Govt gets advice on billion-dollar merger and potential sale of state assets
Previous Governments have failed in attempts at an asset mega-merger.
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The Country: Christopher Luxon on live animal exports
Christopher Luxon, Lance Kerr, Jane Smith, Nadine Tunley, Craig Hickman, Grant Farquhar.
Watch: Luxon defends tax cuts in pre-Budget speech
The PM spoke at the Auckland Business Chamber's pre-Budget lunch.
Waters wars: Simeon Brown v Kieran McAnulty on Auckland's infrastructure woes
A fix for the city’s water problems or have the Govt 'buggered it up'?
Christopher Luxon, David Seymour respond to latest ruling on Waitangi Tribunal summons
The Government is weighing up whether to appeal a ruling that a minister can be summoned.
Audrey Young: State schools 'converted' to charter schools? Brace for controversy
OPINION: David Seymour says a separate agency will oversee up to 50 new charter schools.
Treasury's toxic cocktail of tax hikes, spending cuts and asset sales to fix books
Treasury has put everything on the table.
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.
Matthew Hooton: Labour needs a bolder leader than Hipkins
OPINION: As the Luxon Government fails, the Opposition needs someone who will step up.
PM in a huff after questions over 'woke food'
The Prime Minister did not want to answer questions about which foods were woke.
Audrey Young: The minister who made a criminal mess of Budget reveal
OPINION: Everybody - including the PM - left yesterday's press conference confused.
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.
PM, Auckland Mayor reveal how much Watercare bills will rise
This is the first deal struck under the new Local Water Done Well programme.
Shane Te Pou: National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win?
OPINION: Could this be a one-term government?
Political Roundup: MPs' hefty pay rise out of sync with Joe Public
OPINION: Having their own pay increased is the one thing that can unite every party.
Audrey Young: Peters switches from statesman to street-brawler
OPINION: Also in today's political wrap - what on earth is up with Green MPs?
Watch: PM distances himself from Peters' 'defamatory' remarks, literacy boost announced
The NZ First leader's comments overshadowed a Government policy announcement on education.
Question Time live: Politicians face off amidst accusations of intimidation and defamation
The former Australian Foreign Minister says he will take legal action.
Listen: The PM ponders politician pay rises on The Country
Christopher Luxon, Jane Smith, Kara Biggs, Todd Charteris.
Political Roundup: Discontent grips NZ amid dark economic times
The honeymoon period of the first term is entirely absent.
Richard Prebble: Rolling ministers is the way to get rolled
OPINION: Show me an incompetent minister and I'll show you an incompetent department head.
Breaking 'Bad': How could New Zealand curb its youth crime crisis?
Herald senior journalist Anna Leask investigates youth crime initiatives in Australia.
Opinion: Government's Treaty Principles Bill advances colonialism
OPINION: The Crown constantly redefines the Treaty.
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.
Politicians face off after poll dismissed as 'fruitcake business'
The poll comes a month before the Government's Budget.
What you need to know about the school cellphone ban
The Government's official cellphone ban has begun in schools.
Audrey Young: Peters has the most to complain about after grim poll result
OPINION: The poll will only prove to Peters' team that statesmanship doesn't win votes.
Christopher Luxon responds to 1News Verian poll
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he's not concerned about the 1News Verian poll results. Video / Mark Mitchell
PM says local councils should stop doing 'dumb stuff'
Christopher Luxon says councils should focus 'on the must-do, not the nice-to-do'.
Watch: Schools that flout cellphone ban will be audited by ERO, PM warns
Work programmes would soon be announced relating to the priority areas.
Phone ban in schools begins - will it reduce cyberbullying?
Cellphone use will be banned in schools for students across the country.
Letters: Ruthless ministerial sackings create ripple of uncertainty
OPINION: 'Being ruthless in business is said to be a good trait.'
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Seymour runs the risk of taking things too far
Opinion: Seymour and his party don’t mind having a crack at his PM.