Government Still Has the Numbers — Poll Confirms Coalition Hold According to the latest 1News Verian Poll, the current governing coalition - led by New Zealand National Party (National), with ACT New Zealand and New Zealand First - would continue to hold a majority in Parliament if an election were held today. The poll puts National’s support at 36%, up two points from previous 34% results. ACT stands at 10% and NZ First at 9%. On the opposing side, New Zealand Labour Party (Labour) are polling

The Government has unveiled sweeping reforms to New Zealand’s planning system — aiming to simplify rules, speed up housing and development, and modernise how land, water, and resource use is governed. But for us as Māori — how this affects our whenua, wai, taonga and rangatiratanga depends on whether we hold the pen from the start. On the one hand, a clearer national planning framework could make it easier for whānau, hapū and iwi to engage — for papakāinga, housing, infrastructure, and environm