Claire Trevett is the New Zealand Herald’s Political Editor, based at Parliament in Wellington.
Claire Trevett is the NZ Herald’s political editor, based at Parliament in Wellington. She started at the NZ Herald in 2003 and joined the Press Gallery team in 2007. She is a life member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery.
Govt to rush through second last-minute amendment to gang patch ban
A second late amendment will cover gang patches displayed in private cars.
Claire Trevett: David Seymour's annoying habit of hogging headlines
OPINION: The Treaty Principles Bill is going nowhere - so why is Seymour digging in?
Budget docs: Treasury recommended less health funding, lower tax cuts
Three months later, Budget papers have been released.
Claire Trevett: Trade-offs obvious as Seymour and Luxon wrestle over Treaty Principles Bill timing
OPINION: Neither PM nor Seymour got it all their own way on the timing of Treaty bill.
Claire Trevett: Silencing of Shane Jones an easy first test of coalition discipline steps
Shane Jones has been quietened - but a few in National quietly agree with his views.
Claire Trevett: Little wonder Hipkins is sceptical of Bishop's olive branch on infrastructure
OPINION: Bishop wants political consensus on 30-year pipeline of infrastructure projects.
'Hugely relieved': National MP David MacLeod responds to police decision on donations disclosure failure
MacLeod hopeful PM Christopher Luxon will take him off the 'naughty boys' bench'.
Claire Trevett: Govt's fast-track backdown delivers a nod to critics but not a buckling
COMMENT: Ministers lose the power to decide fast-track projects, but still have influence.
Ministers lose sign-off powers in backdown on Fast-track Approvals Bill
Chris Bishop, Shane Jones and Simeon Brown will no longer have final approval powers.
Claire Trevett: Luxon's message to councils and banks was merciless, but great politics
OPINION: Luxon did not bother to sugarcoat it.
Watch live: Question Time as Seymour fires back over Treaty Principles Bill
Act leader said it would be 'democratic and respectful' to hear public opinion first.
The 'shocking' data that pushed forward new maths curriculum
Luxon's conference maths announcement was pulled together in a few days.
PM's maths fix makes the perfect conference announcement – Claire Trevett
OPINION: It won't have hurt that Luxon's rush job on maths shows him as an Action Man.
Watch: 'Total system failure' - Luxon addresses media after maths action plan announcement
PM announces moves to bring forward change to the way maths is taught
'Take the temperature down': John Key on debate around Māori issues
Sir John Key says governments need to tread carefully on race relations
National ignores coalition partners at conference: Act and NZ First left out
Act, NZ First and "coalition" were dirty words on the first day of the National Conference
National Party conference opens with Nicola Willis nudging at Kiwibank sale
Finance Minister talks spending cuts, Chris Bishop suggests council spending reviews.
PM Christopher Luxon challenged to lift polls to Key-era levels
OPINION: National has too often been overshadowed by coalition partners.
National Party president Sylvia Wood sets goal of mid-40s in the polls
National Party gets to work on new policy and selection processes
Christopher Luxon set to move into Premier House - finally
Luxon says recent refurbishments allow him to move into the PM's official home.
Poll: How worried are NZ'ers about a second Trump presidency?
A Talbot Mills poll asked about a second Trump presidency and political division.
Darleen Tana digs in as MP, Greens to decide on invoking waka-jumping law
Greens co-leader Chloe Swarbrick says wider party approval is needed to use the law.
Watch: 'Distressing' - Helen Clark weighs in on Winston Peters' 'retard' remark
Peters had to withdraw the use of the phrase 'retard comment' in Parliament today.
Claire Trevett: Seymour makes the most of his big week as Acting PM
His stint coincided with data drops on benefit numbers and inflation.
Luxon meets California Governor Gavin Newsom, tries his arm at baseball
Newsom is one of the names in the mix to be a future presidential candidate.
Claire Trevett: Luxon suffers amid Biden scrutiny in Nato debut
The photo Luxon was dearly seeking turned out to be the biggest diplomatic blunder.
‘On top of his brief’: Luxon weighs in on President Biden’s mental state
Biden is facing increasing pressure regarding his physical and mental capacity.
Biden 'expressed his love for NZ' in meeting with Luxon at White House
US President expressed his 'love' for New Zealand.
'A place of large egos': PM wraps up meetings with Republicans on Capitol Hill
The PM has met with key Trump-supporting Republicans ahead of the summit meeting.
Claire Trevett: Luxon's big day in DC and the questions he's avoiding like the plague
The Prime Minister was like a kid in a candy shop, but there were questions to avoid.
'US political junkie': PM Luxon talks after meeting US lawmakers
The PM has announced more support for Ukraine as he meets Senators in the US.
Speed dating, relationship building: Luxon to meet US, Nato leaders in Washington
Luxon hits DC at an intriguing time, but will not be drawn on his views of Biden or Trump
Claire Trevett: PM's Nato trip perfectly timed for US, UK schmoozing
OPINION: There'll be plenty of high-level chat about what Trump 2.0 might bring.
Transport Minister unrepentant about cycle lane cuts for pothole repairs and new roads
Brown has released the Government's final roads and transport plan.
Claire Trevett: Crime, coalition 'cracks' and unicorn kisses - just another week in politics
OPINION: Also in today's wrap - the PM's medicine comeback and Andrew Bayly's flying leap.
Governing coalition bounces back in new poll, Hipkins closes preferred PM gap
How the Government is faring in the first 1News Verian poll since the Budget.
Coalition friction: NZ First invokes first 'agree to disagree' clause
It's the first time the 'agree to disagree' clause has been used during the term.
