Finance Minister Nicola Willis is confident this year's Budget will deliver for Māori, saying the govt is focused on Māori needs, rather than targeted funding.
National has kept its tax cut promise in the coalition govt's debut Budget, laying out a relief package largely in line with the 'Back Pocket Boost' it campaigned on during the election.
A Ministry of Education official has admitted the alternative model for the Government's free school lunch programme is unlikely to be as nutritious as the previous programme, RNZ understands.
Hundreds of people have marched from Queens Garden to the Octagon in Dunedin as part of nationwide protests against the government's policies on Māori.
The man behind a far-right media platform who claimed he was wrongfully arrested outside court during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a court case against the police dismissed.
Compulsory Shakespeare and grammar lessons will feature in a new-look secondary English curriculum that ranges from contemporary NZ authors to Chaucer and Beowulf.
Police say they know how a head-on two vehicle crash that left five people dead in Waikato on Tuesday afternoon happened but are still investigating why.
A disgruntled ratepayer who police believe may be behind a bomb scare that saw Whakatāne District Council offices evacuated and closed for the afternoon on Friday has appeared in court.