ANALYSIS: In the battle for the swing vote, if the debate was actually Winston Peters vs Qiulae Wong, then Peters’ experience mattered a lot.

The $9 million already spent on council amalgamation proposals is just the start.

Andrew Ecclestone and Russell Opland argue the managerialism of processing official information requests is shielding the heart of the matter: reducing our right to participate in making policies, and...

Three years after leaving Parliament, this former political leader is viewed more favourably than every current political leader tested in a new poll.

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

The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”

Rates caps are the latest in a series of anti-democratic policies from a party that once claimed to support localism and devolution.

The National party has promised there will be no new taxes if it is re-elected on November 7.

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Caleb Clarke will return home early from South Africa after suffering a serious shoulder injury.

Former Labour cabinet minister Kiri Allan has come out swinging against the public service saying it is bloated, slow, and overpaid.

Fears of political overreach as Health Minister Simeon Brown replaces Nursing Council board members, reducing Māori representation from six to one

Analysis: National MPs who tried and failed to take down Christopher Luxon on Wednesday should be embarrassed and ashamed.

An amendment to the Crimes Act has passed its final reading in Parliament, but is not being welcomed by retailers.

The Prime Minister says he will call a referendum on the country's MMP voting system if he's back in power after the November election.

The government has announced nine new secondary school subjects that will be developed by industry groups.

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Wanting to tax land: absolutely not. Xenophobia? That we can work with.

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Wilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convincing to say’

National is promising to modernise laws on sexual consent, saying there must be consent before sex every time, rather than assuming it has been given.

The announcement would lift annual spending on the control efforts to around $36 million a year on average.

The veteran political reporter's new book remembers his favourite NZ leaders

A government that repeatedly destabilises workforces, reduces services and creates widespread insecurity will find the social contract beginning to erode.

Stuff asked ministers how they use AI, and what they think it can do to cut costs and jobs at their departments.

The top 100 novels of all time published in English, as voted for by authors, critics and academics worldwide. How many have you read?