National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".

'Don't let anybody tell you that we're not being bold enough,' Chris Hipkins said, minutes before an audience member insisted Labour was not bold

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

Christopher Luxon was surprised when told pay had increased 10% in the sector.

The Property Investors Federation is hailing Labour's decision to leave interest deductibility settings alone, if elected.

The Government has told mayors around the country it's deferring decisions on amalgamating councils until after the election.

A teenager taking part in the government's bootcamp for young offenders has been charged over two-armed robberies while he was on the community part of the voluntary programme, RNZ can reveal.

Revealed: Seven Sharp's new sponsor; Shares windfall for Sky TV CEO; TSB eyes new agency.

More whistleblowers have contacted RNZ with fresh allegations of Education Ministry managers actively trying to avoid scrutiny via the Official Information Act.

The regulator that polices New Zealand's listed companies and fund managers has admitted its own holiday pay method broke employment law. If the FMA can't get the Holidays Act right, no employer should assume they have.

New Zealand has agreed to put almost $24 million into a military satellite the United States is building.

The Property Investors Federation is hailing Labour's decision to leave interest deductibility settings alone, if elected.

Labour wants to structurally separate groceries duopoly; National wants to break up Foodstuffs; But will either actually happen? It’ll be hard without lobbyist & donor reform; NZ First loves vitamins

What 300 pages of documents released under the Official Information Act tells us about the government’s $40 million concert fund.

Labour would force Foodstuffs and Woolworths to run their wholesale operations independently from their retail stores, if elected in November.

New Zealand is marking 133 years since women won the right to vote, with the Government using Suffrage Day to highlight its focus on women's economic security, health and safety.

Alongside Woolworths, which would remain Australian-owned, that would give the country three major grocery chains instead of two.

The health system has been under significant pressure this winter, with Auckland City Hospital saying it's been worse than expected.

Labour will make employer contributions to KiwiSaver compulsory, as well as raise the minimum to 6 percent even when employees reduce or pause their own, with the party saying it wants to make the retirement savings scheme "work harder for more New Zealanders".

A proposal to cut 12 percent of the workforce at the National Library and Archives NZ will decimate both organisations and have a significant impact on service levels, says the Public Service Association (PSA).

Three of the Government's nine key targets risk not being met, the latest update shows.

MSD's review says a staff member flagged wrongly suspended winter energy payments on 30 April but senior leaders were not told until 13 August.

Almost a year on from the previous Canterbury Regional Council declaring a nitrate emergency, a new report pointing to high nitrate levels across the region has been presented to councillors.

A homeless Auckland man who had a severe stroke while living under a bridge this winter was later discharged from Auckland City Hospital in just a gown, and taken to a nearby charity that provides support for people in hardship.

The Sustainable Energy Association is pushing for a cross-party government plan for solar energy that will last longer than an electoral cycle.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has declared he's just getting warmed up, as some voters questioned why the energy he brought to a public meeting was not getting cut through outside it.

The ACT party has vowed to get rid of the net zero emissions target, repeal the Zero Carbon Act and cut carbon tax if elected.

The National leader has come under fire for his use of Defence Force planes.

Future governments are being urged to spend more on medicines and reap big savings.

The Ministry of Social Development is in the spotlight again after it told thousands of people that food was ‘not an essential need’ when declining their applications for food grants.

New Zealand First says it will be campaigning for conservation land to be opened up for economic development.

The government says screening for cervical cancer will be free from March next year.

RBNZ hikes OCR again, as most expected, & as the NZ-invented inflation-targeting model forces it too. But it will scar our jobless youth even more, curb investment & worsen capital cost inflation.

The Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate (OCR) for a second meeting in a row to tackle inflation pressures, and has signalled more increases could be coming this year.