Peters refuses to apologise for ‘racist’ remark after PM meeting
Winston Peters has refused to apologise for his attack on a Chinese-Kiwi MP despite the Prime Minister and…
Swarbrick kicked from House, accuses Speaker of ‘double standards’
Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been thrown out of Parliament’s debating chamber after accusing the Speaker of “double…
PM’s small business remark caused ‘a lot of hurt’
Senior National Party ministers have closed ranks behind Christopher Luxon and support for small businesses, after the Prime…
‘He cannot represent NZ’: Hipkins rules out Peters as foreign minister
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has ruled out working with New Zealand First’s Winston Peters at the next election.…
‘I got that wrong’: Luxon apologises for remarks about small businesses
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has apologised to small business owners for remarks he made at a Rotorua event,…
Five Wellington sites could have heritage status removed or changed
The Government will consider changing or completely removing the heritage status of five Wellington sites to free them…
ACT’s disruptive student plan ‘a solution looking for a problem’
ACT’s plan to let teachers use “reasonable force” to remove disruptive students has ignited debate over classroom behaviour,…
‘Dumb and dumber’: Company boss says Labour destroyed economy, National hasn’t fixed it
A New Zealand manufacturing boss who has voted for National all his life says the party has lost…
Luxon plans chat with Peters about ‘racist’ remarks ‘at some point’
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is yet to pick up the phone to Winston Peters after his tirade towards…
ACT policy would see ‘reasonable force’ used to remove unruly students
ACT wants to give teachers the legal power to remove “seriously or persistently disruptive” students from a classroom.…
NZ ‘not in focus’ of Russian intelligence as envoy plays down spy case
Russia’s ambassador to New Zealand has dismissed the espionage allegations at the centre of a diplomatic flashpoint as…
NZ First’s proposed grant to encourage ‘more Kiwis having more children’
New Zealand First is promising thousands of dollars in payments to parents if elected, under a new policy…