Politics

Budget 2026: Longer hospital stays for mothers after giving birth

Govt creates almost $500m stash to address fuel crisis, fuel price forecasts revealed

Govt spends $7b on new hospitals, roads and schools. Here's where they are

Govt announces massive Budget education boost – what's in it for your kids?

Willis gets to surplus, launches super-sized attack on NZF, Labour for ‘robbing’ Kiwis under 50

Budget 2026: Corrections and prisons see additional funding

Budget 2026: Changes to SuperGold card revealed

Budget 2026: Foreign aid sees additional financial boost

Budget 2026: Hospital infrastructure sees financial boost

Budget 2026: Bowel cancer screening age to be lowered

Budget 2026: New KiwiRail investments announced for next five years

Budget 2026: Trades training sees financial boost

Budget 2026: Waikato Expressway set to get extended

Budget 2026: Tax credits capped for donors

Budget 2026: Govt unveils new financial reserve amid ongoing fuel crisis

Budget 2026: Govt unveils new levy for banks and insurance companies

Budget 2026: Govt set to reach surplus by 2028/29 financial year

Budget 2026: Health and infrastructure key priorities

Budget 2026 highlights: Key spending on health, infrastructure and education

Green Party accuse National of ‘cover up’ in Fonterra, Z Energy lobbying debacle

Minister concerned Govt’s $2.7m loan to Moana Pasifika might not be recovered

NZ First claims National, Act breaching coalition agreement after homeschool backdown

Govt spends more than $3.5m on ads telling drivers how to cut fuel costs

Winston Peters teases 'good news' regarding outgoing Moana Pasifika rugby team

Labour criticises Govt's 'bumper stickers' crime policies but won't commit to repealing them

Public sector cuts: Potential savings to be made with HR, payroll, technology shake-up

Govt faces revenue hit from cutting Pacific visa fees, extending timeframes

Govt unveils $1.2b gas transition loan scheme to help businesses switch

Exclusive: Stuart Nash confirms switch to NZ First, accepts some women won't forgive him

Judith Collins’ mixed record as the world’s first space minister

The Public Service Association wants the largest Government agency to apologise for its six-figure spend on legal costs relating to a working from home policy

Govt announces $79m boost for tourism and farming by tackling wilding pines

Premier House upgrades pass $1m over two years – how it was spent

Budget 2026: Govt announces $1.5b to strengthen NZ's maritime security, buy new drones

Social housing overhaul: Thousands of families to pay more with potential duration limits

Budget 2026: Labour hints Peters' team's reprieve from cuts could imperil $2.4b savings goal

Labour admits it will not release ‘cornerstone’ policy costing until after the election, blames Treaty of Waitangi concerns

Green Party says National’s education law changes undermine teaching council

Willis’ public service cuts to save $2.4b, 8700 jobs to go, Govt agencies to be slashed ‘significantly’

Govt wrote strongly-worded letter to NZ Post over closures, minister said they 'expect better'

Luxon, Stanford to announce new spending in primary schools

Petrol and jet fuel dip, diesel up in latest fuel update

National to ban judges from considering good character when sentencing sex offenders

Watch: Winston Peters speaks amid polling surge as NZ First preps for election fight

Ngāi Tahu preparing to renegotiate parts of Treaty settlement amid major conservation law reforms

New poll keeps National in the 20s, Peters closing in on Luxon in preferred PM

Labour leader takes a swing at coalition over immigration

Less new money to be spent in Budget; 'careful' immigration policy to come – PM

Watch: Judith Collins delivers final speech to Parliament after 24 years

Labour leader Chris Hipkins admits account posting objectionable memes is run by ex-staffer

Gap between Government, Opposition parties narrows in latest political poll

Govt documents show citizenship applicants will get six tries at new test

Watch: Public fuel limits in Govt's highest fuel plan phase

Diesel and jet fuel take another dip in latest fuel stock update

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi leaves Te Pāti Māori, starts new party

'Very unlikely to ease fuel prices': Mega-ministry sought advice on staff working from home

‘Budget leak’: Winston Peters confirms fees-free university scheme to be scrapped

'Have to do something': Nicola Willis agrees NZ Super needs adjusting as taxpayer burden grows

Political donations: National reports more than $6 million, Act overtakes Labour

Court agrees with Speaker Gerry Brownlee and recalls, reissues Mariameno Kapa-Kingi judgment

'Real consequences': Peters widens sanctions on Russia backers and payment lifeline

Act candidate quit Seymour's Regulatory Standards Board before it began

Stocks of diesel, petrol and jet fuel drop, satisfies trigger for alert level move

Broadcasting Standards Authority being axed, Minister says regulator 'doesn't make sense'

'Hope they’d attend': China, US to be invited to New Zealand for next year's Pacific Islands Forum

Councils given three months to submit proposals for most radical shake-up in decades

'A bit typical sometimes': Erica Stanford says David Seymour hasn't thought through immigration policy she says will hurt businesses, farmers

Fuel update: Significant increase in diesel and jet fuel stocks as petrol dips

Big NZ First donors argue for tax breaks to save 'unsustainable' racing industry

Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner's award destroyed following letter

Wayne Brown says Christopher Luxon a dog with 'two tails wagging' him