Capital expenditure - new money set aside in the Budget to maintain or upgrade assets - will be higher than originally forecast when the government delivers its Budget.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins is slamming the ACT Party for championing better lawmaking the same day the coalition rushes through law changes under urgency, calling it "absolute hypocrisy".
More medical specialists are leaving the public health system - or reducing their hours - to work in private hospitals, according to Medical Council data.
A South Auckland primary school will be holding safety talks with students today, after a stranger tried to abduct a student while he was walking home from school on Monday.
The Act Party is calling for Parliament to conduct an inquiry into the harms of social media for young people, a day after a proposal from National to ban it for the same group.