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'Take them out': Labour unconcerned if Te Pāti Māori destroyed at election

Chris Hipkins couldn't say what value the party brought to Parliament.

New gun laws revealed: Act fails to find coalition support for wider access to military-style semi-automatics

Act MP Nicole McKee fails to find coalition support for greater access for MSSAs.

Luxon wants a ‘bigger, bolder, braver conversation’ on asset sales

Christopher Luxon will speak at 4pm.

Two Te Pāti Māori MPs ousted as party scrambles to reset waka ahead of 2026 general election

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris have been expelled from the party.

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says she will 'challenge and appeal' expulsion from Te Pāti Māori

TPM has endured months of turbulence effectively splitting the party in two.

'Scourge on our society': Government unveils major meth action plan

Security agencies will band together to find drugs, fight cartels – and heal communities.

'Teachers are leaving': Why maths curriculum changes have triggered an outcry

Critics fear second reset won't improve learning but may demoralise students and teachers.

Thomas Coughlan: Prepare for a choose your poison election

OPINION: Both major parties seem destined to run on an unpopular policy.

Greens accuse Government of late-night gutting of Zero Carbon Act

Last night the Government quietly stripped the Climate Change Commission of a job.

Govt invests $61m for mental health crisis response after damning reports on ‘fragmented’, slow service

Funding will boost crisis assessment staff numbers.

Developer swoops on 171 Kāinga Ora properties after ministerial sign-off

Kāinga Ora plans to sell about 900 homes before the end of 2026.

Govt to propose more concerts at Eden Park after review warns Auckland risks missing out on $432m

A review has recommended increasing the limit on concerts at stadium.

Measles outbreak could go on for 40 weeks if contact tracing fails – Ayesha Verrall

Labour’s health spokeswoman says NZ is in the critical phase of containing the disease.

Te Pāti Māori not ruling out triggering twin byelections as it considers expelling ‘rogue MPs’

Co-leader Rawiri Waititi said he was awaiting decisions from the party's national council.

'Incredibly weak period': No end forecast to falling rents

National rents have dropped 1.1% annually – one of the first falls since 2009.

Rawiri Waititi blames ‘two rogue MPs’ for Te Pāti Māori rifts, confirms expulsion being considered

One of the MPs has responded with a brief but blunt statement.