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The National Party is accusing the government of more conflict of interest issues, over contracts that went to an ad agency run by the partner of Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare.

Henare… Audio

A new Grocery Commissioner has been announceed, with the main job of holding the grocery sector to account on prices. National deputy leader Nicola Willis told Nathan Rarere she welcomes the… Audio

A Hawke's Bay social media group for locals to trade their homegrown fruit and veges is set to roll out nationally.

Organisers of the Magic Beans cooperative hope there may even be a global appetite… Audio

National's pledging to restore pared back plans for the new Dunedin hospital to their original specifications; meaning more operating theatres, specialist equipment and in patient beds, if it's in… Video, Audio

The National Party has for the second time taken up a proposal to open a medical school Waikato University.

The University and Waikato District Health Board initially bid to establish the country's… Audio

The National Party has revived its promise to create a new medical school focused on delivering doctors for rural communities. The party had started work on the idea when it was last in government… Audio

'We can't and won't arrest ourselves out of a 'gang problem' ", that's according to a new report done by the Prime Minister's chief science advisor.

But National Party Leader Christopher Luxon has… Audio

To the Pacific now - joining First Up this morning is our correspondent Kalafi Moala in Tonga. Audio

National's proposing more tweaks to sentencing rules to "ensure there are real consequences for ram raiders". If in government it plans to make filming and publishing their crimes an aggravating… Video, Audio

Geodata is bolstering coastal resilience for Pacific nations. Audio

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is in Beijing with the largest ever New Zealand delegation to travel to China. A key priority is to further develop the bi-lateral relationship after years of disruption… Audio

As part of its law and order policy, the National Party wants to cut the funding of cultural reports used for sentencing in criminal trials.

Paul Goldsmith says from eight cultural reports being… Audio

A criminal lawyer says the National Party's law and order policies, announced at its national conference over the weekend, are a bit shallow.

Those ideas include a 40 percent limit on a judge's… Audio

National Party justice spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith, says his party's plans to crack down on crime will send a strong message to criminals.

He says the policy will reduce crime and admits it will put… Audio

The opposition National Party has cast the looming election as a do-or-die moment - as it seeks to broaden its appeal on both the right and in the centre.

Some 500 National supporters descended on… Audio

Yesterday was the shortest day of the year and with that comes the annual National Flash Fiction Day. The competition has been running since 2012 and it celebrates short stories in all their glory. Audio

Well, let the 87th National Party conference begin.

The party's conference starts tomorrow in Wellington, and the gathering follows a round of regional conferences which have seen party leader… Audio

The government is abandoning a funding condition of an extension that they added to the early childhood education policy in March. Currently the scheme offers three-to-five year olds 20 hours of free… Audio

The National Party's justice spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith, says an increase in gang numbers and their growing presence in our communities is behind their policy to make gang membership an aggravating… Audio

The National Party says, if elected, it will make gang membership an aggravating factor for any case that comes before the courts, regardless of whether that membership played a part in the crime… Audio

The adventuring began a few years ago when Brad Ryan realised his Ohio based Grandmother, Joy Ryan had never seen a mountain. A plan was hatched for them to visit all 63 US national parks. Now aged… Audio

The head of the national polytechnic, Te Pukenga, is defending a proposal to cut 400 jobs. Te Pukenga, which has 10,000 employees, unveiled its plans yesterday. The chief executive, Peter Winder, says… Audio

The Tertiary Education Union says that the national training organisation Te Pukenga has never been funded well enough to achieve its aims. Te Pukenga is proposing to cut about 950 jobs in a major… Audio

National has attacked the Government over the latest GDP figures, saying the economy is in a fragile state thanks to its profligacy. New Zealand is technically in recession, with GDP down for the… Audio

Pacific nations wants shipping sector to end reliance on fossil fuels Audio