October 20 2021 Judith Collins has set targets of either 85-90 per cent vaccinations or December 1 for when the party believes Covid-19 restrictions should end, and the borders start to re-open.
Labour and National have joined forces behind a radical new housing policy, the Housing Supply Bill, which they say will help address the housing crisis by allowing as many as 105,500 new homes to be built in less than a decade.
National Party leader Judith Collins says it's not a double-standard to demand Government targets but not release her own. Video / Mark Mitchell
National Party leader Judith Collins criticises the Government's road map out of lockdown, takes aim at the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and shares her view of where NZ should go from here. Video / Mark Mitchell
National Party leader Judith Collins on why she got vaccinated and her plea for all other eligible kiwis to get the jab. Video / Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald's deputy political editor Derek Cheng grills Chris Hipkins and Dr Ashley Bloomfield over unlinked Covid-19 cases. Video / Pool
A rebounding economy, generating nearly $100 billion in tax revenue, helped the Government's Covid-battered books edge closer to surplus this year. Video / Mark Mitchell
Former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters post-politics. Video / NZ Herald
Business Editor-at-Large Liam Dann talks to Business NZ CEO Kirk Hope about the role of business leaders in government decision making.
National Covid-19 Response spokesman Chris Bishop on the latest Alert level rules, which he says the Government has made on-the-fly. Video / Mark Mitchell
New Zealand's "vaccine passport" is likely to be a digital Covid-19 vaccination certificate containing a QR code. Video / Pool
National leader Judith Collins was asked to comment on the Government's review of New Zealand’s electoral laws. Video / Mark Mitchell
Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has unveiled plans to tighten political donations rules before the 2023 election and a wider review of election rules - including the length of the Parliamentary term - before the 2026 election.
National leader Judith Collins says the new plan on lifting restrictions was "nothing more than a vague wishlist".
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi gives details on new one-off residence pathway visas that will be offered to the roughly 165,000 migrant workers and their families. Video / Pool
A damning review has found that Oranga Tamariki is a "weak, disconnected and unfit" agency - and the Government says it will cease the controversial tactic of child uplifts.
The National Party wants nationwide lockdowns to be "a last resort" once 70 to 75 per cent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated - and border restrictions to ease for the fully vaccinated when coverage hits 85 per cent.
PM Jacinda Ardern on why she got vaccinated and what made her shed a tear when she saw the first vaccine shipments arrive. Video / Mark Mitchell
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff slams 'idiot' Brian Tamaki over his lockdown protest plan, saying it risks undermining the region's big sacrifices. Video / Newstalk ZB
Sir John Key blasts Govt Covid-19 response - 'fear and hope is not a strategy". Video / Newstalk ZB
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently described having at least 90 per cent of the country vaccinated as a "golden ticket" which would mean no, or less restrictive lockdowns in future. NZ Herald's Claire Trevett sits down to discuss what a 90 per cent-plus vaccination rate could look like for New Zealand. Video / Mark Mitchell
Act leader David Seymour was disappointed Speaker Trevor Mallard made the announcement to media first before MPs. Video / Mark Mitchell
National party leader Judith Collins on vaccine targets. Video / Mark Mitchell
PM Jacinda Ardern said she would not expect to have been asked for New Zealand to join the new AUKUS security pact. Video / Pool
Judith Collins talks comments made by her former chief press secretary Janet Wilson. Video / Mark Mitchell
DOC’s Lou Sanson on loving nature. Video / NZ Herald
Stuart Nash is so confident that 90 per cent of New Zealanders will be vaccinated by Christmas he told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking he'll even bet a case of award-winning wine on it. Video / Newstalk ZB
Judith Collins fires back at Breakfast presenter Indira Stewart's questioning over vaccines and MP's being Covid-19 tested before returning to parliament. Video / TVNZ
The Government faces a grilling on two unfolding crises: the recent outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in New Zealand and the Defence Force's involvement in the evacuation of Afghanistan.
National leader Judith Collins says she would rather be at home with her family during the lockdown but felt she should work like other essential workers.
NZDF personnel and the planeloads of people who they are evacuating from Afghanistan narrowly missed explosions that occurred at Hamid Karzai International Airport last night, resulting in dozens of deaths.
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says a potential vaccination botch-up at an Auckland centre was "regrettable", but he had confidence in officials to resolve the situation.
The first group of New Zealand citizens, their families and "other visa holders" evacuated from Afghanistan will arrive in New Zealand this afternoon.
PM Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson pay tribute to Sir Michael Cullen.