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Editorial: PM wrong to stay clear of Waitangi
OPINION: Luxon's move sends the wrong signal during a tense time for NZ race relations.

Number of threats against politicians nosedives in Govt’s first year - what’s changed?
Threats and online hate escalated between 2020 and 2022 amid the Govt's Covid response.

Opinion: Luxon’s Minister for Economic Growth may as well be a Minister of Silly Walks
OPINION: The PM should put his marketing past behind him.

Waitangi 2025: An absent PM, a returning Green leader and the tension-raising Treaty bill
Organisers accept reaction to the Treaty Principles Bill could disrupt proceedings.

Ryan Bridge: PM must define the economic debate or Seymour steals the show
OPINION: The public appetite is there, the time for big, bold policy debates is now.

Shane Te Pou: PM needs to show leadership in this distracted, divided Govt
OPINION: Perhaps the Government’s abysmal polling is finally helping Luxon wake up.

Revealed: The ministry where nearly 95% of staff work from home at least once a week
The data also shows the most common WFH day of the week.

Analysis: Will Cook Strait ferries be privatised? Not on Winston Peters' watch
Officials have investigated whether KiwiRail is best placed to provide a ferry service.

Watch: 'Not words I would use' - PM grilled over ministers' 'xenophobic' comments
Christopher Luxon will speak to media shortly.

Audrey Young: Coalition partners take control; Luxon takes a hiding
OPINION: National's attempt to set the agenda lasted about a nanosecond.

PM says NZ has been in recession for three years – Treasury disagrees
Christopher Luxon says the recession started under Labour, contradicting Treasury.

‘Nothing to sell’: Sir John Key doubts asset sales will be silver bullet for economic woes
The former PM suggests cutting bureaucracy and taxes as better options.

Seymour’s privatisation talk pushes his agenda back into spotlight
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's economic growth message has been overshadowed.

PM floats National potentially campaigning on asset sales at election
Luxon: '2025 will be another massive year for New Zealand'.

‘We haven’t bounced back at all': PM hopes ‘digital nomads’ will help tourism recover
Christopher Luxon wants the tourism industry back to pre-Covid levels.

Government starts the mood music for privatisations
Christopher Luxon has ruled privatisations out – so why is everyone talking about them?

Editorial: PM and Seymour take different views on attending Waitangi
OPINION: Christopher Luxon should front up in good times and bad.

Liam Dann: PM is right, we have a 'culture of saying no' and we need to shake it off
OPINION: Culture change is good but bolder policy needed to emulate Ireland and Singapore.

Simon Wilson: Wayne again – the 2025 mayoral election campaign has begun
OPINION: Part of Brown's positioning is to burn off potential rivals. It’s working.

Fran O’Sullivan: Challenges facing media integrity amid cultural shifts
OPINION: PM Christopher Luxon uses social media to bypass perceived media bias.

Rātana 2025: Govt faces Māori leaders ahead of Treaty Principles Bill hearings
Speakers from both sides spoke about the need for collaboration.

NZ's economy took 'developed world's biggest hit'
Country's GDP is forecast to grow by 1.8% in 2025 after a 0.5% drop in 2024.

National and NZ First’s frustration over Treaty bill only set to grow
OPINION: NZ First leader Winston Peters looked annoyed when he spoke of the bill's future.

Christopher Luxon speaks about National's relationship with Māori and the Treaty Principles Bill
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks about National's relationship with Māori and the Treaty Principles Bill at Rātana. Video / Mark Mitchell

Watch: PM Christopher Luxon speaks at Rātana Pa
Rātana locals are seeking reassurance from the PM about the Treaty Principles Bill.

Eden Park CEO ‘delighted’ at PM’s call to abolish concert limit, Helen Clark criticises it
Luxon has called for the limit of concerts at Eden Park to be abolished completely.

Matthew Hooton: Luxon’s big economic speech a good start, but needs more
The Beehive plans to spend the whole year on a rolling maul of announcements.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins promising robust policy but keeps powder dry
Policy announcements are expected "in the coming months".