Claire Trevett: Luxon's cancer drugs promise doubled is a problem halved
OPINION: Luxon's moved from under-delivering to over-deliver on drugs promise: at a cost.
Northland power cut: Cabinet to address energy and fuel security after blackout
Energy Minister Simeon Brown is expected to provide more details this afternoon.
Claire Trevett: PM's big-noting detracts from diplomatic wins
OPINION: The plane breakdown was bad enough. Then came the 'C-listers' clanger.
Simeon Brown says proposed cuts for emergency road repairs 'challenging' for councils
NZTA is consulting on changes that will give councils less money for road repairs.
Watch: Luxon says Japan is in a ‘tough neighbourhood’, defends C-listers comment
PM to wrap up his Japan trip after meeting Japan's PM tonight
Speaker Gerry Brownlee wants to boost security for MPs ‘before something goes very wrong’
Brownlee wants Parliament's security guards to have more powers.
Claire Trevett: Chris Hipkins' long trail of mea culpae
OPINION: From transport to farmers, Hipkins' mission to soothe peeved voters continues.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins sets out hopes for a one-term National-led Government
Hipkins was speaking at Labour's regional conference in Wellington.
Claire Trevett: Farmers smile, environmentalists fume as tensions ramp up
OPINION: It's also been a tricky week geopolitically with the visit of China's Premier.
'Not come as a surprise': National MP referred to police over donations returns
The New Plymouth MP was the chairman of Parliament's environment committee.
Luxon 'regrets' Australia's tougher stance on deporting 501s
Australia has hardened its policy just two years after easing it at NZ's request.
Claire Trevett: Te Pāti Māori allegations go to the heart of public trust
OPINION: So far, there's a lot of fog and not much light around the claims.
Luxon calls Te Pāti Māori claims 'pretty concerning', Stats NZ launches probe
Stats NZ is investigating allegations of misuse of Census data.
Nicola Willis defends public sector, housing cuts as broken promise dogs Govt
The Finance Minister is defending the Government's approach to the cancer drugs issue.
Watch: Nicola Willis defends cancer drug u-turn, says Govt will honour promise
The Finance Minister is defending the Government's approach to the cancer drugs issue.
Claire Trevett: Snap poll gives Budget lukewarm pass, but cancer drug fail leaves sour taste
Cancer patients shouldn't have been left hanging to find out the drug promise was on hold.
Claire Trevett: Willis' first Budget lacked the surprise, but it did what she'd put on the tin
OPINION: Willis delivered on what she promised - but now has a hard road ahead.
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What today's Budget means for your back pocket.
Budget 2024: The 10 key points
Bamboozled by the Budget? Here's all the main highlights explained.
Budget build-up: Cookies over sausage rolls - Luxon and Willis say they're 'ready to deliver'
Today, the Government puts its money where its mouth is.
Claire Trevett: Willis' game of good and bad numbers as Budget reckoning looms
OPINION: The Budget will be a tally of promises kept and broken.
Public service cuts becoming clear as Nicola Willis forecasts ‘frontline’ Budget
Almost 4000 roles would be cut as part of the Government's aim to reduce spending.
Claire Trevett: Budget tax cuts are a sugar hit, Nicola Willis wants something more
OPINION: The Budget sales job is to get voters to reward the medicine over the sugar hit.
The Luxon-Willis interview: 'Surprises and bold moves'
What Luxon and Willis think of each other in the most important relationship in politics.
Claire Trevett: National MP David MacLeod comes a cropper to paperwork, will it hurt him much?
OPINION: MacLeod was on a fast track to be a minister - until his paperwork went awry.
Claire Trevett: The blame games and politics of a winter power crisis
No government likes to waste a crisis - even a two-hour-long one.
Julie Anne Genter speaks as Speaker refers her to Privileges Committee
Genter flew out to the Chatham Islands ahead of Parliament sitting this week.
Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.
Nats declare massive election donation haul - the most ever in a year
Its largest donation was $500,000 from an Auckland businessman.
'Disciplinary process' under way into Julie Anne Genter after confrontation
The co-leaders earlier released a statement calling Genter's actions 'unacceptable'.
'Lost the plot': Winston Peters slams Julie Anne Genter outburst
If her actions weren’t intimidating, 'I don’t know what is', Peters said.
Watch: ‘Please resume your seat’ - Complaint made after Green MP clashes with Minister
“It’s not appropriate to get out of one’s seat to go and have an argument with somebody."
PM Christopher Luxon faces trial by pay rise, Hipkins is short-changed
There's no good time for MPs to get pay rises, but there were some redeeming features.
Pay day for MPs: $50k in rolling salary hikes for Luxon by 2026
The Prime Minister says he does not need the increase and will donate it to charity.
Government to take 'good look' at ministers' powers in Fast-Track Approvals Bill
Submitters raised concerns about ministers' powers and conflicts of interest.
Claire Trevett: Poll a bitter pill for Luxon, morale boost for Labour and Hipkins
The Budget has become a high-stakes game as Luxon seeks the elusive honeymoon.
Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
Work programmes would soon be announced relating to the priority areas.
Claire Trevett: Luxon takes leaf from Yellowstone in dealing to under-performing ministers
Leader's ability to sack a minister altogether is limited by a lack of replacements.
Opinion: The way Luxon rolls will keep ministers on their toes
OPINION: The PM's message is clear: if you're not up to the job, you don't keep it.
Watch: 'Absolute sense of chaos' - Labour responds to shock Cabinet sackings
Penny Simmonds has also been stripped of the Disability Issues portfolio.
Claire Trevett: Arrogance and patchy sales job are turning fast track bill into a problem for National
There is a distinct whiff of arrogance in the handling of the Fast Track Bill