Audio Search

National has just released its policing policy, in which it commits to delivering a further 300 frontline police officers, if they're elected.

Labour also committed to the same number in their police… Audio

The Green Party says the beneficiary policies announced by National and New Zealand First are heartless.

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

National wants to introduce a traffic light system that could see some beneficiaries docked income, and NZ First wants to cap the job seeker benefit at two years over a person's lifetime.

National… Audio

National is promising to impose tougher sanctions on beneficiaries who repeatedly fail to turn up to job interviews. Punishments could include mandatory community work or having their welfare support… Audio

Cruel, dehumanising and out of touch. That's one description of National's policy to get more beneficiaries into work. But party leader Christopher Luxon's reckons it's a policy driven by love. If in… Video, Audio

National has announced it will crackdown on beneficiaries if they're elected next month, saying jobseekers need to face consequences for not complying with their obligations to prepare for, or find… Audio

The latest political poll results confirm one of the rules of modern New Zealand politics - never rule out New Zealand First and Winston Peters.

Monday night's Newshub Reid Research poll has National… Audio

Voters in Pakuranga there talking to our reporter Leonard Powell. Meanwhile.... National deputy leader Nicola Willis is urging supporters not to take it for granted that National will easily win. Audio

The Bay of Plenty has been dealt a good hand this year, with an event that has brought 600 rather intelligent tourists to the region.

New Zealand Bridge is holding its 37th National Congress in Mt… Audio

Our political editor Jane Patterson speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6337779266112 Video, Audio

Well it's official, National leader Chris Luxon would "pick up the phone" to Winston Peters if he needs to - he might just need to find his number first. After weeks of dismissing questions about… Audio

National are proposing to change the rules governing how speed limits are set if elected next month.

National will mandate a cost-benefit analysis for each speed limit change, which would consider… Audio

National will change the rules governing how speed limits are set, if elected next month.

Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says they hope to restore speed limits that have been reduced under… Audio

After months of refusing to explicitly state whether he would work with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, National leader Christopher Luxon has released a social media video announcing he… Audio

National's leader Christopher Luxon says he could work with New Zealand First after the election.

Luxon has for months refused to explicitly state whether he could work with Winston Peters.

… Audio

The National Party has confirmed it could work with New Zealand First after the election.

After months of refusing to explicitly state whether he would work with New Zealand First leader Winston… Audio

National will change the way speed limits are reviewed, if elected.

By mandating a cost-benefit analysis that includes travel times and economic impacts, they hope to reverse some of the recent… Audio

While's there's been a bit of a scramble over his tax policy, the leader of the National Party, binds it together when it comes to breakfast.

In RNZ's new political series, Grilled, the top four… Audio

While attention is focused on economists finding a $500 million-dollar-a-year hole in National's tax plans, a similar-sized hole in climate costings is hiding in plain sight - and it applies to… Audio

The National Party is promising to expand work rights for international students and do more recruiting, from more countries, if elected next month.

The party announced its international education… Audio

A property economist says the National Party Leader could be trying to hedge his bets by claiming foreign buyers won't cause house prices to rise.

Christopher Luxon told Morning Report that housing… Audio

The National Party's Hamilton-East candidate Ryan Hamilton has disavowed his decades-long opposition to fluoridation - but won't say when he changed his mind. 

After repeatedly ducking RNZ's requests… Audio

The National Party's Hamilton-East candidate Ryan Hamilton is disavowing his decades-long opposition to fluoridation - but won't say when he changed his mind.

After repeatedly ducking RNZ's requests… Audio

To politics now, and National's Hamilton East candidate has not been clear about when he changed his long held views on fluoridation. Ryan Hamilton openly opposed fluoridation for more than two… Audio

The National Party's Hamilton-East candidate Ryan Hamilton has disavowed his decades-long opposition to fluoridation, but won't say when he changed his mind. After repeatedly ducking RNZ's requests… Audio