The Government has launched a new campaign to address truancy issues in schools.

Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti says attendance has been declining since 2015, but Covid messaging has exacerbated the problem.

It follows another announcement from the Government to address worker shortages, where some sectors will be allowed to pay 12,000 migrant workers less than the median wage.

A decision on Gaurav Sharma will be made tomorrow.

Caucus will meet to decide whether to expel him from the party in wake of more explosive allegations of bullying within the party over the weekend.

Kiwibank is now 100 percent Kiwi-owned.

The Government has bought the bank off the Super Fund, ACC and NZ Post for $2.1 million today.

Trish Sherson and Mike Munro joined Heather du Plessis-Allan on The Huddle