New Zealand First has put the future of the Waitangi Tribunal firmly into the Election 2026 campaign, unveiling a policy aimed at winding back what leader Winston Peters describes as […] ...

Greenpeace activists have boarded and occupied the Government-owned research vessel Tangaroa in Wellington, protesting its involvement in deep-sea mineral exploration in the Pacific. The action ...

An extra 380 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are set to be recruited into hospitals across Aotearoa, but the country’s largest nurses’ union says the announcement comes after frontline ...

A new poll commissioned by the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi suggests many New Zealanders would accept delays to government fiscal targets if that helped restore the […] ...

I have to admit I was shocked when I first saw reports that Māori leaders were travelling to Israel. Not because Māori should be prevented from travelling, listening or forming […] ...

After 35 years, the Resource Management Act is on its way out. Parliament has passed the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill, replacing the RMA with two separate regimes governing […] ...

Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work has landed in the middle of Election 2026, but for me one of its most important stories is not simply about the Taxpayers’ Union […] ...

More than half a million native plants have gone into the ground across the Waikato region as a major programme of fencing, stream protection and land retirement continues to build […] ...

As the 54th Parliament approaches its formal end on 1 October, it is time to take stock of nearly three years of the National-led coalition with ACT and New Zealand […] ...

Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono is heading into the final stretch of Election 2026 balancing a broad political brief — campaigning for change while challenging the three-party Government across foreign ...

Porirua Mayor Anita Baker says Wellington councils answered the Government’s challenge to be bold about local government reform, only to have months of work and ratepayer investment left in limbo […] ...

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Government’s plans for Māori health following the abolition of Te Aka Whai Ora breached multiple principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. In its newly […] ...