Mei Heron
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National's mass email sign-up: 'It was a genuine cock-up'
National Party leader Simon Bridges maintains that a system error led to people who signed petitions then being emailed and asked for donations. → Read More
Queenstown Council wants luxury homes exempt from sale ban
The council says some expensive homes in the district won't sell because locals won't be able to afford them. → Read More
Workers call for end to all 90-day trials: 'It's going to impact the most vulnerable'
Workers who have been hired and fired under the 90-day trial period are pleading with the government to scrap the law all together. → Read More
Maori TPP concerns: 'Are we giving away our Treaty rights ... to sell sheep?'
Some Māori are demanding greater clarity about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership will affect the government's Treaty obligations. → Read More
Treasury 'deeply regrets' child poverty miscalculation
Treasury has revealed it made a "deeply regrettable mistake" by likely overstating how many children would be lifted out of poverty as a result of the Government's Families Package. → Read More
Catholic Church wants child abuse inquiry to be wider
The Catholic Church is disappointed a Government inquiry into state abuse of children may not expand to include faith-based institutions, including itself. → Read More
Green Party letter claims staff suffering low morale, unfair treatment
A letter from disgruntled Green Party staff to its MPs highlights how difficult the party has found the transition into government. → Read More
Shortlist of three options for Auckland America's Cup bases
Team New Zealand's preference for a $190 million wharf extension to host the America's Cup in Auckland is winning little favour with either the council or the government. → Read More
Foreign police officers could help meet government target
The government could look offshore to help boost the thin blue line, but the Police Association says that's a short-term solution that might not work. → Read More
Green coffers bare after election campaign
The Green Party has turned to its members for more money as it struggles to pay its bills. → Read More
New Zealand First board meeting on Monday
The New Zealand First board will meet on Monday, party leader Winston Peters says. → Read More
New Zealand First MPs hold full-day caucus meeting
Different government formations and ministerial positions will be discussed at a New Zealand First caucus meeting likely to last all day. → Read More
Greens, Labour and NZ First need to talk coalition
Green Party leader James Shaw will push hard to be involved with any negotiations between Labour and New Zealand First. → Read More
Fewer young people enrolled than 2014
Fewer young people have enrolled to vote compared with the last election - so far. → Read More
James Shaw
James Shaw expected to be heading into the 2017 election campaign as Green Party co-leader - but after Metiria Turei resigned he's found himself flying solo. → Read More
Green Party's trash to cash plan
The Green Party wants to put an immediate 20 cent charge on plastic bags, phase out plastic packaging, and send zero waste to landfill by 2050. → Read More
Greens leader James Shaw cracks on with campaign after staff departures
The Greens leader says he's not going to spend this election campaign "looking in the rear-view mirror", after the departure of his co-leader and the party's chief-of-staff and political director. → Read More
Ardern reprimands MP over Aussie citizenship question
Labour's leader has reprimanded one of her MPs for getting involved in questions over the citizenship of Australia's Deputy Prime Minister. → Read More
Human trafficking 'definitely a problem' in NZ
New Zealand is closely watching the anti-slavery law in the UK as authorities say exploitation and human trafficking is starting to become a bigger problem here. → Read More
Work visas hit all-time high
Work visas were approved for a record 226,000 people in the last financial year, and according to the government the number will keep rising. → Read More