New Zealand’s new super-ministry MCERT wants to cut 400 roles, a quarter of its staff, with consultation closing four days before the 7 November election. Labour says it would halt…
Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins both told a Herald debate audience on Wednesday night that they have never lied in politics, then spent the next hour and a half accusing…
The Government has settled on a preferred company to build and run New Zealand’s first liquefied natural gas import terminal at Port Taranaki, but it did not announce the decision.…
Labour’s 2026 economic plan would redirect up to $50 million a year of the Government’s NZ Super Fund contribution into the Elevate venture capital fund. National says the recovery is…
Peters, Seymour, Swarbrick, Wong and Waititi clash in the TVNZ Multi-Party Debate as a new poll ties National and Labour and leaves Opportunity holding the balance of power.
National has ruled out any new tax cuts in the next term of government. Its fiscal plan, released on Monday 12 October by leader Christopher Luxon and finance spokesperson Nicola…
ACT’s election fiscal plan would lift the superannuation age to 67 by 2035, pause Super Fund contributions and cut $653 million from disability benefits, as Willis and Edmonds agree to…
National has promised that, if it is re-elected on 7 November, New Zealand teenagers will no longer be able to walk out of school partway through Year 11. The party…
New Zealand First has promised to ban the public sale and private use of fireworks within the first 100 days of the next government, putting it at odds with the…
National says it will ban ring-net fishing in the Hauraki Gulf’s high protection areas, create a new marine reserve off Waiheke Island and make the Goat Island reserve bigger if…
New Zealand First has promised to lift the minimum wage by at least the rate of inflation every year for three years if it is part of the next government,…
National has promised $300 million in cheap government loans to help farmers and growers build water storage. It has also promised to strike supply deals with other countries so fertiliser…
New Zealand Defence Force officials warned in April that the country would be shut out of future Five Eyes information sharing if it did not help build a new US-led…
Labour says it will force New Zealand’s big airlines to show the full price of a fare up front, refund passengers automatically when a flight is cancelled or significantly changed,…
People on the Jobseeker benefit would face random drug tests, and long-term recipients would have their payments cut, under a welfare plan National released on Thursday, a month out from…
Labour has promised to break open New Zealand’s banking market to new competitors if it wins the 7 November election, pledging a new licence for digital wallet and payment companies,…
National has promised a further $604 million for Pharmac’s medicines budget if it is re-elected on 7 November, and it plans to pay for most of it by cutting New…
National has slumped to 25.9 per cent in the latest RNZ Reid Research poll, released this morning just hours before Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins meet in the first televised…
National has promised $800 million to build the Woodend Bypass north of Christchurch if it leads the next government, putting money behind a motorway project that its own transport agency…
Labour says every one of its election promises is paid for, after releasing its long-awaited fiscal plan on Sunday 4 October. National’s Nicola Willis has hit back hard, claiming the…
ACT would stop taxing the investment earnings inside KiwiSaver accounts, leader David Seymour told the party’s election campaign launch in Auckland on Sunday, in a plan that would cost about…
New Zealanders flying to Australia could leave their passports in their bags at the airport gate under a trial National has promised to run before the 2028 T20 cricket World…
The Green Party has promised a $4 billion plan to bring back passenger trains between New Zealand’s main cities, including an overnight sleeper train between Auckland and Wellington, a new…
The Green Party has promised to restore New Zealand’s pay equity law and set aside about $1.1 billion a year to settle the claim of roughly 65,000 care and support…
National’s Electrify NZ 2.0 plan targets lines charges, solar trading and dry-year supply. Labour calls it a fizzer.
Labour says it would ban paint insurance on new cars, stop shops pushing extended warranties at the checkout and force gyms, ticket sellers and subscription services to show the full…
The Government has put back a long-standing ban on fitting a switch or fuse into the main earth and neutral wire of New Zealand homes and businesses, ten months after…
New Zealand’s free trade agreement with the European Union is facing its first formal climate complaint, five weeks out from the general election, and the Government says it has done…
Former Speaker of the House Adrian Rurawhe has died after a short illness, and politicians from every corner of New Zealand’s Parliament spent Wednesday remembering a man they described as…
Software faults in Immigration New Zealand’s online visa system let 32 visitor visas and 23 Job Check applications be approved without an immigration officer ever assessing them, according to official…