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Third time lucky: McAnulty on being latest Hawke’s Bay cyclone recovery minister
Hawke's Bay has had three cyclone recovery ministers in as many months since Gabrielle.
Focus: Christopher Luxon reacts to the OCR announcement
National Leader Christopher Luxon reacts to the announcement the Reserve Bank has lifted the OCR to 5.5 percent. Video / Nick Dobbie
Only a third of boarding houses have sprinklers
Most buildings like Wellington's Loafers Lodge do not have sprinklers.
Brooke van Velden: When Kiwi shopkeepers work in fear, something's horribly wrong
Light-on-crime policy decisions having tragic consequences for hard-working shop owners.
Some prescriptions will still attract $15 fee, despite Budget policy to abolish $5 charges
The Government has abolished most charges, but some remain.
Calls for National to front up with costings for tax cuts, estimated to be $8.2b
An economist warns the cuts will not be affordable without major public service cuts.
‘Police are seen as fair game’: Assaults on police nearly double
Newstalk ZB can reveal officers reported more than 1000 attacks in the past year.
Seizing fleeing drivers’ cars risked Bill of Rights breach - Attorney-General
The bill went through its first reading in the House under urgency last week.
Hipkins will ‘eventually’ look at tax changes, but issues a warning
The Prime Minister warned tax cuts now would be inflationary.
Listen live: Hipkins talks to Hosking after US-Pacific Summit
Chris Hipkins was in Papua New Guinea for 23 hours for the United States-Pacific Summit.
Simon Wilson: The insidious climate denialism of Christopher Luxon
OPINION: NZ Steel move is a model for emissions reductions - but it can't be the only way.
Inflation takes away gains from Labour’s Working for Families package
Inflation is eating away at people's benefits.
New law opens door to more research on tax paid, or not paid, by the super rich
A new bill makes it easier for the IRD to regularly probe and report people's tax affairs.
Watch: PM Chris Hipkins speaks in Papua New Guinea
PM Chris Hipkins holds a media stand-up in Papua New Guinea. Video / RNZ
NZ Steel to transition away from burning coal with $140 million Govt subsidy
The change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.
Luxon: What Budget got wrong - and the projects he wants to work on with Labour
The National leader wanted to see more fiscal responsibility.
Explainer: Why Govt is making a big deal of steel emissions initiative
PM Chris Hipkins called it NZ's 'largest-ever emissions reduction project'.
Rob Campbell: 'I failed at Te Whatu Ora. I should have been far more disruptive'
Ex Health NZ boss Rob Campbell addresses a group of clinical health professionals
Govt to spend $140m on NZ Steel's move away from burning coal
The change is equivalent to taking 300,000 cars off the road.
Green Party candidate list includes nine Māori
'We can push the Crown to uphold its promise to guarantee tino rangatiratanga'.
Beehive Diaries: A Budget whoopsie and Erica Stanford's awkward question for David Seymour
National's education spokesperson tries to find out if Act leader covets same job as her
Green Party unveils its list for October’s general election
The relatively unchanged list has a few fresh faces.
Wayne Brown says age is 'totally irrelevant': The rise of the elderly politicians
Anyone who dared raise his age risked being flattened, one older politician said.
Claire Trevett: Nats' penny-pinching reaction to Budget puts heat on Luxon over tax cuts
National's Budget response feeds right into PM Chris Hipkins 'coalition of cuts' line.
Which policies are the winner and losers of Budget 2023?
Which policies are big winners - and which ones are 'really silly'.
Budget 2023: Rise in MPs requesting security prompts $5.7m boost
Some of the funding would also be used to increase security staff on Parliament grounds.
Wealthy donors match $150,000 in small donations to Labour
They were the latest in 11 donations above $20,000 to political parties declared in May.
Opinion: NZ’s Budget used a ‘gender lens’
Budget 2023 included a gender budgeting 'snapshot' - and was the first to do so.
Promising Labour MP chosen as candidate in Auckland’s Epsom electorate
Camilla Belich missed out on Mt Albert, despite being endorsed by Ardern.