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Comment from Otago University: A new public health survey reveals which political parties back lobby registers and donation caps, while National and Act fail to respond

OPINION: Labour's decision to reinstate the interest deduction ban has rocked the party.

The video, posted on multiple social media platforms, was captioned "never forget how they gaslighted you".

The Greens co-leader tells a business audience she wants some “control of the envelope” of her party’s policy priorities in a future government.

Nicky Hager will launch a new book in Wellington on Tuesday, but its title and subject remain secret.

Politicians and economists are in general agreement that this duopoly is not competitive enough and is partly to blame for New Zealand’s high grocery prices.

The Government will make changes to the fast-track legislation to give councils more support over development contributions.

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OPINION: New Zealand has spent years watching cooperatives operate at national scale for the benefit of a few up the chain in this country. It's about time someone pointed the model at the people actu...

Labour had its feet up revelling in relatively high polling results for an opposition, now its time to sprint and Hipkins is still doing a warm up, writes Jenna Lynch

Labour is promising to set up an AI office, an online safety regulator, copyright rules that ensure creators are paid for their work, and impose rules on data centres.

Another man has heart attack while waiting too long in Waikato ED - Herald; Auckland Hospital discharges homeless man in hospital gown; Taumata Arowai signals strict nitrate limits; Oil over US$100/bl

Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.

Emergency department doctors and nurses across New Zealand describe conditions they say are unsafe

Advocates include a former National leader, a high-profile NZ First candidate and a billionaire donor.

"I would love it for Tom to win. I would absolutely love it. I would love people to give two votes to ACT. The reality is, it is very unlikely."

After years of trying to work with the coalition Govt, its critics are giving up on cooperative planning reform and hoping for a change in govt

OPINION: Two months out from voting, the Labour party is poised to squander the opportunity of a lifetime with its political ineptitude.

'This is a slogan government. Roads of National party significance, city deals, localism. It’s all bollocks.'

The Government’s $95m-a-year boost for general practice is being funded through the budget for hospital and specialist services, documents reveal.

National had previously committed only to "no new taxes on working people".

The Opportunity Party is in the kingmaker position, with the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll showing neither the coalition nor the opposition would have the numbers to form a government without its help...

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Special trees on private land could be set to lose protected status under new resource management laws, sparking concern among several groups that work with and promote trees.

Anthony Blomfield TWI August 13, 2026 To many New Zealanders, Christopher Luxon presents as a sanitized corporate relic—a slightly awkward, bald executive prone to hollow management jargon, cringewort...