PoliticsChris Hipkins responds to 1News Verian pollLabour leader Chris Hipkins speaks about the 1News Verian poll and the coalition Government's response to it. Video / Mark MitchellWatch30 Apr 12:33 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Peters has the most to complain about after grim poll resultOPINION: The poll will only prove to Peters' team that statesmanship doesn't win votes.30 Apr 12:25 AM
BusinessAfter spending $700k-plus on pins for Covid-19 workers, department now cutting costsSome 80,000 frontline pandemic workers were given the pins.26 Apr 12:17 AM
PoliticsWatch: 'Absolute sense of chaos' - Labour responds to shock Cabinet sackingsPenny Simmonds has also been stripped of the Disability Issues portfolio.24 Apr 02:22 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: What if Government loses Waitangi Tribunal fight?OPINION: Both parties have talked themselves into a pistols-at-dawn showdown.23 Apr 12:45 AM
PoliticsGovernment brings back Three Strikes, Labour warns of injusticeReinstating Three Strikes was both National and Act policy in their election campaigns.22 Apr 03:55 AM
New Zealand'Risky': Two businesses on fast-track list donated to NationalLabour is warning against allowing three MPs the right to fast-track infrastructure.21 Apr 09:45 PM
New Zealand'We're the ones that are saving the school lunch programme' - David SeymourThe Act leader says the Labour Party didn't set aside funds for school lunches after 2024.14 Apr 01:41 AM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsWinston Peters' inner circle - the people he depends on'The person you see in the public arena is not the person you see behind closed doors.'12 Apr 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumEconomyDo we need to borrow more to pay for tax cuts?An economist says new spending is debt-funded while we're in deficit.11 Apr 02:51 AM
PoliticsChris Hipkins critical of the Government's targetsLabour leader Chris Hipkins is critical of the Government's targets, especially truancy. Video / Mark MitchellWatch08 Apr 11:18 PM
PoliticsMP shares moving cancer tale as Govt pushes on with public service cutsThe Government targeted areas where Labour is weak, but one MP made a personal warning.08 Apr 05:00 PM
New ZealandPolitical Roundup: Should politicians get a big rise? Or a 7.5 per cent pay cut?Many in Government are being hit with pay cuts or redundancies. Except Parliament.08 Apr 04:53 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Ghosts of PMs past haunting Luxon on foreign policy and ChinaOPINION: The likes of Key and Clark are seen as having an outsize influence on debate.05 Apr 04:00 PM
New ZealandHealth Ministry proposes job cuts of 18 per centMinistry of Health proposes to slash 134 roles entirely to meet Govt savings directive.04 Apr 01:22 AM
CrimeThree Strikes: A law that targets the 'most predictable of the most predictable'Three Strikes laws are making a comeback. But should they?03 Apr 04:00 PM
New ZealandRoadside drug testing still a priority for Government: Transport MinisterSimeon Brown says the coalition has plans to introduce new legislation this year.02 Apr 08:32 AM
Politics'More medical doctors, not spin doctors': PM defends public sector job cutsChristopher Luxon got a flu vaccine and a roasting from Opposition parties.02 Apr 02:51 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionOpinion: Ministerial roles a tangled forestOPINION: It's time to do some serious pruning.27 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionBryce EdwardsPolitical Roundup: Is Chris Hipkins to be trusted on tax reform?OPINION: Labour's 'Wealth Tax Faction' has pressured Hipkins to act.26 Mar 04:58 AM
PoliticsChinese hackers stole MPs' data, spies confirm; Govt says no sanctionsThe Chinese ambassador has been called in by Foreign Minister Winston Peters.25 Mar 10:24 PM
New Zealand'Heartless and cruel' - Hipkins hits out at public sector job cutsLabour's Chris Hipkins has given his first major speech as Opposition leader.24 Mar 12:13 AM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsLabour's transport plans 'unaffordable and undeliverable', officials sayOfficials warned revenue, mainly fuel taxes, would need to double.21 Mar 04:00 PM
PoliticsJacinda Ardern slams politics of fear and takes veiled swipe at Winston PetersThe former PM said Asian Invasion attacks made by politicians in the 1990s were horrific.21 Mar 02:40 AM
Banking and financeGDP: It's official - we're in recessionRecession as a second quarter of contraction recorded, per capita numbers are even worse.20 Mar 09:48 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsGrant Robertson talks RBNZ, Covid and what he and Don Brash agree onMoving away from the OCR as the Reserve Bank’s primary tool is worth looking at, they say.20 Mar 08:32 PM
New ZealandDisability sector appalled by sudden restrictions on support fundingThe changes were announced with no warning and were effective immediately.19 Mar 03:00 AM
Freight and logisticsGovernment to slash road user charges for plug-in hybridsPlug-in hybrid owners will pay less in road user charges after a change of heart.19 Mar 12:45 AM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Peters rubs salt into wound with 'fiscal hole' claimOPINION: Peters' race comments aren't the only ones that likely gave the PM a headache.18 Mar 11:14 PM
PoliticsWinston Peters clarifies his comparison of co-governance to Nazi GermanyThe NZ First leader's comments were made during his State of the Nation address.17 Mar 07:19 PM
Politics‘Drunk uncle at wedding’: Hipkins hits back at Peters’ Nazi Germany commentsThe NZ First leader's speech was very similar to what he said during the campaign.17 Mar 04:35 AM
New ZealandGrant Robertson says his sexuality was a 'factor' in unsuccessful leadership bidsHe is set to give his departing address in Parliament this week.16 Mar 10:38 PM
PoliticsOops! Govt MPs vote for wrong amendment, accidentally cut proposed taxes for hybrid carsLabour and the Greens are chuffed Govt MPs accidentally cut taxes for hybrids.15 Mar 03:22 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandOpinion: Why the Ram Raid Bill won’t fix the problemOPINION: The bill ignores the context of the offending and how to intervene.14 Mar 04:00 PM
