Fair pay legislation repealed by Christmas
Fair Pay Agreement legislation will be repealed by Christmas, while the use of 90-day trials will be extended beyond small businesses, the government has confirmed.
Smokefree rowback: NZ reputation now 'pretty tarnished'
Smokefree rowback: NZ reputation now 'pretty tarnished'
A public health academic says the way international experts are being so vocal about NZ's rowback on smokefree legislation is "very embarrassing" and has tarnished our reputation.
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NZ First’s Patterson in his roles for good reason
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NZ First’s Patterson in his roles for good reason
Nestled down near the bottom of the ministerial list on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website sits, almost last but certainly not least, Taieri NZ First list MP Mark Patterson.
MP steps outside Labour policy with 'genocide' remark
MP steps outside Labour policy with 'genocide' remark
A senior Labour MP stepped outside his party's position in referring to Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide.
Hipkins: Discouraging use of te reo Māori is 'backwards'
Hipkins: Discouraging use of te reo Māori is 'backwards'
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says the new coalition government is taking a backwards step by discouraging the use of te reo Māori.
Māori Party swear allegiance to Te Tiriti
Māori Party swear allegiance to Te Tiriti; Brownlee named as Speaker
Te Pāti Māori has taken its activism to Parliament today as its MPs gave their oaths of allegiance to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as well as monarch King Charles.
Inquiry after confidential Cabinet papers leaked
Inquiry after confidential Cabinet papers leaked
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says an investigation has begun into how a confidential Cabinet paper made it into the public domain.
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Local representation lack in Parliament concerning
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Local representation lack in Parliament concerning
Parliament is not actually back at work yet, but its constituent parties have now at last worked out where their MPs will be sitting and what jobs they will be doing.
Labour unveils Opposition line-up
Labour unveils Opposition line-up
Dunedin MP Rachel Brooking has picked up the Environment role in Labour's Opposition line-up while Taieri MP Ingrid Leary gets Seniors and Mental Health.
Luxon reveals 100-day plan, under pressure to rein in Peters
Luxon reveals 100-day plan, under pressure to rein in Peters
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has unveiled his government’s 100-day plan, amid pressure from Labour leader Chris Hipkins to rein in Deputy PM Winston Peters over his false claims about media.
Health Minister plans more ED security before Christmas
Health Minister plans more ED security before Christmas
New Health Minister Dr Shane Reti is promising beefed-up security at the country’s 20 core emergency departments in time for the Christmas and New Year period.
PM should 'pull Peters into line': Hipkins
PM should 'pull Peters into line': Hipkins
Chris Hipkins says it was right for an NZ On Air board member to quit over posting critical comments about Winston Peters - but says the new prime minister should pull his deputy into line.
NZ on Air boss resigns after criticising Peters
NZ on Air boss resigns after criticising Peters
An NZ On Air board member has resigned after making a social media post calling new Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ attack on media independence “malicious” and him being “the worst...
Tense start to first Cabinet meeting as Peters pokes media again
Tense start to first Cabinet meeting as Peters pokes media again
The new government’s first Cabinet meeting got off to a tense start as Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters again accused the media of bribery.
Cuts loom large as new government targets the economy
Cuts loom large as new government targets the economy
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has set his government's "number one" goal as "fixing the economy", but economists say that task could prove a steep hill to climb.
Peters defines 'woke virtue signalling' in testy exchange
Peters defines 'woke virtue signalling' in testy exchange
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has engaged in a testy first news conference, offering his definition of “woke virtue signalling” and invoked late Māori land rights activist Dame Whina Cooper in defending his approach to the Treaty of Waitangi.
New government eyes RMA, Three Waters reforms for scrap heap
New government eyes RMA, Three Waters reforms for scrap heap
The freshly passed Resource Management Act (RMA) reforms look set to be first on the chopping block as the new coalition government settles into power.
National heading to victory in Port Waikato by-election
National heading to victory in Port Waikato by-election
Polls are closed and the results are coming in after almost two weeks of voting for the Port Waikato seat.
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Forming govt: ‘Complainers need to get a grip’
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Forming govt: ‘Complainers need to get a grip’
Earlier this week a reader emailed to ask what the enthusiastic proponents of electoral reform in the 1980s and ’90s made of the seemingly interminable delay in restoring politics as normal.
New Cabinet line-up: Who gets what?
New Cabinet line-up: Who gets what?
The new Cabinet of the usual 20 ministers will have 14 from National, and three each from Act and NZ First. Who's picked up which portfolios?