The details of who will get access and in what circumstances are yet to be released.

"Perhaps Mr Little could start by taking his pills."

"It is just incredibly tight over the next few years."

PM says Australia being overly sensitive about NZ's offer to take Manus Island refugees.

Refusal comes as National attacks Labour over what it says is a lack of transparency.

British trade secretary Liam Fox arrives in NZ tomorrow and leaves on Tuesday.

Trevor Mallard's appointment as Speaker of the House did not go without a hitch.

Jacinda Ardern said Cabinet had today approved the policy.

"Some schools are making quite a lot of money."

Bill English has revealed the roles his MPs will hold.

Grant Robertson said the public service will help "refine" Labour's cost estimates.

Advice gleaned from National during coalition negotiations will be used.

Politics' new dynamic duo front their first press conference together.

A dispute over ministerial positions is delaying an announcement, NBR reports.

Peters said the process had been far more complex than he had originally thought.

Winston Peters has promised NZ will know who their government is before end of next week.

NZ First leader confirms he expects changes concerning foreign ownership.

Winston Peters finally speaks up about coalition talks.

NZ First will meet National in the morning, and Labour in the afternoon.

Winston Peters will meet Bill English in the morning and Jacinda Ardern in the afternoon.

Peters dismisses notion National has any sort of "moral authority" in upcoming talks.

Winston Peters set to front media at 3pm, after New Zealand First's caucus meeting.

Almost every question put to English was about Morrinsville or Auckland Airport.

An inquiry has suggested what many Kiwis have long suspected - we pay too much for petrol.

An extra 450,000 people a year would get tax refunds under the proposed change.

"It seems to be the thing right now that you walk into a store with a baseball bat."

Wide-ranging education reforms are set to pass the final hurdle this week.

The Treasury report has rated DHBs - finding a number have significant issues.

Four new Labour women candidates are ahead of broadcaster.

Waitangi Tribunal finds Crown at fault for failure to redress Maori reoffending.

Labour MP Stuart Nash says he got it wrong in backing a controversial Police policy.

Allowing children up to the age of 12 to cycle on footpaths has merit, the NZTA says.

National MP and Minister Craig Foss is quitting politics and will not contest the 2017 election.

New Zealand's media landscape is "massively changing", the Commerce Commission's public conference into the proposed merger of NZME and Fairfax has heard.

The Government says the speed limit may rise but only a few roads in the country would qualify.

Labour's police spokesman Stuart Nash has agreed to cut out criticism of a police district commander after police sent a letter of complaint to Labour leader Andrew Little.

Schools will today learn how much extra funding they will get as a result of having students "at risk" of educational underachievement enrolled.

There could be court action, as it's not clear whether the contamination contributed to the death of a woman in a rest home.

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has confirmed a Government-initiated independent inquiry into the Havelock North water contamination.

Health officials believe the gastro bug that has made thousands of Havelock North residents badly ill has peaked.

Corrections staff are often disrespectful to Maori - and a drastic culture change is needed to reduce re-offending rates, a retired senior probation officer says.

INTERACTIVE: John Key says he is disappointed New Zealanders have voted to keep the current flag but has promised his Government will not revisit the issue.

The locations of young people who are most at risk of having poor outcomes later in life have been revealed - as have the gaps in support for them.

Lambs born after the airfreighting of 900 pregnant ewes to a businessman’s Saudi farm suffered an extremely high death rate, it has been claimed.