Labour's Vietnam-based candidate drops outLabour's Vietnam-based candidate, Warrick Cleine, has dropped out of the race and is no longer standing for the party.Cleine, who is the chief executive of co...

Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon scheduled head-to-head events, competing to talk up their greatest foreign policy moments.

Half-a-dozen of New Zealand First’s candidates have withdrawn their candidacy since the party first announced its candidates.

Read Jayson Greene’s review of the album.

As she announced her retirement from politics, Judith ‘The Crusher’ Collins revealed she’d never been a fan of her nickname. That says a lot.

Sources at Parliament believe China is spying on events related to Taiwan in New Zealand.

In the post, John Tamihere challenges two Te Pāti Māori MPs, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, to resign if they are unhappy with the party’s direction.

The Iwi Chairs Forum has taken an unprecedented step, deciding to intervene to try and sort out the internal political strife of Te Pāti Māori.

The former Free Speech union boss says he’s excited to have a school that could “remember the virtue of civilisation that has come from the West”.

The law allows one generation of citizenship by descent, but does not reference the Treaty of Waitangi or Māori as tangata whenua.

The teachers union says it’s a “rushed rollout” which will cause “chaos” in schools. And the ACT Party is celebrating getting rid of “Marxism”.

The cut given to community groups from online casinos would be far smaller than what the in-person pokies paid.

Israel’s deputy foreign minister met with the leaders of Destiny Church, but no Government minister, during a brief trip to Auckland.

Thanks to the whistleblower’s complaint, the Ombudsman revealed how ACC managers pressured staff not to reveal the full cost.

The National Party campaigned on liberalising New Zealand’s gene editing laws, but NZ First worries it could go too far,

In Whanganui, information from the Government’s own Road Cone Tipline had actually led to more cones being put out than taken away. In Wellington, 110 complaints resulted in just two cones being remov...

Across the country, 25 regions voted to remove their Māori wards, while 17 regions voted to keep them. One councillor says there is a real fear about how councils will ensure they have a democratic ma...

Ministers describe their new goal as “science-based”, while Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the plan appears to be “cooked up by lobbyists” working for farming companies.

There weren’t enough MPs at Parliament on Thursday afternoon to vote on a bill to allow Sunday morning advertising.

The National-led government has been avoiding questions about whether it is joining in preparations for a US military confrontation with China. A series of Official Information Act requests on this su...

Stuff understands funding for both Te Karere and The Hui is on the line, following funding reductions for Te Māngai Pāho.

Humanitarian groups say Israel breached international law by blocking a Gaza-bound flotilla, but Christopher Luxon isn’t criticising Israel.

Eru Kapa-Kingi, a leader of Toitū Te Tiriti and former Te Pāti Māori vice president, says the party’s leadership system is problematic.

Samuel Leason had at first tried to get to Gaza by land, marching across the Sinai desert, his dad says.

And more public sector workers are likely to join the massive strikes planned for later this month.

The cost of power is costing jobs and driving inflation. This is how the powerbrokers want to lower prices.

Turns out the Energy Minister received a letter from Labour on August 20 asking to work together on a long-term solution to New Zealand’s dwindling supply of natural gas.

As Trade Minister Todd McClay responded to threats of a “100% tariff” on films, US President Donald Trump launched another tariff for a key Kiwi industry.

New Zealand is one of just 33 nations who don’t recognise Palestine. What does that say about our country?

The Drug Foundation says police are playing “whack-a-mole” and “devoting enormous amounts of resources” to finding weed growers.

The incoming governor will travel across the world to take up the position - but she’s been watching New Zealand for some time.

Transport Minister Chris Bishop says this “death trap” road near Wellington kills and injures, on average, 14 people each year.

Is New Zealand being used as a “stepping stone” for migrants wanting to move to Australia? Here are the facts.

Te Heuheu was one of the longest serving and most respected leaders of te ao Māori. He died, aged 84.

Christopher Luxon hailed his Queenstown catch-up with Australia’s Anthony Albanese as a success for tourism and trans-Tasman relations. But what did it achieve?

Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.

Prime minister Christopher Luxon says a decision is weeks away. This issue was first raised with his Government in 2023.

Most of the young people went on to re-offend. But that doesn’t mean the Government views this as a failed experiment.

‘Phishing’ messages seeking sensitive information were sent from Tertiary Education Commission system.

The briefing also notes that officials had urged the previous Government to pull the brakes on Covid-related spending after the initial shock.

The Government says New Zealand’s “30 crazy labelling laws” are driving up your supermarket bill.

When will unemployment reduce? Nicola Willis holds hope for improvement this yearFinance Minister Nicola Willis remains hopeful that unemployment will start to reduce sometime this year, but given glo...

The Government has revived its plan to make it harder for Māori to claim customary title to marine and coastal areas.

Since NCEA was introduced, the average high school graduate in New Zealand has become worse at understanding numbers and words.