Foreign Minister Winston Peters has made the government's first statement following the US military action against Venezuela.

Health officials said there was 'no evidence base' about the likely impacts of the Government's decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.

Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

'It's a step backwards for our education system.'

Maths education experts say recent changes to the maths curriculum "seem more political than educational".

“Last week, Willis came out and blamed our even more dismal than expected fall in GDP for the June quarter on international pressures from Trump,” says Verity Johnson.

Candidates linked to the pandemic protest movement are increasingly targeting council seats under community banners.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters told the United Nations that New Zealand would not recognise Palestinian statehood.

A leaked cabinet paper shows the government scrapped plans to reduce off-licence hours in favour of reducing regulations.

Chris Finlayson is criticising the government's move to push on with controversial marine and coastal rights legislation.

The coalition has pushed back a review of its tax cut for Heated Tobacco Products by two years.

The groups are accusing Israel of displacement, bombing and starvation, while aid agencies say the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has escalated in recent weeks.

Opinion from Otago University: Confronted with the steady decline of the international rules-based order, smaller powers like NZ can’t rely on UN veto-wielding states. They have to take their own acti...

Lobbyists for heated tobacco products identified the NZ First leader as "very industry friendly". His party later delivered huge tax cuts for their products.

Opinion from Victoria University: The Government got called out at the UN for breaching its obligations on Indigenous peoples’ rights. Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown asks, how did we get here?

Karolyn Carroll paid $13,000 for surgery she says would have cost $85k in New Zealand.

Recent revelations of Ray Chung spreading sexual rumours about Tory Whanau shouldn’t be a surprise to those who have followed his lone term on council.

Ray Chung's email detailed 'tempestuous' fling Mayor Tory Whanau categorically denies.

David Seymour earmarked $8m for non-profit ECE centres, but ended up quietly opening the door to private businesses when the scheme was announced.

It had  job cuts and sudden contract changes to community providers, and now the children’s ministry predicts it won’t be able to promptly handle alerts to tamariki at risk.

Police once described the American far-right group as violent ‘cryptofascists’ but they’re no longer designated a terrorist threat

Politicians and music industry bosses called on organisers to pull the group from the Glastonbury line-up.

The axe is hovering over historians and staff who create digital content used by schools and the public.