The Navy will return to service the Otago, one of two offshore patrol vessels idle since 2021, at a cost of "tens of millions of dollars" next year.

Taieri MP Ingrid Leary says Mike King has "cherry-picked" elements of a letter about government funding of his charity after accusing her of being "obsessed" with making cuts to it.

Police will be auditing internet usage of the most senior police officers in the country over the last 12 months, starting with the Police Commissioner.