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It's the first election since 2019 when councillors were replaced by commissioners.
17 per cent of jobs slashed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Chief executive Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae said it has been an unsettling time for staff.
Focus: Chris Bishop and Tama Potaka announce social housing funding
Housing ministers Chris Bishop and Tama Potaka have announced new social housing funding in Kilbirnie this morning. Video / Mark Mitchell
Opinion: What can and can’t be learnt from Singapore
Financial Times: The island’s ultimate strength has been a lack of dogma.
John Tamihere on next week’s Budget: ‘I don’t have any hope’
The Whānau Ora chief executive predicts little Budget money will go to Māori.
Karen Chhour: I am not a puppet or a sellout to Māori
OPINION: Section 7AA has had unintended consequences for our tamariki.
Auckland's Matariki festival: More than 90 whānau-filled events
What's on in Tāmaki Makaurau for Matariki.
Will Three Strikes be any different a second time around?
"There’s a high risk ... people will come out of prison more dangerous."
Letters: Public paying for mental health failures; wake-up call for flyers
OPINION: 'Our safety and peace of mind is compromised.'
Act says 'drill baby, drill' as Govt unveils new mining strategy
Jones says mining could be 'a vehicle for New Zealand’s transformation'.
Labour alleges Budget leak forced Govt to quickly axe first home grant
Labour alleges the Government scrambled to kill the scheme after a Budget leak.
More Kiwis arrive home from riot-torn New Caledonia as French President visits
New Zealand is ready to undertake further flights once approval is granted.
Te Pāti Māori wants National MP referred to police - just like the ‘brown party were’
Leader calls for a byelection and the establishment of an anti-corruption commission.
Willow-Jean Prime: I urge Chhour to put an end to this bill and work with Māori
Trust has been hard won, let's not erase it.
Asian student associations back Māori and Pasifika campus spaces
'We stand in solidarity with our Māori and Pasifika students.'
Budget 2024: Can Govt deliver its tax cut promise without borrowing?
The coalition Government’s first Budget is out on May 30.
Simon Wilson: Politicians must agree to agree if we're going to get things built
OPINION: The big challenge for long-term planning: politicians must agree to agree.
Voters back spending cuts to fund tax plan
Voters from across the political spectrum want spending cuts to fund tax plans.
Scathing Kāinga Ora report highlights huge and ever-growing debt
Housing advocate Huri Dennis fears backlash for Kāinga Ora tenants.
Coromandel rescue services welcome $63.6m funding boost
The Government is spending more than $60 million over four years.
'She's fighting': Whānau plead with Govt to allow 12yo to try new cancer treatment
Meila Davis' grandmother has appealed to David Seymour to help her granddaughter.
Whānau of 12-year-old girl fighting for her life asks Government to intervene
The whānau of a 12-year-old girl with osteosarcoma, ask Associate Health Minister David Seymour to step in and allow her to receive an experimental drug. Video / Te Ao
NZDF flight rescuing 50 stranded Kiwis from New Caledonia lands in Auckland
A Hercules plane has brought home the first 50 Kiwis from Noumea tonight.
Working with iwi, hapū vital for freshwater management: Auditor-General
Regional councils must focus on meaningful and enduring relationships with Māori.
Claire Trevett: National MP David MacLeod comes a cropper to paperwork, will it hurt him much?
OPINION: MacLeod was on a fast track to be a minister - until his paperwork went awry.
National MP David MacLeod addresses failure to declare donations
National’s New Plymouth MP David MacLeod has been stood down immediately from his select committee roles after failing to declare 19 candidate donations. Video / Mark Mitchell
Audrey Young: The best of a boring bunch of pre-Budget speeches
OPINION: Also in today's politics briefing - MP David MacLeod's donations drama.
Focus Live: PM talks to media
Christopher Luxon is speaking to media about a significant update to his caucus.
Whangārei memorial to those who served, latest venue for military veterans inquiry
Rangiora was a fitting location for the hearing of the Wai 2500 Military Veterans Inquiry.
Opinion: Make school lunches the norm and you’ll get rid of the stigma
When school lunches for children becomes normal, there's no stigma
Editorial: Police Minister has got his gang-busting squad. Now he has to deliver the goods
Mitchell has talked tough on crime, now he's got to do it.
Dr Shannon Walsh: Charter schools will fail again - here is why
OPINION: In this fiscal environment, charter schools are a costly diversion of funding.
Roadside drug testing legislation to be introduced by Govt - 50,000 tests per year
The legislation would give police the power to randomly screen drivers for drugs.