Benedict Collins
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Govt announces panel to review welfare system
A group of experts have been appointed to advise the government on its promised overhaul of the welfare system. → Read More
NZ may vote on marijuana legalisation in 2019
The government is currently debating whether to hold the referendum in 2019 because it's not sure holding it at the 2020 General Election would be a smart move politically. → Read More
PM hints of further public underfunding revelations
The government is going to drip feed stories of public sector underfunding by the previous government in the run-up to next month's Budget, the Prime Minister has indicated. → Read More
$52m wharf opens on Chatham Island
Chatham Islanders are hoping their new wharf will make life on the island much smoother sailing. → Read More
Businessman referred to SFO connected to govt-funded project
The government's new flagship regional development programme is funding a project connected to a businessman who has been referred to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) property deals. → Read More
Govt considering ditching fishing boat camera plans
The government is considering scrapping the rollout of cameras on commercial fishing vessels altogether. → Read More
Bill English: National Party retreat will be chance to 'build on policies'
National MPs are heading into a two-day caucus retreat about a week after a sudden burst of leadership speculation. → Read More
NZ must prepare for climate change impacts, says PM
The impact of recent major storms demonstrate the government's huge responsibility to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change, the Prime Minister says. → Read More
National dismisses housing stock take as smoke and mirrors
The government's pending stocktake of the housing crisis is being dismissed as nothing more than smoke and mirrors by the National party. → Read More
Winston Peters: 'Crap' polls don't reflect NZ First's position
Winston Peters has dismissed the country's political polls as "crap" and says the public should ignore them. → Read More
Winston Peters
New Zealand's great political survivor, Winston Peters has been talked up as king-maker ahead of just about every election since the advent of MMP in 1996. → Read More
Auditor-General resigns over fraud investigation
Auditor-General Martin Matthews says he feels "as angry and aggrieved as anyone" over the Transport Ministry fraud that occured on his watch. → Read More
Inquiry to find whistleblowers forced from ministry
The State Services Commission investigation due to be made public today concludes convicted fraudster Joanne Harrison forced whistleblowers out of the Transport Ministry. → Read More
Transport Ministry accused of dodging OIA request on Joanne Harrison
Emails from the Transport Minister show he told his own ministry that its plans to withhold information from a Labour MP were at odds with its promise to be open and transparent. → Read More
Winston Peters says Maori seats aren't needed, promises referendum
Winston Peters has told NZ First's annual conference Māori seats send a terrible message and vowed to hold a mid-term binding referendum on it, and another on the number of politicians in Parliament. → Read More
'Good progress' in Transport Ministry whistleblowers report
The State Services Commission is investigating whether Joanne Harrison was able to restructure staff out of the organisation who had raised red flags → Read More
KiwiRail refuses to release emails on blocked report
KiwiRail is refusing to reveal how its top officials reacted after the Transport Minister's office urged them to keep a report secret. → Read More
Landlords told to come clean on rental insulation
Landlords are failing to disclose how much insulation is in their rental properties when they sign up new tenants, the Building and Construction Minister says. → Read More
Winston Peters: Kiwis in regions should get their fair share
Winston Peters wants New Zealanders in the regions to benefit more from the wealth they help generate. → Read More
PM's opponents salt the Barclay wound
The embattled National MP Todd Barclay may have fallen on his sword, but opposition politicians are adamant the Prime Minister is not off the hook. → Read More