch programme was initially launched by Labour in 2019.
Advice suggests Government’s water reforms will cost Aucklanders less than Labour’s - for now
Comparisons are difficult,
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders back MP’s claim Govt is intent on exterminating Māori
Te Pāti Māori has previously the accused the Government of displaying white supremacy.
Double voting found in election result, judges and minister briefed
A small number of double votes is likely, but it would not change the result.
Ministry of Education now producing daily school attendance data
Reporting by schools is voluntary but will become mandatory next year.
Julie Anne Genter speaks as Speaker refers her to Privileges Committee
Genter flew out to the Chatham Islands ahead of Parliament sitting this week.
Audrey Young: The minister who made a criminal mess of Budget reveal
OPINION: Everybody - including the PM - left yesterday's press conference confused.
NZ First MP Jamie Arbuckle to donate council salary to charity
He will stay on as councillor until October to avoid a byelection.
PM wouldn't accept one of his MPs holding councillor position and salary
An NZ First MP is also a local councillor - with both salaries.
NZ launches trade negotiations with UAE
The country has begun trade negotiations with the United Arab Emirates.
'Catastrophic in terms of their reputation': Can the Greens bounce back from a string of controversies?
Julie Anne Genter is the fourth Green MP in under a year to spark controversy
Julie Anne Genter v businesses: Why the bad blood over cycleways?
A mandate for cycleways in the capital doesn't make for a painless process.
The Shaw bank redemption: Simon Wilson on the former Greens leader and the Fast-Track Bill
OPINION: Everyone likes to call James Shaw a Blue-Green, but what does that mean?
Govt revives Waikato mega-prison plans as $1.9b spend pays for 810-bed extension
About $440m of the spend was coming from cuts from the "back-office", Luxon said.
PM announces $1.9b Corrections investment including 810 more prison beds
Govt will train 470 corrections officers and add 810 beds to Waikato’s Waikeria prison.
MP Julie Anne Genter returns to work ... in the Chatham Islands
The under-fire MP is returning to work this week.
Co-leaders discussing fresh claims of poor behaviour with MP Julie Anne Genter
Act leader David Seymour believes Greens' response to initial incident was a 'cop out'.
‘Māori Seabed, For Shore!’ - Two decades on from the largest hīkoi in a generation
Twenty years on from the biggest protest in Aotearoa, how far have we come?
Editorial: How politicians can prove they're worth what we pay them
OPINION: It was once commonly accepted one shouldn't talk about money in polite company.
Opinion: ‘Politics has been likened to war without guns’ - why rules in politics still matter
OPINION: It is the rules that stop politics descending into war with guns.
Shane Te Pou: National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win?
OPINION: Could this be a one-term government?
MPs spitting the dummy: Who followed through on threats to quit on principle?
OPINION: Some MPs are just plain offended at how they are treated by their party.
Is Winston Peters reluctant to trim MFAT?
Winston Peters says he is still talking with the ministry.
Winston Peters targeted by new protest tactics
Police and protesters are adopting fresh approaches as protest movement digs in.