Former Green Party co-leader and Minister for Climate Change James Shaw has bowed out of Parliament, and has already revealed details of what he is doing next.
Associate education minister David Seymour has confirmed temporary funding will be put in place for the free school lunches programme until a review is completed.
Last-ditch decision-making on funding charity services for children in the South and nationally could see charities "turning the lights off" this winter.
Grey Power is calling for a change to elderly driver assessments, claiming the process for assessing driver capability is penalising some of the very people who need their licences the most.
Hospitals around the country are not allowed to make a single hiring decision without the approval of Te Whatu Ora's head office, including for cleaners and administration staff.
Rain and cold are set to sweep in across the country, with drivers warned to check conditions before travelling on the South Island passes from this evening.
It's much too early in the term for the Coalition to be truly worried about the latest poll, but it should also be much too early for the public to be considering turfing it out of power.
New Zealand First would be out of Parliament, and Labour, the Greens, and Te Pāti Māori would have enough seats to form a government together, according to the latest 1 News Verian Poll.
New education priorities announced by the government today will put "ambition, achievement and outcomes" at the heart of the system, the education minister says.