OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Buckle in – money is tight, you’d better believe itOPINION: Cuts to Government agencies will become business as usual.30 May 02:00 AM
New ZealandBudget 2024: The 10 key pointsBamboozled by the Budget? Here's all the main highlights explained.30 May 02:00 AM
LivePoliticsBudget build-up: Cookies over sausage rolls - Luxon and Willis say they're 'ready to deliver'Today, the Government puts its money where its mouth is.30 May 01:11 AM
New ZealandHundreds march through Rotorua, activation 'beautiful' says organiserProtesters gathered at four locations before congregating in the city centre.29 May 09:32 PM
KahuFinal Waitangi Tribunal hearings start at Raukawa in ŌtakiNgāti Korokī is the last hapū to be heard by the Waitangi Tribunal.29 May 08:56 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Day-of-disruption status inadvertently boosted by PM, Opposition leaderOPINION: Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins pumped up the protest by entering the debate.29 May 05:05 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionThomas CoughlanThomas Coughlan: The real Budget question - what's being cut to pay for it?OPINION: Voters will ultimately judge whether it's worth it.29 May 07:30 AM
All BlacksLabour MP calls on Government to show leadership in NZR civil warHenare says unrest in rugby has far-reaching ramifications and affects moods.29 May 03:06 AM
PoliticsSpeaker Gerry Brownlee again backs Maureen Pugh interrupting Whakatōhea rangatiraPugh has face criticism and calls to apologise.29 May 02:47 AM
KahuBudget Day protest: Police want commuters to go to work early, avoid Māori carkoisProtest motorists will converge on motorways to try to accomplish maximum disruption.28 May 07:59 PM
New ZealandTe Pati Māori protest: Four Rotorua locations targets for hikoiPolice want commuters to hit the road to work early and avoid the peak-hour Māori carkois.28 May 05:33 PM
OpinionArena Williams: No meaningful help for Auckland in tomorrow's BudgetOPINION: No support on the horizon for NZ’s economic engine room.28 May 05:00 PM
OpinionLouise Upston: Carmel Sepuloni’s welfare claim misleadingOPINION: I am steering the welfare system towards focusing on what people can do.28 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsAnger after Assistant Speaker interrupts Whakatōhea rangatira during mihiThe incident happened during the third reading of the Whakatōhea Treaty settlement.28 May 06:58 AM
PoliticsMP 'confusion' causes select committee to favour scrapping news bargaining billThe minister responsible had to clarify what his position was on the bill.28 May 05:42 AM
PoliticsTe Pāti Māori co-leaders back calls for strike action around NZ due to 'oppressive' GovernmentA nationwide protest is planned for Thursday, Budget Day.28 May 03:58 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: All eyes on Budget borrowing; brickbat for a nasty adOPINION: There's one line Nicola Willis really doesn't want to cross with her tax cuts.28 May 12:37 AM
KahuD-Day nears for Māori wards disestablishment billThe public have until tomorrow to have their say on council bill.27 May 06:39 PM
KahuMāori youth called upon to activate on Budget Day 2024'Nationwide activation' call for the day the Budget is read.26 May 06:47 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsInside a $2 billion pay-equity debacleThe union says many care and support workers are back to square one.26 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionShane Te PouShane Te Pou: Will the Budget give young people a reason to stay in NZ?OPINION: More than 1000 Kiwis a week are packing their bags. Who can blame them?25 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Never mind the numbers, what's the Budget vibe going to be?OPINION: A Budget preview that ignores the numbers and looks at the vibe of the thing.25 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumBanking and financeLabour’s Barbara Edmonds prepares to go head-to-head with Nicola WillisOn Thursday Labour's finance spokeswoman will face her first big public test in the role.24 May 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: 'Targeted extermination' - tensions high over controversial billOPINION: Te Pāti Māori didn't hold back in the House - neither did Act's Karen Chhour.23 May 11:23 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandWillie Jackson channels David Lange at Oxford debate: ‘I can smell the colonialism on your breath’MP uses historic - and victorious - Oxford appearance to call for the return of mokomokai.23 May 09:00 PM
KahuJohn 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.23 May 07:20 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandWill Three Strikes be any different a second time around?"There’s a high risk ... people will come out of prison more dangerous."23 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsSpeaker to address Green MP’s use of f-bomb in ParliamentThere was stunned silence when Ricardo Menéndez March used the word during a debate.23 May 07:59 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: Politicians must agree to agree if we're going to get things builtOPINION: The big challenge for long-term planning: politicians must agree to agree.22 May 05:00 PM
PoliticsFormer PM Chris Hipkins was gifted a bike by Chinese Premier Li QiangDavid Seymour may have to declare an expensive bottle of cologne he was reportedly gifted.21 May 06:02 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettClaire 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.21 May 01:57 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: The best of a boring bunch of pre-Budget speechesOPINION: Also in today's politics briefing - MP David MacLeod's donations drama.20 May 11:30 PM
OpinionOpinion: Make school lunches the norm and you’ll get rid of the stigmaWhen school lunches for children becomes normal, there's no stigma20 May 07:26 PM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: Could Willie Jackson be the populist leader Labour needs?OPINION: Expect to see a lot more of Willie Jackson, says Bryce Edwards.20 May 04:11 AM
