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.