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Union warns agency cuts and AI plans could risk public services.

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The National Party are calling on Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori to release their plans to get New Zealand back into surplus.

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English will join Te Reo Māori and sign language as an official language of New Zealand, after the English Language Bill passed its third and final reading at Parliament.

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Senior National MPs are not happy with another bleak poll result, saying the party must work harder.

Labour is putting extra effort into ensuring people are enrolled to vote this election, with one of its MPs accusing the coalition of having an "evil agenda" to disallow its opponents' ballots.

Winston Peters called voting a “privilege” that should be reserved for citizens. Counterpoint: it’s actually our foundational democratic right.

A new system is tipped to prevent beneficiaries owing hundreds of millions of dollars to the government because they've been mistakenly paid too much.

A scrutiny hearing at Parliament devolved into a rowdy spat with accusations of lying, cries of hypocrisy and a demand that the minister "shush".

But the opposition says it's surprising, given there were no moves to improve public transport in the Budget.

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Labour's Chris Hipkins says the social housing shake-up will be a "massive blow" to people already struggling to keep their heads above water.

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The bank has been instructed to once again look at its options for long-term growth, including the possibility of partial privatisation.

The coalition's Budget will be delivered on May 28.

The United States has invited New Zealand to join forces with a number of other countries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The prime minister was glad Trump and other guests at the White House Correspondents dinner were unharmed, after a man with a shotgun tried to breach security.

A National MP is lodging a complaint about being accused of leaking, while bickering breaks out between the finance minister and the NZ First's leader.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters says it's time for "cool heads", as the US President escalates his rhetoric on attacking Iran.

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Nicola Willis says it's "unprecedented" to read such rhetoric about a country's destruction from the US President.

The US and Iran are discussing the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war, according to media reports.

With diesel now on a par with petrol, the additional cost of RUCs has pushed the price of operating a diesel vehicle well beyond that of a petrol car.

The IOC changes will mean testing for gender to determine eligibility to take part in women's events from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics onwards.

In a system resembling Covid alert levels, Nicola Willis has unveiled what will trigger rationing - and who will be prioritised.

After a few weeks of murmurings at the edge of debates, disagreements about the former Marsden Point oil refinery reached a fever pitch on Tuesday.

McCain Foods announced it would close its Hastings processing plant just weeks after Watties proposed its own cuts and closures.