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Focus Live: Judith Collins unveils National's Covid-19 economic plan

October 20 2021 Judith Collins has set targets of either 85-90 per cent vaccinations or December 1 for when the party believes Covid-19 restrictions should end, and the borders start to re-open.

Focus Live: Labour and National join forces for housing crisis fix

Labour and National have joined forces behind a radical new housing policy, the Housing Supply Bill, which they say will help address the housing crisis by allowing as many as 105,500 new homes to be built in less than a decade.

Focus Live: Government to review New Zealand’s electoral laws

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has unveiled plans to tighten political donations rules before the 2023 election and a wider review of election rules - including the length of the Parliamentary term - before the 2026 election.

Focus Live: Judith Collins attacks the Government's Covid-19 plan

National leader Judith Collins says the new plan on lifting restrictions was "nothing more than a vague wishlist".

Focus Live: Damning Oranga Tamariki review - nearly all child uplifts to stop

A damning review has found that Oranga Tamariki is a "weak, disconnected and unfit" agency - and the Government says it will cease the controversial tactic of child uplifts.

Focus Live: Judith Collins reveals National's Covid-19 plan

The National Party wants nationwide lockdowns to be "a last resort" once 70 to 75 per cent of the eligible population is fully vaccinated - and border restrictions to ease for the fully vaccinated when coverage hits 85 per cent.

Focus Live: Ministers face grilling as Parliament returns

The Government faces a grilling on two unfolding crises: the recent outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in New Zealand and the Defence Force's involvement in the evacuation of Afghanistan.

Focus Live: National leader Judith Collins on Parliament's return

National leader Judith Collins says she would rather be at home with her family during the lockdown but felt she should work like other essential workers.

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern 'misled' over nature of book about her

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she was "misled" over the latest book about her, saying it was pitched as a book about women and leadership based on interviewing up to 10 political leaders.

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern announces apology for dawn raids

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government has agreed to make an official apology for the dawn raids targeting Pasifika people in the 1970s.

Focus Live: Pfizer to deliver 1 million Covid vaccine doses in July

Pfizer has confirmed that about 1 million doses of its vaccine will be delivered to New Zealand during July.

Focus Live: Dame Cindy Kiro to be NZ's next Governor-General

New Zealand's next Governor-General will be Dame Cindy Kiro, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed.

Focus Live: Ardern to host Scott Morrison later this month

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will host Australian counterpart Scott Morrison in Queenstown for their annual meeting at the end of the month.

PM Jacinda Ardern clarifies Bloomfield’s comments on alert levels

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has shut down the idea that New Zealand will return to life under Covid-19 alert level 2.5 when the borders open.

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern delivers pre-Budget speech

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on how the Government plans to reopen New Zealand's economy to the world in a pre-Budget speech today.

Focus Live: Government makes it illegal for 'high-risk people' to own firearms

The Government will make it illegal for "high-risk people" including gang members and criminals to own firearms.