Politics'Not great for consulting firms': PM fronts on public service spending crackdownChris Hipkins and Grant Robertson announced a sweeping package of public service savings.28 Aug 08:18 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandLoopholes in vape regulations a worry, expert saysExpert says new vape measures will not be as effective as hoped.28 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionFormer High Court Judge: What critics of sentences do not understandOPINION: A former High Court Judge puts the case for understanding the judiciary.28 Aug 05:00 PM
PoliticsWatch: 'You're no Slim Shady, buddy' - Luxon's heckler response'Will the real Mr Chris Luxon please stand up,' a heckler said to the National leader.28 Aug 05:16 AM
PoliticsGovt announces $4b in savings, National says 'too little, too late'Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson will announce savings.28 Aug 05:07 AM
New Zealand'We are in a crisis': Patients call for access to new medsMyLifeMatters collective represents over a million patients with life-limiting conditions.28 Aug 12:26 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Labour wrings hope out of new poll and Luxon hits a speed bumpFor once it wasn't Labour dealing with personnel issues: it was Luxon.25 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsIs National planning $2b of spending cuts, tax hikes - or a mix of both?National says its tax policy will be self-funded.25 Aug 05:12 AM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Fear and loathing on the campaign trailEDITORIAL: Divisiveness is being used as an election strategy.21 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionSimon WilsonSimon Wilson: Big plans and bigger problems for transport in AucklandOPINION: Simon Wilson on transport agreements, disagreements and the truly "farcical".21 Aug 05:00 PM
Politics‘Everyone’s gone completely nuts’: David Seymour slams reaction to joke about blowing up ministryHis deputy says the joke has been “completely blown out of proportion”.21 Aug 05:04 AM
PoliticsKing Charles approves cancellation of James Wallace’s knighthoodAlso at post-Cabinet press conference: Doctors' strikes, health milestones, education.21 Aug 04:36 AM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsStuart Nash’s work wives, will Mike Hosking honour his bet and who won Chris of the week?It comes as another National politician struggles with his spelling.19 Aug 05:00 PM
PoliticsNational, Greens support giving households share of $2.5b ETS revenueThe parties both support the idea in principle, but disagree on the detail.19 Aug 01:21 AM
New ZealandWatch: NZ First candidate Shane Jones sings to votersVeteran MP Shane Jones uses rock hit to appeal to Northland voters.19 Aug 12:47 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionThomas CoughlanThomas Coughlan: Parliament is begging for its own dissolutionOPINION: The 53rd Parliament is begging for dissolution.18 Aug 05:00 PM
New Zealand'Not a huge surprise': Ten Te Pāti Māori election signs vandalised in TaurangaThe misspelt word "raciest" has been spray painted on some of the defaced signs.18 Aug 05:00 PM
Kahu‘Racist attack': Pākehā donate thousands to repair vandalised Te Pāti Māori billboardsGood Pākehā Samaritans have taken a stand against racism.18 Aug 07:18 AM
PoliticsNational gets story straight on fuel taxes, clarifying contradictionThe party now says no hikes for three years.18 Aug 06:17 AM
PoliticsFrom methodology to margins of error - everything you need to know about political pollingHow accurate are they, what's a margin of error, and why aren't electorates polled?18 Aug 03:07 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionMike Munro: It’s values that win votes when times are toughOPINION: Voting often has little to do with the merits of policies.18 Aug 01:00 AM
PremiumPremiumOpinionMike HoskingMike Hosking: Hipkins and Peters are as bad as each otherOPINION: The two will say and do anything to get your vote this election.16 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionRichard PrebbleRichard Prebble: Labour a hapless whale to the sharks - and Hipkins is to blameOPINION: The sharks are the Greens and NZ First, who are ripping voters off Labour.16 Aug 02:15 AM
PoliticsNational and Act differ on paid partner leave as Labour estimates uptakeNational is keen on Labour's new policy for parental leave - if it can afford it.15 Aug 12:15 AM
New Zealand'End of a challenging time' - Govt ditches all remaining Covid restrictionsIt comes as reported cases and hospitalisations have been trending up in past two weeks.14 Aug 06:30 AM
PoliticsLabour returns to the 30s, but National/Act can still govern in new pollThe poll of 1012 people was conducted online between July 31 and August 7.14 Aug 03:25 AM
PoliticsLabour forced to fix GST policy after $240m mistake foundLabour confused the years in which the policy would apply.13 Aug 11:45 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionWill the preferred prime minister lead the next government?OPINION: There's a chance our second-choice PM will take the job.13 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPoliticsInside Julian Batchelor's long-simmering property spat before his divisive co-governance tourRoadshow organiser's 15-year battle with DoC, Māori over access to land.12 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumPolitics'A gutsful': The politics over youth crime, the numbers and what would make a differencePoliticians have had a 'gutsful', but is youth offending actually getting worse?06 Aug 05:00 PM
PoliticsGreens will have free portable dental clinics across countryIt is part of a larger dental care package being unveiled on Sunday.05 Aug 10:21 PM
PoliticsAct promises to ‘stop work’ on wasteful projects on day oneAct promises to wield axe on day one, cutting public service jobs.05 Aug 06:26 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: Familiar roads to an uncertain destinationOPINION: Our editorial on divergent policies leading to the General Election in October.04 Aug 05:00 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Holes and polls - looming election battle of Robertson and WillisGrant Robertson's usual joie de vivre has returned, and it's just in time04 Aug 05:00 PM