Healthcare in Napier proves a pressing issue as candidates talk through solutions
About 200 people watched the debate, ranging from teenagers to a mother with her newborn to pensioners. Healthcare,…
Rotorua: John Paul College student wins first place in speech competition
“At first, obviously that sounds kind of silly because, at school, all we’re taught is to learn about…
‘Clogging up landfills’: Victorian Labor Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas slammed over 18kg promotional e-waste dump
A Victorian Labor MP has been slammed for dumping 18kg of promotional e-waste, with a recycling centre accusing…
Parliament passes earthquake-prone building reforms with $8.2b savings forecast
“Expensive and often unrealistic remediation costs that are disproportionate to risk threaten buildings becoming derelict. “Instead, we’re enabling…
Kim Dotcom’s wife Liz to contest outgoing National MP Chris Penk’s Kaipara ki Mahurangi seat
The Megaupload founder, who has spent more than a decade at the centre of one of New Zealand’s…
Horse hīkoi in photos: The day Ngāti Kahungunu rode to Parliament
Ngāti Kahungunu, the iwi which spans much of the eastern lower North Island, led this convoy of riders…
Horse protest outside Parliament as details of contentious Treaty reference bill drop
The just-released copy of the bill reveals terms such as “uphold” or “honour” would be replaced with “takes…
Quick change to fast-track law being pushed through Parliament this week
“In response to out-of-sequence growth, mainly housing projects, councils will be able to amend their development contributions. “It’s…
Ngāti Kahungunu horse convoy heads to Parliament with Treaty petition
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the Government had amended 19 pieces of legislation to ensure references to the…
Should Act voters give their candidate vote to National? Paul Henry weighs in
With National polling below 30%, lower than the 38% it received in 2023, some projections suggest Bishop entering…
Public Service Commissioner refuses MBIE boss’ offer to resign after deliberately misleading MPs
“The ministry would have been aware that in choosing to answer as it did it was certain that…
Steve Abel links climate change deaths to Holocaust in Parliament speech
The precise meaning of the concept has been heavily debated by academics, but a common reading suggests evil…