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Children using updated Reading Recovery make double normal progress - report

The Government is canning the successful long-standing programme.

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

Karen Chhour: I am not a puppet or a sellout to Māori

OPINION: Section 7AA has had unintended consequences for our tamariki.

The Luxon-Willis interview: 'Surprises and bold moves'

What Luxon and Willis think of each other in the most important relationship in politics.

Govt confirms further cuts to come as MSD proposes 700 headcount reduction

Finance Minister Nicola Willis said there would be continued savings.

'The time is now': NZ’s second ever Filipino MP makes maiden speech

'We are here in the halls of power writing the laws,' he says amid tribute to migrants.

Which MPs have the heftiest credit card and travel expenses in 2024?

Collins says she makes no excuses for the amount of travel she's done this year.

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.

'We’re frustrated ourselves': Winston Peters on New Caledonia mercy flight permit delay

“We just have to be patient and wait."

Budget 24: Mike King’s Gumboot Friday gets $24m for mental health boost

The spend would increase the service's counsellor pool by 300.

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

Explainer: Why thousands are against the Government’s most controversial bill yet

One of this Government’s most contentious bills is now before a select committee.

Audrey Young: Inside David Seymour's inner circle; the surprise MPs who inspired him

The Act leader received memorable advice after watching a Mexican drug movie.

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.

Oranga Tamariki: Bill repealing section of act passes first reading in Parliament

The pledge to repeal the section was part of Act’s coalition agreement with National.

Former PM Chris Hipkins was gifted a bike by Chinese Premier Li Qiang

David Seymour may have to declare an expensive bottle of cologne he was reportedly gifted.

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