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500 extra police: Why minister Costello wouldn’t change her failed recruitment target

Costello says she prefers setting an ambitious timeframe rather than losing momentum.

'Getting ready to go with Labour again': Seymour reacts to Peters' bombshell

Winston Peters has promised to repeal the two-day-old Regulatory Standards Act.

Warning to politicians after National MP ‘genuinely distressed’ by comments about his children

But the National MP's complaint was initially dismissed and he was told to sit down.

Audrey Young: Why there's a target on Chris Bishop's back

OPINION: A C-grade scandalette over a footbridge signals something's up.

‘Vicious, sinister, deadly’: Stalking law passes with five-year jail term

Minister Paul Goldsmith: 'Today is a victory for a wide range of New Zealanders.'

Most of us feel great, despite getting fatter and more distressed

Hazardous drinking among young people also shot up last year, bucking recent trends.

Zuma’s daughter linked to recruiting Africans for Russian war

Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered a probe into South Africans fighting for Russia.

Revealed: The cost to become a NZ citizen is about to increase substantially

One fee will jump by nearly $100.

Labour crunch: NZ facing workforce shortfall of 250,000 in next 20 years

A new report suggests the population will need to grow to 10 million people by 2060.

Revealed: Serious youth crime is dropping nationwide, but is up 56% in one district

Burglary is falling in terms of the most common offences, with robbery and assault rising.

Majority of emergency housing applications in urban Auckland being declined

Tama Potaka: 'I'm not going to put up with the motel generation.'

Simon Wilson: Climate Derangement syndrome and COP

While delegates drown in misery at COP30, New Zealand guts more climate-action policies.

Editorial: Workplace health and safety record reads like a horror story

OPINION: Only time will tell if the Government's WorkSafe shake-up will improve things.

Newly independent MPs Kapa-Kingi and Ferris correct votes to back Seymour’s medicines bill

The pair's original votes against the new laws had to be reversed.

Police Commissioner apologises to staff affected by McSkimming emails protocol

Richard Chambers said the minister should have been told, not just Coster.

'Pretty rude': Labour MP deletes post complaining Govt didn’t invite her to event, despite organiser invite

She initially justified her post, but then removed it.